Vinland sagas!

The Vinland sagas were interesting and an enjoyable read. I thought that it was cool that both sagas refer to each other, not just that but accurately. They refer to Vinland and the plentiful of grapes and forest. This reassures me of the historical accuracy of these sagas. Not to mention that there were a few points that I thought were interesting. One of which was the natives, they were afraid of everything that the Vikings did, they were afraid of the Bull, and that part were Freydis hits her own breast with a sword and the natives run away terrified. Even though they had an army against her, not to mention she was pregnant. All of which suggest that she would have been a fairly easy target to capture or kill. But then again, if she was a very masculine woman, then maybe the natives might have been confused and as a result scared. Another brief thing I thought was cool was that in my book, on pg. 93 it mentions that the Vikings played chess to pass the time. I don’t know if this is a slight translation issue, but it says in a foot note that ivory chess pieces were found in Viking settlements. Chess, another Viking connection to the modern world.