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THE VIKINGS IN MODERN MEDIA:
WHAT HOLLYWOOD GETS RIGHT
Kenneth W. Harl, Tulane University
Bright Horizons 26, August 1-15 2015
IMAGES OF THE VIKINGS
From John Clark Ridpath, History of the World (1894)
IMAGES OF THE VIKINGS
Count Odo defending Paris, 885; Chateau de Versailles, 1837
TRANSMITTING A TRADITION: GODS AND HEROES
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Der Ring des Nibelungen
Amalie Materna, Brünnhilde
Bayreuth, 1876
TRANSMITTING A TRADITION: CYCLE OF VOLSUNGS
375
Death & Suicide of Ermanaric (ON Jörmunrekk) ,
King of the Goths
433-452
Reign of Attila, King of the Huns
437
Huns destroy Burgundian Kingdom at Worms
on orders of Aetius, magister militum
ca. 450-475
First poems of Fall of Niflungs (Burgundians)
ca. 550
Jordanes writes Gothic History
Legend of Hamðr and Sörli
561-575
Reign of King Siegbert of Austrasia (561-575)
& Queen Brucehildis (died 613)
ca. 625-650
First poems about Sigurd & Brynhild (Volsungs)
Expanded Cycle of Volsungs & Niflungs
ca. 650-700
Transmission of cycle of Volsungs to Scandinavia
TRANSMITTING A TRADITION: CYCLE OF VOLSUNGS
ca. 800
Hunninge Picture Stone, Gotland
Depiction of Incidents of Volsung Cycle
ca. 900-950
Composition of earliest poems in Poetic Edda, Norway
1000
Conversion of Iceland to Christianity
Adoption of Roman Alphabet
ca. 1030
Ramsund Runestone,Sweden: deeds of Sigurd
ca. 1180-1225
Carvings of Sigurd , Hylestad Church, Norway
ca. 1200-1204
Nieblungenlied (MHG): South German epic
ca. 1200-1350
Saga Composition in Iceland
ca. 1225
Prose Edda, Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241)
ca. 1250-1275
Saga of Volsungs, Iceland
HYLESTAD STAVE CHURCH, NORWAY ca. 1180-1225
Sigurd slays
smith Regin
Wooden Panels, Legend of Sigurd
LEGEND OF THE VOLSUNGS
Ramsund Runestone, ca. 1030
Sigurd slays dragon Fafnir
Sigurd takes gold of Niflungs
TRANSMITTING A TRADITION: GODS AND HEROES
The Death of Siegfried, Painting by
Julius Schnorr von Carlosfeldt, 1847
Nibelungenlied, ca. 1200-1204
Manuscript C, ca. 1235
TRANSMITTING A TRADITION: GODS AND HEROES
Die Nibelungen (German TV Movie, 2004)
U.S,. Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (2005-2006)
SOME IMAGES OF THE VIKINGS TODAY
Thor, Marvel Comics
Hagar the Horrible, 2006
THE VIKINGS IN FILM
Title
Year
Cast
The Vikings
1958
Kirk Douglas , Tony Curtis, Jane Leigh
Ernest Borgnine
The Long Ships
1965
Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier
Thirteenth Warrior 1999
Antonio Banderas, Vladimir Kulich
Thor
2011
Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hilleson, Natalie
Portman
Thor: Dark World
2013
Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hilleson, Natalie
Portman
The Vikings
2013-2015
Travis Fimmel, Kathyrh Winnick, Clive
Standen
THE VIKINGS IN FILM
Title
Historical Setting
The Vikings (1958)
Saga of Ragnar Lodbrok, Saxo
Grammaticus, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Novel by Edison Marshall
The Long Ships (1965)
Novel of F. G. Bengtsson
(Adventures of Red Orm)
Thirteenth Warrior (1999)
Ibn Fadlan, Beowulf
(Eaters of the Dead by M. Crichton)
Thor (2011)
Voluspa, Prose Edda; Marvel Comics
Thor: Dark World (2013)
Voluspa, Prose Edda; Marvel Comics
The Vikings, 2013-2015
(History Channel)
Saga of Rangar Lodbrok; Anglo-Saxon
Chronicle; Frankish Chronicles
