The Heimskringla on Gauka-Thorer
Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 212. Of Vagabond-Men.
attestation: Two vagabonds named Gauka-Thorer and Afrafaste led a company of thirty robbers; both were larger and stronger than other men and wanted to try a regular battle.
"There were two men, the one called Gauka-Thorer, the other Afrafaste, who were vagabonds and great robbers, and had a company of thirty men such as themselves."
attestation: When King Olaf asked if they were Christian, Gauka-Thorer declared they had no faith but in themselves, their strength, and the luck of victory.
"Gauka-Thorer replies, that he is neither Christian nor heathen. "I and my comrades have no faith but on ourselves, our strength, and the luck of victory; and with this faith we slip through sufficiently well.""
Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 215. Of The Baptism Of The Vagabond Forest-Men.
attestation: Gauka-Thorer and Afrafaste returned to the king; Afrafaste said he did not care which army he fought in, while Gauka-Thorer reasoned that if he must believe in a god, the White Christ was as good as any.
"Gauka-Thorer replies, "If I go into battle I will give my help to the king, for he has most need of help. And if I must believe in a God, why not in the white Christ as well as in any other?""
attestation: Both brothers accepted baptism; the priest baptized them and the bishop confirmed it, after which Olaf placed them in his court-men's troop to fight under his banner.
"Then they were baptized by a priest, and the baptism was confirmed by the bishop. The king then took them into the troop of his court-men, and said they should fight under his banner in the battle."