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Record Number:
45906
Author(s)/Creator(s):
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Title:
Thorfin Karlsefni in Vinland
Source:
The Viking Age: A Reader. Edited by Angus A. Somerville and R. Andrew McDonald. University of Toronto Press, 2020. Pages 328 - 330.
Description:
This excerpt from the
Saga of the Greenlanders
includes a story about Thorfin's wife, Gudrun Thorbjarnardottir, who traveled to Vineland with a group of sixty men and four other women.
Article Type:
Translation
Subject
(See Also)
:
Americas
Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir
Sagas
Travel
Vikings
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
North America; Scandinavia
Century:
10- 11, 14
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Related Resources:
The text is trans. A.A. Somerville, from Groenlendinga saga, in Eyrbyggja saga, ed. Einar Ól. Sveinsson and Matthías Þórðarson, Íslenzk fornrit IV (Reykjavík, 1935), pp. 260-64, 268-69.
Author's Affiliation:
Brock University [McDonald and Somerville-Retired from the English Department]
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
2020.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
9781487570477 (pbk); 9781487570491 (ePub); 9781487570507 (PDF)