It’s a Now It’s Ruined holiday special!
Kate breaks the usual format to bring you three shorter Christmas-related ruins. She discusses a cannibalistic scarecrow, the murder-riddled true story behind Good King Wenceslas, and how the Vikings permanently deforested Iceland.
Happy holidays!
Special thanks to Elisa Hanssen, aka Elisa in Iceland, for helping us pronounce Icelandic words! Follow her on Instagram and TikTok.
References
Hans Trapp
http://frenchmoments.eu/hans-trapp/#t-1702120300802
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatinate_(region)
https://www.britannica.com/event/Italian-Wars
https://www.ripleys.com/stories/hans-trapp
King Wenceslas
https://genius.com/Christmas-songs-good-king-wenceslas-lyrics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenceslaus_I,_Duke_of_Bohemia
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wenceslas-I-prince-of-Bohemia
https://www.umnews.org/en/news/the-real-story-behind-good-king-wenceslas
https://www.britannica.com/event/East-West-Schism-1054
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Schism
https://magicbohemia.com/drahomira-and-the-gateway-to-hell/
Iceland, The Yule Lads, and the Vikings
https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/elves-and-dwarves-0017783
https://restless-viking.com/2019/12/05/icelandic-yule-lads/
https://guidetoiceland.is/history-culture/history-of-iceland
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Viking-people
https://www.visitnorway.com/things-to-do/art-culture/vikings/
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/maritime-history/viking-ships
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278416524000369
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/little-known-role-slavery-viking-society-180975597/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Norse/comments/1i6m4cg/what_were_blood_brothers_in_norse_society/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harald-I-king-of-Norway
https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/apaa.12102
https://www.savingiceland.org/2017/08/icelands-troubled-environment/
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