Editing Leif Erikson (section)

==Historicity==
Leif is, in all likelihood, a historical figure who remains the first known European to set foot in continental North America,<ref>Wallace, 2006, p. 17.</ref> but other details of his life vary and are a subject of debate. It has been suggested by several scholars that both Leif's sister, Freydís, and his foster father, Tyrker, are works of fiction, as are their roles in the Vinland sagas.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Perkins |first1=Richard |date=2004 |title=Medieval Norse visits to America: Millennial Stocktaking |url=https://vsnr.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Saga-Book-XXVIII.pdf |journal=Saga-Book |volume=XXVIII |pages=47–48, 53 |issn=0305-9219 |doi= |jstor=48612649 |access-date=1 January 2023 |archive-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202033921/https://vsnr.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Saga-Book-XXVIII.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Leif's commission as a missionary to Greenland may also be fictional, as that aspect of his story is often attributed to [[Gunnlaugr Leifsson|Gunnlaugr Leifsson's]] [[Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar#Gunnlaugr Leifsson|version]] of ''Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar'' (which likely served as a source for some of the other sagas which mention Leif).<ref>{{cite book |last=Grønlie |first=Siân |date=2006 |title=Íslendingabók; Kristni saga: The Book of Icelanders; The Story of the Conversion |url=http://www.vsnrweb-publications.org.uk/Text%20Series/IslKr.pdf |location=London |publisher=Viking Society for Northern Research |pages=xxxiv, 68 |series=Text Series |volume=XVIII |isbn=0-903521-71-7 |access-date=1 January 2023 |archive-date=12 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412171110/http://www.vsnrweb-publications.org.uk/Text%20Series/IslKr.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Wallace, 2006, p. 19"/>