Viking Play

Last week, we drove up to Frederikssund to see the annual Viking play. We have seen it two times before during our visits to Denmark over the years, both amazing, but I would have to say that this one tops the ones we have seen before. 

The plot:
"Odin has had enough of Loke's bad behavior and expel him from Asgard indefinitely. To do deserve to come back, Loke devises a plan that includes his best qualities: Cheating, deceit, slander and deceit. Heimdall, as guardian of the bridge from the human world, Midgard, holding onto that Loki can not get back to Asgard.
Loke must make sure that the Jutland jarlesøn Hagbard, who is a skilled warrior to die and go to Valhalla to be one of Odin's Einherjer. Valkyries has not been satisfied with the fighters as Loke has brought, but Hagbard will be a good catch.
Hagbard dream about a beautiful girl, and he can not forget her. His mother interprets the dream as a bad omen. She senses that an evil power monitors her son.
Hagbard dragons on the raid to Say's Earl Zealand farm. Looting is, however, nothing of. Instead comes Hagbard and his brothers on the feast of Earl Says. Hagbard falls in love with Say's beautiful daughter Signe, and love is reciprocated. He knows that Signe is the girl he has seen in dreams.
Signe has another suitor, the German jarlesøn Hildegisel who are not willing to give way to Hagbard. There forged wiles - assisted by Loke and his four assistants cheating, deceit, slander and deceit and the fawning, blind counselor Bolvise.
Guest Tenders will have a sad ending, and Hagbard must escape from Earl yard and leave Signe.
Earl Says put Signes betrothal to Hildegisel implemented, but Signe has not forgotten Hagbard. She waits for him to come back. When he finally returns to the Say's Earl farm, promises Signe and Hagbard each other that not even death will separate them."

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