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Freydís Eiríksdóttir
Freydís Eiríksdóttir was said to be born around 970 to Erik the Red (as in her patronym) who was associated with the Norse exploration of North America and the finding of Vinland with his son Leif Erikson. The only medieval and primary sources we have of Freydís are the two Vinland sagas; the "Greenland saga" and the "Saga of Erik the Red". The two sagas offer differing accounts, though in both Freydís appears as a masculine, strong-willed woman who would defy the odds of
, is a speculative novel partly about Eiríksdóttir in Vinland.
- Freydís' story is told in first person point of view in "Forest Child", the second book of the "Vikings of the New World Saga" by Heather Day Gilbert (WoodHaven Press, 2016).
- Katia Winter portrayed Freydís in the "DC's Legends of Tomorrow" episodes "Beebo the God of War" and "The Good, the Bad, and the Cuddly".
Bibliography.
- Gunnar Karlsson (2000)