Erik the Red Personality Type, MBTI
What is the personality type of Erik the Red? Which MBTI personality type best fits? Personality type for Erik the Red from Historical Figures 900s and what is the personality traits.
ESTP (8w7)
Erik the Red personality type is ESTP, which combined with his Outer Peripheries Introverted Feeling and Se-dom predispositions, lead to a much more introverted and possibly less open, but definitely more private and secretive, inner life than you would expect from such a colorful and assertive outer life. It is for this reason that he may be less likely to seek the spotlight, but also less likely to stay hidden in the background.
Compensation
Compensation is a term used in psychology and social work to describe the effect of external factors on the psyche and behavior of individuals and families. It is not a concept which can easily be applied to BILs because of the way their Extraverted Intuition and Introverted Sensing work together. Since Erik the Red was raised to feel an inner calling to explore and leave his inland ancestors behind, he does not need compensation as such.
Compensation is an effective psychological term for describing an individual who has been raised by a culture or family which differs from those to which they were born. For example, the child of an immigrant who has been raised in a very different culture and language from his father will feel a strong need to adapt and fit in with his new surroundings and family.
Erik Thorvaldsson (c. 950 – c. 1003), known as Erik the Red, was a Norse explorer, remembered in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first settlement in Greenland. According to Icelandic sagas, he was born in the Jæren district of Rogaland, Norway, as the son of Thorvald Asvaldsson. He therefore also appears, patronymically, as Erik Thorvaldsson. The appellation "the Red" most likely refers to his hair color and the color of his beard. Leif Erikson, the famous Icelandic explorer, was Erik's son.
