An Imperfect Heroe

At my start of Njal´s Saga I saw a very common thing that happens a lot in book. Njal is described very in detail and with boosting adjectives. “He was well off for property and hansom to look at,” (pg 35) Not only the description stops there but continues saying he is, “wise and prophetic”. He is like a hero, perfect to the eye of man, intelligent, hansom, and as if it wasn’t important he helps other people. He is as Hercules in a way. They both have in common that are almost perfect beings, well I say “almost” because they say that Njal has a defect that is that he doesn’t grow beard. Why is this a defect? He is hansom and intelligent, what else did they want from him? Was he also not tall enough or something! I think that if all we look at is his defect (because he only seems to have one) he is a perfect man. This case can also apply to heroes that have one defect, therefore making them not a perfect being. Everyone is imperfect in one way, so why actualy say that? We should be able to take it as something already done, everyone sees defects on people, so if we just focus on these then we won´t see the good parts.