Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 29904
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  • Title: A Prophetess in Greenland (Retitled The Greenland Prophetess in 2020)
  • 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 90 - 92. Published also in the third edition of The Viking Age: A Reader (University of Toronto Press, 2020), pp. 121-123.
  • Description: This excerpt from The Saga of Eirik the Red concerns the woman Thorbjorg who practiced witchcraft and foretold future events. It includes a description of her appearance and magical practices. She persuades Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir to sing the chants which will summon the spirits and predicts Gudrid's travel to Iceland and her distinguished descendants.
  • Article Type: Translation
  • Subject (See Also): Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir Magic Prophecy in Literature Sagas Vikings Witches
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  • Geographic Area: Scandanavia
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  • Year of Publication: 2010.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 9781442601475 (hbk.) ; 9781442601482 (pbk.)