The Far Traveler - Nancy Marie Brown (37 page)

Reynines (Reynistadur or “Rowan Stead”), Iceland,
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Richer,
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rivets, in Viking ships,
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Rome, pilgrimage to,
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Rosing, Jens,
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Roskilde, Denmark,
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Roswitha of Gandersheim,
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Roussell, Aage,
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rowan,
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See also
Reynines (Reynistadur or “Rowan Stead”), Iceland.

runes,
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saddles, turf used for,
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saga,
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Icelandic sagas

Saga of Bard Snaefellsass,
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Saga of Bjorn the Hitardale Champion,
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Saga of Eirik the Red, The,
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Saga of Gudrid,
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Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent Tongue, The
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Saga of the Greenlanders, The
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Saga of the Volsungs, The,
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Saga Siglar (Viking ship replica),
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salmon,
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Sandnes, Greenland,
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church at,
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Schlederman, Peter,
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Scotland

Hebrides and,
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Unn the Deep-Minded emigrates to Iceland,
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Scott, Walter,
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sea ice.
See
ice, icebergs and drift ice

seals,
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Seville, Isidore de,
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Seville, sack of,
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sexuality,
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Grettir’s rape scene,
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Guenevere-Lancelot relationship,
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Gunnlaug-Geirrid-Katla relationship,
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Hallgerd Long-Legs and,
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illegitimacy, attitudes toward,
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love scenes in the sagas,
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Oddny Eykindill-Bjorn relationship,
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pregnancy and,
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roles of women and,
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Thorgunna of the Hebrides-Leif Eiriksson relationship,
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Thurid-Bjorn relationship,
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virginity, attitudes toward,
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shaggy weave (fake fur),
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sheep,
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ship burials,
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ships.
See
Viking ships

shoe lasts,
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Sigurdardottir, Sigridur (Sirri),
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Sigurdsson, Gisli,
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Sigurdsson, Jon Vidar,
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silk,
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silver standard,
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Skagafjord (“Bay of the Headlands”), Iceland,
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Drangey,
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Glaumbaer.
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Glaumbaer (“Farm of Merry Noise”), Iceland

Keldudalur,
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Kolkuos,
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Skagafjord Folk Museum,
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Stora Seyla (“Big Marsh”),
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skáli,
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Skallagrim (“Bald Grim”),
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skörungur
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Skraelings (native people),
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Skuldelev ships,
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skyr,
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slaves,
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Smiley, Jane,
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Snaefellsjokull (“Snow Mountain’s Glacier”),
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Snorri (Gudrid’s son),
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birth of,
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at Glaumbaer (“Farm of Merry Noise”),
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marriage of,
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“Snorri’s spade,”
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Snorri of Helgafell,
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Snorri Sturluson,
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Snorri Thorbrandsson of Swanford,
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Snorri (Viking ship replica),
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soil dating,
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spinning,
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St. Brice’s Day massacre,
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Steblin-Kamenskij, M. I.,
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Stefansson, Vilhjalmur,
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Steinberg, John,
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Steward’s Stone,
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Stong (house in southern Iceland),
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Straits of Belle Isle, Canada,
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Straumfjord,
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Sveigakot, Iceland,
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Svein Forkbeard (king of Denmark),
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Sveinsson, Einar O.,
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Swan Fjord, Iceland,
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Sweden

Birka,
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Uppsala,
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Sylvester II, Pope, (Gerbert of Aurillac),
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Tain Bo Cuailnge
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tapestry,
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teeth,
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Mount Hekla, Iceland

Terror from the North,
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textiles.
See
cloth; weaving; wool

Thingvellir (“Meeting Plains”), Iceland,
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Thjodhild’s Church, Brattahlid, Greenland,
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Thorbjorg
Knarrarbringu
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Thorbjorn (Gudrid’s son),
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Thorbjorn Glaum,
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Thorbjorn Ongul,
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