Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: Sturl

Sturlaugs saga starsama, in Fornaldar sögur Norðrlanda III, p. 592-647, https://books.google.de/books?id=mVNZAAAAcAAJ&lpg=PA100&ots=aq_6zoCkrv&dq=Fornaldar%20s%C3%B6gur%20Nordrlanda%20fyrsta%20bindi .

Works with this reference:

A123.7.2.

Black god (goddess).

cf. A310.1.
Gylf ch. 20 (34):
 »blá hálf, en hálf með hörundar lit«;
Andr 54/
Bósa 113 ch. 12/
Eyrb LXIII 47/
GHrólf 300 ch. 23/
Grett XXXII 18/
HeðinH 9 ch. 5/
JarlmH 14 ch. 10/
Njála CXVI 17/
ÓláfH in Flb II 136 (FMS V 301)/
SturlSt 612, 627 ch. 12, 18/
ÞorstB in FMS III 189:
 »blár sem Hel«;
HálfH ch. 17 (FAS II 60):
 »heljar-skínn«;
MC 304.

A463.1.

The Fates.

cf. D1311.3;
cf. M301.12.
ÁsmS fol. 8b;
ÁsmVík ch. 19;
Fáfn 11-13 (= Völs ch. 18);
Gylf ch. 8 (15);
Herv 155 (FAS I 508; Skj II 276);
HrólfKr 95 ch. 32 (FAS I 97);
Krákumál st. 24, ed. Skj I 654 (FAS I 308-9);
Nornag ch. 10 (in Flb I 358 = FAS I 340-41);
Saxo lib. VI c. IV 12;
Vsp 20.
cf. Bisk I 497-98;
cf. Sturl I 285-86;
cf. MC 238;
cf. Saussaye 312;
cf. Vries 380.

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.

B25.

Man-dog.

cf. B635;
cf. F551.1.2.
SturlSt 623 ch. 17, 632 ch. 20;
Sigþ 177 ch. 27.

B31.2.

The bird Gam.

cf. D199.5;
cf. F531.1.8.6;
cf. G211.9;
cf. R138.2.
As ogre with iron beak and claws:
 ÖOdd 118-20 (FAS II 230)/
 Bósa 28 ff., 89 ff., 108-13 (FAS III 210-13, 233)/
 Part 33/
 cf. SturlSt 612 ch. 12:
 »líkari gammsklóm enn manna nöglum«;
Flies with human being:
 ÖOdd 120 (FAS II 231-32)/
 EgÁsm II 3-4/
 FlóresS XXI 2-10/
 KáraK ch. 1, 18;
Gam's egg:
 Bósa 20, 62, 104 (FAS III 207 ch. 6 ff., 233 ch. 10)/
 cf. Nerman 1953;
Gam in prince's banner:
 Kirial 16.

B147.2.2.3.

Raven as bird of ill-omen (fighting).

Reg 20;
HHu I 5;
Ldb ch. 216;
Skj I 122;
Sturl I 521, II 233, 244;
HaraldH ch. 80 in Hkr III 193, ch. 114 in FMS VI 402 (dream);
ÓláfrTr ch. 331 in Flb I 412 =
Hrómundar þáttr halta ch. 5 (FMS III 148).

D51.1.

Transformation to sick man.

cf. D2064.
SturlSt 642 ch. 25;
cf. StrömbäckSejd 104.

D141.

Transformation: man to dog.

cf. E731.1;
G303.3.3.1.
Bósa 59 ch. 14 (FAS III 231)/
Bósa introd. lxvi;
ViktorBl 31 ch. 11;
SturlSt 613 ch. 12.

D152.2.

Transformation: man (god) to eagle.

cf. D659.2;
D659.4.4;
D732.6;
F531.1.8.9.
Skáldsk ch. 6 (57) =
MC 54;
SturlSt 613 ch. 12.

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.

D610.

Repeated transformation.

cf. D630.
GHrólf 342 ch. 33;
SturlSt 613 ch. 12;
Bósa ch. 14 (FAS III 230-31).

D630.

Transformation and disenchantment at will.

cf. D113.1;
D128;
* and, in general, references throughout D610-629, D640-659, D670-699;
F451.3.3.0.1.
Nearly all of those motifs involve the idea of voluntary transformation. In Old Icelandic the idea of people possessing a power like this is often expressed through the words »hamramr« »eigi einhamr«, »hamhleypa«, »fara hamfari«.
Eyrb ch. LXI 5;
Eg I 8, III 18-20, XXVII 6, LIX 52, LXXII 11;
GullÞ ch. 14, 18;
ÁnB ch. 29;
Hávarð ch. 1;
Sturl I 5;
Ys ch. 6-1 (Odin);
Hóam ch. 16;
Völs ch. 9;
Bósa 25, 84 ch. 8, 6 (FAS III 210);
ÞorstVík 390, 395 ch. 3, 5;
GHrólf 241 ch. 2;
SörlaSt 426 ch. 10;
HálfdBr 573 n. ch. 6;
BárðSn 11, 14, 18 ch. 5, 8, 9;
OrmSt 521, 522, 524;
ÞórðarH 95 ch. 3;
HálfdE ch. 8;
Sigþ ch. 25;
SkáldH 18 ch. 6;
Vald 63 ch. 1;
Mágus ch. 61.
cf. StrömbäckSejd 21 (ad Ls 24), 160 ff. ch. IV »Sejd och hamskifte«;
Reuschel 114;
Schlauch 124;
MC 46;
Saussaye 298f.

D631.3.8.

Spear large or small at will.

SturlSt 625-26 ch. 17.

D659.2.

Transformation to animals to fight.

cf. D651;
G211.9;
G225.5.
HálfdE XX 3-4, 8-9 (FAS III 549-50);
SturlSt 613 ch. 12;
Fertram ch. 12;
all the references to D112.1 *;
D113.2;
D114.3.2;
D127.5;
D133.2;
D141;
D152.3;
D191;
D199.2.1.

D812.11.

Magic object received from giant giantess).

cf. D812.8.1;
Q111.5.
KetilH 118 ch. 3 (giant);
SörlaSt 417 ch. 4;
HjÖlv 473 ch. 10;
HálfdBr 576 ch. 8;
SturlSt 621 ch. 16;
Amb ch. 28 (27);
Sigþ ch. 21;
Vald ch. 1;
Villif ch. 12;
HringH ch. 3;
Blómst 39 ch. 24 (all giantesses);
VilhSj ch. 7 (from giant as ransom).

