The poem "Httalykill inn forni" describes Ivar as being "without any bones at all". It may, however, simply have referred to physical flexibility. It has been suggested it was a euphemism for impotence, It was said that he had "no love lust in him" or even a snake metaphor, his brother Sigurd was known as Snake-in-the-Eye. There is much disagreement as to the meaning of Ivar's puzzling epithet 'the Boneless'. His arms were so strong that his bow was more powerful and his arrows heavier than those of his companions. It is recorded that his stature was such that he dwarfed all his contemporaries, in battle he was always in the van. 'Only cartilage was where bone should have been, but otherwise, he grew tall and handsome and in wisdom, he was the best of their children.' The Viking sagas describe Ivar as- Viking Raven Banner The name derived from their reputed habit of wearing a coat (Old Norse- serkr) made from the skin of a bear (Old Norse- ber) in battle. Ivar, who ruled over an area covering parts of modern Denmark and Sweden, was reputed to be a berserker, berserkers were Viking warriors who are said to have fought in an uncontrollable, trance-like fury, later giving rise to the English word berserk. Ivar Ragnarsson or Ivar the Boneless (inn beinlausi) as he was curiously referred to, was a Viking warlord and a man of exceptional cruelty and ferocity, he was the son of Ragnar Lodbrok and Aslaug Sigurdsdottir.
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