The Godi — The Island at the Top of the World Character Profile

About The Godi

The fanatical and xenophobic lawspeaker and authority figure of the hidden Norse civilization. He orders the execution of the captured explorers, pursues them relentlessly, and is ultimately killed by his own flaming arrow striking the Hyperion.

Character Facts

Played by

Gunnar Öhlund

Appears in

The Island at the Top of the World (1974)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• The Godi — Conflict Captured Hostage — Sir Anthony Ross (Donald Sinden)

  Protagonist faces execution by the island's authoritarian ruler.

• The Godi — Conflict Pursuer — Captain Brieux (Jacques Marin)

  Pilot faces direct hostility from the island's leader.

• The Godi — Conflict Fugitive — Oomiak (Mako)

  Guide becomes a target of the authoritarian regime.

• The Godi — Conflict Defier — Freyja (Agneta Eckemyr)

  Virtuous local challenges the ruler's deadly prejudice.

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