Hrossey
Hrossey is a place in Norse tradition identified as the mainland of Orkney, "now called Pomona" .
Hrossey is a place in Norse tradition identified as the mainland of Orkney, "now called Pomona" (Njal's Saga, Endnotes). It appears in Njal's Saga as a destination and meeting point in the Orkney episodes. Kari and companions went to Hrossey (Njal's Saga, 84. Of Earl Sigurd), and subsequent narrative records further travel to the island (Njal's Saga, 85. The Battle With The Earls).
All three attestations derive from Njal's Saga, spanning the saga's Orkney section. The endnote gloss identifying Hrossey as the Orkney mainland now called Pomona provides the geographic grounding (Njal's Saga, Endnotes). The narrative passages place the island within the saga's account of Kari's dealings with Earl Sigurd and the conflict with the earls (Njal's Saga, 84 and 85). Hrossey functions as the political centre of the Orkney earldom in these chapters — the place where alliances are formed and armies gather.
Appears in: Places, Entities in Njál's Saga, Norse Tradition