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Bibliography for: HringH

Sagan af Hringi og Hringvarði syni hans, ed. Reykjavík 1909.

Works with this reference:

D812.11.

Magic object received from giant giantess).

cf. D812.8.1;
Q111.5.
KetilH 118 ch. 3 (giant);
SörlaSt 417 ch. 4;
HjÖlv 473 ch. 10;
HálfdBr 576 ch. 8;
SturlSt 621 ch. 16;
Amb ch. 28 (27);
Sigþ ch. 21;
Vald ch. 1;
Villif ch. 12;
HringH ch. 3;
Blómst 39 ch. 24 (all giantesses);
VilhSj ch. 7 (from giant as ransom).

D817.

Magic object received from grateful person.

Nornag ch. 2 in Flb I 347 (FAS I 316);
HálfdE XVI 12 (FAS III 543);
GHrólf 277 ch. 15;
Amb ch. 23;
HringH ch. 2-3;
Sigþ ch. 21;
Saxo lib. II c. IV 2.

D855.

Magic object acquired as reward.

shirt (cf. Q53.2.):
 HringH 5-6 ch. 2.

D1344.9.1.

Magic shirt (cloak, armor) gives invulnerability.

cf. D1056;
D1381;
F821.1.3.
Skáldsk 55 (44);
Ldb ch. 27, 125 (52 n.);
Eyrb XVIII 21;
Vatnsd XIX 2;
Njála CLV 22;
GullÞ ch. 3;
Sturl I 363;
ÓláfH ch. 193, 228 in Hkr II 1, ch. 182 in FMS V 42 (cf. F821.1.3);
Herv 11, 99;
Völs ch. 44 (42);
RagnarL ch. 3 (2), 15 (14);
RagnarS ch. 1 (FAS I 346);
(y.) ÖOdd 101, 119-20, 129, 133 (ch. XXIX 14, FAS II 215, 231, 245, 351);
(y.) Bósa 110 ch. 11;
EgÁsm XV 3 (FAS III 397);
HrómGr 375 ch. 7;
GHrólf 250, 256, 279, 322 ch. 4, 6, 16, 30;
SörlaSt 415, 419, 439 ch. 3, 5, 18;
SturlSt 606 ch. 9;
HálfdBr 576, 587 ch. 8, 11;
ÞorstB 180 ch. 3;
ÁsmVík 25-26, 32-33 ch. 14, 15;
SigrgFr 105 ch. 16;
VilhSj 14-15 ch. 7;
ÚlfU ch. 1;
Amb 172 ch. 36 (35);
Konr 61 ch. 6;
Bæring 119 ch. 31;
Ector ch. 2;
HringH 6 ch. 2;
Kóngab 5, 11, 14 ff.;
Andr 37-38;
Saxo lib. II c. IV 2, lib. III c. II 10 and III 4, lib. IV c. X 3
Herrm 219, 315;
cf. Lagerholm 69 n.

D1653.1.1.

Infallible sword, i.e. is always victorious and bites even iron and stone, etc.

cf. F833.3.
Grásíða:
 GíslaS ch. I 12;
Tyrfingr:
 Herv 1-6, 41, 92-93 (FAS I 414-11 (n.))/
 ÖOdd 100 (ch. XXIX 13; FAS II 215);
ÁsmK 82, 95-98 ch. 1, 8-9 (FAS II 465, 480 ff.);
Angrvaðill:
 ÞorstVík 409 ch. 10;
GHrólf 239 ch. 1;
Snarvendill:
 HjÖlv 473 ch. 10;
HálfdE XVI 12 (FAS III 543);
Þiðr II 32;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 12-13;
Sigþ 116 ch. 7 (ZDPh XXVI 11), 15;
HringH ch. 3;
ÞjJón ch. 9, 21.

D2031.6.4.

Pursuers confused in other ways by magic illusion.

Ldb ch. 276 and n.;
Njála ch. 12;
ÓláfTr ch. 63 in Hkr I 376/
cf. StrömbäckSejd 46;
ÞorvV in Flb I 270-71 (FMS I 273);
Bisk I 600-02, II 134;
Harðar ch. 26;
GHrólf 317 ch. 28;
SörlaSt 442-43 ch. 19;
HringH 271.

F420.5.2.7.1.

Water-spirit (»vatnskrímsli«) crushes boat.

HringH 5 ch. 2.

F455.6.9.

Trolls as the constant enemies of human beings.

cf. F531.5.11;
G304;
G400 * ff.
Band 354 ch. 10;
BárðSn 10 ch. 5;
HrólfG 67 ch. 41 (FAS III 175), ch. 28 in FAS III 165 (÷ Detter);
ÁnB 361-62 ch. 7;
HjÖlv 457 ch. 3;
Sigþ 223 ch. 41;
abducted bride supposed to be carried off by troll:
 JarlmH 27 ch. 14;
VilhSj 53-70 ch. 23-28;
Dám 92-103 ch. 14-15;
Vilm 152-53 ch. 8;
cf. »gefa tröllum«:
 Orkn ch. 7;
 Skj I 167;
the wish »tröll taki (hafi) þik«:
 e.g. Skj I 88;
 Vatnsd XXXIII 2; Njála XXXVI 1; CXLVIII 13;
 Bósa 102 ch. 9 (cf. 18 ch. 5 = FAS III 205);
 ÖOdd 175 (ch. XLII 5, FAS II 284, 554);
 Dám 100 ch. 14;
 SamsF ch. 19, 24;
People possessed by trolls are »trollaukinn«:
 Ldb 33 n. and 135 n.;
 ÞorstB 195 ch. 12;
 Hell 7, 38 ch. 3, 19;
 HringH 6 ch. 2;
 Andr# 3.

