Characters / njala
Thorgerda Njal's daughter
Patronymic: Thorgerda Njal’s child. Status: curated
Wife of Kettle of the Mark.
16Mentions
5Degree
0.0000Betweenness
0.00410PageRank
0.7920Closeness
0.300Clustering
0Community
34 / —First / death ch.
Narrative prominence
16Mentions
11Chapters present
1Dialogue turns
8Events involved
Kin
Father: Njal Thorgeir's son. Mother: Bergthora Skarphedinn's daughter.
Aliases
Thorgerda Njal's daughter
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Relations and evidence
Kinship(2)
with Njal Thorgeir's son · weight 3 · ch. 34–128
“He had to wife Thorgerda, Njal's daughter.”
“Kettle of the Mark had to wife Thorgerda, Njal's daughter, but he was Thrain's brother, and he thought he was come into a strait, so he rode to Njal's house, and asked whether he were willing to atone in any way for Thrain's slaying?”
“So Astrid wrapped the kerchief round Helgi's head, but Thorhilda, Skarphedinn's wife, threw the cloak over him, and he went out between them, and then Thorgerda Njal's daughter, and Helga her sister, and many other folk went out too.”
with Hallgerda Hauskuld's daughter · weight 1 · ch. 44–44
“Hallgerda had a bower, and sate often in it, and there sate with her daughter Thorgerda, and there too were Thrain and Sigmund, and a crowd of women.”
Marriage(2)
with Otkell Skarf's son · weight 1 · ch. 47–47
“Otkell kept house at Kirkby; his wife's name was Thorgerda; she was a daughter of Mar, the son of Runolf, the son of Naddad of the Faroe isles.”
with Thrain Sigfus' son · weight 1 · ch. 58–58
“Just then Gunnar heard of the death of his father-in-law Hauskuld; a few nights after, Thorgerda, Thrain's wife, was delivered at Gritwater, and gave birth to a boy child.”
Conversation(2)
with Kettle of the Mark · weight 1 · ch. 92–92
“A little after Kettle fares to Gritwater, and he said to Thorgerda--”
with Kettle of the Mark · weight 1 · ch. 111–111
“Thorgerda said to Kettle--”