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🗓️ 22 March 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Greg Jenner is joined by historian Dr Janina Ramirez and comedian Kae Kurd in medieval Iceland to delve into the world of old Norse literature. It's full of elves, giants, trolls, gods, deadly mistletoe and eight-legged horse babies. Anything goes in a world created from the decapitated body of a giant where a squirrel runs communications! But what was the ultimate purpose of these stories? Who wrote them? And what do they teach us about Viking culture?
Produced by Greg Jenner and Emma Nagouse
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0:34.7 | Hello, Greg here, just a reminder that our live special about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
0:39.8 | is next week, March 29th is when you'll get that one so in the interim here's a lovely |
0:45.1 | reversion of a previous episode all about old Norse literature or Viking myths we |
0:50.6 | couldn't quite figure out what to call it but basically it's good stuff if you want the |
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1:04.4 | our Mozart spectacular. Thank you. Bye. |
1:07.0 | Hello and welcome to You're Dead to Me, a Radio 4 History podcast for everyone. for people who don't like history, people who do like history and people who forgot to learn any at school. |
1:17.0 | My name is Greg Jenner, I'm a public historian author and broadcaster, and today we're grabbing our mythological hammers and setting sail in Viking longboats for medieval Iceland to have an introductory rummage through old Norse myths and literature. |
1:30.0 | And rowing with me are two very special guests. In History Corner, she's a cultural historian broadcaster and author. |
1:37.0 | She's a director in the History of Art at the Departments for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford. |
1:42.0 | You'll definitely have seen some of her many |
1:43.8 | many people history on BBC 4 including secret knowledge, the art of the |
1:48.7 | Vikings and the Vikings, is Dr. Janina Ramirez. Hi, Anita, how are you? |
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