Leif the Lucky

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Leif the Lucky is the nickname of Leif Erikson, the Norse explorer credited with leading one of the first known European voyages to North America around the year 1000.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Norse explorer ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
human ⓘ
commemoratedBy Leif Erikson Day ⓘ
commemoratedIn statues in Iceland ⓘ
statues in Norway ⓘ
statues in the United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Iceland ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
culture Viking Age Norse ⓘ
linked to: Viking Age
dateOfBirth c. 970 ⓘ
dateOfDeath c. 1020 ⓘ
era early 11th century ⓘ
late 10th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Norse ⓘ
explored Labrador region ⓘ
Newfoundland region ⓘ
Vinland ⓘ
coasts of North America ⓘ
father Erik the Red ⓘ
hasPartInLegend discovery of grapes in Vinland ⓘ
rescue of shipwrecked sailors on his return from Vinland ⓘ
heritage Norse-Greenlandic ⓘ
influenced later European exploration narratives of the New World ⓘ
knownFor being among the first Europeans to reach North America ⓘ
exploration of Vinland ⓘ
leading one of the first known European voyages to North America ⓘ
mother Thjodhild ⓘ
name Leif Erikson ⓘ
nickname Leif the Lucky ⓘ
notableEvent voyage from Greenland to North America around the year 1000 ⓘ
notableWork voyage to Vinland ⓘ
occupation explorer ⓘ
navigator ⓘ
placeOfBirth Iceland ⓘ
placeOfDeath Greenland ⓘ
positionHeld chieftain of the Greenland Norse settlement ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Norse paganism ⓘ
linked to: Norse mythology
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Freydís Eiríksdóttir ⓘ
Thorstein Erikson ⓘ
Thorvald Erikson ⓘ
source Saga of Erik the Red ⓘ
Saga of the Greenlanders ⓘ
timePeriod Viking Age ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leif Erikson → title → Leif the Lucky ⓘ
Bridge Between Continents → alsoKnownAs → Leif the Lucky Bridge ⓘ
linked to: Leif the Lucky
Leif the Lucky → nickname → Leif the Lucky ⓘ
Leifr → notableBearer → Leifr hinn heppni (Leif the Lucky) ⓘ
linked to: Leif the Lucky