Iceland in Tolkien's Work?

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

It was an Icelandic Norseman who first travelled to the Americas if I'm not mistaken? Hmm, travelling to Valinor?

2. However, the old Icelanders were essentially a peaceful people mostly engaged in farming despite the raiding adventures, unlike the expansionist and often unpleasant Numenoreans.

ah but lets take a look at these people of you speak. . .

Firstly Erik The Red: Erik the Red had to flee Norway because of some killings he commited, he and his family settled in Iceland. The Icelanders then exiled Erik for several murders around the year 982.

Erik then left Iceland and "found" Greenland which he started colonizing. . . Erik is often said to be the first Norseman locating Greenland, but I have read that apparantly it was spottet over 50 years earlier.

Now Erik seems just as unpleasant as the Numenorians. . .but he was really more Norweigan than Icelandic. . . Moving on to other explores of Iceland.

Now Erik the Red's son Leif the Lucky was the one that settled in Vinland (Newfoundland) and for what I know there is no stories of him being bad, in fact I can only find nice things about him.

SO that seemed undecisive. . .but I am leaning more towards the Numenorians, simply because of the sailing and the fact that the Icelandics had thralls, something I think is very unlikely to be found in the Shire.