'''Eiríks saga rauða''' or the '''Saga of Eric the Red''' is a
saga on the
Norse exploration of North-America.
The different sailing routes to Greenland, Vinland (Newfoundland), Helluland (Baffin Island) and Markland (Labrador) travelled by different characters in the Icelandic Sagas, mainly Saga of Eric the Red and Saga of the Greenlanders. The names are the common modern English versions of the old Norse names.
In the saga, the events that led to
Eric the Red's banishment to
Greenland are chronicled, as well as
Leif Ericson's discovery of
Vinland the Good (a place where wheat and grapes grew naturally), 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
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Full text in Icelandic and English at the Icelandic Saga Database
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The Norse Discovery of America
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The text of the saga according to Hauksbók; with manuscript spelling
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A part of the saga with the manuscript spelling and English and Danish translations
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The saga with standardized Old Norse spelling
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The saga with standardized modern Icelandic spelling
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A treatment of the nationality of Leifr Eiríksson
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A treatment of the uniped in the saga
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Saga of Eric the Red from
Project Gutenberg
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