Ari
Ari is a figure in the Icelandic saga tradition, attested in Njal's Saga as the son of Hogni and Alfeida.
Ari is a figure in the Icelandic saga tradition, attested in Njal's Saga as the son of Hogni and Alfeida. He sailed to Shetland where he married and fathered Einar the Shetlander, described as "one of the briskest and boldest of men" (Njal's Saga, The Story Of Burnt Njal, 79. Hogni Takes An Atonement For Gunnar's Death). Ari thus serves as a genealogical bridge connecting the Icelandic families of Njal's Saga to the Norse settlements in Shetland.
The single attestation in Njal's Saga appears within the genealogical summary following Gunnar's death and the subsequent atonement. The passage records that "their son was Ari, who sailed for Shetland, and took him a wife there; from him is come Einar the Shetlander, one of the briskest and boldest of men" (Njal's Saga, The Story Of Burnt Njal, 79. Hogni Takes An Atonement For Gunnar's Death). The saga's interest in Ari lies entirely in the lineage he produces; his emigration to Shetland and the notable quality of his descendant are the facts worth recording.
Appears in: Beings, Entities in Njál's Saga, Norse Tradition
On trail: Genealogies