RE: Heortling men and their beards

From: Grawe, Philipp <pgrawe_at_...>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 11:44:13 +1100

> From: Grawe, Philipp
> If you're interested in a real world precedent to base it on,
> in Njal's Saga (one of the viking classics, incidently) the
> hero, Njal, is definately considered less of a man and
> ridiculed for his lack of beard growth. It's one of the
> themes that run through the saga.

Available at http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Njal/, incidently as a google search just showed.

At a quick glance, Section 20 and Section 35 both have paragraphs that will give you an idea of how important a good thick beard was to the manliness of a viking.

Vikings are as good a precedent for Orlanthi as anyone, I'd say.

Harry.