In the 12th century, Jór tells the story of how Eyvind of Eyri traveled to Central Asia three centuries before, bringing back horses that formed the stock for the horses of Iceland.
Eyvind is a trader who joins up with a band of Khazar traders on their way to Khazaria. When he sees the small, fiery horses of Central Asia, he decides to try to buy some to take back to Iceland. He is helped in these goals by his encounters with a ghost who is haunting the people of a qan.
This beautiful little novella is told in the style of myth about a time of cultural change. It is poetically written and really lovely.
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