Primary Sources
Ketill is a character in such works as the Laxdaela saga, Eyrbyggja saga, and Eirik the Red's Saga and his genealogy is described in detail in the Landnámabók. The story of Ketill and his daughter Auðr (or Aud) was probably first recorded by the Icelander Ari Þorgilsson who lived from 1067 to 1148. These Old Norse sagas were thus written down long after the events they describe and no contemporary record exists of his life with the arguable exception of single entry in the Annals of Ulster.
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