F527.3.

Blue man, Old Norse »blámaðr«.

MagnúsS ch. 6, 21 in Hkr III 274, 294;
Kjaln ch. 15;
Finnb ch. 16;
HrómGr 367 ch. 2;
SörlaSt 411 ch. 2;
HjÖlv 457-58, 466-67, 501-02 ch. 3, 4, 7, 16;
SturlSt 612 ch. 12;
Sigþ 177, 252 ch. 27, 54;
SigrgFr 70 ch. 8;
Þorgr 8 ch. 1;
Vilm 173 ch. 15;
ÁsmS fol. 8 a-h;
Úlf 210;
HringH 44 ch. 18;
Kóngab 18-20;
HéðinH 9-10 ch. 5;
Íven ch. II 15-16, III 11;
Kirial 32 (cf. F531);
ÞjJón 44 (30) ch. 19;
NikL 30-33 ch. 10;
Konr 62-63 ch. 6;
GunnarK 243;
Bæring 98-100 ch. 16-18;
Ector ch. 14;
KáraK 19-21 ch. 9;
Fertram ch. 4-5;
Andr 60;
Mágus ch. 60.

F531.4.5.1.

Giant with iron club (gadclub) as weapon.

GHrólf 322 ch. 30;
SigrgFr 87-88 ch. 12;
Þorgr 8 ch. 1;
HringH 36 ch. 15;
HéðinH 14, 16 ch. 7, 8;
Bevers 235-36 ch. 18;
Ector ch. 8, 14;
Fertram ch. 9 (ZDPh XXVI 23);
KáraK 13 ch. 6;
ÚlfU ch. 2;
Andr# 20.

F531.5.7.

Giants (giantesses) marry human beings.

cf. N812.4;
T91.1.
Grm 75;
HverN in Flb I 21-23 (FAS II 4-7)
FundNo in Flb I 219-20 (FAS II 20);
GrímL ch. 1;
KetilH 117-18 ch. 3-4;
ÖOdd 134-35 (FAS II 253-54);
BárðSn 19-22 ch. 10;
HringH 26 ch. 11;
Blómst 38-41 ch. 24;
MC 175, 278.

F531.6.2.1.

Giants live in mountains or caves.

Hárb 23;
Grotta 9;
Ldb ch. 255;
HálfH V 7-10;
Nornag 69 ch. 8 in Flb I 355 (FAS I 333);
Lúkánúsfjall:
 EgÁsm XIII 2;
HálfdBr 574 ch. 7;
Blesanergr:
 HálfdE XXVI 5 (FAS III 556);
Mundíafjöll:
 SörlaSt 419 ch. 5;
HjÖlv 471 ch. 9;
ÞorstB 177 ch. 2;
Dofrafjöll:
 BárðSn 1-2, 14, 25-27 ch. 1, 8, 13;
the cave of Nótt:
 Álafl 92 ch. 5;
JarlmH 34-36 ch. 17;
HringH 54 ch. 22:
 »í Mundíafjöllum«;
Sigþ 220 ch. 40;
Lucan:
 VilhSj 17 ch. 8 (ZDPh XXVI 9);
Surtshellir etc.:
 JökulsB 75/
 Hell 3, 9, 50 ch. 1 ff., 7, 26;
Bergbúa 123 ff.;
GunnarK 241;
Lucanus in Diabolus
 Blómst 20 ch. 13;
Ector ch. 10;
KáraK 10, 36 ch. 5, 18;
Bragð 48 ch. 2;
Huld no. 6;
Andr 70;
Árm ch. 16;
Saxo lib. VIII c. XV 4-9 =
Herrm 597 ff.

F531.6.5.3.

Giant has wound-healing balm.

cf. F451.5.1.10.
EgÁsm XIV 13-15 (FAS III 396);
ÞorstVík 438 ch. 19;
Álafl XIV 9-10;
HringH 8, 17 ch. 4, 7;
Blómst 39-41 ch. 24;
KáraK 12 ch. 5.

F531.6.8.6.

Giants have children (especially a daughter).

cf. F531.5.7.1.
HringH 11-13 ch. 5;
Blómst 38 ch. 24.

F531.6.12.6.

Giant slain by man.

cf. G275;
G600;
H105.2.1;
K959.3.1;
Z312.2.
Grett LXII 1-14/
cf. Árnason I 167;
ÖOdd 43-47, 135 (ch. XII 1-7; FAS II 184-85, 254-55, 518-20);
KetilH 115 ch. 2;
SörlaSt 412-13 ch. 3;
HálfdBr 568-71 ch. 4-5;
SturlSt 622 ch. 16;
HjÖlv 471-73, 480-86 ch. 9, 12;
EgÁsm XVI 6 (FAS III 401);
HálfdE XVII 1-XVIII 7 (FAS III 544-47);
Álafl XVI 6, 19-21, XVII 3-5;
Sigþ 250-51 ch. 53;
ÁsmFl 173;
HringH 54-56 ch. 23;
Þiðr I 37, 365-66;
NikL 19-22 ch. 8;
SamsF ch. 22;
Ector ch. 10;
Vígk 7 ch. 2-4;
KáraK 10, 33 ff. ch. 5-8, 15-16.

