Eric the Red - Eric the Red

Japanese: 赤毛のエイリーク - あかげのえいりーく
Eric the Red - Eric the Red

…The discoverer of Greenland. He was also called Erik the Red. According to medieval Icelandic sagas, he killed a man in his homeland and colonized Iceland, but he was banished because he caused trouble there as well. As he traveled westward, he discovered a new country, which he named "Greenland." …

From "The Legend of Beanland"

…According to the Icelandic sagas, Greenlandic colonists Leif, son of Eric the Red, and others discovered a series of lands to the west of Greenland that, from a geographical description, could be considered the eastern coast of North America. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Eirika the Red" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…グリーンランドの発見者。赤毛のエイリークと呼ばれる。中世アイスランドのサガによると,故国で人を殺しアイスランドに植民したが,ここでも事件をおこしたため追放になり,西に向かううち新しい国を発見,〈グリーンランド〉と命名した。…

【ビーンランド伝説】より

…アイスランドのサガによれば,グリーンランド植民者である赤毛のエイリークの息子レイブらは,グリーンランドの西方に一連の土地を発見した。地理的描写からみると,これらが北アメリカ大陸東岸であると考えられる。…

※「赤毛のエイリーク」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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