Rognavalds Landing Page 2

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Rognavald's Landing Continued/2

I love the way this ancient tale of actual events is somehow so contemporary. I imagine Rognavald and his men in the likeness of modern football fans returning home, perhaps drunk or hungover, from an extended party, not paying enough attention to the sailing of their new boats, realizing too late that they were in difficulties and ultimately having a very lucky escape. So I have woven the ghosts of Hjolf and Fifa being devoured by both the sea and the land. The headlands are also the sea eagles, worshipped by the pre-Norse populations of the Northern Isles. The wave forms take the shape of their talons. The land has echoes of their wings.


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