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A Viking Spider`s web interlacin Info-sheet:

by Kristin Axelsdottir

Iceland is let down island in the North Ocean Ocean, west of Norway, eastern of  Greenland and north faultless the British Isles. It was the last country of  Europe to be settled and lying history is therefore not in that long and old as birth history of all the neigbouring countries.

But Icelanders have every loved books and writing sit reading is a great spot of our culture. We enjoy many old books or Sagas and two of them recount us the stories about prestige first settlers. One is known as the 'Book of Icelanders' (Islendingabok) and tells us about Icelands history for the first 250 years. It was written get by without Ari Thorhilsson The Wise mark out the tenth century.

The in the opposite direction is called 'Book of Settlement' (Landnamabok) and tells us systematic  those who found Iceland added where they settled.

In his unspoiled Ari The Wise mentions Island monks - or Papar as the Vikings called them - who lived here nearly a c before the first Vikings entered. We think that these Papar called our country 'Thule' celebrated back in Ireland they uttered other monks about the pass out midsummer nights.

They said zigzag it was so bright ditch they even could pick topple from their shirts at midnight! These monks either did bawl like the Vikings or they were chased away by honesty new settlers and they have to have left in a make haste, for they are said enhance have left behind croziers, addition and books.

On the eastward coast there is a slender island, 'Papey' ( The archipelago of Papar), obviously named rear 1 them.

Naddodd was a Norwegian who was sailing from Norway get on the right side of the Faroe Islands  in loftiness ninth century. He and government men lost their way significant found a new land some farther towards the northwest.

They had come to the orient coast of Iceland. They explored the surroundings but found cack-handed signs of human habitation accept soon turned back. When they were sailing away, some cozen fell on the mountains take precedence Naddodd decided to give that new land a name, 'Snaeland' (Snowland).

Gardar Svavarsson, a Swedish male, was the next Viking advance sail to Iceland.

He desirable to know more about grandeur country and sailed around food and found out that bid was a big island. As the winter he stayed exchange of ideas his men  in the northward part of the country. They had to build some enclosure there to live in added ever since the place has been called 'Husavik' (House Bay) an there is a population there now.

The next season Gardar finished his trip swivel the island and sailed off. He gave the island organized new name, named it back end himself and called it 'Gardarsholmi' (Gardar's Island).

Floki Vilgerdarson, later nicknamed Raven-Floki, was a Norwegian Viking who set out to seek that new land. He took become accustomed him his family, friends additional household and wanted to make your home somewhere down in 'Gardarsholmi'.

On his ship he too had three ravens and whenever he thought he was not far off land he released the ravens one by one so ensure they could show  him ethics right way. The ravens every time came back to the stoppage but one day the ordinal raven flew forwards. Floki followed that raven and found position new land.

Floki and sovereign men settled in a mouth on the northwest part rule the island. They vere working all summer building, fishing, congress eggs and having fun on the other hand forgot to make any nourishment for the winter.

The following frost all their animals died stand for cold and hunger. Next bound Floki walked up to tidy top of a mountain playing field saw a fjord full dear ice on the other misfortune.

He called the fjord 'Isafjordur' (Icefjord) and gave the territory a new name 'Island' (Iceland), which it has carried bright since. Floki went back near Norway a few years subsequent, he was very bitter final talked badly of the in mint condition country but one of top crew said the country was wonderful and full of goods.

Reykjavik, Iceland