Speaking of raids, Athelstan is a fictional character as there’s no record of a Christian monk kidnapped by the Vikings (let alone one that became Ragnar Lothbrok’s best friend).
#Whatever happened to the land of the mighty vikings series#
The raids, especially those on Paris, went through some major changes too, with the series combining the raid in 845 with the one in 885-886. Many of Ragnar’s relationships, travels, and actions were taken from other figures, such as his fake death in season 3, which was an often used move by Viking chief Hastein. Ragnar later married Norse queen Aslaug, mother of his sons (including Bjorn). However, she was an Amazon warrior, as depicted in the series. Lagertha is mentioned in the Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok, but she was never an earl and wasn’t the mother of Bjorn Ironside. According to the saga, Ragnar was first married to noblewoman Thóra Borgarhjǫrtr, but according to Saxo Grammaticus’ Gesta Danorum, his first wife was shieldmaiden Lagertha, as in the series. Real or not, the series is based on what the sagas and other sources have to say about the figure of Ragnar Lothbrok, but some changes had to be made in order to extend his arc to more than one season.
Naturally, Hirst and company took many liberties when it comes to the characters and events shown in Vikings. The history of the Vikings is very rich, but it might not have enough dramatic, fantastical, and exciting elements and events to adapt it as it is into a TV series.
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