In 865, Ragnar Lodbrog, thrown into a pit filled with viper, started to sing, in the middle of his executioners, his death song.

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In 865, during the Vikings raids, after having shipwrecked on the English coast during an freak storm, Ragnar Lodbrog, Viking King of Denmark, was captured by Aella, King of Northumbria, and thrown into a pit filled with vipers and Ragnar started to sing, with tireless energy, in the middle of his executioners, his death song. - Histoire Populaire de la France, Tome Premier, Ch. Lahure's Publication, circa 1860

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