D838.3.

Magic object stolen in Thor's temple.

cf. N514.
SturlSt 617-31 ch. 14-19.

D1011.1.

Magic animal horn.

SturlSt 617-31 ch. 14, 17-19.

D1053.

Magic mantle (clock).

cf. D1316;
D1317.19;
D1318.8.2;
D1344.9;
D1361.12;
D1368.3;
D1380.18;
D1610.26.1;
E121.4;
H1359.5.
Ys ch. 46: produces storm;
SturlSt 606 ch. 9: brings luck;
EgÁsm XII 12 (FAS III 391): cannot burn;
VilhSj ch. 30: changes color three times a day.
cf. »Möttull finnakonungr«:
 Moe 1926 II 88 ff.

D1171.6.3.

Magic drinking horn.

cf. D444.6;
D1311.20;
D1317.18;
D1335.2;
D1365.10;
D1470.2.3;
D1610.25;
H1559.5.
Gjallarhorn:
 Gylf ch. 8 (15);
SturlSt 624 ch. 17;
EgÁsm XII 12 -XIII 1 (FAS III 391), cf. 59;
Fertram ch. 9 (cf. D1500.1.11);
four different drinks in it do not mix up:
 Konr 15, 79 ch. 10.

D1181.

Magic needle (»dvergasmíði«).

becomes spear that kills the man it is directed against:
 Vígk 5 ch. 2 ff.;
compressible spear:
 cf. SturlSt 625 ch. 17.

D1335.2.

Magic strength-giving drink.

Völs ch. 21 (20) (= Sigrdr 5);
GHrólf 312-13, 335-36 ch. 27, 33;
SturlSt 605 ch. 9;
VilhSj ch. 30;
Vald 64 ch. 1;
Vígk 8 ch. 2;
in magic drinking horn:
 KáraK 8-9 ch. 4;
ESveinsson 1929 xxxiii.

D1344.9.1.

Magic shirt (cloak, armor) gives invulnerability.

cf. D1056;
D1381;
F821.1.3.
Skáldsk 55 (44);
Ldb ch. 27, 125 (52 n.);
Eyrb XVIII 21;
Vatnsd XIX 2;
Njála CLV 22;
GullÞ ch. 3;
Sturl I 363;
ÓláfH ch. 193, 228 in Hkr II 1, ch. 182 in FMS V 42 (cf. F821.1.3);
Herv 11, 99;
Völs ch. 44 (42);
RagnarL ch. 3 (2), 15 (14);
RagnarS ch. 1 (FAS I 346);
(y.) ÖOdd 101, 119-20, 129, 133 (ch. XXIX 14, FAS II 215, 231, 245, 351);
(y.) Bósa 110 ch. 11;
EgÁsm XV 3 (FAS III 397);
HrómGr 375 ch. 7;
GHrólf 250, 256, 279, 322 ch. 4, 6, 16, 30;
SörlaSt 415, 419, 439 ch. 3, 5, 18;
SturlSt 606 ch. 9;
HálfdBr 576, 587 ch. 8, 11;
ÞorstB 180 ch. 3;
ÁsmVík 25-26, 32-33 ch. 14, 15;
SigrgFr 105 ch. 16;
VilhSj 14-15 ch. 7;
ÚlfU ch. 1;
Amb 172 ch. 36 (35);
Konr 61 ch. 6;
Bæring 119 ch. 31;
Ector ch. 2;
HringH 6 ch. 2;
Kóngab 5, 11, 14 ff.;
Andr 37-38;
Saxo lib. II c. IV 2, lib. III c. II 10 and III 4, lib. IV c. X 3
Herrm 219, 315;
cf. Lagerholm 69 n.

D1355.19.

Magic writings, »rúnar«, produce love.

cf. D1900.
Skírn 36;
Eg LXXII 11-17, LXXVI 3;
Völs ch. 21 (20) st. 10 (= Sigrdr 9);
ÞorstVík 434 ch. 18;
SturlSt 634-35 ch. 22;
cf. DgF no. 6, 73-81;
Saxo lib. III c. IV 4 =
Herrm 239;
MC 298,
Vries 190.

D1364.28.

Smoke from magic purse makes man sleep.

SturlSt 607-08 ch. 9-10.

D1653.1.2.

Unerring spear.

SturlSt 621 ch. 16;
EgÁsm X 16 (FAS III 387);
ÚlfU ch. 3 (cf. ZDPh XXVI 24 and C432.1);
Úlf 159, 214;
KáraK 65 ch. 31.

D1711.10.1.

Finns (or Fins or »Bjarmar«) as magicians.

Vatnsd ch. 10;
HaraldHárf ch. 32 in Hkr I 145;
ÓláfH ch. 9 Hkr II 12 and ch. 27, 44 in FMS IV 44, 71;
ÓláfTr ch. 204 in FMS II 167, by Odd ch. 19 (13), 45 (34);
HálfdS ch. 4 in FMS X 170;
Ágrip ch. 2 in FMS X 378;
Skj I 243;
ÖOdd 34-37 (ch. X ff.; FAS II 178-80, 241-42, 514-16);
KetilH 118 ch. 3;
HálfdE XV 8, XX 2 ff. (FAS III 540, 549);
SturlSt 613 ch. 12;
SörlaSt 445-46 ch. 20;
Andr 8;
Vries 65;
Reuschel 110;
Herrm 372/
Saxo lib. V c. XIII 1.

D1766.1.7.

Saint opens prison door by prayer.

cf. D2165.
cf. Bisk I 672;
through prayer:
 Sturl I 312.
chest opens by bishop's blessing:
 Mágus, ed. 1858, 113 ch. 47.

D1812.

Magic power of prophecy.

cf. D1712;
D1825;
M300.
Vatnsd X 8 ff.,
XLIV 19 ff.;
Ldb ch. 19, 373 (2 n.);
Eyrb XVIII 5, LXIII 13;
ÞorvV I 3-6;
ÓláfTr ch. 31 in Hkr I 309;
Bisk I 566-67, 570, II 186;
Völs ch. 16 (cf. Gríp in BuggeE 204 ff.), 22 (21), 37 (35);
Þiðr I 346;
SturlSt 594 ch. 2;
Kersbergen 149 ff., 156 ff.

D1812.3.3.

