Leif Erikson discovers America // 999 AD // The Saga of Erik the Red
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- Опубликовано: 13 июн 2019
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Though not supposedly the first European to see America (that honour goes to Bjarni Herjólfsson), Leif Erikson is credited with being the first to make landfall on the American continent. As the saga tells it, Leif first sighted 'Vinland' (as it was later named after its supposed abundance of grapes) after being blown off course en route to spread Christianity to Greenland on behalf of Olaf Trigvasson. Located in modern day Newfoundland in Canada, a number of Viking age settlements have been dug up in that area - including a ship repair station - dated to a good five hundred years before the arrival of Columbus.
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Mabye I will but this is so interesting it makes it so much easier for my school project
This channel is a true gem.
Voices of the Past, please consider to put some subtitles in the videos.
The journey had NOTHING WHATSOEVER to DO with CHRISTIANITY .
I've spent 25 years in archaeology, studying Scandinavian countries ( Viking era) and Anglo Saxon England.
Other eras too, but Viking Saxon era was / is my passion.
Voices of the Past Thats the end??? There has to be more! How drawing!
I learned something new about Leif Erikson today:
He fell from his horse, and cried out ...... "eeyyh"
Wasnt that eric the red??
It was probably more like "Aajjj" Which is Scandinavian for "ouch"
@@PennyDreadful1 lol true
Lol
@@PennyDreadful1 Old Norse
That bit about Eric falling from his horse was unexpectedly funny. 😅
😂 😂 😂 😂
Manly as fuck. I'm saying a hell of a lot more than "aieeee" if I break ribs
Manly as fuck. I'm saying a lot more than "aieee" if I break ribs
I like how he was so guilt-ridden he admitted that he had a secret money stash.
Hold on what if that was you wold you laffe
Ah, memories. Good memories.
May you spread the good faith to the farthest lands, sir.
Hinga dinga durgen
Hahahahahahaj brooo this actually got me to laugh great comment you def won the internet today fine sir 👏 👌 👍 😄
did you really cried eeyyh tho?
Spongebob: Happy Leif Erikson day, a hinga dinga dargen!
Thank you for this reference...
Spongebob went to get more giant paper
uhhhhh...
Patrick
Ps: Happy Leif Erikson day
He was number 1
Hahaha
Had the Vikings gone just a little further South they would have hit the mother lode. Timber galore, arable lands, and game aplenty.
Imagine if there had been a Viking settling of America, it would be a very different place.
@@Delicious_J If they had settled an island around the west coast of Canada and eventually got more Nordic people to come it would have changed the history of the place altogether
@@abyssstrider2547 they would've settled the entire country before they got to the west coast
Imagine the native Americans meeting Vikings instead of those Puritan radicals
And Natives. Plenty of well armed, healthy natives, who would very likely have slaughtered them and decimated their number had they landed on the mainland
It is today indeed strange to think that there was a Catholic Bishop of Greenland in the 1200s
You think that's odd? The Bishop of Orlando is in charge of Luna. lol
Greenland is not part of the Américas. Only stup1d Anglo-Saxon believe that
Barely more than a mere five minutes, and yet containing more detail than other longer accounts. Nice work.
"Came upon men who had been shipwrecked...."? Hmmm....how many others from Europe or Asia came upon these fair shores in just such a manner?
@Captain Cook Likely bits of artifacts and smatterings of genetic markers in people.
They might have been fisherman who were blown off course and wrecked. Greenland and Americas are pretty close considering.
@@Idle_Hands we wuz international explorahz n shiet
Millions!
Chinese relics found along the west coast from 500 BC.
Throughout South America legends of tall white kings with red hair and beards.
" in the days of Peleg the continent separated "
Pangaea is a real event after the separation at the Tower. ( Book of Genesis)
@John Kimber Ironically the Olmecs were from modern day Mexico. North America not south.
Many people don’t know that Leif Ericsson was a Christian Viking. There were many famous Christian Vikings.
Lots of famous pagan ones too lol
The narration in all of these videos is outstanding. The accompanying photos fit well with the narrative. Thank you!
this was a good one there are also plenty more Icelandic sagas for you all almost as epic as this one :)
Brendan the Navigator (Celtic Saint) may have made it to the Americas in the 5th century, I think.
Double check this....it's based on some obscure evidence.
Being a descendant of Erik the Red, I found this while researching. I am enjoying learning about my heritage
Same!
"We're gonna party like it's 999AD"
And thus began the Vinland Saga...
Vinland Saga soon
Adventures of Thorfinn 😃
it was great :)
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Can’t wait for season 2
Continue to research pronunciation of names? (Most use the old Norse "lafe" for Leif, I believe). Thank you for your unique contribution of making primary resources more available to all learners!
the Old Norse is pronounced "Leifr" [ei] like in "they"
The pronounciation should sound very much like the word "Life" but in an accentless/flat intonation.
