Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Episode 14b - The Saga of the People of Vatnsdal (Part 2)
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Episode 14b - The Saga of the People of Vatnsdal (Part 2)
Join us for the second half of the epic tale of the
Vatnsdal chieftains and their family over six generations. In this episode, we
clumsily attempt to trace the final three generations of this remarkable
family. We’ve crammed a lot into this
episode and we barely scratch the surface.
We pick up the story with the seven children of Ingimund
Thorsteinsson (led by the bickering brothers Thorstein and Jokul) as they seek
revenge against their father’s killer and begin a career as luck-favored
witch-killers. Along the way, they encounter a particularly impressive villain
named Thorolf Sledgehammer and his clowder of ornery cats. With the district safe from evil-doers, the
saga shifts to the next generation.
This section begins with the sons of Thorstein
Ingimundarson, Ingolf and some other guy.
Ingolf Thorsteinsson is the important one. He’s the handsome Don Juan of Iceland who
melts hearts and enrages menfolk across the north of Iceland. Ingolf may be a
bit narcissistic, but he backs up his boasts with impressive feats of derring-do
(see picture above, and note the rock strapped to his chest).
The final generation is represented by Thorkel Scratcher,
who we discussed briefly in Hallfred’s Saga Troublesome-poet. Despite his humble origins as an illegitimate
son abandoned to the elements as an infant, Thorkel Scratcher rises to become
one of the great figures of Iceland. But great men often have jealous enemies…
This episode is filled to bursting with berserkers,
half-giants, demonic pumas, missionaries, witches, outlaws, legendary swords,
legendary lovers, and the occasional bloodbath. How does one man with twenty
enormous black cats keep the litterbox clean? What are the three tests of a
chieftain hero? Can one man singlehandedly take out eighteen bandits if he has
big enough stones? Is there room for two berserkers in a single family? And can
a Norwegian companion ever survive a saga battle?
Listen in and find out!
In honor of the many Norwegian companions who have fallen
in the name of saga violence, we’ve created a special shirt in our Saga Thing
store. Get one for your own Norwegian companion.
View all episodes
By Saga Thing
4.9
397397 ratings
Join us for the second half of the epic tale of the
Vatnsdal chieftains and their family over six generations. In this episode, we
clumsily attempt to trace the final three generations of this remarkable
family. We’ve crammed a lot into this
episode and we barely scratch the surface.
We pick up the story with the seven children of Ingimund
Thorsteinsson (led by the bickering brothers Thorstein and Jokul) as they seek
revenge against their father’s killer and begin a career as luck-favored
witch-killers. Along the way, they encounter a particularly impressive villain
named Thorolf Sledgehammer and his clowder of ornery cats. With the district safe from evil-doers, the
saga shifts to the next generation.
This section begins with the sons of Thorstein
Ingimundarson, Ingolf and some other guy.
Ingolf Thorsteinsson is the important one. He’s the handsome Don Juan of Iceland who
melts hearts and enrages menfolk across the north of Iceland. Ingolf may be a
bit narcissistic, but he backs up his boasts with impressive feats of derring-do
(see picture above, and note the rock strapped to his chest).
The final generation is represented by Thorkel Scratcher,
who we discussed briefly in Hallfred’s Saga Troublesome-poet. Despite his humble origins as an illegitimate
son abandoned to the elements as an infant, Thorkel Scratcher rises to become
one of the great figures of Iceland. But great men often have jealous enemies…
This episode is filled to bursting with berserkers,
half-giants, demonic pumas, missionaries, witches, outlaws, legendary swords,
legendary lovers, and the occasional bloodbath. How does one man with twenty
enormous black cats keep the litterbox clean? What are the three tests of a
chieftain hero? Can one man singlehandedly take out eighteen bandits if he has
big enough stones? Is there room for two berserkers in a single family? And can
a Norwegian companion ever survive a saga battle?
Listen in and find out!
In honor of the many Norwegian companions who have fallen
in the name of saga violence, we’ve created a special shirt in our Saga Thing
store. Get one for your own Norwegian companion.
More shows like Saga Thing
View all
Rex Factor
925 Listeners
In Our Time: History
1,896 Listeners
The History of English Podcast
6,354 Listeners
The History of Egypt Podcast
1,851 Listeners
The History of China
1,082 Listeners
Emperors of Rome
1,538 Listeners
Myths and Legends
23,363 Listeners
When in Rome
281 Listeners
Literature and History
1,361 Listeners
The Medieval Podcast
298 Listeners
The Ancients
2,979 Listeners
History of the Germans
427 Listeners
Gone Medieval
1,745 Listeners
Anglo-Saxon England
207 Listeners
Pirates: Totalus Rankium
58 Listeners