Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: Huld

Huldar saga, ed. Gräter's Idunna und Hermode IV 1816 no. 1-16.

Works with this reference:

B101.4.2.

Stag with gold and silver on horns and neck, and a silver bell.

GHrólf 273 ch. 15;
Huld no. 3.

D199.2.1.

Magician fights as dragon.

cf. D659.2.
Bósa 58, 91 ch. 14-15, 6 (FAS III 230)/
Bósa introd. lxvi: ViktorBl;
HálfdE XX 8-9 (FAS III 550);
SturlSt 613 ch. 12;
GHrólf 342 ch. 33;
SörlaSt 424 ch. 8;
Mágus 147 ch. 62;
Bæring 108, 118-19 ch. 22, 31;
Dínus 76-77;
Huld no. 4.

D811.

Magic object received from God (a god).

arrows from Odin:
ÖOdd 138-41 (ch. XXXVI 5-9, FAS II 259-60);
ring from Odin:
Huld no. 12.

Dl964.

Magic sleep induced by certain person.

Huld seiðkona:
Ys ch. 13;
Ambáles:
Amb 130 ch. 24.

D2061.

Magical murder.

cf. D1402.
Ys ch. 13, 14/
cf. StrömbäckSejd 37-39;
Ldb 35 n. ad ch. 129;
Laxd XXXV 38-41 (cf. D2141), XXXVII 26-29;
GHrólf 318-19 ch. 28/
cf. StrömbäckSejd 100;
Bisk II 137-38 (cf. V41);
Huld no. 3.

D2074.

Attracking by magic.

cf. D1420;
E380.
HálfdBr 569 ch. 4/
cf. StrömbäckSejd 104;
SörlaSt 416 ch. 4;
Huld no. 16.

D2091.14.

Magician shoots an arrow of each finger against enemy.

Búadrápa st. 10 in Skj I 538 =
ÓláfTr ch. 90 in FMS I 176;
Jómsv ch. 45 (34);
Hauks þáttr Hábrókar in FMS X 205;
RagnarL ch. 9 =
Skjold 133 ch. 27;
HrólfKr 103 ch. 33 (FAS I 105);
HálfdE ch. XX 2 (FAS III 549);
HrólfG 60 ch. 36 (cf. FAS III 168);
ÖOdd 178-80, 189 (FAS II 286-87);
ÞorstVík 449 ch. 22 (cf. 450: »varð maðr fyrir hverri ör«);
SörlaSt 445 ch. 20;
Bósa 89 ch. 7;
Sigþ 169 ch. 25;
Amb 154 ch. 30 (29 in Reykj. ed.);
Huld no. 25.
cf. Saxo lib. I c. VIII 16.

E461.

Fight of revenant with living person.

Laxd ch. 17, 24;
Eyrb ch. 53;
Grett ch. 35;
Flóam ch. 13;
Skjöld ch. 7;
HálfdE XVII 5 (FAS III 544-45);
Huld no. 23;
in church where the living person thought to be safe from pursuing ghost, but ghost inside opens the church-door to the pursuer:
Gering I 236-39;
Dehmer 39;
Vries 29;
Ranke 1951 147 n.
cf. Freyr and Gunnarr helmingr:
ÓláfTr ch. 174 in Flb I 338 (FMS II 75).

F261.

Fairies dance.

Saxo lib. III c. III 6;
JJónasson 1908 129:
 »slóðir eftir huldufólk«.

F451.3.4.2.

Dwarfs as smiths.

cf. D1181;
F451.3.2.1.1;
F451.5.1.3;
M414.5.
Hyndl 7;
Gylf ch. 44 (35);
Skáldsk ch. 44 (35), 62 (50);
GíslaS II ch. 2 in ÍslF 9, ed. 1929 76;
Regin in BuggeE 215 =
Völs ch. 15;
Nornag 57, 59 ch. 4-5 (Flb I 350-51, FAS I 322-23);
OÖdd 24-25, 100 (ch. VI 1-2, XXIX 13, FAS II 173, 215, 511);
ÁsmK 81, 95, ch. 1, 8 (FAS II 464-66, 480);
Sörla 275 (FAS I 391-92 ch. 1; MC 123);
(y.) Bósa 109-11 ch. 11;
EgÁsm III 3, XVII 6 (FAS III 368, 403);
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 12 and introd. to Bósa lxvi;
Þiðr I 34-36, 73-81, 113, 179-81;
Mágus 17, 24-25 ch. 10, 13-14;
Sigþ 139-40 ch. 16;
VilhSj ch. 7;
SigrgV 118 ch. 2;
Fertram 730 ch. 6 (ZDPh XXVI 14);
Ector ch. 2, 6;
ParmesL 20 ch. 9;
Þorgr 27 ch. 5;
ÞjJón 33 (21-22) ch. 13;
Vilm 154 ch. 8;
KáraK 80 ch. 39;
Andr 19;
Huld no. 7;
cf. Leyen 57;
Vries 212, 302.

