The Eyrbyggja Saga on Thorir Wooden-leg

Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 29 - Of Thorod Scat-Catcher And Of Biorn Asbrandson, And Of The Slaying Of The Sons Of Thorir Wooden-Leg.

• attestation: Thorir Wooden-leg's sons Ern and Val at Ernknoll offered to help Thorod stop Biorn's visits

  "Thorir Wooden-leg at Ernknoll, and his sons Ern and Val were grown up by then, and were the hopefullest of men. Now they laid reproach on Thorod in that he bore with Biorn such shame"

Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 50 - Of Thorgunna And How She Came To Frodis-Water.

• attestation: Thorir Wooden-leg and his wife Thorgrima Witchface were also lodging at Frodis-water, and Thorgrima feuded with Thorgunna

  "Thorir Wooden-leg come to be harboured at Frodis-water, and Thorgrima Witchface his wife with him, and things went somewhat ill betwixt her and Thorgunna"

Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 52 - The Beginning Of Wonders At Frodis-Water.

• attestation: Thorir Wooden-leg identified the apparition as the Moon of Weird and predicted deaths would follow

  "Thorir said it was the Moon of Weird, "and the deaths of men will follow thereafter," says he."

Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 53 - Now Men Die At Frodis-Water, More Wonders.

• attestation: Thorir Wooden-leg encountered the shepherd's ghost blocking the door when he went outside at night

  "Thorir Wooden-leg went out for his needs, and turned off aside from the door, when he would go in again, he saw how the shepherd was come before the door."

• attestation: The shepherd's revenant attacked Thorir Wooden-leg and hurled him against the door, leaving him bruised coal-blue

  "the shepherd went at him, and got hold of him, and cast him homeward up against the door. At this he was affrighted exceedingly; yet he got him to his bed, and he was by then grown coal-blue all over."

• attestation: Thorir Wooden-leg fell sick from the encounter and died, and was buried at the local church

  "from this he fell sick and died, and was buried there at the church"

• attestation: After death, Thorir and the shepherd were seen walking together as ghosts

  "ever after were the twain, the shepherd and Thorir Wooden-leg, seen in company, and therefrom were folk full of dread"

Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 54 - The Death Of Thorod Scat-Catcher; The Dead Walk At Frodis-Water.

• attestation: Thorir Wooden-leg and his six dead followers joined the haunting after the funeral guests departed, covered in grave-mould

  "in came Thorir Wooden-leg and his six followers, and they were all be-moulded, and they shook their raiment and cast the mould at Thorod and his folk."

Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 55 - A Door-Doom At Frodis-Water.

• attestation: Thorir Wooden-leg was the first ghost sentenced, and he said he had sat as long as he could

  "as soon as the sentence on Thorir Woodenleg was given out, he arose and said: "Here have I sat while sit I might;""