Degolas (born 830) was an Anglo-Saxon huntsman who lived in an isolated hut in the Fens of Cambridgeshire, England during the late 9th century AD. He married the Mercian woman Proppa and lived in his hut with two children, and he began to alienate his family by dipping his arrows in cow dung for good luck, by wallowing in manure to mask his scent, and by refusing to shower; he even surrounded his home with cow dung for good luck. One day in 874 AD, the Norwegian Viking warrior Eivor stumbled across the complaining children, so he helped them by removing the crates from removing the home. He then found Degolas on a tree-elevated platform above a small pond, and Degolas' son tried unsuccessfully to convince his father to get down. Eivor responded by hacking down the supports, causing Degolas to fall into the pond and involuntarily wash off his cow dung. Degolas initially complained, but his wife and children praised their father for cleansing himself.