Egill Skallagrímsson
Poet and sorcerer
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Egil Skallagrímsson was a Viking Age war poet, sorcerer, berserker, and farmer. He is known mainly as the anti-hero of Egil's Saga. Egil's Saga historically narrates a period from approximately 850 to 1000 AD and is believed to have been written... Wikipedia
Born: 910 AD, Borg á Mýrum, Borgarnes, Iceland
Died: 990 AD (age 80 years), Mosfellsbær, Iceland
Children: Þorsteinn Egilsson and Thorsteinn Egilson
Grandchildren: Skúli Þórsteinsson and Helga the Fair
Parents: Skalla-Grímr and Bera Yngvarsdóttir
Language: Old Norse
Literary movement: Skaldic poetry
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