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* [[Private Military Contractors]]: Vikings often took jobs as mercenaries. Miklagard was the most famous employer not only because it paid so well but because the journey was an adventure in itself.
* [[Puppet State]]: When feuding finally ended the Norweigian King was overlord. However Iceland was to far away for him to interfere with it's affairs.
* [[The Remake]]: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Poul Anderson, William Morris, JRR Tolkien, and Poul Anderson are just a few authors that tried to adapt or translate the sagas. Longfellow added parts of Heimskringla(as told by a Norweigian fiddler) to ''Tales of a Wayside Inn''. Tolkien did an attempt on Vulsunga Saga as well as borrowing some of the tropes to adapt into his Middle Earth franchise.
* [[Revenge]]: A powerful force in any saga. Revenge was not understood to be only a matter of personal vindictiveness; in a pretty rough and violent world without police forces, public prosecutors, and religious teachings of love and forgiveness, taking revenge was also a requirement of keeping one's social prestige and credibility. As a victim of an injury, either getting legal compensation or self-administering revenge was necessary to hold up both your personal and your family's honor.
* [[Revenge by Proxy]]: As the concept of justice was inseparably linked to the concept of honor, a clan could be held liable for a misdeed one of his members committed. Thus, if the real culprit was out of reach for revenge, his brother, relative, or even a servant or slave might become the target.
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