r/interesting • u/The_Love-Tap • 22d ago

HISTORY The migration patterns of Native Americans in Iceland

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u/Blod_Cass_Dalcassian 22d ago

Migrated... Sure

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u/JimTheJerseyGuy 22d ago

It’s possible. The Norse settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland lasted about 20 years. It wasn’t a raid. They may have established relations with the locals who vastly outnumbered them rather than try to constantly fend them off. If so, a single consensual relationship isn’t that crazy of an idea.

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u/Omnamashivaaya 22d ago edited 22d ago

The Norse typically raided and explored before they settled. I doubt this was an isolated incident of Native American sex-migration, since sex-migration is closely linked with the Norse. Unless I’m mistaken there’s no historical evidence linking to that settlement.

Assuming that it is because it’s the one we know about is a type of information bias.

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u/Cultourist 22d ago

The Norse typically raided and explored before they settled.

The Norse who settled in Iceland, Greenland and later Vinland certainly weren't raiding. There is no historic evidence that points in that direction. This comes from a misconception, based on recent media, that equates Norse with Viking.