@@wenzelplot no, not at all, his actual name was pronounced "Leifr" [ei] like in "they"
@@meginna8354 suppose that depends on which source of old norse you're coming from. "Leifr" would be a variant I'd think and not the origin
@@wenzelplot wrong, it is the Old Norse varitant and how he was named.
There are statues of tabacco leaves at Roseland castle ! And corn !
The Vikings were so far out of Western civilization, that when they came in they forgot where they had been. Not having a comprehensive writing system didn't help either.
The existence of Vinland was recorded in Norse Sagas. And in the 15th century there was a manuscript made in England that described this new land...BEFORE Columbus made his 1st voyage! Also there is no trace of the Columbus settlement "la navidad" in Haiti today.
The knowledge of Greenland was never lost in Scandinavia. The Danish king did regularly send merchant ships to Greenland to trade Walrus and Narwhal "ivory" But the trade was interrupted by the black death, after the plauge the Danish king did try to restart the trade after the black death, but it was to late, the setlement was lost. (they probebly emegrated to Island there there was lots of good and "free" land after all death)
All I'm saying is the Vikings didn't create the Colombian exchange.
@@kirgan1000 The Little Ice Age made it impossible to get to or from Greenland. No timber, no iron to repair and replace weapons, land that couldn't be farmed or used to raise livestock, the Norse colony became unsustainable.
@@Kazilikaya it's fine because Colombus did all the heavy work and therefore deserves credit...
With low volume, your voice is a lullaby.
Previously you guys did the letter that the Khan had sent back to the Pope with John of Capistrano in the 13th century. But can you please do the letter that the Pope sent with John to the Khan?
Dear Mr Khan Dilkington,
You are one of the popes most valuable customers.
"Why is he talking about leaf? I don't- oohh."
Too bad their colonial range was too short, otherwise we would all be speaking our own version of Norse.
Mejor para nosotros
Better for us tbh
He should have picked Exploration Ideas...
@Ding Dong Yeah; okay but what do you expect? If I was a tribe over there at that time; Id be freaked the fuck out as well by some raggedy; bearded hunks with axes coming on their longships with red and white sails. Id probably fear the underworld would arise from the seas
English is also germanic, the language would obviously evolve in 1000 years
Eu 4 gang gang
The Fact that Christianity reached Canada before it reached some parts of Europe like Lithuania, Estonia and Finland etc..
Actually, I am still alive lmfaoo
"When leaf sailed..." It took me a while to understand that sentence... don't know if Leif was pronunced like that 1000 years ago but it clearly isen't now. Anyway very interesting as always.
It wasnt it's either Leifr or Leif norse(old norwegian)/norwegian
How I wish Lief Erickson could have maintained a colony in Greenland but with the technology of the time it would have been impossible.
Why tho? There wasn't much to gain there, and the inuit disliked them, it was pointless
Impossible? But people did live there, didn't they? Also, wasn't it a lot more green then than now?
I must admit,this is the first time I've ever heard that Eric was Christian
What a great Catholic!
Logistic is the main reason why columbo was needed to rediscover America.the vikings in Greenland never had enaf people and material to sustain America a as thear territory.
@Jormangandur83 also technology and where they landed
@Ding Dong The Vikings literally won every single engagement mentioned in the saga's but yes due to the fact of them being hopelessly outnumbered. The small group of people that did venture to the new world could not have hope to conquer, let alone hold any territory in the new world. That's not to say that an entire Viking army couldn't. But to that, we have to take into consideration the ridiculous distances required for such an army to travel. The logistics of such an operation and the population and economy of the countries that would have had to supply such an army and a colony thereafter. Add all that up and you get a big fat impossible sticker.
That’s it?arent the sagas a tad longer?
Can you do excerpts from the Vinland Saga also?
A remarkable adventure centuries before Columbus, and yet has *zero* significance for the formation of the Americas of today. There is a reason Columbus is much more closely associated with the discovery of the New World.
This little trip by Erikson did *not* lead to the Americas becoming integrated with the rest of the world, and so it remained practically undiscovered.
nice
Wait, Greenland was green? Vines in Canada? What were the emissions of their boats?
Greenland supposedly got that name to encourage settlement there. Can you Imagine the dissapointment?
@@t16205 Areas of central Europe which don't have vines now used to produce wine until 17th Century.
In the Middle Ages there was a warmer period, and when it ended it drew the vikings away from Greenland as the climate cooled off and the land wasn't arable anymore.
