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The History Channel will be showing a new series on the Vikings in 2013. If you're excited for this one, just note one thing – it's a “scripted” series, which evidently entails at least a partial fictionalization of a non-fictional figure:
Vikings follows the adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, an actual historical figure, and the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the gripping sagas of Ragnar’s band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods – legend has it that he was a direct descendent of Odin, the god of war and warriors.
I will wait to judge this one, but it makes me wonder about what is going on in the minds of the History Channel producers.
