AI: Ragnar Lothbrok ⚔️🐍, Harald Fairhair 👑🇳🇴, Leif Erikson ⛵🌎, Cnut the Great 👑⚓🌊, and Harald Hardrada ⚔️🏹🛡️ Compared: The Vikings ⚔️🛶
“How the young pigs would grunt if they knew what the old boar suffers.” — Ragnar Lothbrok: Spoken to King Ælla as Ragnar is dying in the pit of snakes.
“This girl has not spoken or done so much amiss that she should be punished… She has put me in mind of something that it seems wonderful I did not think of before.” — Harald Fairhair: Reaction after Princess Gyda of Hordaland rejects his marriage proposal, stating she will only marry the king of all Norway.
“I shall now give the land a name in accordance with its natural products, and call it Vinland [Canada].” — Leif Erikson
“Let all the world know that the power of kings is empty and worthless, and there is no king worthy of the name save Him by whose will heaven, earth and the sea obey eternal laws.” — Cnut the Great
“In battle, we should never hide behind a shield… My armor rests in the ships.” — Harald Hardrada