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E7: Ivar the Wide-Fathom: The Serpent Who Conquered Too Much
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Before Ragnar Lodbrok and his sons set out to conquer the Viking world, there was Ivar the Wide Fathom, Ragnar's great-great-grandfather who decided that one kingdom simply was not enough. In this episode, Shawn explores how Ivar toppled (well, sort of) two of the most powerful dynasties in Norse legend, the Ynglings of Sweden and the Skjoldungs of Denmark, drawing from the Ynglinga Saga, Saga of Hervor and Heidrik, Hversu Noregr Byggdist, and Sögubrot af fornkonungum. Through these overlapping and often contradictory sources, Shawn traces how Ivar’s ambition laid the…
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