F610.3.1.

Invulnerable berserk.

cf. D1840.
Grett II 6;
Skjöld 128;
HrólfKr 45 ch. 15 (FAS I ch. 22);
Ys ch. 6;
SörlaSt 423 ch. 8;
HálfdB 12-13 ch. 8;
GHrólf 255, 285-86 ch. 6, 17;
HrólfG 26, 28, 31 ch. 16, 17, 20 (FAS III 106-07, 110, 132);
ÖOdd 90-91 (ch. XXVI 6; FAS II 207, 534);
FlóresS XII 16, XVII 4;
Ector ch. 9, 14;
HringH 32-33 ch. 14;
Bragð 53 ch. 5.

F833.3.

Sword extraordinarily bright, sharp.

cf. D1645.4.
Vsp 52 (50, 45);
Gylf ch. 4 (3);
Ldb ch. 6 =
ÓláfTr ch. 116 in FMS I 238;
ÁnB 326 ch. 1;
ÞorstVík 393 ch. 4;
HjÖlv 504 ch. 18;
ÞorstUxaf 257 (FMS III 123);
HringH ch. 3;
SalusN 81 ch. 31.

G316.

Giant robber with club (dog).

cf. F531.4.5.3.
Vatnsd III ff., XLI ff.;
ÞorstVík 423 ch. 15;
HálfdE XVI 8-XVIII 7;
Álafl XVII 3-5;
HringH 6-9 ch. 2-3;
VestfjGr 168-70.

G530.2.

Help from ogre's daughter (or son).

Kjaln ch. 14 ff.;
HálfdBr 574-75 ch. 7;
HjÖlv 471-73 ch. 9;
EgÁsm V 5 ff.;
ÁsmFl 174-76;
OrmSt 530;
HringH 6-9 ch. 2-3;
Vald 58 ch. 1;
Blómst 39-41 ch. 24;
cf. ÞorstVík 430 ch. 16;
Vilm ch. 12-13.

H94.

Identification by ring.

cf. H61.3;
H82;
H253.
Laxd ch. 20-21, 26;
Hávarð ch. 14;
ÓláfH ch. 69 in Hkr II 106;
ÓláfTr ch. 62, 193, 270 in FMS I 113, II 129, III 35, by Odd ch. 33 (25), 78 (65);
ÞorstUxaf 256 (FMS III 120, FjÍsl 452);
Fær ch. 40;
HrólfKr ch. 20-22 (FAS I 52-59);
RagnarL ch. 10 (9) (FAS I 262-64, Skj II 254-55);
RagnarS 460 ch. 2 (FAS I 348-49);
ÞorstVík 423 ch. 15;
Nornag 67 ch. 7 (Flb I 354, FAS I 331);
Gautr 54 n. ch. 1 (FAS III 9 n.), cf. introd. xxii;
ÁnB 359 ch. 7;
SturlSt 604 ch. 9;
HrafnþH 112 (FjÍsl 136);
SigrgFr 102 ch. 15;
VilhSj 42-50 ch. 20-22;
AtlaÓ 4 ch. 4;
HringH 17, 25 ch. 7, 11;
Villif 24-25, 29-30 ch. 12, 14;
ÁsmS fol. 9;
Fertram ch. 11;
Vald 71-72 ch. 2;
SkáldH 16-17 ch. 5.

H217.1.

Decision of victory by single combat or holmgang between army-leaders.

Sörla 281 (FAS I 404 ch. 8);
ÞorstVík 444 ch. 21;
EgÁsm IV 5-12 (FAS III 369-70);
Sigþ ch. 38;
Þiðr II 356-57;
HringH 37-38 ch. 16;
Villif 36 ch. 16;
Mágus 131 ch. 52;
Bæring 118-19 ch. 31;
Bevers 262 ch. 34;
SigFót 1003;
RémK 176-87 ch. 32-34;
Nitida 34-35 ch. 5;
cf. Grett ch. 43;
ÁsmK 92-93 ch. 7 (FAS II 476-77).

H335.4.4.

Suitor task: to kill (defeat) unwelcome suitor.

cf. F610.3.4.2.1;
K310;
T75.6;
T104.
Flóam ch. 15;
Álafl VII 1-VIII 1;
SigrgV ch. 6-11;
HéðinH 9-11 ch. 5;
HringH 51-52 ch. 21;
Saxo lib. VIII c. XI 7-11 =
Herrm 530.

H1232.4.

Directions on quest given by peasant and his wife.

Álafl XVII 7-15;
HringH 48 ch. 20.

K548.3.

Sham calling to helpers frightens robbers away.

HringH 4 ch. 1.

K1817.

Disguise as wanderer (Viðförull).