Erik the red shows up on mytrueancestryDNA results but not as YDNA (not sure if this a connection with Rollo and Royal Flanders cousins???). I do have Mackays scotts (northern Scotland) as 5th cousins and "Thompsons" as cousins on another site, Irish relatives (which I suspect some to be tied with Royal Stuarts And/or viking ancestry). My YDNA is Royal Savoy as one even shows up as crusader YDNA relative with a Palaiologos relative.
Leif ran into Sasquatch people.
It's written. 999ad. Canada.
America as in the landmass, smarty pants 🙄
@@quidam_surprise Sorry Plus.
Chris Columbus is a lie.
Plus. It all remains as 'land mass'. All N.A. All South America. Canada too.
I know these people were here a lot longer than any indian. Period. They remain.
Why? That's my question.
Leif is a long gone relative of mine, its crazy how much info is on him
yea, but no
@@joshuwalapiang6411 Why the no? Just about any Icelander for an instance can trace their family history to Lefur Eiríksson (and literally every single Viking that had descendants in Iceland) So why can't he?
Leif Erikson needs to show up and show Ragnar Lothbrok and Utrid Von Utritch how to get shit done.
aiiiiiiiii
You're saying his name wrong. It's Leyf, not Leaf. Common name in Scandinavia to this day.
In 99% of every RUclips video about him they mispronounce his name.
Its a Dutch map !
Yup
sponge bob taught me this not school
But what I can't seem to understand is why specifically did Leif Erikson want to explore in the first place? What was his motivation?
That is stated here in the video pretty clearly in simple and Plain English- To preach Christianity to Greenland and beyond.
I discovered New Jersey when i was 3 years old
My teacher assignment this for me 😀👍🏼
Much less is known about Leif's brother Bud,who didn't get out that much.
His name was not Leaf lol. Leif is pronounced "Læif/Life", Anyways good stuff!
Hmm.. did i miss something?? The title says discover america.. but there is nothing in the video that mentions the americas..
Hinga Dinga Doergen
He had to get America for High Chaparral
Essentially "Adventures in Greenland Positioning Systems".
This must be a children's book!
Ayyyee
Damn Imagine if they went a little further south saw opportunity, went back and then send 500-1000 settlers there
He went back after he seen Genowkwa. Probaly...as big as two 3 good men. Native's said they were nottt friendly man...
His first words in America were "fuck you Columbus, I won"
Awesome channel, i found thanks to another channel called history time while i was doing resaerch about byzantine emperrors. Keep up the good work and i would ike to have the speech of Galerius about chistians to Dioclecian i think its really interessting and not well known you can find it here :
archive.org/details/antiquityunveile00robeiala/page/222
The speech end at page 223 i think its interessting
His name is pronounced Leyf, not Lif,. Lif or Liv as its spelled now is a female name.
Leifr*
megin na Norwegian pronounciation is Leif. Old Norse is Leifr but Norway being the origin country you should use Leif over Leaf any day of the week
@@martinh1309 no, it should either be Old Norse or Icelandic, historians use Icelandic because it's the closest languge to Old Norse.
Leaf is Leyf, Nana na nana
@@EvertfromNederland Took me a while, but I see what you did there. lol
So where's the part they went to America? I heard Greenland and Iceland, but no Vinland, unless I missed it.
😹😹😹
@@BhagyanagarRE What? It's true!
Vinland is Canada
@@minatonamikaze1622 Ah! Thanks!
I mean... Technically, they were already in 🌎 America at this point...
Yeah he was number 1
The final season of vinland saga
*Hinga Dinga Durgin*
7 people are related to Chris Columbus
Thorfinn ..
The Virgins Christopher Colombus VS The Chad Leif Erickson
This is just like vinland saga
I don't understand. It doesn't sound like Lief got any farther west than Greenland.
It's only the first chapter.
But his Viking people didn't follow up. Europe's loss, 1st Nation's gain.
King: Leif I want u to go to greenland and convert people.
Leif: Ohhhh.....yeah.....I dont wanna turn u down bro but I don't think this is gonna go over well....Can I go and not do the Christian thing?
King: Haha you'll be fine, have fun!
Leif: Ok :(
We need a Leif Erickson day instead of Christopher Columbus Day
First off, the English colonisation has simply been a by-product of the findings of Columbus. So it already has very little connection to him, you lot basically gave yourself a day off for no reason. That's like if the United States wanted to celebrate the first person that has ascended Mount Everest.
Secondly, advocating to replace your celebration with in homage to Leif *Eriksson* is allegedly an even dumber decision given the Norse discovery had straight-up no impact on the establishment and development of Post-Columbian American societies.
The Norse essentially pulled a "Seen ✅" and then eventually went back to Europe.
