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b'Saga Thing returns from a much needed holiday break to tackle The Saga of Thord Menace. In this episode we meet the family of Thord, explore the formulas of saga writing, witness the assassination of Norwegian royalty, and learn how young Thord earned his menacing nickname. Oh, and we finally get to see some saga characters taking advantage of the lovely hot springs of Iceland. It\'s a great start to a saga that rarely gets the attention it deserves. Join us for The Saga of Thord Menace!\\n\\nOur thanks to Bryan Foust for returning to share his talents with us once again. Check out his work on Instagram, where he\'s known as @skarphedin_illustrator.\\nAnd, as promised, some bibliography on saints and hagiography, courtesy of John. Blame any issues with citation style accuracy on him. I\'m just cutting and pasting this time.\\nDubois, Thomas A. Sanctity in the North: Saints, Lives, and Cults in Medieval Scandinavia. University of Toronto Press, 2008.\\n\\xa0\\nEgilsd\\xf3ttir, \\xc1sdis. \\u201cHappy Endings: The (Para)Normality of Miracles.\\u201d \\xc1rmann Jakobsson and Miriam Mayburd, eds. De Gruyter, 2020.\\n\\xa0\\nEgilsd\\xf3ttir, \\xc1sdis. \\u201cThe beginnings of local hagiography in Iceland : the lives of Bishops \\xdeorla\\u0301kr and Jo\\u0301n.\\u201d Lars Boje Mortenson, ed. The Making of Christian Myths in the Periphery of Latin Christendom (c.1000-1300). Museum Tusculanum Press (University of Copenhagen), 2006.\\n\\xa0\\nGr\\xf8nlie, Si\\xe2n. The Saint and the Saga Hero. Cambridge University Press, 2017.\\n\\xa0\\nPhelpstead, Carl. Holy Vikings. ACMRS Press, 2007.\\n\\xa0\\nWellendorf, Jonas. \\u201cEcclesiastical Literature and Hagiography.\\u201d \\xc1rmann Jakobsson and Sverrir Jakobsson, eds. The Routledge Companion to the Medieval Icelandic Sagas. Routledge, 2019.\\n\\xa0\\nAnd if you\\u2019re looking for a more general introduction to the phenomenon of medieval saints\\u2019 cults, you really can\\u2019t do better than Peter Brown\\u2019s The Cult of the Saints (University of Chicago Press, 1981). \\n\\xa0\\nMusic Credits\\nIntro Music - "Prelude and Action" by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4236-prelude-and-actionLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/\\nOutro Music - "Stormfront" by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4421-stormfrontLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'