Odin:
 Saxo lib. III c. IV 5/
 cf. Ys ch. 2;
Oddr:
 ÖOdd 139 ff. (Ch. XXXVI 3, FAS II 540 ff.)/
 cf. LiestølNT 176-77;
HringH 6-7 ch. 3;
Mágus 27-32 ch. 15-16 (ch. 35-41)/
cf. introd. xci ff.;
Ericus:
 Saxo lib. V c. VII 3.

K2357.10.

Disguise as merchant to enter enemy's eastle (camp, tower).

cf. HringH 33 ch. 14.

K2369.2.

Division of warriors hidden in pit on battlefield (or in the wood). Emerge during battle.

Sverr ch. 15 in FMS VIII 38;
RagnarL ch. 10 (9) (FAS I 260-61);
Herv 49-51, 125-28 (FAS I 459-61);
HringH 6-7, 54-55 ch. 3, 22;
Saxo lib. VIII c. VII 3.

K2378.3.

Enemies deceived through shammed fight.

HaraldH ch. 84-85 in Hkr III 197-98;
Sverr ch. 175 in FMS VIII 434;
VilhSj 31-35 ch. 16-18;
HringH 54-55 ch. 22;
Saxo lib. II c. I 5, lib. V c. III 26, 28.

M149.3.

Vow to kill more successful rival.

cf. H335.4.3;
T92.9.
HálfH XVI 1 (FAS II 51);
HringH 26 ch. 11 (cf. 32 ch. 14 ff.).

M161.1.

Vow to attack (kill) the enemy or die.

(y.) Bósa 85 ch. 6;
Villif 64 ch. 28;
HringH 36 ch. 14.

M411.3.

Dying man's curse.

Eyrb ch. 20;
Fáfn 9 =
Völs ch. 18;
HálfdBr 589 ch. 16-17;
Álafl XVI 17-19;
Kóngab 15;
HringH 44 ch. 18;
HaraldH 268;
Bragð 49 ch. 2.

N538.2.

Treasure from defeated giant (or giant's wife).

cf. F531.6.7.
Grett LXVI 1-11;
HálfdE XXI 5;
SörlaSt 415-17 ch. 4;
Sigþ 140, 250-51 ch. 16, 53;
Þiðr I 364-70;
HringH 54-56 ch. 22.

N774.

Adventures from pursuing enchanted animal (hind, boar, bird).

Herv 92 (FAS I 414);
GHrólf 273-77, 283-84 ch. 15-16;
HjÖlv 471 ch. 9;
EgÁsm VI 2-5, cf. n. (FAS III 374);
Þiðr II 292-94;
SigrgV ch. 5;
HringH 11-13 ch. 5;
Fertram ch. 2;
SamsF ch. 10;
Part 3 ff.;
Gibbon ch. 1;
cf. ESveinsson 1929 xxxiii;
Reuschel 111.

N812.3.

Grateful giantess as helper.

cf. F531.5.7.1.2;
G530.2;
T91.1.
SörlaSt 417 ff. ch. 5 ff.;
Sigþ ch. 20-21, 25;
Amb 112, 114, 126-28,146,178 ch. 19, 23, 28 (27),
38 (37);
HringH 6-9 ch. 3-4;
Fertram ch. 3-9;
ÚlfU ch. 1-4.

N812.4.

Giantess helps the man she loves.

cf. F531.5.7;
G530.2;
R138.5;
T191.1.
HjÖlv 473 ff. ch. 10, 13;
ÖOdd 121-23 (FAS II 234-36);
ÞorstVík 434-39 ch. 19;
Álafl V 15;
Vald 57-64 ch. 1;
HringH 16-17, 24 ch. 7, 10;
Blómst 38 ch. 24.

N825.3.

Old woman as helper.

HringH 6 ch. 2;
Gering I 181, 185.

P17.0.2.

Son succeeds father as king.

Sögubr 14 ch. 5 (FAS I 376); Herv 84, 140 (FAS I 489);
IllGr 659 ch. 6;
HrólfG 9 ch. 4 (FAS III 70);
EgÁsm VIII 10 (FAS III 380);
HálfdE X-XI (FAS III 532-33);
Gautr 11, 35-36, 60-61 ch. 2, 9 (FAS III 14, 39-40);
Álafl XIX 1;
HringH 29 ch. 12;
SamsF 33 ch. 17;
HringT 12.
* etc.

P251.5.1.

Two brothers follow and help each other on piracy, etc.

Eg ch. 46 ff.;
Grett LXIX 2-LXXX11 27;
Svarfd ch. 3 ff.;
Hreiþh =
HaraldH ch. 26 ff. in FMS VI 200-18 (Msk 124-37; FjÍsl l44-62);
ÁnB 328 ch. 2 ff.;
HálfH IX-X (FAS II 35-37);
HrólfG 31 ch. 20-21 (FAS III 115-17);
HálfdE XV (FAS III 540);
HringH 1-25 ch. 1-10;
KáraK 56-57 ch. 28;
Fertram ch. 10 ff.;
Saxo lib. V c. II 5.

P273.1.

