Thorgils

Under the forward of these decks the outlaws began to stow their bales, the man who had called Thorgils ashore directing them.

A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex 1884

Thorgils is part Norse, part Irish, and his wanderings take him over much of the 11th-century Norse world, from the Norse settlement in Vinland North America to slavery in an Irish monastery.

Viking: Odinn’s Child Carla 2006

There is little in the way of a plot, more of a series of events that happen to Thorgils and that are recounted in roughly chronological order.

Archive 2006-07-01 Carla 2006

Thorgils is supposed to have inherited the ability from his mother and sees visions and things.

Viking: Odinn’s Child Carla 2006

The central character, Thorgils, is mentioned in the Norse sagas but little is recorded about him, so he is probably best described as a real but shadowy historical figure.

Viking: Odinn’s Child Carla 2006

Thorgils is a passive narrator, a spectator at great events rather than a participant.

Archive 2006-07-01 Carla 2006

Thorgils is a passive narrator, a spectator at great events rather than a participant.

Viking: Odinn’s Child Carla 2006

There is little in the way of a plot, more of a series of events that happen to Thorgils and that are recounted in roughly chronological order.

Viking: Odinn’s Child Carla 2006

Thorgils is part Norse, part Irish, and his wanderings take him over much of the 11th-century Norse world, from the Norse settlement in Vinland North America to slavery in an Irish monastery.

Archive 2006-07-01 Carla 2006

The central character, Thorgils, is mentioned in the Norse sagas but little is recorded about him, so he is probably best described as a real but shadowy historical figure.

Archive 2006-07-01 Carla 2006