Future revealed in dream.

cf. D1810.8;
D1812.5.1.24;
E748.1;
F1068.
AriÍ ch. IV 2-3;
Njála CXII 1, CXXXIII, CXXXIV 22, CLVII 35 ff.;
Vatnsd XXXVI 4;
Laxd XXXI 12-14, XXXIII 48-49, LXXIV 2-4, LXXVI 21;
GíslaS XIII 1, XIV 7, XXI 7-9, XXIII 2-6, XXIX 6-10, XXXII, XXXIII 1-6;
Vápnf in Austf ch. XIII;
VígaGlúm ch. 9, 21;
Fóstbr ch. 1, 11;
Hávarð ch. 20;
Heiðarvíga 26;
Ljósv ch. 11 (21), 16 (26);
BjörnHít ch. 25, 26, 32;
GunnlO ch. 2, 11 (15, 120);
Bisk I 109, 294, 423, 473-74, 647, 662, 823, II 8, 39, 48, 53, 225-26;
Skj I 113, 164, 188, 281, II 222 ff.;
Sturl I 28, 256, 258-59, 269, 303-04, 409, 432, 508, 514, 516, II 91, 150;
ÓláfH ch. 18, 214 in Hkr II 25, 470, ch. 37 in FMS IV 58;
HaraldH ch. 80-82 in Hkr III 193 ff.;
MagnúsS ch. 25 Hkr III 298, ch. 20 in Jöfraskinna Hkr III 502;
HálfdS ch. 6-7 in Hkr I 93, ch. 2-3 in FMS X 169-70;
Flóam ch. 23, 24;
SigJórs ch. 46 in FMS VII 163;
Sverr ch. 1, 5, 10, 42 in FMS VIII (Flb II 535-37, 571);
Rauðúlfs þáttr in FMS V 333 (Flb II 294);
Óláfs þáttr Geirstaðaálfs in FMS V X 210 (Flb II 6 ff.);
Völs ch. 26 (25) (cf. LiestølUpph 165), 35 (33), 37 (35)/
cf. Guðr II 39-44/
Atlam 14-17, 26, 28 in BuggeE 272, 294, 296;
Sögubr 10-12 (FAS I 371);
Friðþj VI 17;
Ásm ch. 6, 8, 10 (FAS II 474-75, 483, 487);
BárðSn 2 ch. 1;
Hemings þáttr ch. 18 in Hb 336-37;
Amb ch. 17, 21;
Draumr Þorsteins Síðu-Hallssonar in AusfS 223-29;
Saxo lib. I c. VIII 23;
cf. woman is »berdreym«:
 VestfjGr 168;
MC 311-12;
Henzen 1890;
Larsen 1917 37-85;
Kersbergen 151 ff.;
Klare 1933 10 ff.;
Kelchner 1935;
Schlauch 71;
Dehmer 105;
Heinzel 53.

D1812.5.

Future learned through omens.

cf. D1311.3;
N126.
MagnúsS ch. 12 in Hkr III 283;
Sturl I 313.

D1812.5.1.

Bad omens.

cf. D1812.5.0.15.1.
fire seen:
 Sturl II 45;
»troll«;
suicide by drowning:
 Sturl II 63-64.

D1812.5.1.1.3.

Blood (in dream) as omen of killing.

Atlam 24 (= Völs ch. 37 (35));
Njála CXXVII 8, CLVI 2, CLVII (= Darraðarljóð in Skj I A 419, B 389);
GíslaS ch. 24, 33 (XXIII 4, XXXII 5 = Skj I 102);
GunnlO 88 ch. 11 (17, XIV 5);
GunnlO 104-05 ch. 13 (23, XVII 1-2);
VígaGlúm ch. 21;
ÓláfTr ch. 49 in Hkr I 354;
Bisk I 497-98, 670;
Sturl II 288, 292;
Völs ch. 36 (34);
ÁnB 353 ch. 6;
Kersbergen 162 ff.

D1812.5.1.2.

Bad dream as evil omen.

cf. D1812.5.1.1.3.
Vegt in BuggeE 135 and Gylf ch. 33 (49)/
cf. Saxo lib. III c. III 7 =
Herrm 233/
Vries 234, 242;
Atlam 10-12, 24-28/
cf. Völs ch. 36 (34), 37 (35);
Laxd ch. 31;
ÓláfTr ch. 48-49 in Hkr I 350, 354, by Odd ch. 21 (15);
MagnúsErl ch. 32 in Hkr III 478;
Sturl I 474, 494, 517-24, II 243-45, 293, 323;
Sögubr ch. 2, 3 (FAS I 367, 371-73);
HrólfKr 15 ch. 4 (FAS I 14);
Herv 8, 95 (FAS I 420, 517);
HálfH XI 3, XV st. 40-46 (FAS II 40-43, 47);
ÁnB 353 ch. 6;
HrómGr 373, 377 ch. 6, 9;
ÞorstVík 413 ch. 12;
HrólfG ch. 8, 11 (FAS III 77-79, 95, 117);
GHrólf 312-13 ch. 27;
HálfdBr 560-61 ch. 1;
Sörla 280 (FAS I 402 ch. 7);
Harðar ch. 31;
Þiðr II 283-84;
SígFót 1004;
Þorgr 7 ch. 1;
Úlf 183-85;
Villif ch. 33, 38;
Ector ch. 1;
Dám ch.11;
Vilm ch. 8;
HeðinH ch. 8;
SigrgV ch. 9;
Hell ch. 25;
Bæring 86, 122 ch. 3, 33;
ParmesL ch. 5, 9;
AtlaÓ ch. 9, 14.

D1835.3.

Magic strength by stroking.

Kjaln ch. 9;
SturlSt 605 ch. 9.

D1840.

Magic invulnerability.

cf. B44;
D1344;
D1380;
D1846;
F610.3.1;
Z310.
Sinfj 204;
Svarfd ch. 5, 7;
GullÞ ch. 17;
Ldb ch. 8. 11, 14, 39, 126, 243, 306;
Eg XI 5;
MagnúsBl ch. 11 in Hkr III =
HaraldG ch. 13 in FMS VII 192;
Skálda 8 in Hb 455;
ÖOdd 126, 133 (FAS II 241, 251);
KetilH 123 ch. 3;
GrímL 143 ch. 1;
HrómGr 366 ch. 2;
ÞorstVík 391, 446 ch. 3, 22;
HrólfG 26, 28 ch. 16, 17 (FAS III 106-7, 110);
Bósa 58 ch. 14 (FAS III 230);
Bósa 84 ch. 6 (÷ FAS III);
GHrólf 285, 330, 332 ch. 17, 31;
SörlaSt 441 ch. 18;
SturlSt 606 ch. 9;
OrmSt 530;
Sigþ ch. 54;
HéðinH 17 ch. 8;
ÚlfU 784 ch. 3, 4 (in ZDPh XXVI 24);
Úlf 205, 210, 214;
KáraK 50 ch. 25;
Andr 3, 55;
Fertram ch. 12;
Fastus 7 ch. 2;
Ector ch. 6;
Saxo lib. III c. II 5, lib. VII c. X 3;
Herrm 312;
Dehmer 102;
Schlauch 105.