Faithful foster-brother.

cf. G551.4.1;
K1371.1.2.
Oddr and Ásmundr:
 ÖOdd 6-7 (ch. I 12-14; FAS II 164, 505);
Hrólfr and Ásmundr:
 HrólfG 76 ch. 45 (FAS III 187);
Bósi and Herrauðr:
 Bósa 7 ch. 2 (FAS III 196);
Þorsteinn and Beli:
 ÞorstVík 427-29, 454 ch. 16, 24;
Illugi and Sigurðr:
 IllGr 649 ch. 2;
Hjálmter and Ölver:
 HjÖlv 454-55 ch. 1-2;
Sigrgarðr, Högni, and Sigmundr:
 SigrgFr ch. 1;
Kóngab 29;
Þiðr II 225, 228;
HringH 39 ch. 17;
KáraK 28-29 ch. 12.

P310.5.

Defeated enemy turns true friend.

cf. P311.1.
Álafl XIV-XVI;
HringH 11-13 ch. 5;
Sigþ ch. 39;
Amb 182-86 ch. 39-40 (38-39 in Reykj. ed.);
cf. friends after unsettled combat:
 VilhSj 72-73 ch. 29.

P475.2.

Robbers defeated and killed.

KetilH 113 ch. 1;
ÞorstVík 423-27 ch. 15 ;
Þiðr I 145-56;
HringH 3-9 ch. 1-3;
Vilm 145-152, 172-176 ch. 4-7, 15-16.

P555.2.1.1.

»Publication of slaying«. Heads of slain enemies displayed.

cf. H901.1;
Q421.1.
Grett ch. 83;
Fóstbr ch. 17-18;
HÞór ch. 15;
BjörnHít ch. 32;
Knytl ch. 119;
HaraldHárf ch. 22 in Hkr I 130 =
ÓláfTr ch. 95 in FMS I 194;
ÓláfTr ch. 49 in Hkr I 354-55;
HaraldH ch. 49 in Hkr III 145;
Sturl I 305, II 55;
Ys ch, 4;
Harð ch. 38;
Vígl 64 ch. 12;
ÖOdd 176 (FAS II 285);
SigrgFr 97-98 ch. 15;
Vilm 180-81 ch. 18;
HringH 33 ch. 14;
Þiðr II 202-06;
Bevers 211 ch. 3;
Breta in Hb 235;
Saxo lib. XV c. III 13, lib. IX c. IV 27;
cf. Schlauch# 83.

Q53.

Reward for rescue.

cf. D817;
T68.1.
HrólfG 73-75 ch. 44 (FAS III 184-55);
HálfdE XVI-XXI (FAS III 541-52);
HringH 5-6 ch. 2/
cf. D855;
Sigþ, 215-17 ch. 39;
Amb 172-74 ch. 36 (35).

Q53.2.

Magic shirt and information about sought robbers as reward for rescue of poor fisherman.

HringH 5-6 ch. 2.

Q91.4.

Answer rewarded with gold ring: message rewarded with purse with silver.

HringH 47, 48 ch. 19, 20.

Q416.0.2.

Dismembering alive as punishment for murder.

SigrgV ch. 22;
cf. enemy dismembered alive:
 HringH 15-16 ch. 6.

Q451.0.2.

Threat to cut off hand or foot.

Yngv 12;
HringH 15-16, 18-20 ch. 6. 9.

R18.

Abduction by rejected sailor.

HjÖlv 505-08 ch. 19-20;
Yngv 1-3;
Vígl 55 ch. 5;
ÁsmS 11-14;
Þiðr I 65-70, II 78-83, 96-104;
SigFót 1002;
VilhSj 76-83, ch. 31-33 ff.;
FlóresS 127-33 ch. IV-VI (cf. introd. lxxiii: from Trójumannasaga);
HringH 12 ch. 5;
SaulusN 28-39 ch. 14-16;
ViktorBl 38, ch. 12;
Nitida 16, ch. 3;
Úlf 199-209;
NikL 45-47 ch. 13.

R74.

Defeated warriors go into the conqueror's service.

cf. M161.5.
Njála CLIII 16;
Vatnsd ch. V 20;
HrólfG 45-46 ch. 28 (FAS III 137-38);
HálfdE XV 1-7 (FAS III 539-40);
EgÁsm V 2 (FAS III 370-71);
(y.) Bósa 93, 95 ch. 7;
ÖOdd 112-13 (ch. XXXII, FAS II 226, 537);
ÁnB 360 n. ch. 7;
PorstVík 442 ch. 20;
GHrólf 269 ch. 12;
SörlaSt 438 ch. 16;
SigrgFr 14 ch. 9;
HringH 45, 52 ch. 19, 21;
Kóngab 46-47;
Amb 40, 136, 156, 174 ch. 9, 25, 30 (29), 36 (35);
Ector ch. 9.

R111.1.4.

Rescue of princess (maiden) from giant (»tröll«).

HálfdBr 570-72 ch. 5;
EgÁsm ch. XV-XVI (FAS III 396-402);
Sigþ 221-28 ch. 41-42;
Íven XI-XIII;
HringH 56-58 ch. 23;
Þorgr 22-31 ch. 5;
KáraK 36 ff. ch. 16-18 (cf. 64 ch. 31-32);
Ector ch. 10;
Saxo lib. I c. IV 2, lib. VII c. IV 2-3;
Schlauch 104.

R111.1.9.

