Symbolism, Setting, and Objects from The Vinland Sagas: The Norse Discovery of America

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Norway - The country of origin for nearly all Icelanders, Greenlanders and other settlers. Many trading missions are made here during the Vinland Sagas and Christianity comes to Iceland and Greenland from here as well.

Iceland - This is the central country of events during the Vinland Sagas.

Greenland - Eirik the Red takes the first permanent settlers here after being outlawed.

Helluland and Markland - Islands discovered and named by Leif Eiriksson during his voyage to Greenland.

Vinland - An area that is today the Northern tip of Newfoundland, Leif Eiriksson built...
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