Posted on 04/17/2010 5:12:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
One of the things that makes Iceland unique in Europe is the fact that Icelanders know the year the first settler, Ingólfur Arnarson, came to Iceland from Norway. The Icelandic script, Íslendingabók (Book of Icelanders), written by Ari the wise, tells of the first men coming to Iceland on explorations.
Three expeditions came to Iceland, but the first men who came to Iceland to live there permanently were Ingólfur and Hjörleifur. The two came to Iceland in 874. Hjörleifur was killed by his slaves, which only left Ingólfur and his wife Hallgerdur Fródadóttir. They settled in Reykjavík, now the capital of Iceland. An excavation in the center of Reykjavík seems to indicate that this story might be true. It shows that the remnants of building stem from the year 871+/-2 years. That website is worth examining. It has a number of interactive features and recreates the 871 environment.
In recent years some archeologists have begun to doubt that the first year of settlement was really around 870. Those who subscribe to this view point to a number of finds, but most of those actually stem from the years after 870 A.D. However, they bring interesting new facts to [light].
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I once read that the population of Iceland was about 1/3 Irish, because of the fact that Norse raiders carried off so many Irish women.
Most Icelandic men’s DNA can be traced to Norse while most Icelandic women’s DNA can be traced to Ireland (Celtic).
Icelandic women are called the world’s most beautiful.
Want to know why?
Because the Vikings brought their most attractive slaves to Iceland. Who wouldn’t in those days if you were headed for a small rocky island with active volcanos and the liklihood of a cold short life.
See my next post.
More importantly how did they get clearance to land with all the ash? /sarcasm
How does THIS work? Celtic women give birth to Celtic girls while Nordic men give birth to Nordic boys?
You realize that it takes TWO genders to make a child, right?
APf
You do have a point,having grown up in Ireland and having dated Irish women,yes they left the ugly ones behind..:>)
yes, but they were met by the Inuit...
some types of DNA/RNA which are used for population studies come down via the mother, and others via the fathers.
And the Vikings probably killed all the men but married or made concubines of the women.
DNA can be tracked back through generations, male & female. Research it and join the 21st century.
That must be the third of the Icelandic population that stays drunk all the time.
[ducks]
Hey, it’s okay to hit my own. ;’)
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
Did the Scots visit Iceland? New research reveals island inhabited 70 years before Vikings thought to have arrived
http://www.unreportedheritagenews.com/2010/12/did-scots-visit-iceland-new-research.html
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