Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: SnE

Edda Snorra Sturlusonar, ed. Finnur Jónsson, Copenhagen 1931.

Works with this reference:

A0.

Creator.

cf. A141.1.
BárðSn 43 ch. 20:
 »þann er skapat hafði himin ok jörð«;
Gylf ch. 4 (3);
Ldb ch. 52:
StrömbäckSejd 75 n.:
 »þeim guði er sólina hafði skapat«;
 cf. LiestølUpph 158;
ÓláfTr ch. 215 in Flb I 263:
StrömbäckSejd 75 n.:
 »þeim guði er sólina hafði skapat«;
 cf. LiestølUpph 158;
SnE Prol. ch. 1;
Vatnsd ch. XXIII 5, XXXVII 6, XLVI 7, introd. lxxii-iv:
StrömbäckSejd 75 n.:
 »þeim guði er sólina hafði skapat«;
 cf. LiestølUpph 158.

A173.

Gods deposed for a time.

Saxo lib. I c. VII 1, lib. III c. IV 9-13,
 cf. Herrm 109;
SnE Prol. ch. 3-6;
Ys ch. 3;
Vries 318-19.

A401.

Mother Earth.

SnE Prol. ch. 1;
MC 194;
Vries 103.

A1010.

Deluge.

Gylf ch. 5 (7);
SnE Prol. ch. 1;
Vries 411/
MC 336/
Olrik 1902.

A1630.

Wandering of tribes.

cf. SnE Prol. ch. 3-6 (10-11).

A1653.1.

Origin of kings (from god(s)).

;
SnE Prol. ch. 4-6 (11);
MC 153;
Vries 300.

B11.11.

Fight with dragon.

Andr 74;
BjörnHít ch. 5 (Boers' ed. 12);
Blómst 41-42 ch. 25;
Ector ch. 10;
Fáfn;
FlóresS XIX 7;
GHrólf 339 ch. 33;
Gríp 11-13 (= Völs ch. 18);
GullÞ 11-12 ch. 4;
Háttalykill ed. Skj I A 512, B 487;
KetilH 111 ch. 1;
Konr 63-64 ch. 6-7;
Njála CXIX 46;
Nornag 65;
RagnarL ch. 3 (2)/
RagnarS 458 (FAS I 239, 346);
Saxo lib. II c. I 2-3, lib. VI c. IV 10, lib. VII c. VI 2, lib. VIII c. XV 9, lib. IX c. I 2, IV 5/
Herrm 128, 407, 602, 634.
SigrgFr 89 ch. 13 (ZDPh XXVI 16);
Sigþ ch. 17;
Skáldsk ch. 48 (39);
Skj I B 292;
SnE Prol. ch. 3;
SörlaSt 424 ch. 8;
ViktorBl (in Jiriczek's introd. to Bósa lxvi);
VilhSj ch. 13;
Yngv 14, 21-23, 41-43;
(y.) ÖOdd 119;
Þiðr I 196, 308, II 271-75;
cf. Heinzel 53.

F531.5.11.

Giant in contest with man.

cf. G10-G672 *.
SnE Prol. ch. 3;
ÞorstB 183-94 ch. 5-10;
cf. Atlam 33 (cf. F455.12):
 »eigi hann jötnar«.

F535.

Pygmy.

Sneglu in Flb III 418-20 (FMS VI 362; Msk 236; FjÍsl 283-84);
SamsF 32, 42: Smámeyjaland;
Heimslýsing in Hb 166.

F610.3.4.

Fighting with berserks.

Ldb ch. 26;
SnE Prol. ch. 3;
HálfdE ch. 5 in Hkr I;
HjÖlv 466-67, 473 ch. 7, 10;
ÁsmK 95-99 ch. 7 (FAS II 479-84, 487);
with 5 berserks:
ÖOdd 65-67, 78-79 (ch. XIX, XXIII 6-7, FAS II 194-95, 200, 526-27, 530);
with 4 berserks:
Þorgr 11 ch. 2;
with 8 berserks:
Andr 60;
Fastus 3-6 ch. 1;
with 9 berserks:
Stark 55-63 ch. 20 ≠
Saxo lib. VI c. VII.

