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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
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Following
upon
this,
Thorgrima
Charm-cheek,
the
wife
of
Thorir
Wooden-
leg,
fell
ill,
and
lay
only
a
little
while
before
she
died,
and
the
same
evening
that
she
was
buried
she
was
seen
in
company
with
her
husband
Thorir.
The
sickness
then
began
a
second
time
after
the
tail
had
been
seen,
and
now
the
women
died
more
than
the
men.
Another
six
persons
died
in
this
attack,
and
some
fled
away
on
account
of
the
ghosts
and
the
hauntings.
In
the
autumn
there
had
been
thirty
in
the
household,
of
whom
eighteen
were
dead,
and
five
had
run
away,
leaving
only
seven
behind
in
the
spring.
When
these
marvels
had
reached
this
pitch,
it
happened
one
day
that
Kjartan
went
to
Helga-fell
to
see
his
uncle
Snorri,
and
asked
his
advice
as
to
what
should
be
done.
There
had
then
come
to
Helga-fell
a
priest
whom
Gizurr
the
white
had
sent
to
Snorri,
and
this
priest
Snorri
sent
to
Froda
along
with
Kjartan,
his
son
Thord,
and
six
other
men.
He
also
gave
them
this
advice,
that
they
should
burn
all
Thorgunna's
bed-hangings
and
hold
a
law
court
at
the
door,
and
there
prosecute
all
those
men
who
were
walking
after
death.
He
also
bade
the
priest
hold
service
there,
consecrate
water,
and
confess
the
people.
They
summoned
men
from
the
nearest
farms
to
accompany
them,
and
arrived
at
Froda
on
the
evening
before
Candlemas,
just
at
the
time
when
the
fires
were
being
kindled.
Thurid
the
housewife
had
then
taken
the
sickness
after
the
same
fashion
as
those
who
had
died.
Kjartan
went
in
at
once,
and
saw
that
Thorodd
and
the
others
were
sitting
by
the
fire
as
usual.
He
took
down
Thorgunna's
bed-hangings,
went
into
the
hall,
and
carried
out
a
live
coal
from
the
fire:
then
all
the
bed-gear
that
Thorgunna
had
owned
was
burned.
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