"The Traveller" is an
epithet
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applied to:
People
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Bengt Bengtsson Oxenstierna
Bengt Bengtsson Oxenstierna af Eka och Lindö, Baron of Eka and Lindö (1591 at Frösvik near Rydbo – 1643 in Riga, Swedish Livonia), in non-contemporary sources sometimes referred to as Resare-Bengt ''("Bengt the Traveller")'', was a Swedish d ...
(1591–1643), Swedish diplomat sometimes called Resare-Bengt ("Bengt the Traveller")
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Daniel the Traveller
Daniel the Traveller, known also as Daniel the Pilgrim (russian: Даниил Паломник), Daniel of Kiev, or Abbot Daniel, was the first travel writer from the Kievan Rus.Anzovin, p. 201, item 3391: "The first Russian travel-writer was Da ...
({{fl., 12th century?), first travel writer from the Kievan Rus
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Pausanias (geographer)
Pausanias ( /pɔːˈseɪniəs/; grc-gre, Παυσανίας; c. 110 – c. 180) was a Greek traveler and geographer of the second century AD. He is famous for his ''Description of Greece'' (, ), a lengthy work that describes ancient Greece ...
, 2nd century travel writer
In Norse mythology
* Eric the Taveller, subject of the saga ''
Eireks saga víðförla
''Eireks Saga Víðförla'' is a legendary saga about a Norwegian, Eric the Traveller. He travels to Miklagard, modern Istanbul, with Eric the Dane. There he interacts with a King, possibly the Eastern Roman Emperor, who informs him on Christian ...
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Ratatoskr
In Norse mythology, Ratatoskr (Old Norse, generally considered to mean "drill-tooth"Orchard (1997:129), Simek (2007:261), and Byock (2005:173). or "bore-tooth"Lindow (2001:259).) is a squirrel who runs up and down the world tree Yggdrasil to ca ...
(Tusk the Traveller, according to scholar Guðbrandur Vigfússon), a squirrel who carries messages up and down the world tree Yggdrasil
See also
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Ingvar the Far-Travelled
Ingvar the Far-Travelled (Old Norse: ''Yngvarr víðförli'', Swedish: ''Ingvar Vittfarne'') was a Swedish Viking who led an expedition that fought in Georgia.
The Rus' undertook several Caspian expeditions in the course of the 10th century. The ...
, 11th century Swedish Viking who led an expedition that fought in Georgia
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List of people known as the Pilgrim "The Pilgrim" is an epithet associated with pilgrimage to the Holy Land:
* Bernard the Pilgrim (), Frankish monk who wrote a travelogue
* Daniel the Traveller (), also known as Daniel the Pilgrim, first travel writer from the Kievan Rus
* Maengha ...
Traveller