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Sagas w/Shawn - Gods and Kings
“Sagas w/Shawn: Gods and Kings” is an ambitious (and probably doomed) attempt to build a shared world where every god, legendary king, and mythical hero across world history actually coexists.
Hosted by Shawn, this podcast bridges the gap between mythology and history, from Norse sagas and ancient folklore to medieval pseudo-history, global pantheons, and even the lore of fantasy worlds and video games. Expect dry humor, deep dives, and a sincere curiosity about what people believed, why it…
Episodes
- Sagas w/Shawn - Gods and Kings
E20: Thule, the Papar, and Pre-Norse Iceland
Send us Fan Mail For the show's 20th episode, Shawn expands his commentary on Dark Age myths and legends to the edge of the world. And by the edge of the…
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E19: Tales of Ireland II - St. Brendan and his Voyage Across the North Atlantic
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Shawn delivers part two of his Tales of Ireland series, focusing on the voyage of a certain monk who lived in the…
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E18: Volsungs in Valhalla - Dining with Odin's Chosen
Send us Fan Mail ***welp, Shawn missed the years on the reigns of Hákon and Eric by an entire century. Edit to fix coming hopefully in the next day. yikes****…
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E17: Kings of Norway II | Hakon the Good (934 - 961 CE)
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Shawn continues his series on the Kings of Norway with Hakon the Good, the first Christian king of Norway and another son of…
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E16: Kings of Norway I | Eric Bloodaxe (930–934 CE)
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Shawn returns to his non-existent roots and once again discusses gods and kings. Specifically, Eric Bloodaxe, King of Norway…
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E15: Odin and Thor – Mortality, the Measure of a Life, and What We Leave Behind (Part III)
Send us Fan Mail In our final episode of our series on Thor, Shawn wraps up Thor's non-existent story arc, tying the Zelda I mean Norse timeline up in a way…
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E14: Tales of Ireland I - From Noah to the Milesians, the Mythic Invasions of Ireland
Send us Fan Mail Ignore the part of the episode where I stated the "Magog and Gomer, Father's of Ireland" in the title. Love, Shawn. In this St. Patrick’s Day…
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E13: Odin and Thor – Illusion, Fate, and the Limits of Power (Part II)
Send us Fan Mail In Part II of our series on Thor, we dive into the story of Utgarða-Loki and the two versions of Thor’s fishing trip, uncovering more of the…
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E12: Odin and Thor – Power, Humiliation, and the Making of a God (Part I)
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we follow Thor across a string of myths that repeatedly undermine the idea that strength alone is all he needs in life. We…
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E11: Gandalf Trolls Trolls, Thor Trolls a Dwarf, and Beorn's Budget BnB
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Shawn once again obsesses over the parallels between Tolkien’s work and the Norse myths he drew inspiration from, and once…
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E10: Riddles in Asgard and Middle Earth - Odin, Bilbo Baggins, and the Games of "Wisdom"
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Shawn, still pretending he is an early teenager in 2001 pretending he would fit just right in with the fellowship of the…
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E9: Norse Myths – The Ring-Bearers of the Cursed Ring Andvaranaut, and Tolkien's Inspiration
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Shawn covers the ring-bearers of the cursed ring of fate, Andvaranaut. From dwarfs to gods to dragons to princesses to kings…
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E8: The Legacy of the All-Father VI - Odin, Jesus, and the Merovingian Kings of France
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Shawn discusses the mythic origins of the Merovingians, in one part using their very loose parallels to the Volsungs…
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E7: Ivar the Wide-Fathom: The Serpent Who Conquered Too Much
Send us Fan Mail 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…
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E6: The Legacy of the All-Father V – Saeming, the Aesir/Vanir War, and Norway’s Mythic Origins
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Shawn looks at yet another son of Odin, who supposedly served as the ancestor of the legendary kings of Norway. This time…
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E5: The Legacy of the All-Father IV - The House of Skjoldung and the Legendary Kings of Denmark
Send us Fan Mail The Legacy of the All-Father (Part 4): The House of Skjoldung In this episode, Shawn heads back to Denmark to discuss the legendary Kings of…
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E4: The Legacy of the All-Father III - The Anglo-Saxon Kings of England
Send us Fan Mail The Legacy of the All-Father (Part 3): The Anglo-Saxon Kings of England In this episode, Shawn sails west across the North Sea to follow…
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E3: The Legacy of the All-Father II - The First Kings of the North
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Shawn returns back to Midgard, where the influence of the All-Father shifts from mythic creation to shaping the destinies of…
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E2: The Legacy of the All-Father I - The Mythical Sons of Odin
Send us Fan Mail The Legacy of the All-Father (Part 1): The Mythical Sons of Odin In this episode, Shawn ventures deeper into Norse Mythology to explore the…
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E1: The Divine Ancestry of Harald Fairhair, First King of Norway
Send us Fan Mail The Divine Ancestry of Harald Fairhair. In the first episode of "Sagas w/Shawn - Gods and Kings" Shawn dives into the ancestry of Harald…