Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: IllGr

Illuga saga Gríðarfóstra, in Fornaldar sögur Norðrlanda III p. 648-60, https://books.google.de/books?id=mVNZAAAAcAAJ&lpg=PA100&ots=aq_6zoCkrv&dq=Fornaldar%20s%C3%B6gur%20Nordrlanda%20fyrsta%20bindi .

Works with this reference:

D47.3.

Transformation: princess to ogress.

HjÖlv 516 ch. 22;
IllGr 657 ch. 5;
Bósa 26 ch. 8 (FAS III 211).

D525.

Transformation through curse.

cf. M400.
HjÖlv 515-16 ch. 2;
IllGr 657 ch. 5;
ÞorstVík 431 ch. 17;
HrólfKr 50 ch. 19 (FAS I 50);
Þiðr I 303-04;
Álafl ch. IV 3, VIII 4/
cf. lxiii-iv;
SigrgFr 47 ch. 2;
Kóngab 33-36;
Úlfh ch. 3;
JónL in ZDPh XXVI 16.

D661.

Transformation as punishment.

cf. D471.1.
Gylf ch. 36 (50);
ÞorstVík 431 ch. 17-19;
HjÖlv 515 ch. 22;
IllGr 657 ch. 5;
Álafl VIII 3-IX 5;
Úlfh ch. 1, 4;
Kóngab 33-36.

D732.

Loathly Lady. Man disenchants loathsome woman by embracing (wooing) her.

GrímL 150-51 ch. 2;
ÞorstVík 438 ch. 19;
HjÖlv 475-76, 516 ch. 10, 22;
IllGr 653-56 ch. 4;
HrólfKr 31-32 ch. 11 (FAS I 31);
Reuschel 115.

D2081.4.

Men disappear every night.

IllGr 656 ch. 5;
cf. KrappeÉtudes 128/
type 306 III in ESveinsson 1929 11.

D2142.1.

Wind produced by magic.

Markús:
 MagnúsErl ch. 17 in Hkr III 456, ch. 9 in FMS VII 301;
ÖOdd 18-25, 46-47, 106, 123 (ch. IV 3-V 4, XII 6, XIII 2-3, FAS II 170-72, 186, 222, 236, 509-10);
GrímL 152 ch. 2;
SturlSt 619-20, 626, 630 ch. 16, 18;
IllGr 658-59 ch. 6;
HrólfG ch. 21 (FAS III 145);
Sörla 281 (FAS I 403 ch. 8).

F531.1.0.2.

Hideous giant (giantess).

IllGr 653 ch. 4;
HjÖlv 471 ch. 9;
BárðSn 27 ch. 14-16;
Þiðr I 360-66;
VilhSj 12 ch. 6;
Sigþ ch. 8;
Þorgr 24 ch. 5;
Bevers 235 ch. 18;
giant-girl:
 Vald ch. 1 (ZDPh XXVI 9);
ÁsmFl I 171;
Part 33.

F531.1.1.6.

Giantess with green eyes.

IllGr 653 ch. 4.

F531.1.6.1.

Giant with nails like claws.

cf. E422.1.8.
IllGr 653 ch. 4;
SturlSt 612 ch. 12;
VilhSj 12 ch. 6:
 »sem gammsklær«;
Part 33.

F531.1.6.3.1.

Giant(ess) with particularly long hair.

ÖOdd 46-47 (ch. XII 3, FAS II 184, 518);
IllGr 653 ch. 4;
so long that giantess can hide herself in it (cf. F555.3.3.):
 Vald 57 ch. 1;
Kóngab 23 ff.

F531.1.6.4.

Giant with long beard.

IllGr 653 ch. 4;
Þorgr 24 ch. 5;
Part 33.

F531.1.6.6.

Giant (giantess) with peculiar nose.

cf. F543.
with bumps on:
 BárðSn 29 ch. 14/
 cf. Andr 64;
iron nose:
 HjÖlv 482 ch. 12;
as if storm and snow issued from »tröllkona«'s black nose:
 IllGr 653-54 ch. 4;
VilhSj 12 ch. 6:
 »nef hans var með fjórum hlykkjum og sé niðr fyrir munninn«;
Sigþ 118 ch. 8:
 »neflauss«.

F531.1.6.7.3.

Giantess with burned arms.

IllGr 653 ch. 4.

F531.4.7.1.2.

Giantess in obscenely shrivelled skin skirt.

