Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: Fastus

Sagan af Fastusi og Ermenu, ed. Gimli, Man 1892.

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D815.7.1.

Magic object received from (girl's) foster-mother.

Bósa 58 ch. 14;
HjÖlv 516 ch. 22;
GHrólf 250 ch. 4;
Þorgr ch. 5;
Fastus 7 ch. 2;
Bragð 46 ch. 1.

D1381.10.3.

Magic unpierceable helmet.

cf. D1400.1.17.
HrólfKr 45 ch. 15;
Fastus 7 ch. 2.

D1382.6.

Magic shirt protects from cold and burning.

ÖOdd 75, 109 (ch. XXII 6, FAS II 198, 529);
Fastus 8 ch. 3.

D1840.

Magic invulnerability.

cf. B44;
D1344;
D1380;
D1846;
F610.3.1;
Z310.
Sinfj 204;
Svarfd ch. 5, 7;
GullÞ ch. 17;
Ldb ch. 8. 11, 14, 39, 126, 243, 306;
Eg XI 5;
MagnúsBl ch. 11 in Hkr III =
HaraldG ch. 13 in FMS VII 192;
Skálda 8 in Hb 455;
ÖOdd 126, 133 (FAS II 241, 251);
KetilH 123 ch. 3;
GrímL 143 ch. 1;
HrómGr 366 ch. 2;
ÞorstVík 391, 446 ch. 3, 22;
HrólfG 26, 28 ch. 16, 17 (FAS III 106-7, 110);
Bósa 58 ch. 14 (FAS III 230);
Bósa 84 ch. 6 (÷ FAS III);
GHrólf 285, 330, 332 ch. 17, 31;
SörlaSt 441 ch. 18;
SturlSt 606 ch. 9;
OrmSt 530;
Sigþ ch. 54;
HéðinH 17 ch. 8;
ÚlfU 784 ch. 3, 4 (in ZDPh XXVI 24);
Úlf 205, 210, 214;
KáraK 50 ch. 25;
Andr 3, 55;
Fertram ch. 12;
Fastus 7 ch. 2;
Ector ch. 6;
Saxo lib. III c. II 5, lib. VII c. X 3;
Herrm 312;
Dehmer 102;
Schlauch 105.

F451.3.2.1.1.

Dwarf prevented from getting into his stone before sunrise till he promises to do what hero demands (esp. to forge weapons).

cf. F451.3.4.2;
F451.5.2.13.
forge the sword Tyrfingr:
 Herv 1-3, 92-93 (FAS I 414-15, 514-15 = BuggeNS 204-05);
forge bow and arrows:
 ÁnB 327 (cf. 338) ch. 1;
forge musical instrument (»lúðr«):
 Mágus 24-25 ch. 3-14;
steal oracular stone:
 Sigþ 190-92 ch. 30-31;
get informations and make car:
 SamsF ch. 11;
forge ring, bell, and necklace similar to one's own:
 Villif 29 ch. 14;
Fastus 8 ch. 3.

F610.3.3.1.

Two berserks /berserk-brothers.

Heiðarvíga ch. 3-4;
Eyrb ch. 28;
cf. LiestølUpph 41;
Grett XIX 4;
Ldb ch. 26;
EgÁsm VII 3 ff. (FAS III 376);
ÞorvV in Flb I 269;
KáraK 22-25 ch. 10;
Stark 79 ch. 23;
Fastus 3 ch. 1;
Reuschel 72.

F610.3.4.

Fighting with berserks.

Ldb ch. 26;
SnE Prol. ch. 3;
HálfdE ch. 5 in Hkr I;
HjÖlv 466-67, 473 ch. 7, 10;
ÁsmK 95-99 ch. 7 (FAS II 479-84, 487);
with 5 berserks:
 ÖOdd 65-67, 78-79 (ch. XIX, XXIII 6-7, FAS II 194-95, 200, 526-27, 530);
with 4 berserks:
 Þorgr 11 ch. 2;
with 8 berserks:
 Andr 60;
Fastus 3-6 ch. 1;
with 9 berserks:
 Stark 55-63 ch. 20 ≠
 Saxo lib. VI c. VII.

F610.3.4.2.1.

Berserk killed in combat about maiden.

cf. F531.5.7.1;
G550;
H217.2;
H335.4.4;
R111.1.9.
GíslaS I 6-10;
Eg LXIV 12-48;
Dropl ch. 15;
VígaGlúm ch. 4;
GullÞ ch. 6;
Grett XL 2-7;
Ldb ch. 371;
Svarfd ch. 7;
Flóam ch. 15-16;
RagnarS 466 ch. 5 (FAS I 358);
Herv 5-14, 94-101 (FAS I 417-29, 515-17);
ÖOdd 94 ff. (ch. XXVIII-XXXI, FAS II 210 ff.);
GrímL 153-55 ch. 3;
ÞorstVík 393 ch. 4;
HrólfG 56-58 ch. 34 (FAS III 160-63);
(y.) Bósa 83-93 ch. 6, introd. lxiv-vii;
SörlaSt 420-25 ch. 7-9;
SturlSt 599-605 ch. 7-8;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 12-13;
ÞórðarH 95-96 ch. 3-4;
JarlmH 10-19 ch. 6-9;
ÁsmVík 20 ff. ch. 11, 13-14;
SigrgV ch. 6-11;
Vilm ch. 15;
Villif 26-27 ch. 13;
Stark 79 ch. 23;
ÚlfU ch. 2;
Ector ch. 6;
Blómst 28 ch. 18;
Fastus 9-15 ch. 4-5;
Andr 3 ff.;
Saxo lib. I c. IV 2 (and lib. VI c. VII);
cf. Dünninger 1932 31 ff. ad GHrólf;
Dehmer 86-91;
Schlauch 104-06;
Reuschel 89, 100.

F833.

Extraordinary sword.

cf. D838.5;
D1081;
D1402.7;
D1645.4;
F948.4;
F997.
Eg ch. 61;
Reykd ch. 19;
Völs ch. 3, 8;
Álafl XVI 22;
(y.) Bósa 111 ch. 11;
the sun must not shine on the hill of Sköfnungr, nor must women look at it drawn:
 ÞórðarH 62-63 (cf. 102 ch. 8);
D1653.1.1.1;
Þiðr I 35-36, 40, 97-102, 179-80, 222, 314-15, 345, 355, II 278, 294;
RémK 30-31 ch. 8;
Korm ch. 9;
Fastus 7 ch. 2;
Andr 40;
Løvi:
 Saxo lib. II c. VI 11.

K1223.5.

King's daughter (maiden queen) deceives king (lover) by substituting her maid.

HálfdE V 5 (FAS III 524);
Vilm ch. 5 ff.;
Fastus 15 ch. 6;
Nitida 15-18 ch. 3;
Tristrams saga.