![]() I wasn't able to find a translation of The Saga of the Greenlanders on the web. And nowhere is it claimed that issues of religion were discussed. Later, in chapter 11, the Greenlanders come upon people paddling "hide-canoes." It strikes me that these people are much more likely to have been Inuit than Lenape. Two primary sources tell us about Lief Erikson: The Saga of Erik the Red and The Saga of the Greenlanders.Īccording to chapter 5 of The Saga of Erik the Red ( see this English translation) Leif Erikson was sent by Norway's King Olaf to take Christianity to Greenland. ![]() Although the Walum Olum supports such a belief, the Walum Olum wasn't written before the 1700's so we'll have to look at other sources. If I understand their views correctly, it appears they claim that the Lenape Indians became Christians during one of the voyages of Leif Erikson (or possibly during a visit from other Norse Greenlanders). Thanks to my recent posts about the Walum Olum, Algonkian Church History has a new set of readers. This statue of Lief Erikson is located near the state capitol building in St. ![]()
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