D2086.1.

Sword magically dulled.

cf. D1694.
Sigrdr 27 =
MC 260;
Rþ 43;
Eg ch. 65/
cf. JHelgason 1957 94;
Dropl ch. 15;
Svarfd ch. 8;
GunnlO 73 ch. 7 (IX 11);
Skj I 81, 82, 243;
ÖOdd 178-81 (ch. XLIII 4-7; FAS II 286-87, 554-55);
KetilH 137-39 ch. 5;
GHrólf 241, 354-55 ch. 2, 36;
SturlSt 608 ch. 10;
Bósa 58 ch. 14 (FAS III 230);
Þorgr 31 ch. 5;
Vilm 178 ch. 17;
Saxo lib. VI c. V 15/
cf. Herrm 315, 438.

D2125.1.1.

Magical transportation by waves.

Guðrúnarhvöt in BuggeE 311;
Völs ch. 41 (39)/
cf. Völs 43 (41);
cf. Sturl I 140.

D2140.1.

Control of weather by saint's prayers.

cf. V52.
ÓláfTr ch. 211 in FMS II 178;
Sverr ch. 16 in Flb II 553;
ArnórK in Flb I 438-39 (FMS II 227-28);
Sturl I 228, 269, II 59;
Bisk I 119, 120, 121, 171, 172, 307, 308-09, 316, 459-61, 535, II 30;
cf. storm is calmed when bishop promises to acknowledge saint:
 Orkn 132-33 ch. 57.

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).

D2151.2.

Magical control of rivers.

cf. D1549.3.
Ldb ch. 335;
Sturl I 254;
Bisk I 469, II 36, 81.

E182.

Dead body incorruptible.

cf. D1585;
D2167.
Hrappr:
 Laxd XXIV 28;
Klaufi:
 Svarfd ch. 32;
Ívarr:
 RagnarL ch. 18 (19) (FAS I 294);
Óláfr helgi:
 Skj I 244, 300/
 ÓláfH ch. 244-45 in Hkr II 517, ch. 228-29 in FMS V 105 ff./
 HaraldH ch. 25, 80 in Hkr III 112, 193;
Knútr helgi:
 Knytl ch. 77;
Ingimundr prestr:
 Sturl I 153, Bisk I 435.
cf. Frotho:
 Saxo lib. V c. XVI 3.

E200.

Malevolent return from the dead.

cf. E414.1.
Bisk II 109-10 (= I 598), 130;
Sturl I 335;
EiríkR ch. 6;
Saxo lib. I c. VII 3;
cf. Fritzner III 66:
 »reimleikar«;
Dehmer 26 ff.

E425.1.7.

Revenant as woman with seal's head.

Bisk I 605-8, II 77-87;
Sturl I 290:
 »Selkolla«.

E720.1.

Souls of human beings seen in dream: as »fylgja« or »hamingja«.

cf. D1810.12;
E731.1;
E731.8;
E731.9;
E731.10;
E731.11;
E731.12;
E731.13;
E731.14;
E732;
E732.6;
E732.7;
E732.8;
E732.9;
E733.1;
E735;
E738.1;
E741;
E742;
E745.4;
E745.5.2;
E748;
E748.
Njála XXIII 12;
VígaGlúm ch. 9, 19;
Bisk II 230;
Sögubr 6 ch. 2 (FAS I 367);
Völs ch. 37 (35);
SturlSt 637-38 ch. 22;
DÞorstS 233 ff.;
MC 233 ff.

E731.8.

Soul in form of bear.

cf. D113.2.
Njála XXIII 9;
Harð ch. 31 (30);
Sturl II 150;
ÞórðarH 17 ch. 6;
Völs ch. 36 (34) <
Atlam 17-18;
Sögubr ch. 2 (FAS I 367);
ÞorstVík 413 ch. 12;
ÖOdd 22-23 (ch. V 2-3, FAS II 172-73, 510);
HrólfG 12-13, 21 ch. 8, 11 (FAS III 77-78, 95);
ÞorstUxaf 253 (FMS III 113; FjÍsl 446-47);
all in dream:
 ÞorstS 227.

E748.

The soul as a guardian spirit, »fylgja«, »hamingja«, »(spá)dís«.

cf. E720.1;
F494.1;
M301.13;
N810.1;
V1.2.3.
Njála XCVI 4, CLVII 27 ff.;
Eg XLIV 1 ff.;
Ldb ch. 329;
ÓláfTr ch. 57 in FMS I 96, by Odd ch. 3;
Þiðranda þáttr in Flb I 420 (= ÓláfTr ch. 215 in FMS II 194-95, cf. Strömbäck 1949);
Saga skálda Haralds konungs hárfagra ch. 2 in FMS III 75;
HrafnH 116-19 (FjÍsl 140-43);
HálfH XV st. 39-40 (FAS II 47);
Hallfr l28;
RagnarL 144 ch. 10 (9) st. 19 (FAS I 267, Skj II 256 st. 9);
HrólfKr 6 ch. 2 (FAS I 6);
ÞorstVík 448 ch. 22;
SturlSt 637 ch. 22;
NikL 35 ch. 10;
cf. Olrik-E 181 ff.;
Vries 34, 77, 167, 348;
Klare 1933 3 ff.;
Kersbergen 151.

F352.

Theft of cup (drinking horn) from fairies.

cf. ÞorstB 197-98 ch. 12-13;
SturlSt 624 ch. 17-18.

F451.2.8.

Voice of dwarfs: »dvergmál« (echo).

BárðSn 7 ch. 4;
SturlSt 629 ch. 18;
JarlmH 14, 35 ch. 10, 18;
VilhSj 11, 62 ch. 6, 26;
Sigþ ch. 8;
Konr 68 ch. 9;
MC 269.

F455.2.2.

Trolls are usually ugly, hideous, big, and strong.

