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| 14 Bloody shadows on the wall | 23 Nov 2024 | 02:19:23 | |
In this episode, your hosts tell you stories you best not try at home: political assassinations, successful and failed, in Sweden and France. From the Middle Ages to the 2OthC, discover stories bigger than fiction which sadly don't include dragons :(( Also, we have a Very Exciting Announcement: we're starting a Patreon! Find out more at the end of the episode and directly at the mouth of the river of time: Ragman's Patreon Tell your friends and even your enemies about this episode, and if you liked what you hear, leave us a firework of stars and rave about us in a review on your podcast app of choice. You can contact us at: Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com! Sources and ressources:
Historielingo - Avsnitt 63: Håtunaleken Historielingo - Avsnitt 64: Nyköpings gästabud
P3 Historia: Erik XIV - Intriger, brodermord och skandalös kärlek P3 Historia: Johan III - Krig, intriger och en mördad bror
https://www.so-rummet.se/kategorier/olof-palme https://www.so-rummet.se/kategorier/palmemordet https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordet_p%C3%A5_Olof_Palme Olof Palme - Hanoi Speech 1972 (eng)
https://dissidences.hypotheses.org/5716 https://www.histoire-en-citations.fr/citations/portrait-de-jean-jaures-en-citations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lm27IxQS8c
https://www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-actu/video/afe85009640/l-attentat-du-petit-clamart
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| Ep 13 "Oh the banners!": of sigils and heraldry | 26 Sep 2024 | 01:47:52 | |
In this episode, your hosts take you on a journey to medieval and not so medieval Europe to explore the rich world of heraldry to compare it to its Westeros counterpart: sigils. Who gets to have a coat of arms? How to pick your doodle? What are the rules? Are imaginary coat of arms a new thing? We discovered so much we didn't know about, it was an actual delight to learn so much -and hopefully you enjoy learning with us. It's not just pretty images, but it is *also* pretty images. And identity. Tell your friends and even your enemies about this episode, and if you liked what you hear, leave us a firework of stars and rave about us in a review on your podcast app of choice. You can contact us at: Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com! Sources:Virginie: - Dictionnaire du Moyen Âge : "héraldique", article par Michel Pastoureau - http://chroniques.bnf.fr/archives/sept2002/numero_courant/manifestations/pastoureau_inter.htm - Blasonner en latin (xiie-xvie siècle) - Michel Pastoureau https://books.openedition.org/psorbonne/21154?lang=fr https://journals.openedition.org/extremeorient/110 https://books.openedition.org/pufr/16462?lang=fr
https://essentiels.bnf.fr/fr/image/ba845ff7-2c3b-4a38-b1dd-02cfefe6a771-armorial-la-table-ronde-1 http://quetedugraal.over-blog.com/blasons-des-chevaliers-de-la-table-ronde/ https://herald-dick-magazine.blogspot.com/2015/09/la-quete-du-graal-dans-les-manuscrits.html?m=1
Lo: https://varumarkesmanual.uppsala.se/tillampningar/uppsalas-stadsvapen/ https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholms_stadsvapen “Heraldiken i Sverige” - Magnus Bäckmark & Jesper Wasling
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| 05 Unnatural Histories | 13 Mar 2024 | 02:43:38 | |
In this episode, your hosts take you on a cruise to discover real world creatures that are extremely real, as our friends the Orcs of Winterfell reminded us, and as attested by medieval bestiaries. We also draw parallels with what creatures we see in the books A Song of Ice and Fire, A World of Ice and Fire as well as Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon the TV shows: dragons, unicorns, wyverns etc. and even weirwood trees! Tell your friends and even your enemies about this episode, and if you liked what you hear, leave us a firework of stars and rave about us in a review on your podcast app of choice. You can contact us at: Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com! Sources and ressources: Lo's sources: “Drakspår: på jakt efter världens mest kända reptil” - Bo Eriksson “Nordiska väsen” - Johan Egerkrans “Folktrons väsen” - Tora Wall “Smöjning & rotdragning” - När man talar om trollen “Bäckahästen” - När man talar om trollen “Sjöodjur” - När man talar om trollen “Ormen i myt och folktro” - När man talar om trollen Virginie's sources: Licornes/ unicorns : Michel Pastoureau, Bestiaires du Moyen Âge Tarasque : https://books.openedition.org/gup/399 https://books.openedition.org/editionsmsh/3565 Dragons : https://journals.openedition.org/leportique/171#tocto2n4 Vouivre/ Wyvern: https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers16-08/010041931.pdf | |||
| 04 Cats of the Harbour and beyond | 01 Feb 2024 | 02:03:56 | |
In episode four of the podcast we talk all about the cats of ASOIAF and our world. What function has cats had in our world historically, and how does that parallel ASOIAF? Are there cats in mythology and religion (in ASOIAF and irl)? Is Ser Pounce the true hero of the story? Join us on a feline trip through ASOIAF and history!
Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com!
You can contact us at:
Sources and resources Lo: “Medieval Pets” - Kathleen Walker-Meikle “Människan och faunan: Etnobiologi i Sverige” - Håkan Tunón “Kattens historia: Sverige speglat i kattens öga” - Gunnar Broberg "Freyja predicted the future"- Historiska museet "Nedslag i nordisk mytologi, del 11: Freja" - Malin Kim “Magic, Genderfluidity, and queer Vikings, ca. 750‐1050” - Jacob Bell “The Queerly Departed: Narratives of Veneration in the Burials of Late Iron Age Scandinavia.” - Lee Colwill in Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography, eds. Alicia Spencer-Hall & Blake Gutt.
Virginie: "L'homme et le chat, un dialogue immémorial"- Radio France "Chat" - Au Blason Des Armoiries "Bestiaries" - Michel Pastoureau "Médiéval bestiaries" - Michel Pastoureau "Black: History of a colour" - Michel Pastoureau "Les Fleurs du Mal" - Charles Baudelair "Le Roman de Renart" "Le Chat" - Guillaume Apollinaire | |||
| 03 What’s in a name? | 26 Dec 2023 | 02:34:54 | |
Today on the 26th of December, the Titan of Braavos brings you a gift: episode 3 of Ragman's Harbour! In our third episode, we discuss naming conventions in ASOIAF and our real world. How did last names come to be a thing in our world, and how does that parallel last names in ASOIAF? Why are there so many Aegons in ASOIAF history, as well as many Louis and Gustavs in French and Swedish history? (Spoiler: it has to do with one of Virginie's favourite words) We also discuss the effects of colonisation and slavery on the naming of people, both in ASOIAF and our own world. So get ready to learn all about names and what they say about norms and structures in society!
Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com!
You can contact us at:
Sources and resources Lo: “Efternamn i Sverige” - Institutet för språk och folkminnen “Historik om personnamn i Sverige” - Institutet för språk och folkminnen “De naturliga efternamnen” Statistikmyndigheten SCB “Svenska förnamn genom historien - från Eskil till Estelle” - Åke Steinwall “Namnskick i forna tider” - Svenska Heraldiska föreningen “‘De kunde ju tro man var en finnpajsare’” - Karin Skoglund “Om Tornedalens namnskick i äldre tid” - Erik Kouksu “Svenska kyrkan och det samiska namnskicket: Övergripande perspektiv” - Marit Frändén “Namn i kyrkböckerna” - Sametinget
Virginie: "Famille et pouvoir dans le monde Franc" (chapitre VI) - Régine Le Jan "Noms de famille et noms de terre dans la noblesse française à l’époque moderne" - Élie Haddad | |||
| 02 Of Scandals and Bastards | 06 Dec 2023 | 03:01:07 | |
In our second episode, we dive into a variety of sex scandals and issues of inheritance, from our own world and ASOIAF. As we go along, we discuss what happens when royals have sex out of wedlock, but also what rights bastards have in various historical and cultural contexts. And much more. We want to give a brief apology for the audio quality in this episode. We had some issues when recording, that has since been identified and won't be a problem in future episodes. This is also the reason why this episode took a bit longer to come out. Thank you LittleWolfBird for helping us with audio engineering and making all sound as good as possible!
