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Heimskringla

by Snorri Sturluson

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7 Of the Shrine of King Olaf the Saint

There happened a circumstance in Nidaros, when King Olaf’s coffin was being carried about through the streets, that it became so heavy that people could not lift it from the spot. Now when the coffin was set down, the street was broken up to see what was under it at that spot, and the body of a child was found which had been murdered and concealed there. The body was carried away, the street put in order again as it had been before, and the shrine carried on according to custom.

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