Characters / njala
Egil of Sandgil
Status: curated
24Mentions
7Degree
0.0099Betweenness
0.00597PageRank
0.6390Closeness
0.286Clustering
0Community
57 / 63First / death ch.
Narrative prominence
24Mentions
13Chapters present
1Dialogue turns
10Events involved
Kin
Children: Kol Egil's son.
Aliases
EgilEgil of SandgilEgil Kol's son
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Relations and evidence
Kinship(5)
with Kol Egil's son · weight 3 · ch. 57–62
“There was a man named Egil; he was a son of Kol, who took land as a settler between Storlek and Reydwater.”
“Egil kept house at Sandgil; his sons were these: Kol and Ottar and Hauk.”
“Kol Egil's son said, "Let me get at Kolskegg," and turning to Kolskegg he said, "This I have often said, that we two would be just about an even match in fight".”
with Aunund of Witchwood · weight 1 · ch. 57–57
“The brother of Egil was Aunund of Witchwood, father of Hall the strong, who was at the slaying of Holt-Thorir with the sons of Kettle the smooth-tongued.”
with Mord Valgard's son · weight 1 · ch. 64–64
“Now Mord eggs on Thorgeir to set his suit on foot against Gunnar, and Thorgeir went to find Aunund; he bids him now to begin a suit for manslaughter for his brother Egil and his sons; "but I will begin one for the manslaughter of my brothers, and for the wounds of myself and my father".”
with Flosi Thord's son · weight 2 · ch. 94–114
“The other brothers of Flosi were Thorgeir and Stein, Kolbein and Egil.”
“Then Flosi sent after Kolbein Egil's son, his brother's son, and he came to him there.”
with Hall of the Side · weight 1 · ch. 95–95
“The sons of Hall of the Side were Thorstein and Egil, Thorwald and Ljot, and Thidrandi, whom, it is said, the goddesses slew.”
Killing(2)
with Kolskegg Hamond's son · weight 1 · ch. 62–62
“Then Kolskegg cut off Hauk Egil's son's head, and Gunnar smites off Otter's hand at the elbow-joint.”
with Helgi Njal's son · weight 1 · ch. 88–88
“A little after, Helgi slew Egil the Earl's banner-bearer.”