F611.3.2.

Hero's precocious strength.

cf. T585.
Hero remarkably strong already one day old:
HHu I st. 6;
twelve months old:
Þiðr I 303;
three years old:
ÖOdd 126-27 (FAS II 241-43);
seven years old:
ÖOdd 126-27 (FAS II 241)/
ÞorstUxaf 252 (FMS III 113)/
OrmSt 521 (FMS III 205);
nine years old:
Flóam ch. 11/
ÁnB 327 ch. 1/
Yngv 6/
Þiðr I 73, 305, 308;
ten years old:
ÖOdd 133 (FAS II 251-52);
twelve years old:
SnE Prol. ch. 3/
HálfdS ch. 5/
HaraldHárf ch. 32 in Hkr I 90, 144/
Eyrb XLIV 11/
Eg XI 12/
Laxd XVI 21, LIX 5/
GunnlO 59 ch.4 (V 7)/
Band 295/
HrólfKr 27-28, 54 ch. 9, 20 (FAS I ch. 12, 28)/
Herv 147 (FAS I 496; Skj II A 254)/
RagnarS ch. 5 (FAS I 358)/
HálfH X 1 (cf. 3), XVI st. 68 (FAS II 35, 56)/
ÖOdd 9 (ch. I 18; FAS II 506)/
ÁnB 327 ch. 1/
HjÖlv 459 ch. 4/
HálfdBr 568 ch. 4/
EgÁsm VI 2, 6, IX (FAS III 374, 375, 382)/
 cf. Lagerholm 41 n./
BárðSn 1, 19 ch. 1, 10/
ÞórðarH 96 ch. 4/
Þiðr I 32, 73-74, 133-34, II 84, 323/
OrmSt 521/
ÞorstUxaf 256 (FMS III 120; FjÍsl 452)/
FlóresS XXI 12/
Kirial 92/
NikL 4 ch. 1/
HringT 9-11/
KáraK 56 ch. 28/
Stark 5, 8 ch. 1, 3/
Herrm 69;
thirteen years old:
HálfH IX 3 (FAS II 35)/
BárðSn 2 ch. 1/
FlóresS XXII 15;
fourteen years old:
Bósa 7-8, 78-80 ch. 3, 4 (FAS III 196-97)/
Kirial 92/
Villif 4-5 ch. 3;
fifteen years old:
HHu I 10/
Flóam ch. 6, 9, 12/
 Hrómundar þáttr halta 312 ch. 5 in ÍslF/
Völs ch. 8 (BuggeE 180)/
Sögubr 13 ch. 4 (FAS I 374)/
RagnarL 119, 196 ch. 3 (2) st. 1 (FAS I 240)/
Skj II B 251;
ÖOdd 9 (ch. I 18; FAS II 506);
ÞorstVík 388 ch. 2;
SörlaSt 409, 428 ch. 1, 11;
HjÖlv 454 ch. 1;
Þiðr I 74;
ÁsmVík 9, 40 ch. 5, 20;
VilhSj 5 ch. 2;
SigrgV ch. 19;
ÁsmS 5b-v;
FlóresS XX 5 154;
Villif 21 ch. 12;
SamsF ch. 18;
ÞjJón 1 ch. 1;
Andr 2;
Saxo lib. I c. III 1, lib. VII c. X 11 =
Herrm 69;
sixteen years old:
Flóam ch. 12;
Villif 4-5 ch. 3;
GunnarK 242;
ParmesL 4 ch. 2;
Mars 4 ch. 2;
eighteen years old:
Flóam ch. 2;
ÁnB 327 ch. 2;
Dám 54 ch. 3;
nineteen years old:
Úlf 137;
twenty years old:
ParmesL 4-5 ch. 2-3;
Vígk ch. 2.

