[Mythology] Eirik the Red's Saga

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Eiríks saga rauða or the Saga of Erik the Red is a saga on the Norse exploration of North-America. In the saga, the events that led to Erik the Red's banishment to Greenland are chronicled, as well as Leif Ericson's discovery of Vinland the Good, after his longship was blown off course. By geographical details, this place is thought to be present-day Newfoundland, and is likely the first European discovery of the American mainland, some five centuries before Christopher Columbus's journey.

The saga is preserved in two manuscripts in somewhat different versions; Hauksbók (14th century) and Skálholtsbók (15th century). Modern philologists believe the Skálholtsbók version to be truer to the original. The original saga is thought to have been written in the 13th century.

[Mythology] The Egil's Skallagrimsson Saga

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The Saga of Egil Skallagrímson, is a narrative literary work written in prose, whose protagonist is Scalding Egil. The Icelandic saga is one of the masterpieces of medieval Scandinavian narrative. It was written around 1230 by Snorri Sturluson. Argument Skallagrim is a Viking who lives in Norway and gets an enemy of King Harald of Norway due to the death of his brother Thorolf. For these and other reasons decide to seek refuge in Iceland. However, relations between the family and the king get worse, especially by the arrogance of his second son Egil. He is huge, dark and strong, and unlike his brother Thorolf Skallagrimson, Egil is not in favor or favorable to the king. It opposed his successor, Erik and an inheritance dispute with one of its jarls. The story goes even beyond the death of Egil Skallagrimson.