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It was described as prose narratives or novels based on real events, but possibly exaggerated, which is where Ivar's boneless nickname possibly originated.
So now we need to talk about the Icelandic sagas, which were transcribed in the 13th and 14th centuries.
— Episode: Short Stuff: Ivar The Boneless
Episode: Short Stuff: Ivar The Boneless
It was described as prose narratives or novels based on real events, but possibly exaggerated, which is where Ivar's boneless nickname possibly originated.
So now we need to talk about the Icelandic sagas, which were transcribed in the 13th and 14th centuries.
These are prose narratives. These aren't history books. These are novels, basically.
Yeah, and they were written by the descendants of these same Viking conquerors who would have revered and looked up to and probably exaggerated the legends of these guys.
But it's apparently in the Icelandic sagas, and they've been compared to like historic novels, like definitely based on real things, but just maybe a little more overblown.
So you got to take them a bit with a grain of salt.
But apparently it was in the Icelandic sagas that Ivar gets his boneless nickname, I guess.