Sturl II 45;
HrólfG 67 ch. 41 (FAS III 176);
This also appears from the people that are compared to them, who are »mikill sem tröll:
 e.g. Eg 59 ch. 178/
or »líkari tröllum en mönnum«, etc./
 e.g. ÞorstB ch. 5, 7, 11 in FMS III 185, 188-89, 194-95;
BárðSn 12 ch. 6;
GHrólf 322, 326, 357 ch. 30, 31, 36;
HjÖlv 458 ch. 3;
Sigþ 252 ch. 54;
HéðinH 9 ch. 5;
Úlf 189, 210, 211, 225;
Kóngab 4, 33;
smVik 20 ch. 11;
Villif 8 ch. 5;
ParmesL 14 ch. 6;
Ector ch. 12, 14, 20;
RémK 274 ch. 56;
KáraK ch. 15 * etc.

F527.3.

Blue man, Old Norse »blámaðr«.

MagnúsS ch. 6, 21 in Hkr III 274, 294;
Kjaln ch. 15;
Finnb ch. 16;
HrómGr 367 ch. 2;
SörlaSt 411 ch. 2;
HjÖlv 457-58, 466-67, 501-02 ch. 3, 4, 7, 16;
SturlSt 612 ch. 12;
Sigþ 177, 252 ch. 27, 54;
SigrgFr 70 ch. 8;
Þorgr 8 ch. 1;
Vilm 173 ch. 15;
ÁsmS fol. 8 a-h;
Úlf 210;
HringH 44 ch. 18;
Kóngab 18-20;
HéðinH 9-10 ch. 5;
Íven ch. II 15-16, III 11;
Kirial 32 (cf. F531);
ÞjJón 44 (30) ch. 19;
NikL 30-33 ch. 10;
Konr 62-63 ch. 6;
GunnarK 243;
Bæring 98-100 ch. 16-18;
Ector ch. 14;
KáraK 19-21 ch. 9;
Fertram ch. 4-5;
Andr 60;
Mágus ch. 60.

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.

F531.2.

Size (and strenght) of giant.

Eg XXV 6;
Nornag 66 ch. 6 (Flb I 353, FAS I 330);
SörlaSt 412 ch. 3;
SturlSt 612 ch. 12;
Þiðr I 4, 8, 31, 35, 48, 329, 330, 331, 360, II 69-30, 240;
tall men are compared to giants, »risar« or »þursar«:
 RémK 111 ch. 21;
MC 277.

F531.2.13.

Giantess so heavy that boat almost sinks.

SturlSt 620 ch. 16;
cf. SigrgFr 68 ch. 8.

F531.3.1.

Giant (giantess) wades the ocean.

Skáldsk ch. 27 (18)/
Skj I 140-41: Thor/
cf. Vries 226/
KrappeÉtudes 79 (le dieu du gué)/
Schröder 1927 35;
ÖOdd 42 ch. 10 (ch. XI 6-9, FAS II 182);
KetilH 131 ch. 5;
SturlSt 619 ch. 16;
ÞorstVík 435 ch. 19;
SigrgFr 68-69 ch. 8;
Þiðr I 75-76.

F531.3.9.

Giants sit on mountains and wash feet in stream below.

HHj 173;
Ldb 52 ad ch. 125;
cf. SturlSt 621-22 ch. 16;
MC 280.

F531.4.7.1.

Giants (giantesses) dressed in skin.

cf. F455.24.
Nornag 69 ch. 8 (Flb I 355, FAS I 333);
SturlSt 621-22 ch. 16;
Andr 68-69;
Vald 63 ch. 1;
cf. names as Skinnhúfa:
 HjÖlv 471 ch. 9/
 BárðSn 17 ch. 9/
 ÚlfU ch. 4;
Skinnbrók, Skinnkjapta:
 ÚlfU 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.

F531.5.7.0.3.

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.

F531.5.8.2.

Giants exorcised by clergy.

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

F531.6.5.2.

Giants large or small at will.

SturlSt 622 ch. 16;
Saxo lib. I c. VI 3.

F531.6.5.4.

Giants as controllers of the elements.

cf. A197;
D2140.
ÖOdd 46-47 (ch. XII 6, FAS II 184, 519);
give fair wind:
 SturlSt 619-20 ch. 16;
HálfdBr 569-71 ch. 4-5;
SörlaSt 410-12 ch. 2-4;
EgÁsm IX 6 ff.;
giant ogres profit of their control over the elements to attrack victims:
 VilhSj in ZDPh XXVI 6-7;
Hell 3-4 ch. 1;
MC 75, 276.

F531.6.8.3.1.

Giants and giantesses light about treasures. #SörlaSt# 419 n. ch. 5;

SturlSt 618-22 ch. 16;
EgÁsm XI 1-3 ff. (FAS III 387 ff.).

F531.6.12.6.

Giant slain by man.

cf. G275;
G600;
H105.2.1;
K959.3.1;
Z312.2.
Grett LXII 1-14/
cf. Árnason I 167;
ÖOdd 43-47, 135 (ch. XII 1-7; FAS II 184-85, 254-55, 518-20);
KetilH 115 ch. 2;
SörlaSt 412-13 ch. 3;
HálfdBr 568-71 ch. 4-5;
SturlSt 622 ch. 16;
HjÖlv 471-73, 480-86 ch. 9, 12;
EgÁsm XVI 6 (FAS III 401);
HálfdE XVII 1-XVIII 7 (FAS III 544-47);
Álafl XVI 6, 19-21, XVII 3-5;
Sigþ 250-51 ch. 53;
ÁsmFl 173;
HringH 54-56 ch. 23;
Þiðr I 37, 365-66;
NikL 19-22 ch. 8;
SamsF ch. 22;
Ector ch. 10;
Vígk 7 ch. 2-4;
KáraK 10, 33 ff. ch. 5-8, 15-16.

F565.1.

