Ragnar the Red

"Ahhh, a fine but bloody tale. I can do that one."

- The bards of Skyrim

 is the name of a Nordic song, popular in Skyrim. Bards who will play it upon request include Karita in Dawnstar's Windpeak Inn, Sven in Riverwood, Mikael at The Bannered Mare in Whiterun, and others such as Talsgar the Wanderer. Many of them claim that this song was one of the first they learned. There are instances in which a carriage driver will start singing a verse from the song as a passenger gets on.

Content
''Oh, there once was a hero named Ragnar the Red Who came riding to Whiterun from ole Rorikstead''

(pause)

And the braggart did swagger and brandish his blade

As he told of bold battles and gold he had made

(longer pause)

''But then he went quiet, did Ragnar the Red When he met the shield-maiden Matilda, who said;''

 (shorter pause)

"Oh, you talk and you lie and you drink all our mead Now I think it's high time that you lie down and bleed!"

 (pause)

''And so then came clashing and slashing of steel As the brave lass Matilda charged in, full of zeal''

 (pause)

''And the braggart named Ragnar was boastful no more- When his ugly red head rolled around on the floor!''

Trivia

 * The name Ragnar the Red is possibly a reference to Ragnar Redbeard, the pseudonym of the author of the book Might is Right.
 * The Headless Horseman could be the spirit of Ragnar, based on the lyrics saying he was riding to Whiterun on a horse, and that his head was rolling on the floor, meaning that his head was chopped off.

Appearances


Рагнар Рыжий Ragnar der Rote Ragnar el Rojo