Erik Thorvaldsson (c. 950 – c. 1003), known as Erik the Red, was a Norse explorer, described in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded...
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The Saga of Erik the Red, in Old Norse: Eiríks saga rauða (listen), is an Icelandic saga on the Norse exploration of North America. The original saga...
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Freydís Eiríksdóttir (section Saga of Erik the Red)
was an Icelandic woman said to be the daughter of Erik the Red (as in her patronym), who figured prominently in the Norse exploration of North America...
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Leif Erikson (redirect from Leif Eriksson the Lucky)
father, Erik the Red, founded the first Norse settlement in Greenland, where Leif was later raised. Following his voyage to Vinland and the subsequent...
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Erik the Red (c. 950 – c. 1003) was a Viking explorer. Erik the Red may also refer to: Erik Denmark (born about 1980), a competitive eater nicknamed Erik...
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Vinland (category Articles needing the year an event occurred from January 2015)
the camp Straumfjörð mentioned in the Saga of Erik the Red. Vinland was the name given to part of North America by the Icelandic Norseman Leif Eriksson...
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Erik the Red's Land (Norwegian: Eirik Raudes Land) was the name given by Norwegians to an area on the coast of eastern Greenland occupied by Norway in...
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Seiðr (section Erik the Red)
Saga of Erik the Red in particular, the practitioners connected with the spiritual realm through chanting and prayer. Viking texts suggest that the seiðr...
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English as the Saga of the Greenlanders) is one of the sagas of Icelanders. Like the Saga of Erik the Red, it is one of the two main sources on the Norse colonization...
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Shi'ar (redirect from Erik the Red (comics))
instructor at the Chandilar Academy. Electron – A Shi'ar who is a member of the Imperial Guard. Erik the Red – A Shi'ar spy who is a member of the Shi'ar Imperial...
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Skræling (section Norse exploration of the New World)
with the Greenlanders. The Greenlanders' Saga and the Saga of Erik the Red, which were written in the 13th century, use this same term for the people...
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Erik "The Red" Denmark (born about 1980) is an American competitive eater and a member of the International Federation of Competitive Eating. He lives...
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are not always reliable. Erik the Red (Old Norse: Eiríkr rauði), having been banished from Iceland for manslaughter, explored the uninhabited southwestern...
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Greenland (redirect from Antarctica of The North)
pleasant name would attract settlers. The Saga of Erik the Red states: "In the summer, Erik left to settle in the country he had found, which he called...
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Norse settlements in Greenland (category Populated places established in the 10th century)
involvement, the anonymous Grænlendinga saga (Saga of the Greenlanders) and the also anonymous Saga of Erik the Red. But there is also information about the inhabitants...
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was the son of Erik the Red and brother of Leif Erikson. The only Medieval Period source material available regarding Thorvald Eiriksson are the two Vinland...
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Vinland sagas (redirect from The Vinland Sagas)
and The Saga of Erik the Red (Eiríks Saga Rauða). The sagas were written down between 1220 and 1280 and describe events occurring around 970–1030. The Saga...
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Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is the second season of the American biographical crime drama anthology television series Monster, created by...
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visit his parents as usual, only to find that his father had gone with Erik the Red to Greenland. So he took his crew and set off to find him. But in that...
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ˈausˌval(t)sˌsɔːn]; fl. 10th century; died before 980) was the father of the first Norse settler of Greenland, Erik the Red, and grandfather of Leif Erikson, who visited...
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him to find the new land. Played by Sam Corlett Originally an explorer from Greenland, Leif was the son of Erik the Red, the founder of the first Norse...
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Magneto (Marvel Comics) (redirect from Erik Magnus Lensherr)
Magneto (/mæɡˈniːtoʊ/; birth name: Max Eisenhardt; alias: Erik Lehnsherr German pronunciation: [ˈeːʁɪk ˈleːnshɛʁ] and Magnus) is a character appearing in American...
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Vikings: Valhalla (category Television series set in the 11th century)
(season 3) Huey O'Meara as Prince Harthacanute (season 3) Goran Višnjić as Erik the Red (season 3) Carrie Crowley as Hilde (season 3) Bosco Hogan as King Æthelred...
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connection with the accounts of Leif Erikson in the Saga of the Greenlanders and the Saga of Erik the Red, which were written down in the 13th century....
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Þorbjörg Lítilvölva (section Saga of Erik the Red)
Norse colonial Greenland during the late Viking Age. She is featured in the Saga of Erik the Red and her description is the most detailed presentation of...
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Viking expansion (redirect from Viking Raids into the Mediterranean region)
colonists and mercenaries. To the west, Vikings under Leif Erikson, the heir to Erik the Red, reached North America and set up a short-lived settlement in present-day...
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Menendez (born January 10, 1968) and Erik Galen Menendez (born November 27, 1970), collectively referred to as the Menendez brothers, are American brothers...
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Helluland (section According to the sagas)
and Vinland (possibly Newfoundland). The Saga of Erik the Red, 1880 translation into English by J. Sephton from the original Icelandic 'Eiríks saga rauða'...
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ˈɛiˌriːksˌson]) was the third and youngest son of Erik the Red. Almost nothing is known about Thorstein's life. According to the Vinland Sagas, Erik the Red settled...
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The ancient Norse rulers of Greenland were called paramount chieftains. Among the island nation's chieftains were: Erik the Red, or Eirikr Thorvaldsson...
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