JökulsB 75;
EgÁsm XI 1 (FAS III 387);
GrímL 149 ch. 2;
ÞorstVík 435 ch. 19;
HjÖlv 482-83 ch. 12;
SturlSt 619-20 ch. 16;
IllGr 653, 656 ch. 4, 5;
Álafl 93 ch. V 12;
Kóngab 23 ff.;
Sigþ ch. 19-21;
ÚlfU ch. 1.

F531.5.7.1.2.

Giantess daughter of giant and abducted maiden (therefore helps hero).

cf. G530;
N812.3.
HálfdBr 572 ff. ch. 6-7;
IllGr 654 ch. 4;
ÞorstB 194-96 ch. 11-12;
Álafl V 3;
OrmSt 529;
Vald 76 ch. 3;
KáraK 64 ch. 31.

G229.5.

Beautiful witch.

cf. F531.1.0.1.1.
IllGr 656 ch. 5;
Þiðr II 268-69;
RémK 23 ch. 6;
Bæring 108 ch. 22.

G241.2.

Witch rides on person.

is »kveldriða« (cf. G241):
 IllGr 650 ch. 2.

G275.8.

Hero kills witch.

cf. G500.1;
G512.7;
H1562.8.
GullÞ ch.17;
HrólfG 54-55 ch. 32 (FAS III 155-56);
BárðSn 17 ch. 9, 34-35 ch. 16;
IllGr 650 ch. 2;
Friðþj VIII I (FAS II 84);
ÞorstUxaf 256 (FMS III 129);
back broken:
 OrmSt 530 (FMS III 224, FjÍsl 218);
cut in two pieces:
 Þiðr I 37, II 325-26;
HrólfKr 58-59, 107 ch. 22, 34 (FAS I 60, 109);
GrímL 146 ch. I;
SigrgFr 83 ch. 11;
SturlSt 622 ch. 16;
GunnarK 241;
in various other ways:
 KáraK 66 ch. 32.

G275.9.

Fighting and wrestling with witch.

cf. G500.1;
H1562.8.
Grett LXV 1-10;
GrímL 148 ch. 1;
SörlaSt 413-14 ch. 3;
HjÖlv 482-86 ch. 12;
HálfdBr 570-73 ch. 4-6;
IllGr 650 ch. 2;
Bósa 28-29, 108, 113-14 ch. 8, 10, 12;
ÞorstUxaf 259-60 (FMS III 127-29);
OrmSt 530 (FMS III 224, FjÍsl 217-18);
BárðSn 17 ch. 9;
JarlmH 41-42 ch. 23;
Þiðr I 36-37;
SigrgFr 83 ch. 11;
Sigþ ch. 19;
Vilm 180-81 ch. 18;
ÁsmFl 178;
GunnarK 241;
ÚlfU ch. 1;
Fertram ch. 2;
KáraK 11-12 ch. 5.

G283.

Witches have control over weather.

cf. D2140.
Eyrb XL 12-13;
Laxd ch. 35;
Reykd ch. 14;
HrólfKr 102-03 ch. 33 (FAS I 105);
Friðþj V, VI (FAS II 72 ff., 492 ff.);
IllGr 658-59 ch. 6; MC 283.

H11.1.

Recognition by telling life history.

EgÁsm V 18-XIII 12 (FAS II 374 ff.);
FlóresS XIX-XXII;
ÁsmVík 40-44 ch. 20-22;
Kóngab 29-34;
Blómst 37-44 ch. 24-25;
cf. GHrólf 311 ff. ch. 26;
IllGr 656-58 ch. 5;
RémK 345 ch. 67;
NikL 30-34 ch. 10.

H505.1.

Test of cleverness: uttering three truths.

cf. K604.
IllGr 654 ch. 4;
Gering I 244-45, II 179-85;
Saxo lib. VIII c. XV 5-6 =
Herrm 601.

H901.

Tasks imposed on pain of death.

IllGr 652-53 ch. 3;
VilhSj 14-22 ch. 7-10.

H1561.3.

Test of valor: not flinching under a blow.

Saxo lib. VII c. X 11, lib. X c. IV 4;
cf. IllGr 654-56 ch. 4.

H1561.8.

Test of strength: breaking witch's back.

cf. G275.8;
G512.7;
IllGr 650-51 ch. 2.

K2213.12.

Young queen murders her old husband in order to get a new one.

cf. J445.2.
HjÖlv 515 ch. 22;
IllGr 656-57 ch. 5;
Bevers 209-12 ch. 1-4;
Kóngab 32.

K2298.

