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The Sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok

By: Ben Waggoner - Translator
Narrated by: Ray Chase
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Although based on historical persons from the ninth century, Ragnar Lodbrok and his sons are the subjects of compelling legends dating from the Viking era. Warriors, raiders, and rulers, Ragnar and his sons inspired unknown writers to set down their stories over seven centuries ago. This volume presents new and original translations of the three major Old Norse texts that tell Ragnar's story: The Saga of Ragnar Lodbrok, The Tale of Ragnar's Sons, and The Sögubrot. Ragnar's death song, the "Krákumál," completes the story. Extensive notes and commentary are provided, helping listeners enter the world of these timeless stories of Viking adventure.

©2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc. (P)2015 Blackstone Audio Historical Fiction Fiction Viking Norse Mythology Middle Ages Norse Sagas

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enjoyable! nice to see where shows like Vikings got bits of their storylines from. I found the differences between the sagas interesting, and the final part, like a poem where "we struck with our swords" is repeated over and over, is mesmerizing. highly recommend

Highly recommend

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I'm not sure what i expected, i knew this was a translation of ancient norse sagas, and ray chase has the most wonderful voice, yet i feel somehow disappointed. perhaps the Vikings series and modern beginning-middle-end story telling has distorted my attention, but this was quite hard going. the same stories are told several times but with slight differences. none of the tales left me thinking that Ragnar was the prototype hero. there was nothing about his association with Odin the wanderer, or magick. yet i wanted to listen to the end.

a very different story telling

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If you're into Old Norse/Icelandic Sagas and the character of Ragnar Loðbrog, this is the only source with a complete modern English translation. This was supposed to have come directly after The Völsunga Saga, as some of it was created by Aslung, Sigurd's (Volsung) daughter.

You'll get his Sagas, the Sagas of his children, Ivar, Bjorn, Halfdan, Sigurd (But not Ubba, that was Saxo), and it's capped off with the Krakumul 'The Death Song of Ragnar', "Laughting Shall I Die".

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Chapters repeat earlier chapters, baffling the reader like some recording stuck on a loop.
Totally spoiled my enjoyment of Ragnar's story.

Repetitive

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Don’t let someone who can’t pronounce Swedish, Norwegian, Danish or Icelandic narrate sagas. Really off putting. Even simple words like Uppsala [Ou-pp-salla]. Disappointing.

Pronunciation needs work.

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