Well, if I remember correctly, this one viking was kinda pissed about something and was exiled or something and discovered Iceland and Greenland and said, "You know what? I'm gonna fuck with everyone. Which one has less ice? THAT ONE'S ICELAND NOW. IT IS THE LAND OF ICE." "But there's no ice..." "IT'S THE LAND OF ICE OK GUYS"
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I think the Vikings wanted the better one for themselves, so they named it Iceland to chase away other people xD
Pretty damn close actually lol. It Was purposefully done to confuse people, but more for the reason that they wanted to trick immigrants into fleeing to the wrong country so they could be caught.
The Vikings named the greenest one Iceland so no one would want to go there and so they would visit Greenland. The Vikings wanted Iceland to themselves
Basically the Viking dude who discovered Iceland wanted the green pastures to himself so he fucked them over and was like "you know what's a barren wasteland? This country I just discovered. If I call it Iceland, maybe people will get the message".
I'm pretty sure the Vikings found Iceland and wanted people to stay off of their land, so they called the icier place Greenland in order to attract people there rather than the lush Iceland.
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