Treacherous counselor.

cf. K1094;
K1626.2.
Bikki:
 Völs ch. 42 (40);
Refnefr:
 Gautr 45, 67-68 ch. 11 (FAS III 49);
Sjóðr:
 Bósa 4-7, 76 ch. 1, 2 (FAS III 194-96);
IllGr 649-50 ch. 2;
Voli and Bíldr:
 HrómGr 365 ch. 1 ff.;
HjÖlv 491-97 ch. 14;
Sifka:
 Þiðr II 164-79, 341;
SigrgFr 42-43 ch. 1; 6-8 ch. 3;
Kóngab 32;
RémK 274-75 ch. 56;
cf. the name Rauðr of the king's counselor:
 Álafl# XII 7-XIII 2 107.

M119.3.

Vows taken as an old Norse custom at festivals, especially at Yule time.

cf. M155.
Harð ch. 14;
Jómsv ch. 33 (27);
EiríkV ch. 1 (Flb I 29);
HÞór ch. 12;
Svarfd ch. 19;
Flóam ch. 2;
ÓláfTr ch. 86, 291 in FMS I 161, II 154;
Herv 5, 54-55, 129 (FAS I 417, 463);
KetilH 125 ch. 4;
SturlSt 633 ch. 21;
IllGr 661 ch. 1;
Andr 18, 53, 70;
cf. Lagerholm 18 ad EgÁsm V 5;
CleaVig 253/
Fritzner I 779:
 »heitstrenging«;
GrønbechVFO IV 69-70, 126;
Reuschel 66;
Schlauch 25, 102;
Vries 151.

M411.1.1.

Curse by stepmother.

cf. G205;
S31.
OddÓláfTr prol. 2/
Sverr ch. 7 in FMS VIII 18 =
Herrm 624 n.;
Ys ch. 14;
HjÖlv 471-73, 479, 486-88, 515-16 ch. 9, 11-13, 22;
IllGr 657-58 ch. 5;
Þiðr II 268-69;
SigrgFr 47-48 ch. 2;
Úlfh ch. 4;
Úlf 145 ff.;
Kóngab 33-34, 36;
JónL in ZDPh XXVI 16-17;
cf. HálfdE, introd. 25-26.

M431.6.

Wicked stepmother cursed to have fire lit under her.

HjÖlv 479 ch. 11;
IllGr 657-58 ch. 5.

N812.2.

Giantess as foster-mother and helper of hero.

GrímL 149 ch. 2 ff.;
SörlaSt 415, 441-42, 451 ch. 3, 18, 26;
HálfdBr 570-79, 583-85, 589 ch. 4-8, 12-13, 17;
IllGr 653-54 ch. 4;
Saxo lib. I c. V 1-VI 6/
cf. Herrm 98.

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.

P18.1.

After highly mourned wife's death the king marries another who turns out to be an evil witch.

cf. G205.
HjÖlv 455, 515 ch. 2-3;
IllGr 656 ch. 5;
Kóngab 30 ff.

P252.3.

Seven sisters.

cf. Z71.5.
Hárb 18;
IllGr 656 ch. 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.

P284.

Stepsister.

seven witch stepsisters:
 IllGr 656 ch. 5.

P311.

Sworn brethren.

Eg XXV 25;
Flóam ch. 2;
GullÞ ch. 2;
Völs ch. 28 (26);
HálfdE XXI 2 (FAS III 551);
(y.) ÖOdd 125-28 (FAS II 240-44);
ÞorstVík 395 ch. 5;
SturlSt 594, 606 ch. 1, 9;
IllGr 660 ch. 6;
Álafl XVI 5-21;
Þiðr I 143-44, II 39-41;
VilhSj 94 ch. 40;
Sigþ 164 ch. 23;
ViktorBl ch. 3;
SaulusN ch. 11;
Kóngab 35;
Þorgr 10, 24, 34 ch. 2, 4, 5;
Hell 8 ch. 5;
HéðinH 19 ch. 10.

P312.

Blood-brotherhood. Friends take oath of brotherhood by means of mixing their blood.

cf. M201.1.1;
S123.2.1.
Ls 9;
Brot af Sigurðarkviða 17 in BuggeE 240;
GíslaS VI 10-11;
ÞorstVík 445 ch. 21;
EgÁsm VI 9 (cf. P311.1);
IllGr 649 ch. 1;
Saxo lib. I c. VI 7;
cf. Herrm 100-01;
MC 140;
GrønbechVFO IV 128;
Vries 36;
Reuschel 73.

P312.2.

