2006-09-28 03:35:53 · 10 answers · asked by Christopher M 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Erick the Red (father of Leif Eirickson, the man who landed on america and called it Vinland 500 years before columbus) nammed it Greenland to make it attractive for people to settle there. He built his home there and a small church for his wife (something the size of a closet). His wife bieng christian, and he not approving built the church (which is still standing) literally a stone's throw away from his home. He wanted it as far as possible so he threw a stone and where the stone landed is where he built the church. Greenland was later abandoned by the vikings due to poor climate and conditions.
2006-09-28 03:43:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, no ,no. When the Viking's first discovered Greenland, it was very cold and snowed all of the time. They decided to call it Greenland, because when they found Iceland they wanted to fool people into thinking that Greenland was green and rich with vegitation and that Iceland(which was actually green and rich with vegitation) was cold and was very hard to settle. When really, it was the other way around. Greenland is the one that is cold and Iceland is the one that is rich in vegitation. Their plot worked very well, because if you read the history book's, no one but the viking's ever settled Iceland. In fact, if you look at the people who live in Iceland right now, they all have Viking ancestors, all except for the one's that moved to iceland from other part's of the world. But 2/3 of the population in Iceland have Viking ancestors. All the rest were fooled into thinking that Greenland was the land that was green.
2006-09-28 06:01:33 · answer #2 · answered by Kristen B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Greenland was originally called Greenland by some vikings (possibly Eric the Red specifically, I'm not sure) in order to make it sound attractive so more people would move there. Iceland is called iceland because it IS quite cold most of the time.
2006-09-28 03:38:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Contrary to most legends, Eirik named Greenland that way because, at the time, it did look very green compared to the barren rocks and glaciers of Iceland, which was unexpected given how far north it was.
And while Iceland is not as cold as you might expect, it does bear a lot of permanent ice, even in summer, and is largely icebound in the winter.
2006-09-28 03:56:30 · answer #4 · answered by Svartalf 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know Greenland got it's name, cause one Viking leader tried to trick other vikings into moving there, and told them it was called Greenland. The former assumed it must be lush with vegetation and moved there. Iceland is cold, just not made of ice.
2006-09-28 03:44:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anria A 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The question is in accordance to a defective premise and the solutions thusfar are the classic, completely incorrect answer. The question: Iceland isn't all eco-friendly. Greenland isn't all icy. sure, Greenland has a more beneficial p.c. of its land floor glaciated, yet Iceland nevertheless has the biggest glacier in Europe, as an celebration, at the same time as there are forests (no longer *tall* forests, ideas you) in Greenland. I stay in Iceland. It changed into 15C (60F) on the on the spot in Reykjavík and persons were complaining about the warm temperature. i'm no longer kidding you. The solutions: there is easily no info that this changed into done to "confuse enemies" or for propaganda. The naming for Iceland is all perfect documented; the call changed into chosen through Flóki Vilgerðarson, who named it after seeing p.c.. ice drifting through in the course of the wintry climate at Barðaströnd. Greenland changed into named through Eiríkr Þórvaldsson (Erik the pink), who - after crusing for a at the same time as and seeing no longer something yet p.c.. ice and frozen mountains - discovered eco-friendly pastures contained in the south and southwest area of the island (it truly is the position the colonies were usual).
2016-11-25 00:29:06 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Svartalf is right. Evidence from archealogical digs supports the idea that at the time of settlement, Greenland was precisely what it was named. Beautiful and verdant. The Little Ice Age changed all of that and made it what it is now.
2006-09-28 11:32:49 · answer #7 · answered by Shadowspun 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To fool the tourists.
2006-09-28 16:30:50 · answer #8 · answered by Michael Darnell 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Kristen B is right...that is how I learned it in school.
2006-09-28 19:21:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
damnit they answered it before i could!
2006-09-28 04:09:47 · answer #10 · answered by AFwife 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