Thank you also to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com.
You can contact us at:
Sources and resources Lo: P3 Historia: Cecilia Vasa - Sveriges mesta skandalprinsessa P3 Historia: Erik XIV - Intriger, brodermord och skandalös kärlek P3 Historia: Karin Månsdotter - pigan som blev drottning av Sverige “Maidens, maidenheads, and the patriarchy - Virginity norms in ASOIAF” - Lo the Lynx “Kungar, sex och skandaler - en studie av skvaller och journalistik” Mia-Marie Hammerlin & Lars-Eric Jönsson “A Brief Trans History” - Lo the Lynx “The queer stories of Fire and Blood - Lo the Lynx P3 Historia: Axel von Fersen - kärleksaffärer, revolutioner och en vrålande lynchmobb
Virginie: "Bâtard et fils a putain : du titre à l’insulte" - Dominique Lagorgette Épisode 16 - Marie-Lise et les bâtards de princes • PM (passionmedievistes.fr) Guillaume le Conquérant, le bâtard de Normandie, Paris, Belin 2014 | Gilduin Davy - Academia.edu Jean de Bourgogne batard de Jean sans Peur | MAILLARD-LUYPAERT MONIQUE - Academia.edu | |||
| 01 The Red Wedding and Other Bloodbaths | 12 Sep 2023 | 01:23:18 | |
In our first episode, we thought we'd introduce the podcast project then explore some "light and fun" real life parallels to one of ASOIAF's most well known events. Sources and resources: From Lo: https://www.so-rummet.se/artikelserier/sturarna-och-bakgrunden-till-stockholms-blodbad https://www.so-rummet.se/fakta-artiklar/kalmarunionens-upplosning-gustav-vasa-tar-makten-i-sverige# https://stockholmskallan.stockholm.se/teman/stockholmshandelser/stockholms-blodbad-1520/ https://popularhistoria.se/sveriges-historia/stockholms-blodbad https://www.so-rummet.se/aret-runt/sten-sture-den-yngres-dod (The painting is of Sten Sture den Yngre dying as his men is trying to get him to Stockholm) Virginie adds: Johannes V. Jensen's Kongens Fald (the Fall of the King), elected best Danish novel of the 20thC, that covers this period of history. From Virginie: Tuer et Mourir au Nom de Dieu : a fantastic podcast series about the St Barthélémie season with many prominent historians, particularly Jérémie Foa -on whom I largely base my blurb Jérémie Foa's Tous ceux qui tombent book on the event Jérémie Foa's BD (comic book) on the event, and on how the movie La Reine Margot is not quite accurate | |||
| 12 And the dragons danced (HotD season 2 discussion w/Bidonica) | 23 Aug 2024 | 02:50:37 | |
In this episode we discuss season 2 of House of the Dragon with a special guest, Bidonica! Together we talk about art in ASOIAF/HotD compared to the history of art in our world, (trans)gender politics in HotD and our world, language and power, class politics, and more! And also why Italian fan artists draw Sansa with dark hair...
