Freydís Eiríksdóttir, daughter of Erik the Red and half-sister of Leif Erikson, is remembered in one Viking saga as a pregnant hero who fought off an attack in Vinland — and in another as a woman who orchestrated a massacre. Here's both sides of the story.
Erik the Red was exiled from Iceland for manslaughter and founded Greenland out of spite and ambition. His son Leif Erikson went further still, reaching North America five centuries before Columbus. Here's the real story behind the Vikings' most famous explorers.