Amazons. Woman warriors. Icelandic: »skjaldmær«.

cf. P462.3;
T311.4.
brúðir berserkja:
 Hárb 37-39;
Skaði:
 Skáldsk ch. 2 (56);
Atlam 43 ff., 98/
Brynhildr, Guðrún:
 Völs ch. 25 (24), 38 (36);
RagnarL 147 ch. 11 (10)/
Áslaug-Randalín:
 RagnarS 462 ch. 2 (FAS I 269-70, 351);
Hervör:
 Herv 14-33, 54, 102-13, 128, 148-49 (FAS I 430-42, 463, 497-99);
Ólöf:
 HrólfKr 17 ch. 6 (FAS I ch. 7);
Visina, Vebjörg:
 Sögubr 17 ch. 8 (FAS I 379);
Þórbjörg:
 HrólfG 11, 16-17, 48, 66 ch. 7, 9, 29, 40 (FAS III 68-69, 75, 85-86, 142, 175);
Brynhildr:
 Bósa 5 ch. 2, 68 ch. 2-3 (FAS III 195);
Oddr does not like women warriors:
 ÖOdd 174-75 (ch. XLII 1-5. FAS II 283-84, 553-54);
Gyða:
 GHrólf 240 ch. 2;
Ingibjörg:
 HálfdBr 568-70 ch. 4;
Marsibil:
 SörlaSt 434 ch. 15;
SturlSt 627 ch. 13;
EgÁsm I 3;
Vörn:
 Úlfh ch. 3;
in the Brávalla battle:
 Stark 83-87 ch. 25/
 Sögubr/
 Saxo lib. VIII c. II 4-5;
Alvilda:
 Saxo lib. VII c. VI 4-7;
Gyritha:
 Saxo lib. VII c. X 1;
Asmundus's sister:
 Saxo lib. VII c. X 14;
Sticla and Rusila:
 Saxo lib. VII c. X 8;
Saxo lib. IV c. X I;
Herrm 316, 489;
Reuschel 89.

F565.2.

Remarkably strong women.

cf. T58;
T311.
Sturl I 112;
Sörla 275 (FAS I 391 ch. 1-2).

F610.3.2.

Black berserk.

cf. F527.5.
ÞorstVík 391 ch. 3;
HálfdBr 561 ch. 1;
HjÖlv 457-58, 466-67 ch. 3-4, 7;
SturlSt 612 ch. 12;
Vilm ch. 15;
cf. ÁsmVík 20 ch. 11;
ÚlfU ch. 3;
ÞórðarH 95 ch. 3.

F610.3.4.2.1.

Berserk killed in combat about maiden.

cf. F531.5.7.1;
G550;
H217.2;
H335.4.4;
R111.1.9.
GíslaS I 6-10;
Eg LXIV 12-48;
Dropl ch. 15;
VígaGlúm ch. 4;
GullÞ ch. 6;
Grett XL 2-7;
Ldb ch. 371;
Svarfd ch. 7;
Flóam ch. 15-16;
RagnarS 466 ch. 5 (FAS I 358);
Herv 5-14, 94-101 (FAS I 417-29, 515-17);
ÖOdd 94 ff. (ch. XXVIII-XXXI, FAS II 210 ff.);
GrímL 153-55 ch. 3;
ÞorstVík 393 ch. 4;
HrólfG 56-58 ch. 34 (FAS III 160-63);
(y.) Bósa 83-93 ch. 6, introd. lxiv-vii;
SörlaSt 420-25 ch. 7-9;
SturlSt 599-605 ch. 7-8;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 12-13;
ÞórðarH 95-96 ch. 3-4;
JarlmH 10-19 ch. 6-9;
ÁsmVík 20 ff. ch. 11, 13-14;
SigrgV ch. 6-11;
Vilm ch. 15;
Villif 26-27 ch. 13;
Stark 79 ch. 23;
ÚlfU ch. 2;
Ector ch. 6;
Blómst 28 ch. 18;
Fastus 9-15 ch. 4-5;
Andr 3 ff.;
Saxo lib. I c. IV 2 (and lib. VI c. VII);
cf. Dünninger 1932 31 ff. ad GHrólf;
Dehmer 86-91;
Schlauch 104-06;
Reuschel 89, 100.

F611.3.3.

Strong hero tests weapon.

cf. F610.8.
Svarfd ch. 2;
ÖOdd 148-51 (ch. XXXVIII, FAS II 264, 543);
SturlSt 606 ch. 9;
ÁsmFl 172;
ÁsmK 81-82 ch. 1 (FAS II 464-65);
Saxo lib. IV c. IV 6/
cf. Herrm 305.

F614.7.2.

Strong man uses rafter (»rótakylfa«, »kylfa«) as weapon.

OrmSt 531-32/
cf. Binns 1953 51;
Flóam ch. 16;
Þiðr I 36, 310, II 272;
ÖOdd 32-33, 98, 112, 184-85, 188-89 (ch. VIII 3, XXIX 6, XLIV 7-9, FAS II 177 ff., 213 ff., 292, 296, 514, 556);
SturlSt 608, 612 ch. 10, 12;
cf. GHrólf 252, 260-61 ch. 6, 8;
HjÖlv 494, 499 ch. 14, 15.

F771.3.5.

Underground house.

cf. N512;
R319.
Laxd ch. 49;
Reykd ch. 4, 28;
GíslaS ch. 23, 25, 29, 33;
Grœnlþ ch. 6;
Dropl 12-14;
Ldb ch. 276;
Fær ch. 37;
Flóam ch. 16;
HrólfKr 5 ch. 1 (FAS I 4);
Völs ch. 6 (FAS I 127);
ÖOdd 72 (ch. XXII 1 ff.);
ÞorstVík 416-19 ch. 13-14;
GHrólf 348-49 ch. 34;
SturlSt 642 ch. 25;
Þiðr I 227;
Vígl 73 ch. 16;
SigrgFr 89 ch. 13;
Mágus 13 ch. 8-10, 159 ch. 67;
GunnarK 235;
VestfjGr 168;
Saxo lib. VII c. IX 3 (Drot).

F833.6.

Sword with poisoned edge.

Skálda in Hb 453;
ÖOdd 102 st. 17 (ch. XXX 5, FAS II 217);
HálfdE XVI 12 (FAS III 543);
SturlSt 608-09, 614-15 ch. 10, 13;
ÞórðarH 95-96 ch. 3-4;
Amb 146 ch. 28 (27);
Bæring 111 ch. 24;
Sigþ 139 ch. 16.

F961.3.2.

Many moons at the same time.

cf. D1812.5.1.5.2.
Bisk I 663;
Sturl I 304;
two moons an evil omen:
 ÞorstS 224.

F962.4.

Shower of blood.

Eyrb LI 4-5 (as omen, cf. D1812.5.1.1.2-3);
Sturl I 220;
Hemings þáttr ch. 17 in Hb 335;
Njála ch. 72, 156;
cf. Saxo lib. VI c. IV 1 =
Herrm 402.

