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The Rigsogur was a saga written by a 9th century poet and author Brissy the Elder, which documented the tales of a Viking named Rig Reidarasson that captured him during a raid at the Whitby Abbey.
During the late 9th century, the Viking Eivor recovered fragments of the saga that were scattered through England.[1]
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I. The King of Soft Reeds
There was once a man named Rig Reidarasson, yclepe Rig "The Slippery Wisdom." He was the son of Reidar Rigsson, also yclept Reidar the Wise, who married Gisla the Axe-Low, and gave birth to both Rig and Helga Gislasdottir the Hugr-Heavy. The family was one of noble lineage, his ancestors having long links to Trondelag and the fylki of Frota. They were part of the
lase Petty Kingdoms before Harald came to rule.
Rig was born during a storm at sea, with his mother, her six sisters, his grandmother, and his sister at each other's side. With salty waves hitting his face as he emerged from the womb, it is said he miraculously did not cry during this tumultuous birth. As a young man, he was known because he told tales of his visions to all the folk of the fylki. He wandered from town to town and proclaimed, "I have drunk the mead of Odin" and "I have sat at the great table with all of the Aesir and the Swellers of Glory! They all know my name."
One warrior yclept Sklati hated this "loudmouth." Sklati forced his huge son to fight Rig in a duel, but Rig shone brighter in battle, honorably winning yet not taking Sklati's son's life. Instead, he demanded Sklati's majestic and giant horn. Rig blew it
and cook it as a spoil. Returning to Frosta, he filled it with mead, and his first nickname was Rig the Horn-Filler.
II. The Tricking of Ergon Blade-Tongue
The winters passed and Rig grew mighty but lean, a great warrior that fought in great battles along the Northern Way. He was often spilling raven-wine defending the family clan in constant battle with a rival Kingdom to the south, known as the Whale Clan, led by Ergon Blade-Tongue who, as legend has it, ate a sword in the midst of battle.
Rig was only twelve winters old, but it is said he grabbed a rival warrior and clenched him so hard in a head lock that he tore the man's head clean off. That night as he drank, he returned to the head and heard it sing, "You will be betrayed by the last curtain." He kept the skull of his enemy, and from that day forth, any man who challenged Rig to battle would have to talk to the skull. This they say gave him an advantage, and he won many battles and gained his second nickname, Rig Skull-Talker.
VIII. The Gods Speak To Me
Long afterwards, Rig grew old and tired, always in desperation to seek out a solution to quiet the voices. Consulting his volva and his monks did not seem to help. In his throne room he told his thegns, his trusted drengir, and those close to him, "I am to die soon but not at the hand of my foes. Nor will I die in a barrel of ale. I will follow the gods to their holiest temples and drink from the grail that makes us immortal." He desired a final pilgrimage to see Miklagard, the house of the gods he called it.
The voice that speak to him grew louder and angrier in the weeks following his announcement, warning him of a treacherous day. "You are the son that left Goldness and traveled east." "The old gods torment me, but my newfound God loves me," he told Brissy. "My new God will grant me truth and eternal life." He took a flotilla of men to Miklagard, to seek penitence and solace as a complete convert but also as an angel to God. For him, this pilgrimage would seal his destiny and allow him full communion with this voice that pestered his mind.
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