Two dramas, two completely different historical perspectives, broadcast on the front and back, can also be regarded as a painstakingly arranged by the history channel. "Legend of the Viking" was invested and developed by MGM Films after bankruptcy and reorganization. The main creative team once created the famous "Tudor Dynasty".
"Vikings" are actually a nation in ancient Northern Europe, known in history as pirates, but they are not as face-faced as they are portrayed in popular culture. According to historians, the Vikings were active in the eighth to eleventh centuries. It is a farming, fishing and hunting people, and is good at trade, often driving cargo ships to the Gulf to exchange goods with residents of the European continent. From the etymological point of view, it is said that the word "Viking" did not mean pirate at the beginning, and it has been obliterated in the long river of Middle English for a long time, but in the 18th century, "Viking" began to appear in English legends. In modern times, it has become a synonym for "pirate", and in modern times, "Viking" is the same as "Goth". It was originally the name of an ancient nation, but it has evolved into a subtype of Western popular culture. There are many film and television works on Viking theme (DreamWorks’ animation blockbuster "How to Train Your Dragon" is an example); the "Viking Metal" in heavy metal music is also a popular music genre in Western rock and roll——"Wei The theme song "If I Have a Heart" of "The Legend of Beijing" is sung by the famous Swedish alternative female singer "Hot Ray". The style is filled with the style of "Viking Metal". Of course, "Hot Ray" is a Viking's. For future generations, she will interpret the natural "right to each other".
The protagonist of "The Legend of Viking" Ragnar Losbrook is a half-human and half-god figure in the legendary epic "Sakya" of Northern Europe. He and his sons are very famous, but his life is not in history. This person is also a problem (his name is also a nickname, not his real name), but Ragnar is so famous in "Sakya", it is normal for an adapted drama to use such a character as the protagonist.
The first season of "Legend of the Vikings" can be divided into two large paragraphs. The first six episodes mainly talked about Ragner's expedition to open up new routes and the resistance against the suppression of Lord Haraldson. In the play, Ragnar magically mastered the method of determining the course through the "sun stone" (media reports said that British and French archaeologists really found a "sun stone" on the ancient shipwreck this year) and began to lobby hard. The Earl of Haraldson abandoned the traditional eastward campaign-plundering the barren Baltic coast, and turned to the West to open up new routes, because the West is rumored to have affluent towns, but the conservative Earl of Haraldson felt the influence from Ragnar. Challenged and arbitrarily rejected his idea. As a result, Ragnar could only organize an adventure expedition privately, and his friend Frocky helped him build the famous dragon-head battleship, and then Ragnar recruited a volunteer team, including Frocky, his brother Rollo and others. , Successfully landed on the British islands, ransacked a monastery, and captured the monks as slaves. After returning to his hometown, Ragnar became famous and well-known in Northern Europe, and the looting at the end of the eighth century was also the most important appearance of the Vikings in Western historical books. According to the records of "Sakya", Ragnar wanted to arrive. It was only in the first half of the ninth century that the European continent was mega-powered. The drama described this Ragnar attack as the first time the Vikings set foot on the British Isles. This is actually not in line with historical facts. There are records.
The looting of the monastery also largely explained the origin of the image of Vikings tyrannical pirates-in many accounts, they were described as barbaric, cruel, tall, horned, and dirty sea robbers. Many of these accounts are from monks who hate the Vikings-because the Vikings believe in "pagan religion", they have actually been demonized by the monks, and the Vikings act as friendly traders and farmers. The identity of the fishing and hunting people was basically ignored (many Viking tribes had no written words at the time and could only suffer from dumb losses). According to scholars’ textual research, the average height of Vikings is roughly between 168 and 174 cm. They are of medium size now, but they were indeed tall and burly in ancient times. Therefore, we can see a Figures of supermodels of men and women.