Princess (maiden) rescued from undesired suitor.

cf. F610.3.4.2.1;
H335.4.4;
K1371.1;
Q411.2.1;
M149.2;
T320;
T104.
HHu I 18 ff. =
Völs ch. 9;
Reykd ch. 19;
VígaGlúm ch. 4;
Svarfd ch. 7;
Flóam ch. 17, 27;
HálfdE XIX-XX (FAS III 547-51);
ÁsmK 100 ch. 10 (FAS II 487);
KetilH 125-26, 132 ch. 4, 5;
ÞorstVík 388-94 ch. 2-4;
HjÖlv 465-69 ch. 6-7;
Hell 52-53 ch. 29-30;
VilhSj 30-35 ch. 15-18;
Sigþ 175-80, 251-54 ch. 27-28, 54;
JarlmH (10-19) 19-23 ch. (6-9) 11-12;
Álafl VII 1-VIII 1;
FlóresS XXVI II-XXVII 8;
HringH 50-52 ch. 21;
HringT 13-16 ch. 6;
Vilm 145-50 ch. 4-6;
Ector ch. 10-11, 21;
Nitida 19-21 ch. 3.;
RémK 155-94 ch. 27-35;
Part 29-43;
Vígk 11 ff. ch. 4;
Arm ch. 15 *;
Andr 22 ff.;
Saxo lib. VII c. XI 7-10, lib. VII c. 111;
cf. LiestølUpph 154;
Heinzel 155;
Schlauch 64, 104 ff.

R111.2.3.1.

Rescue of earl's daughter from giant's cave where she is cained to the wall (a pillar).

Sigþ 224-28 ch. 41-42;
HringH 56-58 ch. 23.

R154.2.

Son rescues father.

cf. H1381.7.
HringH 24-25 ch. 10-11/
cf. R169.11.

R155.1.

Youngest brother rescues his elder brother(s).

JarlmH 28, 38 ch. 15, 19;
HringH 1-25 ch. 1-10.

R169.11.

Unknown helper(s) emerge(s) in the last moment and turn(s) out later to be well known.

cf. R222.
HálfdE XIII (FAS III 536), introd. 23-24;
SörlaSt 426 ch. 11;
HjÖlv 461 ch. 5;
GHrólf 320-21, 340 ch. 29, 33;
ÁsmVík 24-32 ch. 13-14 (cf. F610.3.4.2.1);
BárðSn 31-36 ch. 15-16;
HringH 24-25 ch. 10;
AtlaÓ 13-14 ch. 10;
Bæring 111-13 ch. 24-27;
RémK 155 ff. ch. 27-35;
Fertram ch. 12.

S113.1.2.

Prisoners taken in war (enemy's messengers) hanged.

Skj I 139, 361, 461;
MagnúsB ch. 6 in Hkr III 241;
IngaK ch. 12 in Hkr III 367;
MagnúsB ch. 7 in FMS VII 14;
HaraldG ch. 9 in FMS VII 186;
IngaK ch. 13 in FMS VII 227;
MagnúsErl ch. 10 in FMS VII 301;
Suppl. to ÓláfH in FMS V 190;
Ys ch.23, 24;
HálfH VIII 7 (FAS II 34);
Yngv 10;
Þiðr I 27, II 80, 172;
SigrgFr 72 ch. 9;
Amb 20, 38-40, 162 ch. 5, 8, 33;
HringH 45 ch. 19;
Úlf 190, 222, 226;
Saxo lib. VIII c. X 9.

S162.

Mutilation: cutting off legs (feet).

cf. G512.6;
S161.2.
Njála V 15, XLV 14, LXXII 8, LXXXII 21, XCIX 4, CXXIX 14, CXLVI23, CLI 12-13;
Dropl ch. 15;
VígaGlúm ch. 4;
Eyrb XVIII 21, 27, XLV 12;
Eg XLV 6, LXIV 43;
Reykd ch. 13;
Heiðarvíga ch. 30;
GullÞ ch. 18-19;
GunnlO 102 ch. 12 (22 and XVI 9);
Laxd XLIX 16;
Ldb ch. 200, 209;
Bisk I 64, 674;
Grett II 7, XII 11, XLIII 7;
ÓláfH ch. 228 in Hkr II 493, ch. 73 in FMS IV 151;
MagnúsS ch. 31 in Hkr III 310;
Sturl I 203, 288, 315, 317, 358, 363, 398, 441, II 34, 129, 184, 201, 219;
Fær ch. 18, 54;
Flóam ch. 17;
HaraldG ch. 9 in FMS VII 185;
Gautr 21 ch. 4 (FAS III 24);
Bósa 60 ch. 15 (FAS III 231);
GrímL 154 ch. 3;
KetilH 126 ch. 4;
GHrólf 303-04, 328, 329, 343, 344 ch. 24, 31, 33;
BárðSn 35 ch. 16;
ÞorstUxaf 251 (FMS III 110-11, FjÍsl 443);
Harð ch. 39;
Þiðr II 28;
FlóresB XXIII 5;
ÞórðarH 96-97 ch. 3-4;
Sigþ 179 ch. 28;
VilhSj 35, 102, 107, 116 ch. 18, 44, 48, 53;
Hell 50 ch. 27, 28;
Vald 62 ch. 1;
HringH 8, 11, 42 ch. 3, 4, 17;
Úlf 172, 216;
Ector ch. 9;
GunnarK 238, 245;
Andr 77;
Saxo lib. VIII c. X 9, cf. lib. I c. VIII 4;cf. the sword-name Fótbítr:
 Laxd ch. XXIX ff./
 Dropl ch. 13/
 Vápnf ch. 2;
the sword-name Leggbítr:
 MagnúsB ch. 35 in FMS VII 69, ch. 24-25 in Hkr III 263;
 Liestøl Upph 154.

