Ragnar Lothbrok: Viking Legend
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Sons of Ragnar
There seems to be quite a strong tradition that they are the sons of Ragnar, whether there's any truth in it. Not always by the same mother of course because we've got different stories. There was a King Fro of Sweden who had a pair of killer serpents and Ragnar goes and attacks these with the aid of a ferocious shield maiden called Lagärtha. And after they've dispatched the serpents and killed the king, Ragnar marries Lagärthas not very keen on getting married because she wants to be a shield maiden. But then LagäRtha clears off to do some more shield maidening. And Ragnar marries more women in this kind of
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