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Nordic Mythology Podcast

Ep 306 - Ahmad Ibn Fadlan with Tonicha Upham

Nordic Mythology Podcast

Daniel Farrand

History, Education, Comedy, Norse Mythology, Medieval, Vikings, Norse, Mythology, Viking, Myth, Thor, Odin, Nordic, Historical

4.8371 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2026

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

In this week's episode, Dan and Mags are joined by Tonicha Upham as they explore the historical records kept by legendary Arab traveller Ahmad ibn Fadlan and his encounters with various European cultures.


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Check out Tonicha's past work:


https://www.uu.se/en/contact-and-organisation/staff?query=N24-2371


Also, check out their Google Scholar page:


https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XUaVCz0AAAAJ&hl=da


Follow Margrethe on Instagram:


https://www.instagram.com/arkeomags


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0:34.3

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0:40.6

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0:45.5

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0:51.3

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0:55.8

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1:29.0

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1:34.9

all that stuff. But let's get into today's show because this is a topic that we have

1:39.1

somehow overlooked for 310 episodes.

1:48.9

We've not done a specific episode on this.

1:52.1

And I don't know how we've mentioned it.

1:53.4

We've alluded to it.

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