IVAR THE BONELESS

hyngwar Ivar's name as it appears on harley MS 2278

Ivar was a Viking leader who invaded what is now known as England. He was the son of Ragnar lodbrok and Aslaug. His brother's where Björn Ironside, Halfdan Ragnarsson, Hvitserk, Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye and Ubba.

The sagas described him as lacking bones. According to the tales, Ivar's bonelessness was the result of a curse. His mother Aslaug was a volva, she told her husband that they must wait three nights before consummating their marriage after his return from England. However, Ragnar was overcome with lust and did not heed her words. As a result, Ivar was born with weak bones.

The sagas describe him as wise, cunning, and Master of strategy and tactics in battle.He is often considered identical to Ímar, the founder of the Uí Ímair dynasty which ruled, from the mid-ninth to the tenth century, Northumbria from the city of York, and dominated the Irish Sea region as the Kingdom of Dublin.

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