Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: Hym

Hymiskviða, in Sophus Bugge's edition of Sæmundar Edda, https://archive.org/details/norrnfornkviisl00eddagoog , p. 105-12.

Works with this reference:

A153.3.

Banquets of the gods.

Forspj 15-23;
Grm 45;
Hym 1;
Ls in BuggeE 113;
Skáldsk ch. 1 (55), 42 (33);
MC 23, 86.

B16.1.5.1.

Monster ox (bull, bison, buffalo) killed.

cf. H1161.2.1.
Hym 19/
MC 85;
ÞorstUxaf 261 (FMS III 131, FjÍsl 463);
SturlSt 637 ch. 22;
HjÖlv 498-501 ch. 15;
Bósa 26-28 ch. 8 (FAS III 210-12), 112 ch. 11;
BárðSn 40 ch. 18;
Þiðr II 125 ff., 135-38.
cf. #GrönbechVFO IV 123.

B776.7.

Venomous serpent.

Hym 23;
Gylf ch. 36 (50);
Völs ch. 7;
ÖOdd 193-94 (FAS II 300, 558);
VilhSj 45 ch. 21;
SigrgFr 89 ch. 13;
Saxo lib. VIII c. XV 9 =
Herrm 602.

D1314.2.

Magic wand (twig) locates hidden treasure.

cf. Hym 105;
MC 86.

D1602.15.

Self-returning hammer (Mjöllnir).

Vafþr in BuggeE 73;
Hym in BuggeE 111;
Ls in BuggeE 121, 122;
Þrym in BuggeE 128;
Gyll ch. 11 (20);
Skáldsk ch. 44 (35);
cf. Vries 213;
MC 79.

D2061.2.1.

Death-giving glance.

cf. Hym 13.

E32.

Resuscitated eaten animal.

Gylf ch. 26 (43)/
cf. Hym 37;
Leyen 40;
von Sydow 1910 65 ff.

E33.

Resuscitation with missing member.

Gylf ch. 26 (43)/
cf. Hym 37;
Leyen 40;
von Sydow 1910 65 ff.;
cf. Schmidt 1951 67 ff.

E711.

Soul kept in object.

cf. von Sydow 1915 125 ff./
Hym 29-33.

F531.1.2.2.

Many-headed giant.

Hym 35 =
Saussaye 329/
MC 87, 173;
giantess with 900 heads:
 Hym 8.

F531.1.9.

Frost-giants.

cf. A289.1.
hrímþursar:
 Hym 10/
 MC 278, 281/
 Vries 363.

F531.3.8.3.

Homecoming giant heard far away.

BárðSn 32 ch. 15;
HálfdE XVII 7 (FAS III 545);
Álafl V 10-11;
Þorgr 24 ch. 5;
Blómst 38 ch. 24;
Bragð 48 ch. 2;
cf. Hym 10.

F531.4.9.

Giant's (giantess's) huge kettle.

cf. H1336.
Hym 5, 15;
Ls in BuggeE 113;
EgÁsm V 16-17 (FAS III 313).

F531.5.8.2.

Giants exorcised by clergy.

cf. Sturl I 230;
giants fear hymn:
 Yngv 19.

F531.6.2.3.

Giants (tröll) live in the east.

Vsp 40;
Hárb 1, 23, 29;
Hym 36;
Ls 60;
Skáldsk ch. 25 (17), 42 (33);
MC 81;
cf. in Sweden:
 Ys ch. 1.

F531.6.12.4.

Giants killed by lightning or thunder (personified in the thunder-god).

cf. A162.1.
Þrym 31-32;
Hym 36;
Skáldsk ch. 25 (17), 27 (18) =
Saxo lib. VIII c. XIV 15 =
Herrm 592.

F531.6.17.7.

Giants are wise.

cf. N812.1.
Vafþr;
Hym 5;
Mímir:
 Gylf ch. 8 (15)/
 Ys ch. 4/
 cf. Vries 360-61;
Kvasir, Geirröðr:
 Gylf ch. 36 (50)/
 Skáldsk ch. 4 (57), 27 (18)/
 Ys ch. 4;
Grotta 1;
hundvíss jötunn:
 ÖOdd 47 (ch. XII 2; FAS II 518)/
 Gautr 12, 28 ch. 3, 7 (FAS III 15, 32).

F614.5.

Strong man as fisherman: destroys fish and nets.

cf. A876.
Hym 7-26 =
Gylf ch. 32 (48);
Skáldsk ch. 10 (2);
Thor:
 Skj I 4, 129, 131.

F624.

Mighty lifter.

cf. F631;
H1562.2.
Thor:
 Hym 21 ff., 27 ff., 34 ff./
 Gylf ch. 31 (46) =
 MC 93;
Magni:
 Skáldsk ch. 25 (17) =
 MC 82;
Gylf ch. 3 (4);
Grett ch. 50;
OrmSt 523-24 (FMS III 210-11);
MagnúsB =
GísIll VII 31-32 (FjÍsl 67-68);
Finnb ch. 20, 36.

F628.1.2.

Man kills ox with flat of hand.

cf. Thor:
 Hym 19.

F628.2.6.

Strong man kills many with hammer.

Thor:
 Hym 36 etc./
 cf. A131.1;
AtlaÓ 12-14 ch. 10.

F631.4.

Strong man carries ox on the back.

Hym 27, 34;
Grett L 12.

F632.

Mighty eater.

cf. B11.6.7;
F531.3.4.
Hym 15;
Þrym 25;
Gylf ch. 29 (46);
Bósa 26 ch. 8 (FAS III 210).

F866.

Extraordinary cup.

cf. D1171.6;
F1098.0.1.
Hym 29-33/
cf. E711.

G530.1.

Help from ogre's wife (mistress).

cf. J155.
Háv 108;
Hym 8-9/
cf. MC 54, 87/
Leyen 46;
abducted woman:
 Part 34-35;
cf. Dehmer 81 ff.

H1336.

Quest for magic cauldron.

cf. F531.4.9.
Hym 5 ff. =
MC 86;
von Sydow 1915 113 ff.

N126.

Lots cast to determine luck or fatte.

cf. S262.3.
Vsp 29, 63;
Hym 1;
Ldb prol. ch. 7, ch. 265;
Ys ch. 38;
ÓláfH ch. 94 in Hkr II 195-96;
HaraldH ch. 4 in Hkr III 79;
SigJórs ch. 33 in FMS VII 140;
Sturl I 462-63;
Gautr ch. 7 (FAS III 31);
Yngv 32-33;
Ættartala in Flb I 24 (FAS II 8);
Amb 186 ch. 40 (39);
cf. Hallfr 45 ch. 5;
Fritzner I 160:
 »blótspánn«/
Fritzner II 16 ff.:
 »hluti«/
 »hlutr«;
GrønbeckVFO IV 124;
Vries 67, 126.