Sons & lovers by dh lawrence5/8/2023 ![]() ![]() Ragnar and Thora had two sons, Eric and Agnar, before Thora fell ill and died when the sons were only a few years old. Then, he proceeded to liberate his kingdom. He then cut off the serpent's head, and when the people found out what had happened, he married Thora. ![]() Ragnar protected himself with his shield and speared the serpent through its heart. ![]() ![]() He took a spear and approached the serpent, which then blew poison at him. When Ragnar hears of this, he goes to Västergötland and dresses in shaggy clothes that he had treated with tar and sand. At his symbel, Herrauðr promises his daughter to the man who kills the serpent. He gave her a lindworm, but after some time, it encircles her tower and threatens anyone who approaches it, except for her servants who fed it an ox every day. Herrauðr, the earl of Götaland and one of Ragnar's vassals had a daughter, Þóra Borgarhjǫrtr, who was very beautiful. Many foreign kings come to take parts of his kingdom as they think Ragnar is too young to defend it. When Sigurd Ring dies, Ragnar Lodbrok succeeds him as the king of Sweden and Denmark. The Tale of Ragnar's sons ( Old Norse: Ragnarssona þáttr) is an Old Norse story about Ragnar Lodbrok and his sons. An 1857 painting by August Malmström depicting King Ælla's messenger before Ragnar Lodbrok's sons. ![]()
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