Day of Remembrance for Egil Skallagrimsson

Not to many warriors from over a thousand years ago get their own book. And yet Egil not only has his own saga, it is one of the best known sagas of all time.

Egil was descended from a line of shapeshifters and berserkers. And this lineage bore itself out in Egil's life as he grew to become a renowned warrior.

Egil was an Odin's man and his life shows what it truly means to be an Odin's man. Egil's skills as a warrior were balanced by his skill as a rune master, a poet, and a quick wit that saved him more than once.

Throughout his life he used his Gods given skills to not only survive, but to thrive and succeed where lesser men would have faltered.

And who can ever forget Egil's lament, Sonatorrek? The raw emotion, the complete sense of loss and the anger that came with it. That poem, wrote after the loss of his sons, is still considered a masterpiece even by today's standards.

Egil, and his story, serve today as a reminder of that long ago time and what being a man truly meant. Lift a horn up today to this noble warrior!

Hail Egil Skallagrimsson!!