You can contact us at:
Where to find Bidonica: https://bidonicart.tumblr.com/
Art in HotD tag: https://bidonica.tumblr.com/tagged/art%20in%20hotd Art in Westeros: https://bidonica.tumblr.com/tagged/art%20in%20westeros
Bidonica's references: Umberto Eco, Il nome della rosa, Bompiani 1980 Proserpine (artwork by Dante Gabriel Rossetti) Ellen Terry as Lady MacBeth (artwork by John Singer Sargent) Dance (artwork by Henri Matisse) Erotic revelry - Athenian Red Figure column krater
Lo's references: “Missbrukad kvinnokraft” - Ellen Key “Fenixelden: Drottning Kristina som alkemist” by Susanna Åkerman “Writing migration through the body” by Emma Bond “The Queerly Departed: Narratives of Veneration in the Burials of Late Iron Age Scandinavia” by Lee Colwil “Magic, Genderfluidity, and queer Vikings ca. 750-1050” by Jacob Bell “Fa'afafine, fakaleitī, fakafifine — understanding the Pacific's alternative gender expressions” by Alan Weedon “What does “Two-Spirit” Mean?” - by Geo Neptune
Virginie's references: Leitis in Waiting (documentary) Kumo Hina (documentary). And a shorter clip from the documentary, explaining what māhū is. Ragman's Harbour episode 2 "Of Scandals and bastards" (references for all discussions about bastards can be found there!)
Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com! | |||
| 11 Mini-episode: tv show recommendations | 13 Aug 2024 | 01:10:22 | |
Are you feeling bereft after season 2 of HotD? Not sure what to do with your free time? We are here for you! In this mini-episode, we provide tv show recommendations to fill the void that HotD might have left in your life.
Lo's recommendations: SKAM Young Royals Ragnarok
Virginie's recommendations: Polar Park Icon of French Cinema Peepoodo and the Super Fuck Friends
Unplanned bonus chat about: Jordskott Maria Wern Nói albinói (Icelandic movie)
You can contact us at: Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com!
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| 10 Mini-episode: book recommendations! | 24 Jul 2024 | 01:07:09 | |
During this HotD season, we thought both our dear listeners and ourselves could use a break from just talking about the dragon show. So here is the second of three mini-episode where we recommend stuff to you all! In this episode we talk books!
Lo’s books & authors:
Virginie’s books & authors:
Unplanned bonus chat about: Lo: Pippi Långstrump (Pippi Longstocking) by Astrid Lindgren (Sweden). Ronja Rövardotter (Ronia, the Robber’s daughter) by Astrid Lindgren (Sweden). And other assorted books by Astrid Lindgren.
Virginie: Astérix by Goscinny & Uderzo (France). Tintin by Hergé (Belgium). Ps: the “twelve things to do of Astérix” is actually called “the Twelve Tasks of Astérix” and the task where they have to get a permit (A38) is called "The Place that sends you mad"
You can contact us at: Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com!
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| BONUS EPISODE: The Silent Harbour outtake (HotD S2E3) | 07 Jul 2024 | 00:14:35 | |
The Ragman's Harbour visited The Silent Sisters to chat about House of the Dragon season 2 episode 3! We had so much to say that not everything could fit in the podcast episode, so here is an outtake just for our listeners. Join us as we discuss how the name Ulf comes from the Swedish/Norse world "ulv", meaning "wolf", the history of that word and other taboo words, and the history of languages in general. And of course, go listen to the whole episode with The Silent Sisters! You can contact us at: Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com (remixed for this episode by LittleWolfBird)! | |||
| 09 Mini-episode: Movie recommendations! | 02 Jul 2024 | 01:00:00 | |
During this HOT HotD season, we thought both our dear listeners and ourselves could use a break from just talking about the dragon show. So here is the first of three mini-episode where we recommend stuff to you all! In this episode we talk movies!
Lo talked about, in chronological order:
Virginie talked about, in chronological order:
You can contact us at: Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com! | |||
| 08 Of Blood and fire (HotD season 1 discussion w/ Obie) | 12 Jun 2024 | 03:04:19 | |
In this episode we welcome our first guest, Obie, to discuss season 1 of House of the Dragon ahead of the season 2 premiere. Together we recap season 1 and discuss how it works as an adaptation of Fire & Blood. We also discuss reproductive rights in Sweden, France, and Aruba, a queen who was a king, and the real life Aegon the Conqueror (but Frankish). Join us in the HotD hype!
You can contact us at: Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com!