S165.

Mutilation: putting out eyes.

cf. Q451.7.
Skj I 340, 345, 442;
Hallfr 71;
ÓláfH ch. 75 in Hkr II 130, ch. 73 and 261 in FMS IV 151, V 151;
ÓláfTr ch. 172 in FMS II 62;
HaraldH ch. 14 in Hkr III 95;
MagnúsBl ch. 8 in Hkr III 327;
Sturl I 42, 485;
HaraldG ch. 9, 15 in FMS VII 185, 196;
Knytl ch. 100;
Orkn ch. 111;
HrólfKr 41 ch. 14 (FAS I 41);
RagnarS ch. 12 (11) (FAS I 271);
HálfH V 7-9 (FAS II 28-29);
HálfdE XVIII 4 (FAS III 547);
GHrólf 331 ch. 31;
HálfdBr 587 ch. 15;
EgÁsm XIII 4-7;
ÖOdd 42, 47, 129, 181 (ch. XI 7-9, XLIII 7);
Yngv 4;
Þiðr I 343, II 109;
cf. FlóresS XXIII 11;
HringH 15-16, 18-20 ch. 6, 9;
Amb# 154-56 ch. 30 (29).

T135.8.

Two or more weddings at one time as the end of a tale.

HálfdBr 590 ch. 17;
HrólfG 74-75 ch. 44 (FAS III 185-86 ch. 35);
HálfdE XXIV 2 (FAS III 554);
HjÖlv 517 ch. 22;
SörlaSt 452 ch. 26;
Vígl 80, 91 ch. 18, 21;
Þiðr II 105;
JarlmH 42-43 ch. 24;
ÁsmS 14;
SigrgFr 107 ch. 16;
Sigþ ch. 54;
ViktorBl 48 ch. 15;
Vald 77 ch. 3;
HringH 58-60 ch. 23-24;
Þorgr 31 ch. 5;
Kóngab 20-21;
KáraK 83 ch. 41;
SamsF ch. 14-15, 27;
Part 44-45;
Blómst 44-49 ch. 26-27;
Saxo lib. V c. III 25.

T136.1.

Wedding feast.

RagnarS 467 ch. 5 (FAS I 360);
Sögubr 5 ch. 1 (FAS I 366);
HjÖlv 458 ch. 3;
KetilH 124 ch. 4;
SigrgV ch. 12, 22;
Vilm 193, 199 ch. 22, 24;
Kirial 10, 85-88, 90-91;
Dám 103 ch. 16.
The feast lasts many days:
 Völs 146-47 ch. 29 (27);
five days:
 Þiðr II 36-38;
seven days:
 RagnarL 121 ch. 4 (3) (FAS I 242);
 Þiðr II 105;
 ÁsmVík 43 ch. 22;
 Álafl XVIII 1-4;
twelve days:
 Sigþ 233 ch. 46;
fourteen days or half a month:
 HálfdBr 586, 590 ch. 14, 17;
 HrólfG ch. 14 in FAS III 105;
 ÁsmVík 32 ch. 15;
 Vald 77 ch. 3;
 HéðinH 9 ch. 4;
 Þorgr 33 ch. 5;
 Úlf 271;
 SaulusN 89 ch. 34;
 ÞjJón 52-53 (36) ch. 20;
 RémK 346-60 ch. 69-70;
 Part 45;
twenty days:
 Herv in FAS I 455;
three weeks:
 Bósa 131 ch. 16;
one month:
 HrólfG 25 ch. 15;
 Bósa 61 ch. 16 (FAS III 232);
 VilhSj 123-24 ch. 58;
 HringH 31 ch. 8;
 Vald 77 ch. 3;
 Þorgr 31, 32 ch. 5;
two months:
 Kóngab 48-50.

T136.4.2.

Parting gifts after wedding.

Bósa 61, 76, 131 ch. 16, 3, 16 (FAS III 232);
HrólfG 25 ch. 15 (FAS III 61 ch. 2, 105 ch. 14);
HálfdE XXI 6 (FAS III 552);
HjÖlv 517 ch. 22;
GHrólf 360 ch. 37;
HálfdBr 586, 590 ch. 14, 17;
Þiðr II 105, 278, 286;
SturlSt 604 ch. 8;
JarlmH 43 ch. 24;
SigrgFr 107 ch. 16;
Sigþ 233, 258 ch. 46, 54;
HringH 31 ch. 13;
Amb 160 ch. 32 (31);
HéðinH 9 ch. 4;
Vald 77 ch. 3;
Álafl XVIII 4, 8;
VilhSj 124 ch. 58;
Þorgr 33 ch. 5;
HringT 1;
Úlf 181;
SaulusN 89 ch. 34;
ÞjJón 52-53 (36);
KáraK 75, 84 ch. 35, 41;
Ector ch. 10, 25;
Blómst 49 ch. 27;
RémK 359, 370 ch. 70, 72;
Part 45; SamsF ch. 14, 15.

