. A child's book of warriors . a pagan have I livedin a pagan land, he answered; bury me how youwill. So he too was laid kingly in his cairn by thosetrue-hearted heathen folk; and Norway was ruledby another Harald, who was of the Blood-axe strain,and who was called Greyfell from the colour of hiscloak. So strangely do events repeat themselves, and fromone generation to another weave together into asingle picture the lives of men who were strangers toeach other. Even beyond this the story goes. Inthe troubles that followed the death of King Hakonmany of his friends and kinsfolk perished. Sigurd
. A child's book of warriors . a pagan have I livedin a pagan land, he answered; bury me how youwill. So he too was laid kingly in his cairn by thosetrue-hearted heathen folk; and Norway was ruledby another Harald, who was of the Blood-axe strain,and who was called Greyfell from the colour of hiscloak. So strangely do events repeat themselves, and fromone generation to another weave together into asingle picture the lives of men who were strangers toeach other. Even beyond this the story goes. Inthe troubles that followed the death of King Hakonmany of his friends and kinsfolk perished. Sigurdthe wise and friendly earl was slain; and thoughHarald Grey Cloak proved a righteous king, and 301 A Childs Book of Warriors many of the people were brought to belief in Christin his day, dearly did he abide that slaying, for theearls son, Hakon, lured him to a treacherous deathat last. Tryggva too, the under-king of Vikin, theykilled in Christni Fjord; but his Queen, Astrid,escaped, and of that came many things 202
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