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Ragnar "Lothbrok" Sigurdsson is a main character in the historical drama series Vikings, created by Canadian network History.He is portrayed by Travis Fimmel and is based on Ragnar Lodbrok, a 9th-century Viking farmer and warrior who raided Anglo-Saxon villages in England.
The Tale of Ragnar's Sons (Old Norse: Ragnarssona þáttr) is a short tale that complements the Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok [13] and focuses on the exploits of Ragnar's sons most notably Ivar the Boneless, Bjorn Ironside, Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye, and Hvitserk. The sons are portrayed as avenging their father’s death and continuing his legacy.
He is known for his role as Ragnar Lothbrok in the History Channel television series Vikings (2013–2017), [1] [2] and as Anduin Lothar in the live-action adaptation of Warcraft (2016). He also starred as Marcus in the HBO Max science fiction series Raised by Wolves (2020–2022).
The siege of Paris of 845 was the culmination of a Viking invasion of West Francia.The Viking forces were led by a Norse chieftain named "Reginherus", or Ragnar, who tentatively has been identified with the legendary saga character Ragnar Lodbrok.
Vikings is a historical drama television series created and written by Michael Hirst.A co-production between Canada and Ireland, the series originally aired on the History Channel, premiering on March 3, 2013, and concluding on December 30, 2020, when the second half of the sixth season was released in its entirety on Amazon Prime Video in Ireland, ahead of its broadcast on History in Canada ...
Vikings is inspired by the sagas of Viking Ragnar Lothbrok, one of the best-known legendary Norse heroes and notorious as the scourge of England and France, while Vikings: Valhalla, set 100 years later, chronicles the beginning of the end of the Viking Age and the adventures of Leif Erikson, his sister Freydís Eiríksdóttir and Harald ...
The Tale of Ragnar's Sons, [6] on the other hand, mentions that the invasion of England by the Great Heathen Army was aimed at avenging the death of Ragnar Lodbrok, a legendary Viking ruler of Sweden and Denmark. [d] In the Viking saga, Ragnar is said to have conducted a raid on Northumbria during the reign of King Ælla. The Vikings were ...
Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (Old Norse: Sigurðr ormr í auga) 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 from the 12th century and later, he is one of the sons of the legendary Viking Ragnar Lodbrok and Áslaug. [1]