Issues

Britons and Celts

Salvation Through Suffering

June 17, 2021 Saxo

“They say that if a person once undergoes these torments because of a penance imposed on him, he will not have to endure the pains of hell – unless he commit some very serious sin.” […]

Viking

The Killings Cancel Out

June 10, 2021 Saxo

“Steinthor was at the forefront of his troop, striking on both sides, but the ornamented sword was not much good whenever it hit a shield, and he had to keep straightening it out under his foot.” […]

Britons and Celts

A Cunning King

June 3, 2021 Saxo

“Dunvallo found himself still as far as ever from victory. He summoned six hundred of his boldest young men and ordered them to strip the arms from those of their enemies who lay dead around them and then to put those same arms on.” […]

Human Affairs

Wisdom of a Valkyrie

June 1, 2021 Saxo

“If you hear foolish words from drunken men, do not dispute with those who are drunk on wine and have lost their wits. To many men such things bring much grief or even death.” […]

Human Affairs

Dangers of Courtship

May 29, 2021 Saxo

“t would be less dangerous for a man to court every lady in an entire land than for a lady to remove a single besotted lover from her skirts, for he will immediately attempt to strike back.” […]

Humor

A Fate Worse Than Death

May 23, 2021 Saxo

“He turned him over to a hundred comrades, the best and worst together, from the kitchen. These men plucked out his beard and moustache, and each one hit him four times with his fist.” […]

Humor

The Bell of Justice

May 20, 2021 Saxo

“And behold the iron fell out of the middle, right on the head of the cheating brass founder, killed him on the spot and passed straight through his carcass and crashed to the ground, carrying his bowels and genitals with it.” […]