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Slaves are tied by a bond of ownership to farmers. Workers are also tied to farmers by year-long terms of service. Farmers in turn declare themselves in þing with a goði. Groups are also linked by kinship bonds, or bonds created by marriage. Although these bonds can occasionally be changed or adjusted, people do not vacillate between social groups. What then of saga characters who have no social bonds – no support structure but also no loyalties or responsibilities? In this article I will look at some examples of vagrants in these sagas; and, in particular, at how such characters seek to use their position on the fringes of saga society and their lack of social bonds to their advantage. Vagrants - gǫngumenn, einhleypingar, stafkarlar - are portrayed in an almost exclusively negative light in the sagas. They are depicted as being scurrilous, mercenary, treacherous and manipulative and rarely have social or kinship links of significance. 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Hallr is descended from significant Landnámsmenn on both his mother and father's sides. Most significant of these is Hrollaugr Rõgnvaldsson who settles Iceland on the advice of a mysterious prophecy which seems to relate his female guardian spirits (fylgjur) to Iceland. A relatively consistent family tree of Hallr's ancestors and descendants can be ascertained from disparate sources, with only a few discrepancies, particularly around the number an names of Hallr's sons. Hallr himself is portrayed consistently as noble, magnanimous and a noble heathen before becoming an early convert to Christianity. There is however also a suggestion that Hallr had some degree of cunning and shrewdness. The most important single event in his life story is his role in the conversion of Iceland to Christianity in the year 999 or 1000. His actions at the Alþingi underline the picture of him both as generous peacemaker, but also shrewd political realist. If we turn to his sons Þorsteinn, Þiðrandi and Egill, we find many of the same characteristics, though without the same degree of patience as their father. Hallr are his sons are ancestors of many of the notable bishops, literary figures and chieftains of the saga writing age.<br /> Having assembled the material for this *Síðu-Halls saga ok sona hans the article then argues that the story forms a relatively coherent whole. Although there are some inconsistencies of detail, there is a consistency in the portrayal of the central characters and the themes addressed in the texts. For example the theme of supernatural female guardianship runs throughout, as does the theme of Christianity and conversion. The notion of this saga actually having existed in medieval times is rejected primarily on the grounds that throughout the assembled material no such saga is ever mentioned as a source. The conclusion is therefore that the story of Síðu-Hallr and his sons developed orally. It had, no doubt, some kernel of truth, but such stories were told and retold they developed an ever increasing organisation. Whenever new material was added it needed to agree in terms of characterisation and theme with that which existed. Having reached such a point as to be an immanent saga, it would have taken a saga author only comparatively light touches to change the oral material into an artistic whole. 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Slaves are tied by a bond of ownership to farmers. Workers are also tied to farmers by year-long terms of service. Farmers in turn declare themselves in þing with a goði. Groups are also linked by kinship bonds, or bonds created by marriage. Although these bonds can occasionally be changed or adjusted, people do not vacillate between social groups. What then of saga characters who have no social bonds – no support structure but also no loyalties or responsibilities? In this article I will look at some examples of vagrants in these sagas; and, in particular, at how such characters seek to use their position on the fringes of saga society and their lack of social bonds to their advantage. Vagrants - gǫngumenn, einhleypingar, stafkarlar - are portrayed in an almost exclusively negative light in the sagas. They are depicted as being scurrilous, mercenary, treacherous and manipulative and rarely have social or kinship links of significance. 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Hallr is descended from significant Landnámsmenn on both his mother and father's sides. Most significant of these is Hrollaugr Rõgnvaldsson who settles Iceland on the advice of a mysterious prophecy which seems to relate his female guardian spirits (fylgjur) to Iceland. A relatively consistent family tree of Hallr's ancestors and descendants can be ascertained from disparate sources, with only a few discrepancies, particularly around the number an names of Hallr's sons. Hallr himself is portrayed consistently as noble, magnanimous and a noble heathen before becoming an early convert to Christianity. There is however also a suggestion that Hallr had some degree of cunning and shrewdness. The most important single event in his life story is his role in the conversion of Iceland to Christianity in the year 999 or 1000. His actions at the Alþingi underline the picture of him both as generous peacemaker, but also shrewd political realist. If we turn to his sons Þorsteinn, Þiðrandi and Egill, we find many of the same characteristics, though without the same degree of patience as their father. Hallr are his sons are ancestors of many of the notable bishops, literary figures and chieftains of the saga writing age.<br /> Having assembled the material for this *Síðu-Halls saga ok sona hans the article then argues that the story forms a relatively coherent whole. Although there are some inconsistencies of detail, there is a consistency in the portrayal of the central characters and the themes addressed in the texts. For example the theme of supernatural female guardianship runs throughout, as does the theme of Christianity and conversion. The notion of this saga actually having existed in medieval times is rejected primarily on the grounds that throughout the assembled material no such saga is ever mentioned as a source. The conclusion is therefore that the story of Síðu-Hallr and his sons developed orally. It had, no doubt, some kernel of truth, but such stories were told and retold they developed an ever increasing organisation. Whenever new material was added it needed to agree in terms of characterisation and theme with that which existed. Having reached such a point as to be an immanent saga, it would have taken a saga author only comparatively light touches to change the oral material into an artistic whole. 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