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King Canute orders the tide not to come (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/funny@lemmy.ml

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[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I only know about this from Vinland saga lol. Was it meant to be a demonstration of how a king was ultimately powerless? Or was that part also a dramatic retelling and in real life he actually did just try to stop the waves hahaha.

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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

the original story is that he is illustrating his powerlessness

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