Editing Gunnar Hámundarson (section)

== Gunnar the hero ==

Gunnar was a god-like warrior &mdash; he is described as nearly invincible in combat. According to Njáls saga, he was a powerful, athletic man "capable of jumping his own height in full body armour, both back and front". He was a skilled [[Archery|archer]], and in close combat his weapon of choice was the ''[[atgeir]]'', which scholars consider to have been a [[halberd]] or [[glaive]] of some sort. He was said to have taken this famed weapon in battle from a man named Hallgrímur, while on a [[Viking]] raid to the island of [[Eysýsla]] ([[Saaremaa]] in present-day [[Estonia]] - see detailed account on that page).

Gunnar was also a skilful stone-thrower, able to hit enemies between the eyes from meters away, and an excellent swimmer. There was supposedly no game at which he had an equal. He was said to enjoy the features of life, being a drinker. His behaviour was always polite, but firm &mdash; he gave good advice, and was kind and mild, yet he was not thought of as an intelligent man because of his way of talking. However, Gunnar's wise insights and deep understanding strongly suggested that he was as smart as he was handsome. He was loyal to his friends and kept good company. Gunnar has been called "handsome and beautiful of skin and had a straight nose, turned up at its tip. He was blue-eyed and keen-eyed and ruddy-cheeked with thick lustrous hair, blond and well-combed." He was described as the most beautiful man in the world, and as having no equal.