After the success of the Western Expedition, Ragner and others became the thorns and thorns in the flesh of Earl Haraldson. The social system of the Vikings at that time still had the primitive communal character of military communism, and it was roughly divided into aristocrats and free people (warriors). There are three classes of slaves and slaves, but the power of the nobility is restricted by the tribal assembly and the theocracy held by shamans is not an autocratic system. Moreover, the Vikings have a very sense of honor. In their belief, the souls of the war dead can board the temple of Vahala and drink with the souls of the gods and ancestors (friends who have watched "Sedek Bale" There must be a sense of deja vu), so Viking warriors attach great importance to their bravery on the battlefield, and even take pride in their deaths, so they are called "Bergers" (friends who have played the famous Microsoft game "Age of Empires" should be right This characteristic unit of the Viking nation is still fresh in memory). The warlike culture of the Vikings had a profound influence on the following nations. The Nazi SS had a famous "Viking" division with a very strong combat effectiveness; and the aircraft carrier "Liaoning" that our army had just entered service was called in the former Soviet Union. "Varyag", this "Varyag" is the name for the Vikings in Russian.
Earl Haraldson died in a duel at the hands of Ragnar-as a lord, he must accept Ragnar's one-on-one challenge-and Haraldson was not sad before he died. But with emotion, I can finally drink with the gods and the beloved son who died young. In the next three episodes, Ragner, who replaced the position of Lord Haraldson, began to show his ambitions. He wandered between the kings of Sweden and Denmark, relying on the name of discovering the western route, in Scandinavia. Contributions were made on the two peninsulas of Asia and Jutland.
The characters in "The Legend of Viking" are very vivid, and Ragnar needs to say that his right-hand man, Frocky, is responsible for the chief engineer. This role is narrow and interesting. The prototype comes from Loki, the god of fire in Nordic mythology. Loki is a surly, joking, cynical god, and Frocki’s personality is obviously exactly the same as him; Ragnar’s brother, Rolo, is a warrior, but as time goes by, he and Ragner’s relationship Disagreements are deepening, and how it will develop in the future has to be left to follow-up episodes; Ragnar’s wife, Ragsha, is the famous local "shield girl", which means female warrior, and has made great achievements on the battlefield. He also followed her husband’s battleship on an expedition to Britain (following a group of big masters across the North Sea on the unobstructed dragon-head battleship, eating and drinking Lazarus all on the ship, Ragsha was really not easy), but later died because of the third child. I was hurt in my abdomen, and was about to suffer the test of her husband having an affair; Ragnar’s son Bjorn appeared in the first episode and showed maturity that was not commensurate with his age—he even had an affair between men and women. The above advises Dad not to mess around, and has an insight into the power struggle around him. According to historical legends, Ragnar Losbrook has four famous sons, one of whom is called Bjorn, who invaded Western Europe many times in the ninth century (the draught of the dragon head battleship is very shallow and can pass freely on the inland river. In the middle of the ninth century, in order to avenge their father, Ragnar’s four sons assembled an army known as the "Pagan Army" (Viking Lions) to invade Britain and kill the Anglo-Saxons. One of the leaders is Bjorn, which should be the prototype of Bjorn in the play.
It can be seen from the name "Pagan Army" in English historical documents that the Anglo-Saxons who had converted to Christianity at that time feared the Vikings who believed in "pagan religion", and showed the conflict between the two religious cultures. It is also a main line of the drama. This clue is mainly shown through the English monk Athelson who was taken back from Britain by Ragnar. He was a young and pious monk. Even at the critical moment of his life, what he was holding around was nothing but the Bible. ", Ragner brought him back and raised him as a slave-one detail is that Ragner also invited Athelson to join when he had sex with his wife Ragsha. In the eyes of the Vikings, a slave There is no personality, so there is no "cuckold" problem here (the nobles of ancient Greece and ancient Rome often had slaves when they played sex games, and both men and women were slaves). Ragner showed an enlightened side when facing Asselson, who actually played the role of a missionary and cultural communicator. In the land of pagans, Aselson still adhered to the Christian faith, even when he followed Ragnar and others to the Uppsala Temple to attend the grand Viking ceremony, Aselson still adhered to it. Oath to God. The Uppsala Temple in the play enshrines Odin, Thor and other gods-Thor is the man who holds the hammer in the Marvel comics and the movie "Avengers", and is also the god of Thor. main character.
Through the image of Aselson, it is not difficult to find that behind the hype of pagan glory, "The Legend of Viking" still silently stands with a solid Christian arm.
(Published in "People" July 2013)
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