Ragnar Lodbrok
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Ragnar Lodbrok or Ragnar Lothbrok, according to legends, was a Viking hero and a Swedish and Danish king.
Ragnar Lodbrok with sons Ivar and Ubba, 15th-century miniature in Harley MS 2278 folio 39r
A warrior with shaggy breeches, killing a beast, on one of the Torslunda plates. The man has been identified with Ragnar Lodbrok in an early Swedish version of the legend (Schück). More recently, it has been interpreted as showing a Germanic initiation ritual in which shaggy trousers played a role and which may subsequently have contributed to the legend of Ragnar Lodbrok.
Ragnar Lodbrog meets Kraka by 19th century artist Mårten Eskil Winge
The saga as published by Norstedts in a large-size illustrated version (1880).
Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye
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Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye or Sigurd Ragnarsson was a semi-legendary Viking warrior and Danish king active from the mid to late 9th century. According to multiple saga sources and Scandinavian histories
Ragnar Lodbrok
…with a poor peasant couple in Norway, and married her. This marriage resulted in the sons Ivar the Boneless, Björn Ironside, Hvitserk, Ragnvald, and Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye. Kráka was later revealed to actually be Aslaug, a secret daughter of the renowned hero Sigurd Fafnesbane. As the sons grew up to become renowned…
Engraving from 1670