Sworn brethren and blood-brethren avenge each other.

cf. P251.3.1;
P310.2.
OrmSt 525 (FMS III 213; FjÍsl 208);
ÞorstVík 445 ch. 21;
EgÁsm VI 9 (cf. P311.1);
IllGr 649 ch. 1;
Þorgr 17 ch. 3;
cf. Saxo lib. I c. VIII 27 (Herrm 100), lib. IV c. I 11;
Jómsv ch. 14 (16).

P461.

Soldier (especially a »landvarnar-maðr« with charge of the defence of the coast and the frontier against freebooters and foreign invasion).

Nornag 49-50 ch. 2 (Flb I 347, FAS I 315-16);
Herv 148-49 (FAS I 497-99);
IllGr 649 ch. 2;
EgÁsm III 1-4 (FAS III 367-68);
HálfdBr 560 ch. 1;
ÖOdd 109 (ch. XXXII 1; FAS II 536);
Álafl VI 6, VII 1-5;
Þiðr I 69, 255, 360-66, II 60, 101, 110, 144;
Amb 10-12 ch. 3-4;
NikL 64 ch. 16;
cf. Fritzner II 413:
 »landvarnarmaðr«.

Q413.5.

Hanging as Punishment for impudence.

SörlaSt 439 ch. 17;
HjÖlv 490 ch. 14;
IllGr 659 ch. 6;
Þiðr I 161, 167, 205, II 95.

Q414.0.10.

Burning for witchcraft.

cf. G275.3.
Atlam 87 =
Völs ch. 40 (38) (only suggestion);
OddÓláfTr ch. 58 (46) =
ÓláfTr ch. 4 in FMS I 10, ch. 62 in Hkr I 374-75;
HaraldHárf ch. 34 in FMS I 15O:
 »seiðmenn«/
 cf. ZDA XLVIII 177;
IllGr 657-58 ch. 5.

S31.

Cruel stepmother.

cf. G205;
M411.1.1;
M431.6;
T154;
T418.
Gróg/
Fjölsv/
cf. Sveinsson 1940 217;
Frá dauða Sinfjötla, in BuggeE 202 =
Völs ch. 10/
Nornag 58 ch. 4 (Flb I 350, FAS I 323);
Ys ch. 14;
HrólfKr 31, 49-59 ch. 11, 18-22 (FAS I ch. 15, 25-30);
GrímL 144 ch. 1-2;
IllGr 657-58 ch. 5;
HjÖlv 469-518 ch. 8-22/
cf. Child no. 34;
Þiðr II 268-69;
SigrgFr 47-48 ch. 2;
JónL in ZDPh XXVI 16-17;
Ector ch. 20; Úlf ch. 1 (= K2111);
Saxo lib. II c. II 1, lib. V c. II 3;
cf. ESveinsson 1929 xv, xvii, xxviii-xxx;
Dehmer 107;
Schlauch 99.

S34.

Cruel stepsister(s).

IllGr 657-58 ch. 5.

S111.

Murder by poisoning.

cf. Q418.
Sinfj 202 =
Völs ch. 10/
Nornag 58 ch. 4 (Flb I 350, FAS I 323);
IllGr 657 ch. 5;
EgÁsm XIII 1 (FAS III 392);
banadrykkr:
 HaraldHárf ch. 33, 41 in Hkr I 149, 160.

T135.7.

The bride must have someone to give her away, usually her father or brother.

cf. T131.1.
IllGr 659-60 ch. 6;
Álafl XVIII I;
JarlmH 42 ch. 24;
* etc.

T281.

Sex hospitality.

Host gives his wife (daughter) to his guest as bed companion.
cf. T453.
KetilH 117-18 ch. 3;
IllGr 653 ch. 4;
ÚlfU ch. 1;
Saxo lib. VIII c. XIV 10.

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.

W11.2.

Munificent monarch.

HrólfKr 43, 46 ch. 15, 16 (FAS I 43, 46)/
cf. Herrm 200 n.;
Völs ch. 23 (22) (FAS I 174);
Nornag 55-56 ch. 3 (FAS I 321 = Flb I 349);
HálfH ch. V 3 (FAS II 28);
HrólfG 9 ch. 4 (FAS III 72 ch. 5);
Bósa 77 ch. 4;
GHrólf 291 ch. 19;
IllGr 648 ch. 1;
Yngv 9-11;
Þiðr I 224, 234, II 85, 89;
Brandsþ in FMS VI 348 (FjÍsl 12);
SigrgFr 41 ch. 1;
Álafl 120 ch. XIX 4-5;
FlóresS 123 ch. II 2-4;
RémK 280, 371 ch. 57, 72;
Gering I 61;
Saxo lib. I c. III 2, lib. VI c. IV 14, lib. VIII c. XVI 1-2, * etc.