Editing Erik the Red (section)

== Comparisons to Greenland saga ==
[[File:Page de garde saga d'Erik Rauda 01.jpg|thumb|First page of the [[Saga of Erik the Red]], written by an Icelandic Cleric, 13th century.]]
There are numerous parallels between the Saga of Erik the Red and the Greenland saga, including recurring characters and recountings of the same expeditions, though with a few notable differences. The saga of Erik the Red portrays a number of the expeditions in the Greenland saga as just one expedition led by [[Thorfinn Karlsefni]], although Erik's son Thorvald, his daughter Freydís and Karlsefni's wife Gudrid play key roles in the retelling.<ref>Smiley, Jane. ''The Sagas of the Icelanders''. New York: Penguin Group, 2000. 653–74.{{ISBN?}}</ref> Another notable difference is the location of their settlements. According to the Grœnlendinga saga, Karlsefni and the others settled in a place that is referred to only as Vinland, while in Erik the Red's saga they formed two base settlements: Straumfjǫrðr where they spent the winter and the following spring, and Hop where they later settled but ran into problems with the natives they called [[Skræling]]s, as depicted in the Greenland saga.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} The two accounts are largely similar otherwise, both with heavy emphasis on the exploits of [[Thorfinn Karlsefni]] and his wife Gudrid.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}