F991.2.1.

Dry bone smells as sign of forgiveness.

Sturl I 254.

G219.8.1.

Witch with fifteen tails.

Grýla:
 Sturl I 344 =
 Skj II 60;
cf. Olrik-E I 942.

G271.2.2.

Witch exorcised by holy water.

Sturl I 230 =
Bisk I 464;
cf. of trolls:
 ÓláfTr ch. 213 in FMS II 189, by Odd ch. 60 (48).

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.

H41.5.

Unknown prince shows his kingly qualities in dealing with his playmates.

Ldb ch. 164/
cf. Skj I 5;
ÓláfTr ch. 46 in FMS I 78;
OddÓláfTr ch. 8;
ÓláfH ch. 76 in Hkr II 132, ch. 74 in FMS IV 153;
Sturl I 2;
HálfH ch. XVII (FAS II 59-60).

H82.3.

Tokens between lovers.

HrólfKr 51-59 ch. 20;
SturlSt 604 ch. 9;
Þiðr II 149-50;
SigrgFr 102 ch. 15;
VilhSj 42-50 ch. 20-22.

H94.

Identification by ring.

cf. H61.3;
H82;
H253.
Laxd ch. 20-21, 26;
Hávarð ch. 14;
ÓláfH ch. 69 in Hkr II 106;
ÓláfTr ch. 62, 193, 270 in FMS I 113, II 129, III 35, by Odd ch. 33 (25), 78 (65);
ÞorstUxaf 256 (FMS III 120, FjÍsl 452);
Fær ch. 40;
HrólfKr ch. 20-22 (FAS I 52-59);
RagnarL ch. 10 (9) (FAS I 262-64, Skj II 254-55);
RagnarS 460 ch. 2 (FAS I 348-49);
ÞorstVík 423 ch. 15;
Nornag 67 ch. 7 (Flb I 354, FAS I 331);
Gautr 54 n. ch. 1 (FAS III 9 n.), cf. introd. xxii;
ÁnB 359 ch. 7;
SturlSt 604 ch. 9;
HrafnþH 112 (FjÍsl 136);
SigrgFr 102 ch. 15;
VilhSj 42-50 ch. 20-22;
AtlaÓ 4 ch. 4;
HringH 17, 25 ch. 7, 11;
Villif 24-25, 29-30 ch. 12, 14;
ÁsmS fol. 9;
Fertram ch. 11;
Vald 71-72 ch. 2;
SkáldH 16-17 ch. 5.

H217.2.

Decision by single combat or holmgang of who is to marry girl.

cf. F610.3.4.2.1 ;
H1561.2.1;
R111.1.9;
T151.1.
Sól 14 in BuggeE 359;
GunnlO 92 ch. 11 (22 in SUGNL, XIV 21-XVI ed. Mogk);
GíslaS II 13-25;
Reykd ch. 13;
ÓláfTr ch. 32 in Hkr, ch. 80 in FMS I 150, by Odd ch. 17 (11);
ÖOdd 100 (XXIX 14; FAS II 215);
FundNo in Flb I 220 (FAS II 20);
KetilH 125, 132, 136 ch. 4, 5;
ÞorstVík 388, 430 ch. 3-4, 16;
GHrólf 246-47 ch. 3 ff.;
HjÖlv 463-69 ch. 6-7;
SturlSt 598-610 ch. 6-10;
SigFót 1003-04;
Vígl 55 ch. 5;
Kjaln ch. 9;
Hell 52-53 ch. 30;
HálfdB 3 ch. 2;
HéðinH ch. 5;
RémK 38-41 ch. 9;
Vilm ch. 21;
Vígk ch. 1, 8;
Stark 4 ch. 1;
Part 21 ff.;
Gibbon ch. 7, 9;
Saxo lib. I c. III 3.

H217.3.

Holmgang to decide owner of gold, etc.

cf. H1561.2.1.
Flóam ch. 17;
GunnlO ch. 7 (IX 11-14);
SturlSt 599-604, 608 ch. 7-8, 10.

H221.2.

Ordeal by hot iron.

Sturl I 56, 175, 289;
Bisk I 664;
Poppo:
 Fsk 75 ch. 15/
 ÓláfTr ch. 27 in Hkr I 302, ch. 70 in FMS I 129, by Odd ch. 15;
ÓláfH ch. 135 in Hkr II 306;
MagnúsS ch. 19, 26 Hkr III 289;
IngaK ch. 15 in Hkr III 370;
Eindriða þáttr ok Erlings in FMS V 308;
ÞórNef in FMS V 319;
Sögubr ch. 4 in FMS XI 420;
Sverr ch. 53 in Flb II 587;
Fær ch. 43;
ÁsmVík 17 ch. 9;
Gering I 49;
Saxo lib. X c. XI 4.

H311.

Inspection test for suitors.

cf. T55.
SturlSt 640-41 ch. 24;
GHrólf 291-92 ch. 20;
ÓláfTr ch. 80 in FMS I 149;
cf. Saxo lib. VII c. XI 8 =
Herrm 528.

H924.

Tasks assigned prisoner so that he may escape punishment.

cf. H942.
Bósa 20-21, 104 ch. 6, 10 (FAS III 207-08);
EgÁsm XII 12-XIII 11 (FAS III 391-93);
SturlSt 616 ch. 14 ff.

H1151.7.

Task: stealing the two horns of a savage bull.

cf. H1154;
H1161.
one horn:
 HjÖlv 494 ch. 14/
 cf. SturlSt 616 ch. 14.

H1229.1.

Quest undertaken by hero to fulfill promises.

cf. M155.
SturlSt 633-45 ch. 21-26;
EiríkV 29-35 ch. 1-4 (FAS III 661-74);
Vald 55 ch. 1.

H1232.2.

Directions on quest given by queen.

SturlSt 624 ch. 17.

H1233.4.5.

Magician foster-mother of wife as helper on quest.

SturlSt 617-18 ch. 15.

H1235.

Succession of helpers on quest.

HjÖlv 509-11 ch. 21;
SturlSt 617-18 ch. 15.

H1386.1.

Quest for lost horn.

cf. H1229.
SturlSt 616-31 ch. 14-19.

H1558.

Tests of friendship.

cf. P310.
Sigurðr and Óttarr birtingr:
 SigJórs ch. 42 in FMS VII 156-59 =
 Jöfraskinna in Hkr III 510-11;
ÖOdd 148-51, 150-57, 170-71 (ch. XXXVIII 12, XXXIX, FAS II 265-70, 281, 543-46, 552);
SturlSt 643-45 ch. 26;
friends want to share good and evil:
 Bósa 12-15, 97-99 ch. 4-5, 8 (FAS III 199-202).

