Today, I had the pleasure of visiting Reykjavik's Saga Museum.
One of my favorite exhibits detailed the exploits of Flóki
Vilgerðarson, who was one of the first Viking explorers to visit
Iceland. Legend has it that Flóki took
three ravens with him on his voyage to provide navigational
assistance. When he let them loose, one flew toward the Faroe
Islands, one came back down on Flóki's ship, but the
other flew westward, guiding Flóki to Iceland. After that, the
annals referred to him as Hrafna-Flóki or
Raven-Flóki.
Flóki was
one of the great characters portrayed in the History Channel's
series, Vikings.