Butbyfarthemostremarkablebookinexistence，connectedwiththesecondsight，isoneintheancientNorselanguageentitled\"Nial’sSaga。\"（3）ItwaswritteninIcelandabouttheyear1200，andcontainsthehistoryofacertainNialandhisfamily，andlikewisenoticesofvariousotherpeople。ThisNialwaswhatwascalledaspamadr，thatis，aspaemanorapersoncapableofforetellingevents。Hewasoriginallyaheathen—when，however，ChristianitywasintroducedintoIceland，hewasamongstthefirsttoembraceit，andpersuadedhisfamilyandvariouspeopleofhisacquaintancetodothesame，declaringthatanewfaithwasnecessary，theoldreligionofOdin，Thor，andFrey，beingquiteunsuitedtothetimes。Thebookisnoromance，butadomestichistorycompiledfromtraditionabouttwohundredyearsaftertheeventswhichitnarrateshadtakenplace。Ofitsstyle，whichiswonderfullyterse，thefollowingtranslatedaccountofNialandhisfamilywillperhapsconveysomeidea：—
\"TherewasamancalledNial，whowasthesonofThorgeirGelling，thesonofThorolf。ThemotherofNialwascalledAsgerdr；shewasthedaughterofAr，theSilent，theLordofadistrictinNorway。
ShehadcomeovertoIcelandandsettleddownonlandtothewestofMarkarfliot，betweenOldusteinandSelialandsmul。Holtathorirwasherson，fatherofThorliefKrak，fromwhomtheSkogverjarsarecome，andlikewiseofThorgrimthebigandSkorargeir。NialdweltatBergthorshvalinLandey，buthadanotherhouseatThorolfell。
Nialwasveryrichinproperty，andhandsometolookat，buthadnobeard。Hewassogreatalawyer，thatitwasimpossibletofindhisequal，hewasverywise，andhadthegiftofforetellingevents，hewasgoodatcounsel，andofagooddisposition，andwhatevercounselhegavepeoplewasfortheirbest；hewasgentleandhumane，andgoteverymanoutoftroublewhocametohiminhisneed。HiswifewascalledBergthora；shewasthedaughterofSkarphethin。Shewasabold—spiritedwomanwhofearednobody，andwasratherroughoftemper。Theyhadsixchildren，threedaughtersandthreesons，allofwhomwillbefrequentlymentionedinthissaga。\"
InthehistorymanyinstancesaregivenofNial’sskillingivinggoodadviceandhispowerofseeingeventsbeforetheyhappened。