And now they had almost reached the base of that great fjord, and again they rounded a little ness farther in, and there was nothing to be seen. Therefore they said:
“He is only a trouble to us all: let us kill him.”
And at last they did as they had said, and killed him.
[1] Speckled seal may often be caught in this fashion.
[2] The souls of the dead are supposed to be born again in the body of one named after them.
The Eagle and the Whale
In a certain village there lived many brothers. And they had two sisters, both of an age to marry, and often urged them to take husbands, but they would not. At last one of the men said:
“What sort of a husband do you want, then? An eagle, perhaps? Very well, an eagle you shall have.”