Eiríks þáttr rauða

Eiríks þáttr rauða ('The Tale of Erik the Red') is a short story about Erik the Red, the conversion of his son, Leif Erikson, to Christianity, and the Norse discovery of North America by Bjarni Herjólfsson.[1]

The tale is preserved in the Flateyjarbók, in columns 221–223, where it is interpolated into the Saga of Óláfr Tryggvason.[2][1] It is commonly combined and translated with Grœnlendinga þáttr (I) as the Saga of the Greenlanders.

Translations

English translations of Eiríks þáttr rauða can be found in:

References

  1. Reeves, Arthur Middleton (1890). The finding of Wineland the Good: The history of the Icelandic discovery of America. London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press. pp. 53–78.
  2. Hermannsson, Halldór (1908). "Bibliography of the Icelandic Sagas and Minor Tales". Islandica. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Library. 1: 29. ISBN 9780527003319. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
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