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Ketill Björnsson, nicknamed Flatnose (Old Norse: ''Flatnefr''), was a Norse King of the Isles of the 9th century. Primary sources The story of Ketill and his daughter Auðr (or Aud) was probably first recorded by the Icelander Ari Þorgilsson (1067 – 1148).Jennings and Kruse (2009) p. 127 Ari was born not long after the death of his great-grandmother Guðrún Ósvífrsdóttir – a prominent character in the ''Laxdæla saga'' whose husband, Thorkell Eyjolfsson, was descended from Auðr. Ari was thus a direct descendant of Ketill and so, when he wrote his story of Ketill, he was drawing in part on oral traditions amongst his own relatives. Ketill was also depicted in such works as the '' Laxdæla saga'', '' Eyrbyggja saga'' and the ''Saga of Erik the Red'', while his genealogy was described in detail in the ''Landnámabók''. However, like many other medieval histories, all of these Old Norse works were written long after the events they described. No contemporaneous records ...
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