Erik The Viking Quotes

Did you see Erik’s sword?” Patrick asked. “Yeah,” Beth said. “And he’s not afraid to use it. We have to stay away from him.” “Who is he?” Patrick asked. “Erik the Red discovered this land. He named it Greenland,” Beth said. “Before that he lived in Iceland.” “Why did he leave Iceland?” Patrick asked. “A powerful man stole Erik’s family treasures,” Beth said. “There was a fight between the families, and people died. The Icelanders wanted the fighting to stop. So they kicked Erik out.” “They kicked him out of his own country?” said Patrick. “Yes,” Beth said. “Erik had a ship and crew. So he sailed away to become a trader. That’s when he discovered Greenland. He settled here and raised a family.” “I’ve heard of Leif,” Patrick said. “My teacher said he discovered North America 500 years before Columbus did!” Just then the door opened and a woman came in. She was dressed much like Beth, except a scarf covered her blonde hair. A string of colorful beads hung between the brooches on her tunic. A large gold cross dangled from the string. Beth was relieved to see the cross. A Christian Viking was a peaceful Viking. At least she hoped so. “Children,” she said, “I am Thjodhild, the wife of Erik the Red and mother of Leif.

Erik called the land Greenland because the name would encourage people to go there.

In ‘Hakon’s of Rogen’s Saga’, I have attempted to tell the story of a boy who lived at the end of the Viking period. It was not written for ‘youth,’ in the sense that I have blunted my pen before I started. I abhor those writers who have not the skill to keep the attention of adults, and therefore think themselves equipped to write for children. I have done my best, and I leave you to be my critic.

Elliott straightened the crease in his trousers and then emptied his glass. “Shortly after Erik saved my son, he saved his daughter, who was facing down a grizzly bear. The bear killed Erik, and Tavis took his body back to Jarlshof for a Viking burial.

The tartest apples make the sweetest treats.” Erik replied. He leaned over and murmured in Freya’s ear, “and I’m sure that makes you the tastiest treat I shall ever sample.

When I saw her figure standing on Ulv Hunger's ship, I realized she was my first love. Oh, do not laugh! Go and ask your grandfather who was his first love, and when he answers, 'Your grandmother', ask him again. He will smile, for such is the pain of first love that it leaves no bitterness behind.

We're bloody Vikings,’ Erik insisted. 'We don't ask people things. What sort of saga would that make? Great Erik, Fregurd and Sigmund did travel across the sea to the ravaged land of England, where they stopped to ask directions?