K199.1.

Deceptive bargains as much gold in reward as sticks to poet's hair when poured over him: he smears it with tar.

Sneglu 425-26 =
HaraldH ch. 105 in FMS VI 375 (Msk 246; FjÍsl 299-300).

K1771.8.

Sham dream prophesying shipwreck makes people leave ship so that there is room enough for man who wants to go.

Sneglu in Flb III 425-26 (FMS VI 375-77);
Msk 246;
FjÍsl 300-01).

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.

P14.7.

None permitted to enter hall of king unless he possesses an art.

cf. P320.1;
P337.
cf. Hreiþh in Msk 129 (FMS VI 207, Flb III 416, FjÍsl 279-80);
Sneglu in Msk 235 (FMS VI 360, Flb III 416, FjÍsl 279-80).

P320.1.

Hospitality for a whole winter (by king or nobleman usual in old Scandinavia).

cf. H1219.7;
P337.
OrmSt in Flb I 531 (FMS III 219, FjÍsl 219-20);
Tóka 135-37 (FMS V 299-302);
Sneglu in Flb III 416-17 (FMS VI 361, FjÍsl 281);
Finnb ch. 19;
HrólfKr 43-44 ch. 15 (FAS I 44);
GHrólf 262-65, 321 ch. 9, 29;
HálfdE VII-VIII (FAS III 528-31);
EgÁsm II 7-9 (FAS III 367);
Yngv 15-16, 17-18;
ÁsmS 11-12;
ÞjJón ch. 2;
Kóngab 22-23;
HéðinH 10 ch. 5;
Þorgr ch. 2;
Gibbon 33 ch. 7;
RémK 53 ch. 14.

P427.7.8.

Poet rewarded for poem.

cf. K199.1;
M234.5;
Q112.0.1.2.
all with gold rings:
 Gull-Ásu-Þórðar þáttr in FMS VII 113 (FjÍsl 80);
Sighv in FMS IV 90, 189, V 175 (FjÍsl 224, 229, 235, 241);
ÞorlJ in FMS III 93 (FjÍsl 387; Flb I 210; Ísl. Fornsögur III (1883) 120);
Sneglu in FMS VI 375 (FjÍsl 299-300; Flb III 425-26; Msk 246)/
cf. K179;
Stúfs þáttr in ÍslF V 287 ff.

P427.7.10.

Rivaling poets.

Sneglu in Flb III 417-18 =
HaraldH ch. 101 in FMS VI 360 ff., FjÍsl 283 ff.

T151.3.

Other respites from unwelcome marriage.

cf. K1771.6;
T165.
till child is born:
HrólfKr 26-27 ch. 8 (FAS I ch. 11);
importunate lever cursed to restlessness till girl herself gives him her hand together with the ring and gloves which he robbed (cf. M455.1):
HálfdE VIII 11-14 (FAS III 531).

Z71.1.

Formulistic number: three.

cf. A651.1.1;
P251.6.1.
Vsp 21;
141;
Vkv;
SnE Prol. ch. 4 (10);
Gylf ch. 8 (15), 11 (20, 23);
Skáldsk ch. 55 (44);
Skjöld ch. 12;
Ys ch. 14;
Óláfs þáttr Geirstaðaálfs ch. 3 in FMS X 213;
Þiðr II 29-36;
ÖOdd 86-87 (ch. XXV 6, FAS II 205, 533);
HálfdE ch. XVI, cf. introd. § 36;
GHrólf 318 ch. 28;
Gautr 40 ff. ch. 9-11 (FAS III 44-49;
cf. Berge 1930 121;
Harð ch. 3, 15;
SigrgFr 45 ch. 2;
Villif 29 ch. 14;
Saxo lib. VIII c. XIV 17;
cf. Bock 1921 263 ff.;
Bock 1922 51 ff.;
* etc;
LiestølUpph 74-78;
Koht 1931 73, 122.

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.