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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mike111: [QB] [b]I have resisted posting this for fear of driving Doxie over the edge. Oh well, Que Sera, Sera.[/b] Black Vikings Below are a few of the many references to Black Vikings in ancient texts. BACKGROUND - Inscriptions, Sagas, and Annals. Vikings were not very literate; they made inscriptions in runes (related alphabets) on wood, bone, and stone. Their history is compiled from these and their Sagas. Sagas are stories about ancient Scandinavians and Germanic peoples; and about early Viking voyages and battles in prose form. Annals were originally a means by which monks determined the yearly chronology of feast days. Over time, obituaries were added, along with notable political events. Saga of Thorfinn Karlsefne - 1007 A.D. p. 218- 219 There was a man hight Thorvard; he married Freydis, a natural daughter of Erik the Red; he went also with them, and Thorvald the son of Erik, 1 and Thorhall who was called the hunter; he had long been with Erik, and served him as huntsman in summer and steward in winter; [b]he was a large man, and strong, black[/b] and like a giant, silent and foul-mouthed in his speech. Egil's Saga Chapter 1 Kveldulf and his wife had two sons, the elder was named Thorolf, the younger Grim; these, when they grew up, were both tall men and strong, as was their father. But Thorolf was most comely as well as doughty, favoring his mother's kin; very cheery was he, liberal, impetuous in everything, a good trader, winning the hearts of all men. [b]Grim was swarthy,[/b] ill-favoured, like his father both in face and mind. Egil's Saga Chapter 55 Egil was large-featured, broad of forehead, with large eyebrows, a nose not long but very thick, lips wide and long, chin exceeding broad, as was all about the jaws; thick-necked was he, and big-shouldered beyond other men, hard-featured, and grim when angry. He was well-made, more than commonly tall, had hair wolf-gray and thick, but became early bald. He was black-eyed and [b]brown-skinned[/b] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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