Thorodd the Godi
Icelandic godi with second sight whose honesty was questioned, active in Grettir's Saga disputes.
Thorodd the Godi appears across multiple chapters of Grettir's Saga as a chieftain involved in legal disputes, possessed of second sight, and active in the saga's wider conflicts. At the All-Thing, he supported the Kaldbak men alongside Skeggi of Midfjord in their dispute (Grettir's Saga, Chapter XII. Battle at Rifsker). The saga records that Thorodd possessed second sight but "was thought by some not to be straight," suggesting a reputation for dishonesty (Grettir's Saga, Chapter XXXII). In a later episode, Thorodd went to Breidabolstad in Sokkolfsdal, where a widow named Geirlaug kept an outlawed shepherd (Grettir's Saga, Chapter LXVIII).
Grettir's Saga presents Thorodd across three distinct episodes. In Chapter XII, he is listed among the supporters of the Kaldbak men at the All-Thing, placing him within the legal and factional landscape of the saga (Grettir's Saga, Chapter XII). Chapter XXXII introduces a more ambiguous characterization: as the father of Skapti, he possessed second sight, yet the saga hedges this attribution by noting that some considered him dishonest (Grettir's Saga, Chapter XXXII). This dual characterization -- gifted yet distrusted -- is left unresolved by the source. Chapter LXVIII places Thorodd in the Dalir region at Breidabolstad, where he encounters the widow Geirlaug and her outlawed shepherd (Grettir's Saga, Chapter LXVIII).
Appears in: Beings, Entities in Grettir's Saga, Norse Tradition
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