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Thorstein Eiriksson (Old Norse: Þórsteinn Eiríksson [ˈθoːrˌstɛinː ˈɛiˌriːksˌson]) was the third and youngest son of Erik the Red. Almost nothing is known about Thorstein's life. According to the Vinland Sagas , Erik the Red settled in Greenland around 986 with his wife and three grown sons, Leif , Thorvald and Thorstein.
Thorstein married Thurid, the daughter of Eyvind the Easterner. Thorstein and Thurid had a son, Olaf Feilan, and a number of daughters, including Groa, Thorgerd, Olof, Osk, Thorhild, and Vigdis. [5] A woman named Unn, wife of Thorolf Mostur-beard, claimed to be the daughter of Thorstein, but this claim was viewed by other Icelanders with ...
Following Olaf's death in battle, she and their son Thorstein the Red left Ireland for the Hebrides, where Thorstein became a great warrior king. Upon his death, she sailed to Orkney, where she married off Thorstein's daughter, Groa, and then to Iceland, where she had relatives and gave extensive land grants to those in her party.
He was the son of Thorstein the Red, jarl of Caithness, and his wife Thurid Eyvindsdottir. [1] The byname " feilan " is derived from the Old Irish fáelán , meaning wolfling or little wolf . After the death of his father Olaf was reared by his grandmother Aud the Deep-minded , [ 2 ] and emigrated with her to Iceland , where they settled at the ...
Draumr Þorsteins Síðu-Hallssonar (The Dream of Þorsteinn Son of Síðu-Hallr) is a very short þáttr which tells how Torstein Side-Hallsson (Þorsteins Síðu-Hallssonar) was visited in dreams by three women who warned him that he would soon be murdered. It was written at the end of the 13th century.
Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar or The Saga of Thorstein, Viking's Son is a legendary saga which takes place in the 7th century. It is about the father of Frithjof the Bold. It begins in Norway and Sweden (with locations such as Ulleråker), but continues into exotic places such as India. It is not one of the more famous sagas, but it is still ...
Thorstein was so taken with the child that he forgave the women. He considered himself lucky that they had fixed his wrongs and he took his daughter home. Thorgerd Egilsdottir fits a common character archetype in Norse sagas; the female inciter. In this instance a woman manipulates her husband or other male kin to exact revenge for her.
In Greenland, Thorfinn met and married Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, widow of Thorstein Eiriksson. [6] Gudrid was staying under the care of her brother-in-law Leif Eriksson at Brattahlíð, an estate given to Leif by his father Eirik the Red after his death.