This article is about the Norse sagas. For other topics, see Vinland Saga (disambiguation).
Summer in the Greenland coast c.1000 by Carl RasmussenPossible routes traveled in Saga of Eric the Red and Saga of the Greenlanders
The Vinland Sagas are two Icelandic texts written independently of each other in the early 13th century—The Saga of the Greenlanders (Grænlendinga Saga) 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.[1]
The Saga of Erik the Red and The Saga of the Greenlanders both contain different accounts of Norse voyages to Vinland. The name Vinland, meaning "Wineland," is attributed to the discovery of grapevines upon the arrival of Leif Eiriksson in North America. The Vinland Sagas represent the most complete information available regarding the Norse exploration of the Americas, although due to Iceland's oral tradition, they cannot be deemed completely historically accurate and include contradictory details. However, historians commonly believe these sources contain substantial evidence of Viking exploration of North America through the descriptions of topography, natural resources, and native culture. In comparing the events of both books, a realistic timeline can be created.[2][3]
The veracity of the Sagas was supported by the discovery and excavation of a Viking Age settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada. Research done in the early 1960s by Norwegian explorer Helge Ingstad and his wife, archaeologist Anne Stine Ingstad, identified an old Norse settlement located at what is now the L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site of Canada.[4]
^"Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on February 23, 2002. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
^"Vinland Sagas". Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on December 23, 2015. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
^Thayer Watkins. "The Vinland Sagas". San José State University. Economics Department. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
^"L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site of Canada". Parks Canada. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
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readings from Hauksbók. Saga of Erik the Red, public domain audiobook at Librivox. Vinlandsagas Eiríks saga víðförla Grœnlendinga saga Oleson, T.J. (1979)...
before Christopher Columbus. According to the sagas of Icelanders, he established a Norse settlement at Vinland, which is usually interpreted as being coastal...
which together are referred to as "The VinlandSagas." The two sources differ significantly in their details (see #Saga sources below). In Greenland, Thorfinn...
Hermann Pálsson (2004) [1965]. The VinlandSagas. Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-044154-9. Örnólfur Thorsson (ed.) (2001). The Sagas of Icelanders. Penguin Books...
are the two Vinlandsagas; the Greenland Saga and the Saga of Erik the Red. Although differing in various detail, according to both sagas Thorvald was...
between 1004 and 1013. According to the Vinlandsagas, when Snorri was 3 years old, his family left Vinland because of hostilities with indigenous peoples...
Red. Almost nothing is known about Thorstein's life. According to the VinlandSagas, Erik the Red settled in Greenland around 986 with his wife and three...
of Labrador, province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. In The VinlandSagas and the Actual Characteristics of Eastern Canada, Swedish archaeologist...
The sagas of Icelanders (Icelandic: Íslendingasögur, modern Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈislɛndiŋkaˌsœːɣʏr̥]), also known as family sagas are a subgenre...
11th-century Norse colony at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, called Vinland in the Norse sagas, with the predominantly Anglo-American inhabited areas of the...
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few trees; and Vinland, "the land of wine", found somewhere south of Markland. It was in Vinland that the settlement described in the sagas was founded....
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