Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: Karla

Karlamagnus saga, ed. C. R. Ungar, Christiania 1860.

Works with this reference:

F451.2.7.5.

Dwarfs wear red coats.

GHrólf 307 ch. 25:
 Möndull is »í skarlatsbúnaði ok skarband um enni af gulli gert«;
ÞorstUxaf in Flb I 254 (FMS III 116);
MC 272.

K1812.2.

lncognito king joins robbers.

cf. Heimir:
 Þiðr I 206 ff.;
Karl and Basin:
 Karla ch. 2-3: .

S168.

Mutilation: tearing off ears.

cf. Q451.6.
Sverr in Flb II 576;
GullÞ ch. 17;
HálfdE V 10 (FAS III 525);
SörlaSt 423 n., 423-24 ch. 8;
HálfdBr 587 ch. 15;
Bósa 57, 90 ch. 14, 6 (FAS III 229);
EgÁsm VII 13, X 13, XIII 4 (FAS 378, 386, 392);
Karla# 443.

S172.

Mutilation: nose cut off or crushed.

cf. Q451.5.
HálfdBr 587 ch. 15;
HálfdE XVII 11 (FAS III 546);
EgÁsm XIII 6, XVI 3 (FAS III 392-93, 400-01);
ÞorstB ch. 6, 9 in FMS III 186, 192;
BárðSn 27 ch. 13;
Vilm 174 ch. 15;
SamsF ch. 12;
Karla 443.