While their mother is dying in the modern Gimli, Manitoba hospital, two young children are told an important tale by their Icelandic grandmother about Einar the lonely, his friend Gunnar, and the angelic Snjofrieder in a Gimli of old.
Einar the Lonely / Minstrel
Gunnar
Snjófridur
Amma
Granddaughter
Grandson
John Ramsay
Pastor Osbaldison / Patient
Lord Dufferin
Fish Princess