Figure descriptions
A crowd of men, identified in the poem text as Vikings, gather around a large table.
One Viking holds an axe in the air, one
drinks, and one gestures towards a small man seated at the head of the table. The
man at the head of the table is identified in the
poem text as the Vikings’ serf. He holds a musical instrument (a harp), and is the
only man in the crowd who is cleanly shaven. The rest of
the Vikings have long unruly beards. There is a sword hanging on the wall in the background.
3/4-page illustration contained within
a single-ruled border.
