In this episode, Egil and Thorolf go a-Viking across the Baltic Sea and then up the coast of Sweden. Along the way, Egil falls into a trap set by some clever Curonians, Thorolf makes friends with yet another nobleman, and Queen Gunnhild hatches a plot to kill the sons of Skallagrim. We also discuss torture in the sagas, Viking ethics, time fudging in saga narratives, and the character of the Branno Islands across multiple sagas. We don't cover a lot of chapters in this one (get used to it), but we have a lot of fun.
Music Credits:
Intro Music - "Prelude and Action" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Summary Music - "Don't Be That Way" by the Chick Webb Orchestra
Preview Music - "Intended Force" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Poetry Music - Edited selection from "Skjolborg" by Danheim
Outro Music - "Stormfront" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Selections from music by Kevin MacLeod licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Saga Brief 3: Krákumál
Episode 12b - The Saga of Bjorn Champion of the Hitardal People (Judgments)
Episode 12a - The Saga of Bjorn Champion of the Hitardal People
Episode 11b - Kormak's Saga Judgments
Episode 11a - Kormak's Saga
Episode 10b - The Saga of Hallfred Troublesome-Poet (Judgments)
Episode 10a - The Saga of Hallfred Troublesome-Poet
Saga Brief 2: Holmgang, or The Icelandic Art of Dueling
Episode 9b - The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue (Judgments)
Episode 9a - The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue
Episode 8: Bandamanna Saga (The Saga of the Confederates)
Saga Brief 1: The Blood-Eagle
Episode 7 - The Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok and His Sons
Episode 6: The Saga of Hen-Thorir
Episode 5b - Gisli's Saga (Judgments)
Episode 5a - Gisli's Saga
Episode 4 - Eirik the Red's Saga
Episode 3b - Eyrbyggja Saga (Judgments)
Episode 3a - Eyrbyggja Saga
Episode 2: Hrafnkel's Saga
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