Characters / njala
Lyting of Samstede
Status: curated
41Mentions
6Degree
0.0126Betweenness
0.00406PageRank
0.5200Closeness
0.200Clustering
8Community
103 / 106First / death ch.
Narrative prominence
41Mentions
5Chapters present
6Dialogue turns
6Events involved
Kin
No parent/child links recorded.
Aliases
LytingLyting of Samstede
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Relations and evidence
Kinship(1)
with Hallstein · weight 1 · ch. 103–103
“Lyting had two brothers--the one's name was Hallstein, and the other's Hallgrim.”
Conversation(3)
with Hauskuld Thrain's son · weight 1 · ch. 103–103
“It happened once that Lyting had a feast in his house at Samstede, and he had bidden thither Hauskuld and the sons of Sigfus, and they all came.”
with Lambi Sigurd's son · weight 1 · ch. 103–103
“It happened once that Lyting had a feast in his house at Samstede, and he had bidden thither Hauskuld and the sons of Sigfus, and they all came.”
with Grani Gunnar's son · weight 1 · ch. 103–103
“Then Lyting said to Grani Gunnar's son--”
Conflict(1)
with Skarphedinn Njal's son · weight 1 · ch. 104–104
“Lyting took up a stone and hurled it at Skarphedinn, and he lost his hold on Hallstein.”
Killing(1)
with Hauskuld Njal's son · weight 1 · ch. 103–103
“Hauskuld guarded himself well, so that for a long while they could not get the better of him; but the end of it was at last that he wounded Lyting on the arm, and slew two of his serving-men, and then fell himself.”