Hey, history lovers. I'm Mike Rosenwald with Retropod, a show about the past, rediscovered.

Today, we're going to do a special episode on something I like to call Breaking History.

That's when history makes the news because someone discovered an artifact or new detail from the past.

This week, the person who made breaking history news was an eight-year-old girl.

Her name is Saga Vanichek.

And yes, her name really is Saga, like a fairy tale or a legend.

One afternoon this summer, Saga was splashing around a lake in southern Sweden.

It was hot.

Her father, anxious to watch a World Cup soccer match, told Saga to skedaddle.

Saga did what most kids would do when faced with a similar demand.

She kept playing, tossing rocks across the water.

And then, all of the sudden, Saga noticed something stream stuck in the lake's bed,

some weird-looking stick.

She pulled it out of the water and pointed it toward the sky. She said,

Daddy, I've found a sword. Saga wasn't just pretending either. No, this was a very serious moment in the annals of the past rediscovered. Turns out the sword saga found is from the pre-viking era,

which means it's like 1,500 years old.

Saga's miraculous find drew headlines around the globe.

Some wry commenters have dubbed Saga the queen

because of the story's myth-like aura.

The sword would make a heck of a good Halloween prop.

Saga recently told the Guardian newspaper about finding the sword.

She said, I felt like a warrior, but Daddy said I looked like Pippi Longstocking.

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