Dronke, Ursula. The Role of Sexual Themes in Njáls Saga
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- Author: Dronke, Ursula
- Title: The Role of Sexual Themes in Njáls Saga
- Place, Publisher: London: Viking Society for Northern Research
- Year: 1981
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- Reference: Dronke, Ursula. The Role of Sexual Themes in Njáls Saga. London: Viking Society for Northern Research, 1981.
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Chapter 20: honum vóx eigi skegg: "If we turn our gaze from this opening drama of Hrútr, we see another figure in whom virility is in question: at the centre of the saga is the effeminate visage of Njáll himself. No beard ever grew on him- honum óx eigi skegg. Yet he had seven children." (p.11)
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