So, attributing this accomplishment to Leif *Eriksson* in particular makes little to no sense.
You could celebrate the moon landing or commemorate something related to indigenous folks maybe Just go outside and try to do something productive enough that will possibly remembered and observe... instead of make a fuss of an event you're quite remotely related to 🤨
Wonder how different it would've been if the Vikings had stayed in North America
We'd be speaking Swede, Norway, Icelandic, Danish rathen than English, Spanish, French.
Nothing against Christopher Colombus but I DO so much like to believe that the Vikings were there first . 👍
I don't think Leif qualifies as a Viking. Vikings were raiders.
@@Hurlebatte good point. Viking is more something you do, not as much something you are.
You don't have to believe, the archaeological sites exist.
Yes us north west Europeans were there first, and don't forget about half of Icelandic DNA is Celtic.
@@Simonsvids Sorry to burst your bubble, but we natives were actually here first.
0:15 the what?
Suðreyjar (litteraly Southern Isles), defined the Norse occupied island complex from North-Western Scotland
@@KroM234
I thought so, but due to the pronunciation I decided to ask anyway ^^
@@Kenzofeis The pronounciation is not great.
Sørøyan, we'd say today
Too brief.
Shouldt his name be pronounced Life?
Instead of Colombus day we should have Viking Day
Vinland
Saga
THORFINN!
You can't "discover" a place where people have already been living for tens of thousands of years.
Can't believe 2 celled brain people still brings this up. It meant a land isolated from rest of the world for thousands of years had been discovered by the outside world.
Hinga Dinka Durgen!
I'm American and these guys are my relatives. Got my DNA results back
No mention of the Americas.. what gives man ?
Actually the man discovered Canada.
No, he discovered Newfoundland.
Which is in the Americas, Genius.
Vikings Valhalla returns
ITS LEIF ERIKSON DAY BOYS
HIIINGGAA DINNNGAAAA DUUURRGGEENN
you sound polish
Sooo....... Leif only discover America because his wife wouldnt give it up. Careful the power of man juice.
Leif did not discover America, he discovered North America.
discovered ? more like stumbled upon .
Leif is in Norwegian actually pronounced the same as english life.
his actual name was pronounced "Leifr" [ei] like in "they"
I would like to point out that Scandinavians do in fact pronounce the name Leifr/Leifur incorrectly. Icelanders pronounce it very differently. and not only is Icelandic the closest language to old Norse Leifur also happened to be an Icelander which I'd say gives us a pretty good claim to dictate how his name is pronounced. Our pronunciation is something like L-eh-f-or.
Did the Spaniards just not talk to the Norse?
spaniards didn't even exist
A FUCKING MERIKINGS!!!
They forgot to say anything about his diverse crew or his Oriental ship.
What?
For all you English speaking people out there:
The name Leif is pronounced exactly the same way as the word 'Life' is in English.
Every time you say Leaf, the old viking would have smacked you upside your head folks
Not true. Leif and life are not pronounced exactly the same. Phonetically, Leif is pronounced Læif, while the word life is pronounced laif.
@@mentalmelt are you an english speaking person?
The main problem in any case is the pronpouniation that most english speaking people are used to and that is 'Leaf' like a leaf on a tree for instance.
And that sounds nothing like how Leif is pronounced.
In fact it sounds like a whole other word.
So as long as we can get it towards the English 'Life' in pronounciation or the more technical 'Læif' then it will annoy me no longer.
@@eriktheviking927 "Life" is still wrong you hypocrite fucking moron.
@@eriktheviking927 I'm gonna go on a limb and say you are a Scandinavian and I would like to point out that Scandinavians do in fact pronounce the name Leifr/Leifur incorrectly. Icelanders pronounce it very differently. and not only is Icelandic the closest language to old Norse Leifur also happened to be an Icelander which I'd say gives us a pretty good claim to dictate how his name is pronounced. Our pronunciation is something like L-eh-f-or.
NORWAAAAAAAAAAAAY
hinga dinga durgen
leif is pronounced laif
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif
Yes, and as you can read it is pronounced like life not, leaf
no, that's the modern Norwegian translation, his actual name was pronounced "Leifr" [ei] like in "they"
I'm gonna go on a limb and say you are a Scandinavian and I would like to point out that Scandinavians do in fact pronounce the name Leifr/Leifur incorrectly. Icelanders pronounce it very differently. and not only is Icelandic the closest language to old Norse Leifur also happened to be an Icelander which I'd say gives us a pretty good claim to dictate how his name is pronounced. Our pronunciation is something like L-eh-f-or.
Catholic truth nice!
Layf not Leaf.
His actual nae was Leifr Eiríksson (Leivr Ey-reek-sson)