Saga of Erik the Red

Saga of Erik the Red

"Eiríks saga rauða" or the "Saga of Erik the Red" is a saga on the Norse exploration of North-America.In the saga, the events that led to Erik the Red's banishment to Greenland are chronicled, as well as Leif Ericson's discovery of Vinland the Good, after his longship was blown off course. By geographical details, this place is thought to be present-day Newfoundland, and is likely the first European discovery of the American mainland, some five centuries before Christopher Columbus's journey.

The saga is preserved in two manuscripts in somewhat different versions; "Hauksbók" (14th century) and "Skálholtsbók" (15th century). Modern philologists believe the "Skálholtsbók" version to be truer to the original. The original saga is thought to have been written in the 13th century.

See also: Vinland sagas, "Grœnlendinga saga".

External links

* [http://www.sagadb.org/eiriks_saga_rauda.en Full text in Old Norse, English and Norwegian at the Icelandic Saga Database]
* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/nda/index.htm The Norse Discovery of America]
* [http://saga.library.cornell.edu/saganet/?MIval=/SinglePage&Manuscript=100137&Page=602&language=english The text of the saga according to Hauksbók; with manuscript spelling]
* [http://www.northvegr.org/lore/flatey/001.php A part of the saga with the manuscript spelling and English and Danish translations]
* [http://www.heimskringla.no/original/islendingesagaene/eirikssagarauda.php The saga with standardized Old Norse spelling]
* [http://www.snerpa.is/net/isl/eirik.htm The saga with standardized modern Icelandic spelling]
* [http://visindavefur.hi.is/svar.asp?id=5433 A treatment of the nationality of Leifr Eiríksson]
* [http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/Einfaettr.shtml A treatment of the uniped in the saga]
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/17946 Saga of Eric the Red] from Project Gutenberg


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