First of all, this is not a book review. But there was a reference in a book I've been reading that made me chuckle last night, then think a little too. I'm reading Song of the Vikings, which is about Snorri Sturlson who wrote some of the early Icelandic sagas.
The Norse, like the Gaels, used a lot of descriptive names. For instance, both Irish and Icelandic stories tell of the queen Aud the Deep Minded. And there are warriors such as Erik Blood Axe or Thorfinn Skullsplitter. Then there's the subject of this post, Eystein Foul Fart.
Like I said, I kinda chuckled when I saw the name. But then I started thinking; how would you like your legacy in the sagas to be, that all people remember of you a thousand years from now is your name and your aroma?