T141.

Assignment of bride to another.

cf. T72.
ÁsmK 83-84 ch. 3 (FAS II 468);
HringH 30 ch. 13;
Saxo lib. I c. IV 1.

T453.

Getting advice from a woman in bed.

cf. T281.
Atlam 10;
Flóam ch. 19;
Hallfr 101;
ÖOdd 190 (ch. XLVI);
(y.) Bósa 23-25, 39-43, 50-53, 106-09 ch. 7, 11,13, 10 (FAS III 209-10, 219-21, 225-26);
SturlSt 604, 611, 636-38 ch. 9, 11, 22;
HjÖlv 469 ch. 8;
HringH 16-17 ch. 7;
cf. Gautr 6 ch. 1.

T645.

Paramour leaves token with girl to give their son.

cf. H82.3.
Gautr 54 n. (FAS III 9 n.);
ÞorstUxaf 256, 260-61 (FMS III 120-22, 130. FjÍsl 452-53 461-62);
ÁnB 344 ch. 5;
HringH 16-17 (24 ff.) ch. 7;
HéðinH 5, 8 ch. 2, 4;
ÁsmS 8-9;
cf. KetilH 123 ch. 3;
Þiðr I 320;
Christensen 1935 46;
Schlauch 113.

V65.2.

Drinking festival in memory of the dead, »drekka erfi«.

Sinfj in BuggeE 202,;
Atlam 75 in BuggeE 304;
Völs ch. 10, 40 (38), 43 (41);
RagnarL ch. 19 (20) (FAS I 294-95);
Herv 36, 85-88, 141-45 (FAS I 490-95);
Sögubr 14 ch. 5 (FAS I 376);
HrólfG 25 ch. 16 (FAS III 71-72, 105, 112);
ÖOdd 26, 107-08 (ch. IV, XXXI 8; FAS II 174, 223-24);
KetilH 122 ch. 3;
GHrólf 349 ch. 34;
SörlaSt 433 ch. 14;
HjÖlv 456 ch. 2;
IllGr 659 ch. 6;
Þiðr II 358;
Egils þáttr Síðu-Hallssonar ok TófaV in FMS V 327-28;
ÞorstB 183 ch. 5;
Úlf 158;
HringH 29 ch. 12;
Vilm 199 ch. 24;
NikL 3-6 ch. 1, 3;
Andr 84, 85;
Saxo lib. III c. II 11, III 1;
in family sagas as:
 Eyrb ch. 54/
 Laxd ch. 27/
 Svarfd ch. 11/
 etc./
 cf. GrønbechVFO IV 126;
Weinhold 500.

W11.

Generosity.

HrólfG 45-46, 52, 56 ch. 28, 31, 33 (FAS III 137-38, 151, 159 ch. 20, 26);
HálfdE ch. XVI-XXI (FAS III 541-52);
Þiðr I 369-70, II 11-13;
RémK 112 ch. 21;
HringH 46-47 ch. 19;
Sigþ 215-17 ch. 39.

Z71.8.

Formulistic number: twelve.

cf. P251.6.7;
P475.1.
Fjölsv 34 (?);
SnE Prol. ch. 3 (4);
Gylf ch. 4 (3), 8 (15), 11 (20)/
MC 15, 322;
Ldb 35 n.;
Fær ch. 36;
Skjöld 8-9, 12;
Ys 2, 7, 11, 22;
ÓláfH ch. 94, 109, 118, 141 in Hkr II;
MagnúsG ch. 6, 28 in Hkr III;
Sturl I 4, 480, II 87, 153, 256;
Svarfd ch. 16, 26;
Herv 54-55, 129 (FAS I 463);
HrólfKr 40 ch. 14 (FAS I 40 ch. 20);
HálfH X 7 (FAS II 36);
Gautr 16-17 ch. 4 (FAS III 19-20);
EgÁsm X 18 (FAS III 387);
HálfdE XVI 9-10 (FAS III 543);
SörlaSt 411-12 ch. 2;
(y.) Bósa 87, 121 ch. 6, 14;
Finnb ch. 16-20;
Harð ch. 15, 20, 25, 27, 28;
Yngv 4;
Þiðr I 2-3, 231, 353, 356, II 1-37;
Sigþ 111 ch. 5;
JarlmH 11-12, 19-20, 25 ch. 7, 11, 14;
Amb 48 ch. 10;
SaulusN 28-31 ch. 14;
Villif 14-15, 23, 25, 26, 37, 59 ch. 6, 12, 13, 17, 27;
Þorgr 8 ch. 1;
Úlf 189 ff.;
HringH 45-46, 50-51 ch. 19, 21;
Dám 61 ch. 5;
Ector ch. 1, 9, 10;
RémK 7-11, 32, 35, 247-48, 335, 340 ch. 2-3, 8, 50, 65, 66;
Mars 5 ch. 2;
Saxo lib. VI c. II 2, lib. IX c. lV 14, XIV 9;
* etc.