Erik the Red: The Saga of Viking Greenland

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[nickosmond]

Born and raised in Newfoundland and I’ve actually visited That settlement it’s amazing and it honestly sparked my interest in history when i first saw it as a kid

[jakeswainson]

Please do Leif Erikson next! I just finished re watching Vinland Saga and can't get enough of Viking history since

[ignitionfrn]

1:15 - Chapter 1 - The sagas
4:50 - Chapter 2 - Blood feud
8:20 - Mid roll ads
9:50 - Chapter 3 - Promised land
13:25 - Chapter 4 - Colony
16:35 - Chapter 5 - From the new world
20:10 - Chapter 6 - Coming to america

[donaldleslie]

God Bless you Simon . I hope your collarbone heals back soon. People like you are hard to find and not easily replaced.

[JustKrista]

Norsemen! I would love to see more of these Bios. So much information that is taught in school is utter BS.
Thanks for covering this!

[TheAvengeddonut]

Any video Simon does within the topic if Vikings and sagas makes my little Norwegian heart jump and sing with joy 🥰🥰

[viking]

The only thing that I vaguely remember about the story of Greenland's colonization was that tidbit about Erik lying to people and overselling Greenland's habitability. It's great to hear the story in more detail and realize that there was actually a real thriving settlement there with actual green land rather than the whole "he sold them icy hellscapes" narrative that is all over the place.

[theawesomeman]

Please make a video on Haraald Haldrada, the greatest Viking who lived! He fought for the Russians and Byzantines like a Medieval John Wick and lead the last great Viking raid on England at Stamford's Bridge.

[THEEGOBLINNE]

Finally, an episode about the Vikings. I'll get my horn.

[sandybarnes]

Shout out from here in Newfoundland 🇨🇦

[EM-txqm]

Hey Simon great video. Consider doing one on Charles “The Hammer”Martel!!

[Svvithred]

I highly recommend that you have a look at the Saga of Egil Skallagrimsson, it's a great saga and well worth doing a video about!

[ThorfinnSkullsplitter-fzff]

"The council of fools is all the more dangerous the more of them there are." -- Bjarni Herjolfsson, discoverer of the North American Continent cir 985 A.D.
It's Bjarni's boat that Lief Eriksson used to sail to L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland in 1000 A.D.
A good boat always remembers it where it's been.

[BenZ]

It's so cool reading about these old Viking sagas about Vinland, which until recently were thought to more legend than reality, then going to L'Anse aux Meadows and seeing a real settlement.

[hellohello-omez]

"Hey everybody! It's Leif Erikson Day! HINGA DINGA DURGEN!" Spongebob Squarepants

[tobiasandersen]

I don’t know if you have talked about this at some point, but could you please upload more of your videos to the podcast? I listen to them at work and I want to listen to the newer ones, Simon.
Great work as always 😁👍🏻 - big fan from Denmark

[adam_martin]

Hope your ok after your collarbone injury. Great Video as always Simon

[MatthewTheWolf]

Fascinating history regarding Erik the Red. Truly fascinating.

[mikew]

Happy Leif Erikson day! Hinga Dinga Dergin!

[snakeking]

Awesome was so early due to editing love to watch biographical while editing