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05 Oct 09 - 01:34 PM (#2738969) Subject: Folklore: Leif Erikson day Oct. 9 From: open mike Lief, son of Erik the Red, set foot on the North American continent 500 years before Christopher Columbus. In the year 1000, on the island of Newfoundland, this Icelandic explorer landed. The Vikings established a settlement there, but only stayed for 2 years. The day is celebrated just a few days before Christopher Columbus Day, which is Oct. 12. there have been runestones found dating from this time. Are the4re any songs commemorating this event? http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/erikson_leif.shtml |
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05 Oct 09 - 02:15 PM (#2739004) Subject: RE: Folklore: Leif Erikson day Oct. 9 From: skarpi I think there is songs , but I would not no where to look , if I remember there was a tv show about this not a long ago , and there some folkguitarist who sang some songs about this , he was I think from Newfoundland . all the best skarpi Iceland |
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05 Oct 09 - 02:41 PM (#2739020) Subject: RE: Folklore: Leif Erikson day Oct. 9 From: curmudgeon Here's last year's celebration in Durham, NH. - Tom |
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06 Oct 09 - 07:42 AM (#2739460) Subject: RE: Folklore: Leif Erikson day Oct. 9 From: Tug the Cox There are some native American songs from the period, translates something like.....bugger off europeans, we're doing quite nicely and don't wish to be discovered. |
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06 Oct 09 - 08:30 AM (#2739496) Subject: RE: Folklore: Leif Erikson day Oct. 9 From: Sandy Mc Lean 950 or so years after Leif Newfoundland was once again invaded by a great Viking carring not a sword but a guitar! OMAR |
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06 Oct 09 - 01:07 PM (#2739700) Subject: RE: Folklore: Leif Erikson day Oct. 9 From: Q (Frank Staplin) Perhaps Leif Erikson day should supplant Columbus day. |
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06 Oct 09 - 07:49 PM (#2740034) Subject: RE: Folklore: Leif Erikson day Oct. 9 From: Tug the Cox No, perhaps several million americans that descended from asians who came across the land bridge now replaced by the Bering Straits millenia before have a prior claim. |
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07 Oct 09 - 01:12 AM (#2740171) Subject: RE: Folklore: Leif Erikson day Oct. 9 From: open mike great to hear about Omar....those Durham new hamshire folks do not offer much in the way of music, but in enthusiasm they make up for it! there is another holiday...ABC...Americans Before Columbus.... or as they say in Canada--First Nations or here is another plan...discovery day... http://david.hedges.name/archive/2009/08/16/time_to_discover_a_new_october here is a petition for native american day to be established. http://www.petitiononline.com/indian/petition.html or...let's see....St. Brendan and his jolly monks came in 500 or about 500 years before Leif Erikson, who came 500 years before Christopher columbus..seems as if every 500 years.... |
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08 Oct 09 - 12:19 PM (#2741220) Subject: RE: Folklore: Leif Erikson day Oct. 9 From: open mike I saw this listed on a calendar for Oct. 12--Dia De La Raza http://gosouthamerica.about.com/cs/southamerica/a/CulDiaRaza.htm http://zedillo.presidencia.gob.mx/welcome/PAGES/culture/note_12oct.html and Native American Day is sometimes celebrated on oct 12, and sometimes on the 4th Fri in Sept. http://www.nativeamericanday.com/ http://www.holidayinsights.com/other/native.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_Day http://www.holidaysmart.com/9nativeamerican.htm |
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08 Oct 09 - 12:37 PM (#2741239) Subject: RE: Folklore: Leif Erikson day Oct. 9 From: autoharper Are any songs commemorating this event? On such an occasion I would likely sing Ken Graydon's, "Seafaring Men:" http://www.kengraydon.com You seafaring men You deep water rovers You East India sailors You brave Gloucester men You bold Viking raiders You old Cape Horn traders Your grandsons salute you You seafaring men From Gloucester to Biscay And on to San Paulo 'From Bath to New Brunswick And on to Calais From Dundee to Dover And half the world over You were either arriving Or sailing away So here's to the shades All you salt water sailors And here's to the memories You left to us then You sons of John Cabot You old Cape Cod whalers You Portuguese sailors You seafaring men We wish you calm waters And a fair wind behind you We wish you safe passage Wherever you be We wish you snug harbors At the end of your journey We wish you contentment You men of the sea You seafaring men You deep water rovers You East India sailors You brave Gloucester men You bold Viking raiders You old Cape Horn traders Your grandsons salute you You seafaring men -Adam Miller |
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08 Oct 09 - 01:38 PM (#2741279) Subject: RE: Folklore: Leif Erikson day Oct. 9 From: Q (Frank Staplin) The song omits the 'Vikings of the Pacific', the Polynesians who voyaged to Hawai'i, Easter Island, and perhaps South America. |
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09 Oct 09 - 11:33 AM (#2742065) Subject: RE: Folklore: Leif Erikson day Oct. 9 From: curmudgeon Durham NH will be celebrating this Sunday. It's a bit too early for us though - Tom |