F451.42.1.

Dwarfs live in a cliff.

»huldumaðr« from Lúkanus:
ÞorstB 176-79 ch. 2;
VilhSj 17 ch. 7:
 »Lukanus huldumaðr ok höfðingi í fjalli því, er Lukanusfjall heitir«;
cf. Schlauch 172/
MC 269.

F531.

Giant. A person of enormous size.

Herv 1, 89-90;
Yngv 34:
 »cikoples« (cf. F531.1.1.1.1);
»risar oc blámenn« in enemy's army:
Kirial 32;
Heimslýsing in Hb 157;
Huld no. 14;
Víðförull »7 alna hár«:
Mágus 28 ch. 15.

F531.5.7.0.3.

Giantesses pursue men in order to marry them.

cf. N812.4.
HHj 24;
Sturl 1 230;
Hell 50 ch. 26;
EgÁsm ch. XII 7-12 (FAS III 390-91);
Huld no 16.

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.

F825.

Extraordinary ring.

cf. D1076;
M112;
M470;
Q91.3.
Fær ch. 33, 38;
HrólfKr 23-28 ch. 7-9 (FAS I ch. 10-12)/
cf. Schlauch 92;
HrólfKr 89-92 ch. 29-30 (FAS I ch. 44-45): Svíagríss;
Friðþj ch. 1 (FAS II 489);
EgÁsm X 12-13/
cf. G610;
ÞorstVík 390 ch. 3;
Nornag ch. 2 in Flb I 347 (FAS I 316);
Amb ch. 23;
VilhSj ch. 3 ÞjJón ch. 3;
KáraK 64 ch. 31;
Huld no. 12.

F833.5.

Sword cuts everything.

Reg 215 =
Völs ch. 15;
HaraldHárf ch. 40 in Hkr I 159: Kvernbítr;
Herv 11, 99 (FAS I 425, 426 n.);
Nornag 57 ch. 4 (FAS I 322, Flb I 350);
ÖOdd 90-91, 129, 188 (ch. XXVI 8, FAS II 208, 245, 296, 534-35);
ÞorstVík 436 ch. 19;
ÁsmK 82, 98 ch. 1, 7 (FAS II 464-65, 483-84);
EgÁsm III 3, XVI 5 (FAS III 368, 401-02);
HálfdE XXVI 5 (FAS III 556-57);
SörlaSt 415, 419 ch. 3, 5;
HrólfG 41 ch. 26 (FAS III 132)/
GHrólf 323, 354 ch. 30, 36/
BárðSn 39, 42 ch. 18, 20/
Vígk 12 ch. 4:
 »sem í vatn brygði«
Mímungr:
Þiðr I 97 ff., II 18, 32, cf. I 97 ff.;
Blómst 19, 39 ch. 10, 24;
Huld no. 7.

F1041.1.1.

Death from broken heart.

Finnb ch. 29;
EgÁsm II 1-4 (FAS III 367-68);
GunnarK 242;
Huld 3.

K812.

Victim burned in his own house.

