The True Story of of Aslaug | Vikings

There are not many characters in Norse mythology and the sagas quite like Aslaug, also known by her nickname Kraka (or the crow). In the sagas we look back to the glories of a distant and perhaps largely imaginary past where semi-historical and legendary things are said to have taken place.

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction - The age of heroes
02:16 Chapter 1 - Early life
03:24 Chapter 2 - Ragnar Lothbrok
05:15 Chapter 3- Prophetic dreams

All Credit for the Music goes to: Savfk - Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXOeF...
https://soundcloud.com/savfk/the-hunt

Sources:
The Saga of Ragnar Lodrok and his Sons:
http://www.germanicmythology.com/FORNALDARSAGAS/ThattrRagnarsSonar.html

THE DANISH HISTORY, BOOKS I-IX by Saxo Grammaticus
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1150/1150-h/1150-h.htm

The Volsunga Saga:
http://www.dankalia.com/literature/lty303.pdf

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