The Prose Edda on Iceland
The Younger Edda: > Chapter Iv. > Introduction.
attestation: Iceland was discovered in the year 860
"It was in the year 860 that Iceland was discovered"
attestation: Teutonic settlers fled to Iceland in 874 to escape tyranny and established a government based on old Teutonic liberty
"In 874 the Teutonic spirit fled thither for refuge from tyranny. Here a government based on the principles of old Teutonic liberty was established"
attestation: Iceland preserved the Old Norse language and records of customs, institutions, and religion
"Here was preserved the Old Norse language, and in it a record of the customs, the institutions and the religion of our fathers"
attestation: The Odinic religion and Niblung-story knowledge would have been lost without Iceland's preservation
"all knowledge of the Odinic religion and of the Niblung-story would have been well nigh totally obliterated had not a more lucky star hovered over the destinies of Iceland"