13A-Ragnar Lodbrok: The Beggar King

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2015

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The tale of Ragnar Lodbrok, legendary Viking king and main character of the History Channel series "Vikings" and the many women in his life you absolutely do not want to mess with. It contains Viking battles, murder, betrayal, and heartbreak, uncommonly-ugly peasants, and, of course, a dragon fight.
For the creature of the week, if anyone in the woods calls to you from a bush asking you to stop what you're doing to play a tickle game, you should probably say no. You should definitely say no if it's this long-fingered creature who will literally tickle you to death.
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0:00.0	This week on the Mythic and Legends podcast, it's part one of the saga of Ragnar Lothbrook,
0:05.0	a legendary Viking king.
0:07.0	You'll see that if you get a pet snake for your daughter, you'll really want to make
0:10.5	sure it's not actually a baby dragon that will terrorize your kingdom.
0:14.9	If you're curious if you're long distance boyfriend is the one, there's a way to figure
0:18.4	out if he's right for you.
0:20.2	Surprise him when he comes to visit and make him fight a giant bear.
0:24.4	Then on the creature of the week, it's a creepy guy in the woods that will trap you in a deadly
0:28.9	tickle fight.
0:29.9	This is the Mythic and Legends podcast, episode 13A, The Baker King.
0:45.2	This is a podcast where I tell stories that have shaped cultures throughout history.
0:49.2	Some are incredibly popular stories you think you know, but with surprising origins.
0:53.8	Others are stories you probably haven't heard, but really should.
0:56.6	Today we'll be starting on the story of Ragnar Lothbrook, the legendary Viking king.
1:02.3	He's the focus of the history channel series Vikings, which is only based on the legends
1:06.3	and the broadest of strokes.
1:08.5	It's a decent show and barely related to both the legend I'll be telling and the history
1:13.0	behind the legend.
1:14.8	The third story I did for the podcast was the saga of the Volsungs.
1:18.4	It was a long one, it took five episodes to tell, but I personally really enjoyed it.
1:23.6	It was part of the inspiration for the Lord of the Rings.
1:26.8	The story today is a sequel to that one, but you don't have to listen to that story
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