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"Vikings" is the tale of an epic and violent world of the mighty Norsemen who traded, raided and explored throughout the medieval times. "Vikings" tells the tale of a Viking warrior whose goal is to discover civilizations over seas and reach supremacy as a king. A Viking with the vision and drive to conquer unknown grounds.
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01x09 All Change Aired: Apr. 28, 2013At the behest of King Horik, Ragnar assembles a small party to travel to Gotaland (modern day Sweden) to resolve a land dispute with the area’s …
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HISTORY has picked up VIKINGS, its first scripted drama series for a 10-episode second season, it was announced today by Dirk Hoogstra of the HISTORY Channel. Created and written by Michael Hirst, the renewal comes just five episodes into the VIKINGS freshman season. Four episodes remain in the current season airing Sundays at 10 p.m. with the season finale slated for Sunday, April 28 at 10 p.m.
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- "Loðbrók" is not a family name but a nickname meaning "hairy-breeches", presumably from a habit of wearing fur leggings. Vikings often acquired colorful nicknames derived from personal…
[show]"Loðbrók" is not a family name but a nickname meaning "hairy-breeches", presumably from a habit of wearing fur leggings. Vikings often acquired colorful nicknames derived from personal habits, characteristics or traits. The sagas and histories of Vikings are populated with such figures as Helgi the Leant, Ketil Trout and King Harald Finehair (formerly Harald Shag-hair). One can only speculate as to how difficult it was to be the follower of a man known as Eystein the Foul-Farted (a name recorded in the Icelandic Book of Settlements).
[hide] - Goof (factual errors): Throughout the series, people refer to Gabriel Byrne's character as "Earl (or Lord) Haraldson". The Vikings used a system of naming known as "patronymic" in which one's…
[show]Goof (factual errors): Throughout the series, people refer to Gabriel Byrne's character as "Earl (or Lord) Haraldson". The Vikings used a system of naming known as "patronymic" in which one's personal name was modified by the given name of one's father followed by "son" (for a male) or "dottir" (for a female). These modifiers were not in anyway considered family names and people were commonly referred to by their personal names regardless of their rank. Occasionally, "matronymics" were used, which are derived from the name of the mother. This custom has fallen into disuse in all the Nordic countries except Iceland, where the patronymic/matronymic system is still in use and the custom is to address people by what people in most other countries would consider their given names. For similar reasons, the Earl's wife, Siggy, would never be referred to as "Siggy Haraldson"; she would retain the patronymic inherited from her father. If, for example, her father's name had been Eirik, she would remain Siggy Eiriksdottir even after marrying. Bjorn, the son of Ragnar, would not be known as "Bjorn Loðbrók" but as "Bjorn Ragnarsson". Ragnar's wife, similarly to Siggy, would not be known as "Lagertha Loðbrók". "Loðbrók" is not a family name but a nickname meaning "hairy-breeches", presumably from a habit of wearing fur leggings. See also trivia.
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