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Record Number: 29907 Author(s)/Creator(s): Contributor(s): Title: The Prowess of Freydis, Daughter of Eirik the Red Source: The Viking Age: A Reader.  Edited by Angus A. Somerville and R. Andrew McDonald. Readings in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures, 14.  University of Toronto Press, 2010.  Pages 133 - 135. Published also in the third edition of The Viking Age: A Reader (University of Toronto Press, 2020), pp. 102-104. Description: This extract from The Saga of the Greenlanders concerns the way in which Freydis and her brothers led a group to Vinland. She violated agreements and tricked her supporters into killing her brothers and their group of men. She murdered the women in their group herself. Article Type: Translation Subject (See Also): Americas Murder in Literature Sagas Vikings Violence Award Note: Geographic Area: Scandinavia Century: 11, 13 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 2010. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 9781442601475 (hbk.) ; 9781442601482 (pbk.)

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