Thorvald Eiriksson
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Thorvald Eiriksson(Old Norse:Þórvaldr Eiríksson[ˈθoːrˌwɑldrˈɛiˌriːksˌson];Modern Icelandic:Þorvaldur Eiríksson[ˈθɔrˌvaltʏrˈeiːˌriksˌsɔːn]) was the son ofErik the Redand brother ofLeif Erikson. The onlyMedieval Periodsource material available regarding Thorvald Eiriksson are the twoVinland sagas;theGreenland Sagaand theSaga of Erik the Red.Although differing in various detail, according to both sagas Thorvald was part of an expedition for the exploration ofVinlandand became the first European to die inNorth Americaoutside of Greenland.[1]
TheGreenland Sagadescribes a voyage made byBjarni Herjolfsson,and the subsequent voyages of Leif Eriksson, his brother Thorvald Eiriksson, his sisterFreydís Eiríksdóttir,and the Icelandic merchantThorfinn Karlsefni.The Saga describes hostilities withSkrælings,the Norse term for the native peoples they met in the lands visited south and west ofGreenlandwhich they called Vinland andMarkland.TheSaga of Erik the Redtells the story as a single expedition led by Thorfinn Karlsefni. The voyage of Thorvald Eriksson is told here as part of the Karlsefni expedition.[2]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Thorvald Eiriksson (Þorvaldr Eiríksson)".Department of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Culture Online Initiative.RetrievedOctober 18,2015.
- ^"Vinland Sagas".Smithsonian Institution. Archived fromthe originalon December 23, 2015.RetrievedOctober 18,2015.
Other sources
[edit]- Brown, Nancy Marie(2012)Song of the Vikings: Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths(Palgrave Macmillan)ISBN978-0-2303-3884-5
- Haugen, Einar(2007)Voyages To Vinland - The First American Saga Newly Translated And Interpreted(Barzun Press)ISBN978-1406774993
- Jones, Gwyn(1986)The Norse Atlantic Saga: Being the Norse Voyages of Discovery and Settlement to Iceland, Greenland, and North America(Oxford University Press)ISBN0-19-285160-8
- Magnusson, Magnus(1973)The Vinland Sagas: The Norse Discovery of America(Penguin Group)ISBN978-0-1419-0698-0
- Short, William R. (2010)Icelanders in the Viking age: the people of the sagas(McFarland)ISBN978-0-7864-4727-5