A Friendship That Is So Strong That Only Death Could Break IT

Gunnar relationship with Gilgamesh is what we can call best friends. Njal can predict into the future and that is a very good thing for Gunnar because he always asks Njal before he goes on a duel to tell him if he was going to die in this battle. Gunnar had always been friends with Njal “Go to Njal at Bergthorshval- He’ll be able to come up with a plan, and besides, he’s a great friend of yours.” Pg 36 Since Njal was a person that when he said advices he was able to come up with the best ones he was a very good help to Gunnar. You can also see the relationship with Gunnar and Njal like boss and worker. Njal was the intellectual that made up all the plans and all the ways to get fame and glory and Gunnar was the one that carried them out. Gunnar’s and Njal’s friendship got to one point where it was almost destroyed. When Gunnar married Hallgerd I thought she would not be a bad person because she seemed kind and a good person of heart, but when they married we see the dark side of Hallgerd. “She shall never spoil our friendship” pg 54 is what said Gunnar when he told Njal who he had chosen as wife, but Njal responded “It will come close to that” pg 54. Since we know that Njal is almost always certain in his predictions we can suppose that their friendship might be close to be destroyed for the fight between their wives. After this they manage to return their friendship to normal. Njal in one part says to Gunnar that if he does not go well protected he might get killed. Gunnar in one occasion stays in his house alone with only the dog Sam and he is killed. We can say that Njal can predict the future. Since there is no clear God in this saga I would say that the nearest person to a god will be Njal because whatever he says becomes true and because the plans he comes up with always come up correct. Gunnar’s and Njal’s friendship was so great that only death could bring them apart.