Sources and resources: “Missbrukad kvinnokraft” - Ellen Key “Kvinnans villkorliga frigivning” - Eva Moberg “Elise "Ottar" Ottesen-Jensen”-RFSU Sveriges sexigaste 80-åring!- RFSU (excerpt of interview with Ottar) “Fenixelden: Drottning Kristina som alkemist.” - Susanna Åkerman “Kroppar sedda utifrån cripteori.” - Renita Sörensdotter (in the anthology “Kroppsfunktion. En antologi”, edited by Frida Sandström) Disability, gender, and sexuality in ASOIAF – Lo the Lynx “Hodor - a study of disability and sexuality” - Lo the Lynx
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| 07 Of Grumpkins and Snarks | 08 May 2024 | 02:02:11 | |
In this episode, your hosts take you on a second cruise through folklore and chivalric romance to discover more real world people-like creatures and humanish people that are just as real as national borders that parallel characters (or not) from ASOIAF/ Game of Thrones. We still don't mention her because we're horrible people, but you know this episode is in honour of Old Nan, our queen of love and stories <3 Tell your friends and even your enemies about this episode, and if you liked what you hear, leave us a firework of stars and rave about us in a review on your podcast app of choice. You can contact us at: Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com! Sources and ressources: * Lo's sources: “The Flying Noaidi of the North: Sámi Tradition Reflected in the Figure Loki Laufeyjarson in Old Norse Mythology” - Triin Laidoner “Folktrons väsen” - Tora Wall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7lkzJuDTws&ab_channel=Biblibiblioteken “Jättar” - När man talar om trollen “Trollen i myt och folktro” - När man talar om trollen “Bortbytingar och bergtagna” - När man talar om trollen https://kulturminnet.wordpress.com/2021/10/29/nordisk-folktro-del-36-bergtagning/ *Virginie's sources: Mélusine : - biblio : https://biblioweb.hypotheses.org/25001 - “Dictionnaire du Moyen Âge imaginaire - le médiévalisme, hier et aujourd’hui” sous la direction de : Anne Besson, William Blanc et Vincent Ferré - Structure des légendes mélusinniennes : https://www.persee.fr/doc/ahess_0395-2649_1978_num_33_2_293927 - Le beau et le laid : https://books.openedition.org/pup/4057 Les lavandières de la nuit: - Musée : https://www.mbaq.fr/fr/nos-collections/peintures-d-inspiration-bretonne/yan-dargent-les-lavandieres-de-la-nuit-315.html - Le pouvoir et la foi au Moyen Âge : https://books.openedition.org/pur/141442?lang=fr
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| 06 Of snarks and grumpkins | 13 Apr 2024 | 02:15:54 | |
In this episode, your hosts take you on a cruise to discover real world people-like creatures and animalistic people that are definitely real (or were!) that parallel characters and, hmm, stories from ASOIAF/ Game of Thrones. We don't mention her because we're horrible people, but you know this episode is in honour of Old Nan <3 Tell your friends and even your enemies about this episode, and if you liked what you hear, leave us a firework of stars and rave about us in a review on your podcast app of choice. You can contact us at: Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com! Sources and ressources: * Lo's sources: “Folktrons väsen” - Tora Wall “Nordiska väsen”- Johan Egerkrans “Skogsrået, näcken och Djävulen: Erotiska naturväsen och demonisk sexualitet i 1600- och 1700-talens Sverige” - Mikael Häll “Queer Perspectives on Erotic Human-Supernatural Encounters in Finland-Swedish Folk Legends” - Catarina Harjunen “Gruvrået” - När man talar om trollen “Skogsrået” - När man talar om trollen “Varulven” - När man talar om trollen
* Virginie's sources: Meneux d’loups : https://www.persee.fr/doc/mar_0758-4431_2002_num_30_1_1768
Dones d’aigua : https://www.catalunyamagrada.cat/llocs/dona-daigua-misteriosa-llegenda-del-montseny_41160102.html https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aigua#Enlla%C3%A7os_externs
Lamiak : file:///C:/Users/virsi/Downloads/Dialnet-LamiasYSirenasATravesDeLaSimbologia-308255.pdf | |||