Happy Leif Erikson Day!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXHIbT2fud8

#LeifEriksonDay #Spongebob #SpongebobSquarepants

I think I’ve mentioned this before, but thinking about #LeifEriksonDay and #Vinland I’m of the opinion that the saga descriptions of Vinland contain some memories of actual #Norse exploration in North America, but the stories’ primary intent isn’t to be a historical account. There’s too much literary convention at play to treat them as accurate descriptions of historical events, despite being inspired by some.

It’s the difference between “Based on a True Story” and “Inspired By True Events”.

Vikings discovered America hundreds of years before Columbus.

On #LeifEriksonDay learn about the Viking Explorer who sailed to America

https://darkag.es/3zW9x6f
https://darkag.es/3zW9x6f

It's #LeifEriksonDay I thought I'd share some pictures from our recent trip to Iceland.

There's a great statue of Leif in front of the iconic Hallgrímskirkja church in Reykjavik.