![]() That is what they used to do until medieval times. "We added the bones of animals, people to his costume. "For the Seer, I got this big loose mesh that made it look as if his body was ephemeral," Bergin explains. He is seen here with a one-eyed elite Viking priest - known as a seer - played by Irish actor John Kavanagh. He continues to wear simple monastic clothing that sets him apart from his elaborately attired Pagan captors. ![]() He projects his leadership role with a striking molded, quilted black leather vest over his grey tunic, called a "kyrtill" usually linen made from flax.Īthlestan ( George Blagden) is a young Christian priest captured during the raid of his remote monastery on the English coast. He is a a man with very limited imagination or foresight and tries to stop Ragnar from raiding the rich lands to the West, instead of the previously plundered ports to the East. Her husband Ragnar ( Travis Fimmel) wears black leather pants and an elaborated molded, decorated black leather vest emblazoned with his insignia - the raven - that symbolizes his descent from the great Norse god Odin, also a god of slain warriors and curiosity.Įarl Haraldson ( Gabriel Byrne) rules Ragnar's district. Here Lagertha wears a bilberry-dyed lime green cape and an orange woolen maternity dress. Viking women - and men - took great pride in their clothing. Thanks to the Vikings, in Celtic lands a woman could divorce a man by turning around three times in a circle." Women being equal partners to men in all areas of life. All that power women had they eventually lost over the centuries. ![]() "They could own property and ultimately rule. Ragnar Lothbrok's wife, Shield Maiden Lagertha, (Katheryn Winnick), is seen here in her battle gear, worn when she fought alongside the men on raids and in the shield wall. "Viking women were really strong," says costume designer Joan Bergin. Image Credit: Photo Credit: History Channel
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