Akv 41/
Atlam 42-43 =
Völs ch. 8, 40 (38)/
Þiðr II 319;
Ldb ch. 6, 8, 12, 20, 79, 174, 264;
Njála CXXIX ff.;
Eg LXXVII 8;
Grett VII 6;
GíslaS III 3-6;
Band XII;
GullÞ ch. 10, 18;
Dropl ch.1;
HÞór ch. 9;
Ys ch. 14, 31, 36, 39, 40, 43;
HálfdS ch. 5 in Hkr I;
HaraldHárf ch. 2, 12, 34, 36 in Hkr I;
ÓláfTr ch. 43, 62 in Hkr I, ch. 4 in FMS IV 26;
IngaK ch. 6, by Odd ch. 58 (46);
ÓláfH ch. 169 in Hkr II, ch. 14 in FMS IV 26;
IngaK ch. 6, in FMS VII 214;
MagnúsErl ch. 11 in FMS VII 303, ch. 17, 19 in Hkr III;
Orkn ch. 28, 29, 35, 66, 73, 78, 84, 103, 113 ( 331);
Sturl I 192, 202, 238, 305-06, 401, II 189, 282;
þáttr frá Sigurði slefu in Flb I 20 (FMS III 87);
ÞorstUxaf in Flb I 255 (FMS III 119-20);
Þorsteins þáttr tjaldstœðings in Flb III 434-35 (FjÍsl 435);
Þorsteins draumr Síðu-Hallssonar in Austf 221;
Bisk I 664;
Herv 156, 160-61 (FAS I 509, 512 n.);
RagnarS 467 ch. 5 (FAS I 359);
HrólfKr 4, 14-17, 86 ch. 1, 3-4, 28 (FAS I ch. 1, 4-5, 43-44);
HálfH III 2. XII 37-46 (FAS II 27, 43-44);
Gautr 12-13 ch. 3 (FAS III 15-16);
HrólfG 70-72 ch. 42-43 (FAS III 181-84);
Friðþj V 9 (FAS II 72, 492);
GrímL 156 ch. 4;
ÁnB 342, 360-61 ch. 5, 7;
ÞorstVík 410, 432 ch. 11, 17;
GHrólf 312 ch. 27;
HálfdBr 584 ch. 13;
SturlSt 615-16 ch. 14 (prevented);
BárðSn 4, 19 ch. 2, 10;
Þiðr I 14-15;
ÞórðarH 98 ch. 6;
ÁsmS 13-14;
Hell 15-16, 45 ch. 9, 23;
FlóresS XXI ch. 22 163;
Amb 162-68 ch. 34 (33);
HaraldHr 267, 271;
AtlaÓ 15-16 ch. 12;
Stark 6-7, 51 ch. 2, 18;
Huld# no. 16.

M301.2.

Old woman, »völva«, as prophet.

cf. M411.5.
Vsp;
SnE Prol. ch. 3 (9-10);
Laxd ch. 76;
Vatnsd ch. 10;
GullÞ ch. 1, 19;
Korm ch. 9;
Ldb ch. 99, 226;
OddÓláfTr ch. 6 (5) (cf. ch. 57 in FMS I 96);
ÞorvV in FMS I 255-57 (FjÍsl 477-79);
EiríkR 206-09 ch. 4;
ÓláfH ch. 28 in FMS IV 46, ch. 25 in Flb I 28;
ÓláfTr ch. 46, 130 in FMS I 76, 255;
HrólfKr 5, 11-13 ch. 1, 3 (FAS I 5, 10-12);
Friðþj V 10 (FAS II 72 ff., 492);
Huld no. 1;
cf. Vries 64;
StrömbäckSejd 67 * etc.

M311.

Prophecy: future greatness of unborn child.

cf. D1812.3.3.8;
M301.12.
Völs ch. 12;
Herv 27, 109-10;
Amb 4-12 ch. 2;
Huld no. 1;
Breta in Hb 238.

N771.

King (prince) lost on hunt has adventures.

cf. G405;
H1222.
Gautr 2-3 (50-51) ch. 1 (FAS III 4-5);
EgÁsm VI 5 (FAS III 374);
cf. Sörla 278 (FAS I 398);
VilhSj ch. 3-10;
Huld no. 2;
Breta ch. 10 in Hb 247;
Saxo lib. III c. II 4 =
Herrm 218.

R11.1.

Princess (maiden) abducted by monster (ogre, giant).

Gautr 12-13 ch. 3 (FAS III 15-16);
EgÁsm I 4-11 6 (FAS III 365-67);
VilhSj 118 ch. 55;
Sigþ 220-28 ch. 40-42;
Þorgr 22-31 ch. 5;
galdrakonungr:
Kóngab 8, 47-48 ff.;
Bevers ch. 24-28;
Íven X 62 ff.;
Ector ch. 10;
KáraK 3, 39 ch. 1, 18;
Huld no. 4;
Saxo lib. I c. IV 1, lib. VII c. IV 3;
Schlauch 145, 155.

R131.

Exposed or abandoned child rescued.

GunnlO ch. 3;
Ldb ch. 20;
Álafl II 3-4;
Huld no. 3.