SOURCES ON RAGNAR LODBROK
Bragi Boddason, Ragnarsdrapa
Krákumál
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum
Ragnars Saga Lóbðrókar
(attached to Volsungasaga)
Tale of Ragnar’s Sons
(Ragnarssona þáttr)
Ragnars Saga Lóbðrókar
MS, ca. 1250-1275
THE VIKINGS (1958)
Ragnar: Ernest Borgnine
Einar: Kirk Douglas
Eric: Tony Curtis
Princess Morgana: Janet Leigh
THE VIKINGS (1958)
Credits: Bayeux Tapestry
Narrator: Orson Wells
THE VIKINGS (1958)
Lord Ecbert: James Donald
Einar: Kirk Douglas
Ragnar: Ernest Borgnine
THE VIKINGS (1958)
Ragnar: Ernest Borgnine
Einar: Kirk Douglas
THE VIKINGS (1958)
Janet Leigh: Morgana
Tony Curtis: Eric
THE VIKINGS (1958)
King Aella: Frank Thring
Father Godwin: Alexander Knox
THE VIKINGS (1958)
King Aella: Frank Thring
Father Godwin: Alexander Knox
THE VIKINGS (1958)
THE VIKINGS (1958)
Lord Ecbert: James Donald
Einar: Kirk Douglas
Eric: Tony Curtis
THE VIKINGS, HISTORY CHANNEL (2013-2015)
THE VIKINGS, HISTORY CHANNEL (2013-2015)
Travis Fimmel: Ragnar Lodbrok
Karthryn Winnick: Lagertha
Clive Standen: Rollo
Gustaf Skarsgad: Floki
Alexander Ludwig: Bjorn Ironside
Alyssa Sutherland: Aslaug
THE VIKINGS, HISTORY CHANNEL (2013-2015)
Travis Fimmel: Ragnar Lodbrok
Gustaf Skarsgad: Floki
Thorbjorn Harr: Jarl Borg
THE VIKINGS, HISTORY CHANNEL (2013-2015)
Travis Fimmel: Ragnar Loðbrok
Kathyrn Winnick: Lagertha (ON Hlaðgerðr)
THE VIKINGS, HISTORY CHANNEL (2013-2015)
Travis Fimmel: Ragnar Lodbrok
Alyssa Sutherland: Aslaug
THE VIKINGS, HISTORY CHANNEL (2013-2015)
King Ecbert of Wessex: Linus Roache
THE VIKINGS, HISTORY CHANNEL (2013-2015)
Gisela: Morgane Polanski
THE LONG SHIPS (1965)
Rolfe Richard Widmark
Aly Mansuh: Sidney Poitier
Orm: Ross Tamryn
King Harald: Clifford Evans
Krok : Oskar Homolka
Princess Gerda: Bebe Loncar
Aminah: Rosanna Schiaffano
THE LONG SHIPS (1965)
Rolfe: Richard Widmark
Aly Mansuh: Sidney Poitier
THE LONG SHIPS (1965)
King Harald: Clifford Evans Krok : Oskar Homolka Gerda: Bebe Loncar
THE LONG SHIPS (1965)
Rolfe: Richard Widmark
THE LONG SHIPS (1965)
Rolfe: Richard Widmark; Aminah: Rosanna Schiaffano
THE LONG SHIPS (1965)
Aminah: Rosanna Schiaffano and the Harem
THE LONG SHIPS (1965)
The Mare of Steel
THE LONG SHIPS (1965)
Transporting “Mother of Voices” (Great Bell)
THE THIRTEENTH WARRIOR (1999)
Ibn Fadhlan: Antonio Banderas
Michael Crichton, Eaters of the Dead
THE THIRTEENTH WARRIOR (1999)
Vladimir Kulich: Buliwyf (“Beowulf”)
THE THIRTEENTH WARRIOR (1999)
Omar Sharif: Mechisdek
Ahmet Ibn Fadhlan: Antonio Banderas
THE THIRTEENTH WARRIOR (1999)
THE THIRTEENTH WARRIOR (1999)
Wendol: Neanderthals
THE THIRTEENTH WARRIOR (1999)
Return to Baghdad: Ahmet Ibn Fadhlan: Antonio Banderas
“THOR” (2011) & “THOR: DARK WORLD” (2013)
Thor: Chris Hemsworth
Loki: Tom Hiddelson
“THOR” (2011) & “THOR: DARK WORLD” (2013)
Thor: Marvel Comics
“THOR” (2011) & “THOR: DARK WORLD” (2013)
Thor: Chris Hemsworth
“THOR” (2011) & “THOR: DARK WORLD” (2013)
Loki: Tom Hilleson
Thor: Chris Hemsworth
“THOR” (2011) & “THOR: DARK WORLD” (2013)
Thor: Chris Hemsworth
Jane Foster: Natalie Portman
“THOR” (2011) & “THOR: DARK WORLD” (2013)
Sif: Jamie Alexander
:
“THOR” (2011) & “THOR: DARK WORLD” (2013)
Hogun: Tandaobu Asano
Volstag: Ray Stevenson
HOLLYWOOD: THE GREAT HALL
“The Thirteenth Warrior” (1999)
HOLLYWOOD: THE GREAT HALL
Longhouse, Frykat, Denmark, ca. 980 A.D.
