In a message dated 9/18/98 11:21:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << To be brief, Njal's saga dates from oral stories told around the year 900, whereas Nial of the 9 Hostages lived in, if I remember correctly, the 400s. Would sound more like a Celtic export to Scandinavia that the other way around, based on the saga. But when was the god worshiped? >> Jon, Yes, I only used "Njal's Saga" as an example of the name. This Norse god is no doubt from antiquity. Bob O'Neal in Tacoma