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ongoing existential encounter between religions and of their interconnected con- victions, beliefs and struggles. It ends with Ragnar’s hope for a future friendship of the gods, a perspective more commensurate with diverse Viking religion than with contemporary Christian faith. The whole fragment serves as a metaphor for the peaceful coexistence of religions in the world of the viewer. Season 2 – Episode 10: Ragnar Praying the Lord’s Prayer RAGNAR: I’ve seen you praying to your God. Will you teach me one of your prayers, so I can learn? (Both kneel) ATHELSTAN: Our Father, who art in Heaven. RAGNAR: Our Father, who art in Heaven. ATHELSTAN: Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven … (Shaky, nervous breaths) RAGNAR: Thy kingdom come, thy will be done. (Footsteps splash) ATHELSTAN: Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. RAGNAR: And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.33 33 Cf. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmyAXaOdxJE [accessed 27 September 2019]. Fig. 4: Film still, Vikings, S2:E9 (00:27:49). “Someday Our Gods Will be Friends” | 117www.jrfm.eu 2020, 6/1, 103–126