Thanks for a great post! Isn’t it from this eastward expansion that the tale of Ingvar came from?
From one of the runestones:
"Andvéttr and <kiti> and Kárr and Blesi and Djarfr, they raised this stone in memory of Gunnleifr, their father. He fell in the east with Ingvarr. May God help (his) spirit."
Thank you! Yes that’s true, Ingvar’s expedition travelled through the lands of the Rus toward the rich regions of the Caucasus. These lands were frequently raided by Norsemen sailing down the Volga or Dnieper & would not have been possible without the earlier expansion into the river-lands of Eastern Europe.
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Thanks for a great post! Isn’t it from this eastward expansion that the tale of Ingvar came from?
From one of the runestones:
"Andvéttr and <kiti> and Kárr and Blesi and Djarfr, they raised this stone in memory of Gunnleifr, their father. He fell in the east with Ingvarr. May God help (his) spirit."
Ingvar runestones - Wikipedia
Thank you! Yes that’s true, Ingvar’s expedition travelled through the lands of the Rus toward the rich regions of the Caucasus. These lands were frequently raided by Norsemen sailing down the Volga or Dnieper & would not have been possible without the earlier expansion into the river-lands of Eastern Europe.
Very interesting! You are a awesome historian
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