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Thorfinn Karlsefni Thórdarson [a] was an Icelandic explorer. Around the year 1010, he followed Leif Eriksson 's route to Vinland in a short-lived attempt to establish a permanent settlement there with his wife Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir and their followers.
She and her husband Thorfinn Karlsefni led an expedition to Vinland where their son Snorri Thorfinnsson was born, the first known European birth in the Americas (outside of Greenland). In Iceland, Gudrid is known by her byname víðförla (lit. wide-fared or far-travelled).
Despite its title, the saga mainly chronicles the life and expedition of Thorfinn Karlsefni and his wife Gudrid, also recounted in the Saga of the Greenlanders. [1] For this reason it was formerly also called Þorfinns saga karlsefnis; [2] Árni Magnússon wrote that title in the blank space at the top of the saga in Hauksbók. [3]
A ship commanded by Thorfinn Karlsefni, a man of means, arrives in Greenland from Norway. He stays with Leif Eriksson for the winter and falls in love with Gudrid. They marry later that same winter. Karlsefni is encouraged by his wife and other people to lead an expedition to Vinland. He agrees to go and hires a crew of sixty men and five women.
Thorfinn (Japanese: トルフィン, Hepburn: Torufin), also called Thorfinn Karlsefni (ソルフィン・カルルセヴニ) and Thorfinn Thordarson (ソルフィン・ソルザルソン), is a fictional character and the protagonist of the manga Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura. Thorfinn is introduced as a teenage warrior of Askeladd's
Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir [a], wife of Thorfinn Karlsefni [b], who settled in Vinland (America) around the year 1000, was born here. She was the first European woman to bear a child in America. She was the first European woman to bear a child in America.
The saga of Erik the Red portrays a number of the expeditions in the Greenland saga as just one expedition led by Thorfinn Karlsefni, although Erik's son Thorvald, his daughter Freydís and Karlsefni's wife Gudrid play key roles in the retelling. [26] Another notable difference is the location of their settlements.
Helga is Thors' wife and the mother of Thorfinn and Ylva. Ylva (ユルヴァ, Yuruva) Voiced by: Hitomi Nabatame [9] (Japanese); Olivia Swasey (Sentai Filmworks / Crunchyroll dubs), [6] Allegra Clark (Netflix dub) [7] (English) Thors' daughter and Thorfinn's older sister, who stayed in Iceland and took upon herself the duties of her father and ...