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    THE SAGA OF EIRIK THE RED - A Free Norse/Viking Saga: An Account of Eirik the Red's Discovery of America
    THE SAGA OF EIRIK THE RED - A Free Norse/Viking Saga: An Account of Eirik the Red's Discovery of America
    THE SAGA OF EIRIK THE RED - A Free Norse/Viking Saga: An Account of Eirik the Red's Discovery of America
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    THE SAGA OF EIRIK THE RED - A Free Norse/Viking Saga: An Account of Eirik the Red's Discovery of America

    By Anon E. Mouse and Translated by DR. GUDBRAND VIGFUSSON

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    The Saga of Erik the Red is thought to have been composed before 1265AD on the Norse exploration of North-America. The saga also details the events that led to Erik the Red's banishment to Greenland and Leif Ericson's preaching of Christianity as well as his discovery of Vinland (America) after his longship was blown off course. By geographical details, this place is thought to be present-day Newfoundland, and was probably the first European discovery of the American mainland, some five centuries before Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Antilles.

    The saga also chronicles the life and expedition of Thorfinn Karlsefni and his wife Gudrid, characters also seen in the Greenland saga.
    This translation is made from the version of the Saga printed in Dr. Gudbrand Vigfusson's Icelandic Prose Reader.

    NOTE: It may be mentioned here that Carl Christian Rafn and the other Danish scholars who edited this elaborate work have concluded that Kjalarnes is the modern Cape Cod, Straumsfjordr is Buzzard's Bay, Straumsey is Martha's Vineyard, and Hop is on the shores of Mount Haup Bay, into which the river Taunton flows.
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    KEYWORDS: Saga of Eirik the Red, Eric the Red, Leif Ericson, banishment, Greenland, Vinland, longship, storm, off course, Newfoundland, discovery, America, Norse, Viking, mainland, preach, Christianity, Christopher Columbus, Antilles, Vifil, Gudrid, grandfather, Iceland, parentage, emigrate, father, Thorbjorn, family, Thorstein, son of Eirik the Red, Karlsefni, expedition, Fate, Thorhall, Sportsman, second winter, Hop, Dealings, Skrœlingar, Skroelingar, Skroelinger, fights, Return, Straumsfjord, slay, Thorvald, One-footer, hero, Heroic, magnanimity, magnanimous, Bjarni, descendants, Mount Haup Bay, Taunton, river, Kjalarnes, Cape Cod, Buzzard's Bay, Straumsey, Martha's Vineyard, grapes,
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAbela Publishing
    Release dateMar 21, 2018
    ISBN9788828303541
    THE SAGA OF EIRIK THE RED - A Free Norse/Viking Saga: An Account of Eirik the Red's Discovery of America

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      THE SAGA OF EIRIK THE RED - A Free Norse/Viking Saga - Anon E. Mouse

      The Saga of Eirik The Red

      A Translation

      Read Before The

      Literary And Philosophical Society

      Of Liverpool,

      12th January 1880,

      By

      The Rev. J. Sephton.

      Originally published by

      D. Marples & Co., Limited, Liverpool

      [1880]

      resurrected by

      Abela Publishing, London

      [2018]

      The Saga of Eirik the Red

      Typographical arrangement of this edition

      © Abela Publishing 2018

      This book may not be reproduced in its current format in any manner in any media, or transmitted by any means whatsoever, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, or mechanical

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      except as permitted by law without the prior written permission of the publisher.

      Abela Publishing

      London

      United Kingdom

      [2018]

      ISBN-: 978-X-XXXXXX-XX-X

      Email:

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      Contents

      How Vifil, Gudrid's grandfather, came to Iceland.

      Of Eirik the Red, and his discovery of Greenland.

      Gudrid's parentage, and the emigration of her father, Thorbjorn, and his family to Greenland.

      Eirik's family, and his son Leif's discovery of Vinland.

      Gudrid marries Thorstein, son of Eirik the Red. [Sickness and death of Thorstein.]

      Gudrid marries Karlsefni.

      Karlsefni's expedition to Vinland. The first winter is passed at Straumsfjordr.

      Fate of Thorhall the Sportsman.

      The second winter is passed at Hop.

      Dealings with the Skrœlingar.

      Fight with the Skrœlingar.

      Return to Straumsfjordr.

      The slaying of Thorvald by a One-footer. The colonists return to Greenland after passing the third winter at Straumsfjordr.

      Heroic magnanimity and fate of Bjarni.

      Gudrid's descendants.

      How Vifil, Gudrid's grandfather, came to Iceland

      Olaf, who was called Olaf the White, was styled a warrior king. He was the son of King Ingjald, the son of Helgi, the son of Olaf, the son of Gudred, the son of Halfdan Whiteleg, king of the Uplands (in Norway). He led a harrying expedition of sea-rovers into the west, and conquered Dublin, in Ireland, and Dublinshire, over which he made himself king. He married Aud the Deep-minded, daughter of Ketil Flatnose, son of Bjorn the Ungartered, a noble man from Norway. Their son was named Thorstein the Red. Olaf fell in battle in Ireland, and then Aud and Thorstein went into the Sudreyjar (the Hebrides). There Thorstein married Thorid, daughter of Eyvind the Easterling, sister of Helgi the Lean; and they had many children. Thorstein became a warrior king, and formed an alliance with Earl Sigurd the Great, son of Eystein the Rattler. They conquered Caithness, Sutherland, Ross, and Moray, and more than half Scotland. Over these Thorstein was king until the Scots plotted against him, and he fell there in battle. Aud was in Caithness when she heard of Thorstein's death. Then she caused a merchant-ship to be secretly built in the wood, and when she was ready, directed her course out into the Orkneys. There she gave in marriage Thorstein the Red's daughter, Gro, who became mother of Grelad, whom Earl Thorfinn, the Skullcleaver, married. Afterwards Aud set out to seek Iceland, having twenty free men in her ship. Aud came to Iceland, and passed the first winter in Bjarnarhofn (Bjornshaven) with her brother Bjorn. Afterwards she occupied all the Dale country between the Dogurdara (day-meal river) and the Skraumuhlaupsa (river of the giantess's leap), and dwelt at Hvamm. She had prayer meetings at Krossholar (Crosshills), where she caused crosses to be erected, for she was baptised and deeply devoted to the faith. There came with her to Iceland many men worthy of honour, who had been taken captive in sea-roving expeditions to the west, and who were called bondmen. One of these was named Vifil; he was a man of high family, and had been taken captive beyond the western main,

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