ABSTRACT

CHAPTER XV: RAGNAR LODBROK Ragnar Lodbrok Saga RAGNAR LODBROK, who figures in history'as . the contemporary of Charlemagne, is one of

the great Northern heroes, to whom many mythical deeds of valour are ascribed. His story has given rise not only to the celebrated Ragnar Lodbrok Saga, so popular in the thirteenth century, but also to many poems and songs by ancient scalds and modern poets.