The Grettir's Saga on Thorhall

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter Xxxii. The Spook At Thorhallsstad. Glam The Shepherd Killed By A > Fiend. His Ghost Walks

• attestation: Thorhall of Thorhallsstad in Forsaeludal was the son of Grim son of Thorhall son of Fridmund, the first settler there

  "There was a man named Thorhall living in Thorhallsstad in Forsaeludal, up from Vatnsdal. He was the son of Grim, the son of Thorhall, the son of Fridmund, who was the first settler in Forsaeludal."

• attestation: Thorhall's wife was named Gudrun and they had a son Grim and a daughter Thurid

  "Thorhall's wife was named Gudrun; they had a son named Grim and a daughter named Thurid who were just grown up."

• attestation: Thorhall was wealthy especially in livestock, surpassing all other men in cattle, but had great difficulty keeping shepherds because his farm was haunted

  "Thorhall was fairly wealthy, especially in live-stock. His property in cattle exceeded that of any other man. He was not a chief, but an honest bondi nevertheless. He had great difficulty in getting a shepherd to suit him because the place was haunted."

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter Xxxiii. Doings Of Glam'S Ghost. Awful Condition Of Vatnsdal

• attestation: Thorhall's old cowherd was killed by Glam, found with his back broken over a stone separating two stalls

  "there saw the cowherd lying on his back with his head in one stall and his feet in the other.

He went up and felt him, but saw at once that he was dead with his back broken. It had been broken over the flat stone which separated the two stalls."

• attestation: Thorhall fled his estate with everything he could carry; all livestock left behind was killed by Glam

  "he fled with everything that he could carry away. All the live-stock which he left behind was killed by Glam."

• attestation: Thorhall's daughter ultimately died from Glam's attacks after the hauntings resumed in autumn

  "The person most attacked was the bondi's daughter, who at last died of it."

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter Xxxv. The Fight With Glam'S Ghost

• attestation: Thorhall welcomed Grettir to Thorhallsstad and warned that no visitor's horse survived

  ""Even if you escape unhurt yourself, I know for certain that you will lose your horse, for no one can keep his beast in safety who comes here.""

• attestation: Thorhall and Grettir burned Glam's body to cold cinders, bound the ashes in a skin, and buried them far from habitation

  "Then they set to work and burned Glam to cold cinders, bound the ashes in a skin and buried them in a place far away from the haunts of man or beast."