Grettir - Cursed

Because Glam has more evil power in himself than most of the other walking dead, he said: 'You have shown much determination, Grettir, in finding me. And it would be expected that you would recieve only ill fortune from me. This much I can tell you: your strength and the stature which you would have reach, had you not sought me out, are now reduced by half. I will not take from you the strength you have already acquired. But is in my power to decide that you will never become stronger than you are now - yet you are strong enough, as many will find out. You have become famous because of your accomplishments, but from now on you will fall into outlawry and killings. Most of what you do will now turn against you, bringing bad luck and no joy. You will be made an outlaw, forced always to live in the wilds and to live alone. And further, I lay this curse upon you: these eyes will always be within your sight, and you will find it difficult to be alone. This will drag you to your death.'

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Grettir replied that his temperament had not improved. He had much less control now over his anger than previously, and reacted even more poorly than before to affronts. One thing he found had greatly changed. He had become a man so scared of the dark that he dared not travel alone after darkness fell, since he saw in his imagination all kinds of apparitions. From this come the expressions to have Glam's eyes or Glam's sight, said of people who see things other than they are.

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35. Glam's Curse