Episode 29k - Egil's Saga (Part 11)

Published: Sept. 29, 2019, 5:57 p.m.

b'This is our action packed dueling episode! Egil suits up for battle against a pale-skinned Swedish berserker hell bent on destroying the family of Arinbjorn\\u2019s sister. Then he tackles Atli the Short, whose magical invulnerability to weapons forces Egil to get creative in battle. And if the duels weren\'t enough, Egil and Arinbjorn go on a series of Viking raids in Saxony and Frisia.\\n\\xa0\\nWant to know more about the holmgang? Listen to our Saga Brief "Holmgang, Or the Icelandic Art of Dueling" and check out our further reading bibliography.\\nThe image above is a sketch found in the 14th century\\xa0M\\xf6\\xf0ruvallab\\xf3k (AM 132 fol. 61v). It reads: H\\xe9r berjast \\xfeeir Egill Skallagr\\xedmsson og Lj\\xf3tur inn bleiki. [Here Egil Skallagrimson and Ljot the Pale fight.]\\nMusic Credits:\\nIntro Music\\xa0-\\xa0"Prelude and Action" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\\nSummary Music \\u2013 "On the Mississippi" by The Prince\'s Band\\nPreview and Poetry Music - "Valravn" by Danheim\\nOutro Music\\xa0-\\xa0"Stormfront"\\xa0by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\\nSelections from music by Kevin MacLeod licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/'