Viking Funeral/Quotes
King Haki got in the battle so many wounds that he saw the days of his life would not be long. Then he had a ship brought up that he owned, and had it laden with dead men and weapons, had it floated out to the sea, had the rudder shipped and the sail hoisted, and had fire put to pitch wood and a firebale made on the ship. The wind blew from the land; King Haki was then dead or nearly dead when he was laid on the firebale. The burning ship then sailed out on the sea and that was much talked about for a long time after.
—The funeral of King Haki of Sweden, Heimskringla, "Ynglinga Saga"
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Shield was still thriving when his time came |
- ↑ "Scyld" in the original.