for generations, carrying on the story of the person for whom it was written. In another saga, Audun of The West Fjords, Audun brings the gift of a polar bear from Greenland to a Danish king, and gains much honor as well as material wealth because of the rarity and extravagance of his gift. Because honor played such a large role in these transactions, the heads of court who would be receiving these gifts were obliged to reciprocate these gifts in one form or another for a number of reasons. In Viking culture, people in power often maintained their positions of power by maintaining favor with their subjects, usually by hosting large feasts and ensuring their well-being in terms of food and shelter. The most important part of this was being willing to be conspicuous with one's wealth, sharing it with the people who supported you, and if a visitor comes from far away with a specific gift to pay tribute to you, it would be in the leader's best interest to repay their gift, showing that not only were they being honorable by repaying a gift, but these leaders would often attempt to go above and beyond in their gift-giving in order to bolster their reputation and forge strong relationships with new people. The remnants of this culture can still be seen in Iceland today with a culture of charitable donations. Characters A detailed family tree connecting major and minor characters through blood and marriage can be found here. Editions and translations Translations "The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue" translated by Katrina C. Attwood in The Sagas of Icelanders edited by Örnólfur Thorsson (2001), pp. 558–94. Penguin Books. 'The Story of Gunnlaug the Worm-Tongue and Raven the Skald', in Three Northern Love Stories and Other Tales, trans. by Eiríkur Magnússon and William Morris (London: Ellis & White, 1875), pp. 1–64 [repr. in blackletter as a single volume as The story of Gunnlaug the Worm-tongue and Raven the Skald: even as Ari Thorgilson the Learned, the Priest, Hath Told it, Who Was the Man of All Iceland Most Learned in Tales of the Land's Inhabiting and in Lore of Time Agone (Chiswick: Chiswick Press, 1891), Project Guternberg; archive.org Whaley, Diana (2002) Sagas of Warrior-Poets (Penguin) Hreinsson, Vidar (1997) The Complete Sagas of Icelanders (Leifur Eiriksson Publishing) Editions Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu, text in modern Icelandic spelling at Netútgáfan Gunnlaugssaga Ormstungu, Edited from