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b"According to Finnish legend, a peasant farmer named Lalli murdered the Christian missionary Bishop Henry on the ice of lake K\\xf6yli\\xf6nj\\xe4rvi on January 20, 1156, dispatching him with an axe blow to the head.\\nIt is fair to say things didn\\u2019t go terribly well for Lalli after that. He met a gruesome fate that takes various forms depending on the tale you read, but in general Lalli takes the bishop's mitre to wear and when he tries to remove it, it tears his scalp off. The bishop, meanwhile, fared rather better posthumously, going on to become Saint Henry.\\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly discuss which bits of the tale are true; explain why the real villain of the story is Lalli\\u2019s wife; and discover that the 11th greatest Finn was a four-time Olympic gold medalist, who is also known for his later ill-advised careers as a singer and stripper.\\xa0\\xa0\\nFurther Reading:\\n\\u2022 \\u2018The axe of Lalli and the cap of St. Henry \\u2013 a view from Finland\\u2019 (Routledge, 2020): https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780429053726-3_26/axe-lalli-cap-st-henry-view-finland-miikka-tamminen\\n\\u2022 \\u2018The Murder of Saint Henry, Crusader Bishop of Finland\\u2019 (\\xc9ditions de la Sorbonne, 2016): https://books.openedition.org/psorbonne/33154?lang=en#:~:text=The%20so%2Dcalled%20'First%20Finnish,and%20its%20motive%20was%20revenge\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Murdering Bishop Henry \\u2013 Finland's First Martyr\\u2019 (Finnish Mythology with Antti Palosaari, 2022):\\xa0\\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDJrsEvwmHI\\n#Medieval #Strange #Finland\\xa0\\xa0\\nWe'll be back on Monday - unless you join\\xa0\\U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS\\U0001f334, where we give you ad-free listening AND a full-length Sunday episode every week!\\nPlus, weekly bonus content, unlock over 70 bonus bits, and support our independent podcast.\\nJoin now via\\xa0Apple Podcasts\\xa0or\\xa0Patreon.\\xa0Thanks!\\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Sophie King.\\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2022.\\xa0\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"