Deity cares for favorite individuals.
Show referencesDragon spews venom.
Show referencesEagle as bird of ill-omen.
Show referencesDog made king.
Show referencesForbidden country.
Show referencesMagic shirt (cloak, armor) gives invulnerability.
Show referencesMagic love-philtre.
Show referencesHelmet renders invisible.
Show referencesMagician.
Show referencesFinns (or Fins or »Bjarmar«) as magicians.
Show referencesFuture revealed in dream.
Show referencesBlood (in dream) as omen of killing.
Show referencesBad dream as evil omen.
Show referencesMagic invulnerability.
Show referencesStorm produced by magic.
Show referencesDead body incorruptible.
Show referencesReturn from dead to give counsel.
Show referencesBlue man, Old Norse »blámaðr«.
Show referencesBlack man.
Show referencesGiant with iron bar as weapon.
Show referencesWarrior of special strength (berserk).
Show referencesTwelve berserks.
Show referencesFighting with berserks.
Show referencesHero's precocious strength.
Show referencesSword cuts everything.
Show referencesHero hidden and ogre deceived by his wife (daughter) when he says that he smells human blood.
Show referencesIdentification by ring.
Show referencesDecision by single combat or holmgang of who is to marry girl.
Show referencesOrdeal by hot iron.
Show referencesWisdom (knowledge) from dream.
Show referencesHoles bored in enemies' boats prevent pursuit.
Show referencesVictim burned in his own house.
Show referencesGods in disguise visit mortals.
Show referencesDisguise with hood dropping low over the face.
Show referencesSparrows of Cirencester.
Show referencesVow not to shave or cut hair until a certain time.
Show referencesLots cast to determine luck or fatte.
Show referencesFoster-father as constant helper.
Show referencesFaithful servant.
Show referencesWounded hero finds shelter and is cured in peasant's house.
Show referencesPoet.
Show references»Publication of slaying«. Heads of slain enemies displayed.
Show referencesThreat of hanging.
Show referencesVenomous snake put into the mouth as punishment for murder of newborn children.
Show referencesPrincess (maiden) abducted.
Show referencesEscape from ship by jumping into the sea.
Show referencesFratricide.
Show referencesPrisoners taken in war (enemy's messengers) hanged.
Show referencesMurder by cutting adversary in two.
Show referencesMutilation: cutting off hands (arms).
Show referencesMutilation: cutting off legs (feet).
Show referencesMutilation: putting out eyes.
Show references»Blood-eagle« cut on man's back by flaying and salting.
Show referencesWooing by emissary.
Show referencesWife's corpse kept after death.
Show referencesObjects of worship.
Show referencesWorship of wooden idols, »skurðgoð«, »trémenn«.
Show referencesOx (bull) as sacrifice.
Show referencesHorse as sacrifice.
Show referencesBurial in grave-mound.
Show referencesMiraculous healing by saint.
Show referencesConversion to Christianity through miracle: usually because the adversary's god turns out to be the stronger.
Show referencesChristian hero overthrows heathen idals.
Show referencesStinginess.
Show referencesFormulistic number: twelve.
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