28.5 meters/93.5 feet x 7.5 meters/24.6 feet
HOLLYWOOD: THE GREAT HALL
“The Thirteenth Warrior” (1999)
HOLLYWOOD: THE GREAT HALL
“The Vikings” (1958)
HOLLYWOOD: THE GREAT HALL
Odin seated on Hlidskjaft, 900-950 A.D, Lejre Excavations
HOLLYWOOD: THE GREAT HALL
“The Vikings” History Channel, First Season
Jarl Haraldson: Gabriel Bryne:
HOLLYWOOD: VIKING AGE SETTLEMENTS
“The Vikings” (1958)
HOLLYWOOD: VIKING AGE SETTLEMENTS
“The Vikings” (1958)
HOLLYWOOD: VIKING AGE SETTLEMENTS
“The Long Ships” (1965)
HOLLYWOOD: THE LONGSHIP
“The Vikings” (1958)
HOLLYWOOD: THE LONGSHIP
Kirk Douglas, “The Vikings” (1958)
HOLLYWOOD: THE LONGSHIP
“The Long Ships” (1965)
HOLLYWOOD: THE LONGSHIP
“The Thirteenth Warrior” (1999)
HOLLYWOOD: THE LONGSHIP
“The Vikings” History Channel, First Season (2013)
HOLLYWOOD: THE SHIELD WALL
“The Long Ships,” (1965)
HOLLYWOOD: THE SHIELD WAL
“The Vikings” (2013), History Channel, First Season,
HOLLYWOOD: THE SHIELD WAL
“The Vikings” (2013), History Channel, First Season,
BERSERKERS
HELMET, VAPSGARDE.
SWEDEN, ca. 500-600 A.D.
Warriors in boar helmets;
Plaques, Oland, Sweden
HOLLYWOOD: THE SHIELD WALL
“Vikings,” History Channel, Season 2 (2014)
HOLLYWOOD: BESERKER
Rollo: Clive Standen
“The Vikings,”
History Channel
Season 2 (2014)
HOLLYWOOD: VIKING RAIDS
Sack of Lindisfarne 793; Aethlestan: George Blagden
History Channel Season 1 (2013)
HOLLYWOOD: DEFENSE OF GREAT HALL
“The Thirteenth Warrior” (1999)
HOLLYWOOD: DEFENSE OF GREAT HALL
“The Thirteenth Warrior” (1999)
VIKING ASSAULTS ON PARIS 845 & 885
“The Vikings,” History Channel, Season 3 (2015)
VIKING ASSAULTS ON PARIS 845 & 885
“The Vikings,” History Channel, Season 3 (2015)
VIKING ASSAULTS ON PARIS 845 & 885
“The Vikings,” History Channel, Season 3 (2015)
VIKING CAPTURE OF PARIS
“The Vikings,” History Channel, Season 3 (2015)
HOLLYWOOD: CASTLE OF AELLE
“The Vikings (1958), Fort La Lotte, St Malo,
HOLLYWOOD: CASTLE OF AELLE
“The Vikings (1958), Fort La Lotte, St Malo,
HOLLYWOOD: THE SHIP BURIAL
“The Vikings “ (1958
HOLLYWOOD: THE SHIP BURIAL
“The Thirteenth Warrior “ (1999)
HOLLYWOOD: THE SHIP BURIAL
“The Thirteenth Warrior “ (1999)
HOLLYWOOD: THE NORSE GODS
Kitala: Eileen Way, volva, casting runes; “The Vikings” (1958)
HOLLYWOOD: SANCTUARY OF UPPSALA
“The Vikings,” Season 1 (2013)
GAMLA UPPSALA, SWEDEN
Three Royal Barrows, 400-600 A.D.
Illustration
Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna (1700)
GAMLA UPPSALA, SWEDEN
Temple of Thor, Odin & Frey
Olaus Magnus (1555)
HOLLYWOOD: SANCTUARY OF UPPSALA
“The Vikings,” Season 1 (2013)
HOLLYWOOD: SANCTUARY OF UPPSALA
“The Vikings,” Season 1 (2013)
HOLLYWOOD: SANCTUARY OF UPPSALA
Oseberg Ship Burial, ca. 834
HOLLYWOOD: SANCTUARY OF UPPSALA
“The Vikings,” Season 1 (2013)
TEXTILE FRAGMENT, OSEBERG SHIP BURIAL, ca. 834 A.D.
Human Sacrifice to Odin
HOLLYWOOD: ASGARAD
“Thor Dark World” (2013)
HOLLYWOOD: ASGARAD
Lofoten Islands, Norway
Set for Asgard in “Thor: Dark World” (2013)
HOLLYWOOD: ASGARAD
Assembly of Gods, Asgard, “Thor ” (2011)
HOLLYWOOD: ODIN
Anthony Hopkins as Odin “Thor ” (2011)
HOLLYWOOD: THOR
“Thor : Dark Kingdom” (2013)
Thor: Chris Hemsworth
HOLLYWOOD: BIFROST
Heimdall: Idris Elba, “Thor” (2011)
HOLLYWOOD: THE NEW TROLLS
Joseph Gatt & Richard Cetrone,
“Frost Giants, “Thor” (2011)
HOLLYWOOD: THE NEW TROLLS
Malekith: Christopher Eccleston; “Thor: Dark World” (2013)
Algrim: Adewale Akinnouye-Agbaje
HOLLYWOOD: IMAGES OF RAGNAROK
“Thor” (2011)
HOLLYWOOD: THE NORSE GODS
Ledberg Stone, Sweden, ca. 1000-1050