Various groups in more recent history also have a reputation for laconic humor: Icelanders in the sagas, and, in the Anglophone world, Australians (cf. Australian humor), American cowboys, New Englanders, and people from Northern England. History. Chilon of Sparta. Spartans paid less attention than other ancient Greeks to the development of education, arts, and literature. …

Leif Erikson (en norrois : Leifr Eiríksson ; en islandais : Leifur Eiríksson), né vers 970 à Eiríksstaðir en Islande et mort vers 1020 probablement au Groenland, est un explorateur islandais.Il est l'une des personnalités connues de l'expansion viking. Il est le premier Européen connu à avoir découvert l'Amérique du Nord continentale. Leif est le fils d'Erik le Rouge, le …

Book of Icelanders; Skræling; Greenlandic Norse; Researchers. Galvano Fiamma; Adam of Bremen; Carl Christian Rafn; Helge Ingstad; Anne Stine Ingstad; Bjarni Herjólfsson (fl. 10th century) was a Norse-Icelandic explorer who is believed to be the first known European discoverer of the mainland of the Americas, which he sighted in 986. Life. Bjarni was born to …

Sources. Kellog, Robert (Introduction); Smiley, Jane (Introduction) (2001) The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin Group) ISBN 0-14-100003-1 Orchard, Andy (1997) Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend ISBN 0-304-34520-2 Simek, Rudolf translated by Angela Hall (2007) Dictionary of Northern Mythology.(D.S. Brewer) ISBN 0-85991-513-1Pulsiano, Phillip (1993) Supernatural …

Randabrauð, the cuisine of Iceland, has a long history.Important parts of Icelandic cuisine are lamb, dairy, and fish, the latter due to the fact that Iceland has traditionally been inhabited only near its coastline.Popular foods in Iceland include skyr, hangikjöt (smoked lamb), kleinur, laufabrauð, and bollur. Þorramatur is a traditional buffet served at midwinter festivals called …

Die sagas word gewoonlik volgens hul inhoud gekategoriseer as Voortydsagas (Fornalda sögur) wat heldeverhale en ander legendariese motiewe uit die Wiking-tydperk behandel. Yslander-sagas (Íslendinga sögur) – hierdie kategorie bevat onder meer 36 prosawerke met fiktiewe verhale uit die tydperk van die Noorse volksplanting tussen 900 en 1050. Die werke word as …

The Younger Futhark, also called Scandinavian runes, is a runic alphabet and a reduced form of the Elder Futhark, with only 16 characters, in use from about the 9th century, after a "transitional period" during the 7th and 8th centuries.The reduction, somewhat paradoxically, happened at the same time as phonetic changes that led to a greater number of different phonemes in the …

"Edda" (/ ˈ ɛ d ə /; Old Norse Edda, plural Eddur) is an Old Norse term that has been attributed by modern scholars to the collective of two Medieval Icelandic literary works: what is now known as the Prose Edda and an older collection of poems without an original title now known as the Poetic Edda.The term historically referred only to the Prose Edda, but this has fallen out of use …

The terms Jötunheimr (in Old Norse orthography: Jǫtunheimr [ˈjɔtonˌhɛimz̠]; often anglicised as Jotunheim) or Jötunheimar refer to either a land or multiple lands in Nordic mythology inhabited by the jötnar. Jötunheimar are typically, but not exclusively, presented in Eddic sources as prosperous lands located to the north and are commonly separated from the lands inhabited …

The exact date of Leif's discovery of the Americas is unknown, but the Sagas state that it was in autumn. At the suggestion of Christian A. Hoen, 9 October was settled upon, as it took place in fall, and was already a historic date for Scandinavians in America. The date was chosen because the ship Restauration coming from Stavanger, Norway, arrived in New York Harbor on October …