H1561.2.1.

Holmgang. Single combat on an island.

cf. F610.3.4.2;
H218.
Eyrb ch. 8;
BjörnHít ch. 4;
Ljósv ch. 16-17;
Korm ch. 10 =
Skj I 75-83;
Ldb ch. 51, 54, 136;
Svarfd ch. 9;
ÓláfTr ch. 264 in FMS III 20 ff., by Odd ch. 17 (11);
Herv 2, 5-14, 90, 94-101 (FAS I 412, 417-29);
ÁsmK 95-98, 99 st. 7 (FAS II 479-84, 487);
ÖOdd 100 (ch. XXIX 14; FAS II 215);
KetilH 125 ff. ch. 4, 5;
ÞorstVík 388 ff., 444 ch. 3-4, 21;
SturlSt 598-610, 612-14 ch. 6-10, 12-13;
Vígl 55 ch. 5;
Þiðr II 378;
HéðinH 6-7 ch. 3;
RémK 38-41 ch. 9;
Bæring 118-19 ch. 31;
Andr 34-39;
Saxo lib. I c. III 1, c. VIII 22, lib. III c. V 2-6, lib. IV c. IV 8-11;
cf. Heinzel 44;
Jones 1932 203-24;
Reuschel 78, 80;
Schlauch 40.

J157.

Wisdom (knowledge) from dream.

cf. D1810.8;
D1812.3.3;
D1812.5.1.2;
D1813.1.6;
E366;
F564.3.3;
F1068;
N531.
AriÍ in ASB I ch. IV 2-3;
Njála XXIII 9-10, LXII 5-6;
Laxd ch. 48-49, 76;
GíslaS ch. 22, 24, 30, 33;
Hallfr ch. 9-11 (94, 115, 121, 129);
HrafnkelF ch. 1 =
Ldb ch. 329;
Fóstbr ch. 4, 23, 24;
Grœnlþ 277 ch. 2;
Flóam ch. 15, 20, 21;
Ldb 36 n. (> ÓláfTr ch. 128 in FMS I 254), 50 n., 119 n.;
ÓláfH ch. 112, 188 in Hkr II, ch. 107 in FMS IV 243-44, ch. 178 in FMS V 38;
Sighvats þáttr skálds and ÞórNef in FMS V 210, 319;
OddÓláfTr ch. 13 (9), 27(18);
ÓláfTr ch. 131 in FMS I 262 (= ÞorvV in FjÍsl 485; Kristni ch. 11 2-3), ch. 200, 219 in FMS II 147 (= Flb I 380), 212, ch. 279, 283 in FMS V 48, 57;
HaraldH ch. 28, 57 and MagnúsS ch. 31 in Hkr III 115, 152, 310;
MagnúsG ch. 51 in FMS VI 118(= HrafnþH in FjÍsl 249);
HaraldH ch. 6 in FMS VI 143, ch. 69 in Flb III 431 (= Þorsteins þáttr forvitna in FjÍsl 416-18);
Sverr ch. 6 in Flb II 542;
Knytl ch. 68, 117;
Orkn ch. 57;
Fær ch. 53;
Sturl I 227, 273;
Bisk I 114, 121, 258, 268, 302, 438, 444, 612, 624, 793, II 18-19, 88, 131;
Sögubr ch. 2, 3 (FAS I 367, 371-73);
EiríkV 34 ch. 4 (FAS III 670);
Þiðr II 283;
Dám 90 ch. 13;
Árm 59;
Gering I 18, 21, 22, 29, 36;
cf. LiestølUpph 147-48, 222-24;
Klare 1939 8.

J445.2.

Foolish marriage of old man and young girl.

cf. K2213.12.
Skjöld 132 ch. 27: Sigvardus Ring;
HrólfKr 47-48 ch. 17 (FAS I 47-48): Hringr in Norway;
Völs ch. 11, 42 (40): Sigmundr and Jörmunrekr;
Gautr 72 ch. 6 (only in L);
HrólfG 3-5 ch. 2 (FAS III 58-61);
GHrólf 314 ch. 27;
SturlSt 596 ch. 5;
Friðþj ch. 8 ff. (FAS II 84 ff., 496 ff.);
Vígl 84-90 ch. 20;
Kóngab 32;
Úlf 142-50;
Bevers 209-12 ch. 1-4;
cf. HrólfKr 97 ch. 32 (FAS I 99);
Gould 1922#.

J765.

To mark the way one is going in an unfamiliar country.

SturlSt 623 ch. 17.

K97.2.

Combat won by means of substituted weapon.

GunnlO 73 ch. 7 (IX 11-14 in Mogk's ed);
Flóam ch. 15;
Dropl ch. 15;
Svarfd ch. 8-9;
SturlSt 609 ch. 10;
Þiðr II 32-34, cf. I 154, 168-69;
ÞorstVík 392-93 ch. 3-4;
cf. Eg ch. 64;
Herrm 315;
LiestølNT 135.

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.

K818.2.

Giantess killed with the spear she herself has given hero.

cf. G519.2.
SturlSt 622 ch. 16.

K1315.11.

Seduction by posing as leper.

fails:
 SturlSt 642 ch. 25.

K1817.4.

Disguise as merchant.

cf. K1315.12;
K2357.10.
Njála ch. 22/
cf. Dehmer 109-10;
SturlSt 641 ch. 25.

K1844.3.

Groom deceives bride with substituted bedmate and hides self in order to learn the secret she has promised to tell.

cf. N455.7;
N475.
SturlSt 636-37 ch. 22.

K1921.3.

Queen changes her own ugly twins for slave's pretty son. Later recognizes the better character of the twins, and changes back again.

Ldb ch. 162/
cf. Skj I 5;
Sturl I 2;
HálfH ch. 17 (FAS II 59-60)/
cf. introd 36-67.

L114.1.

Lazy hero.

SturlSt 594-95 ch. 3;
ÁnB 110 ch. 1;
Gautr 26-27, 60-61 ch. 6, 3 (FAS III 30);
GHrólf 256 ch. 6;
Amb 12, 72-74 ch. 2, 13;
Kóngab 2-6.

M112.

Oath taken on ring.

Háv 110;
Akv 30;
Eyrb IV 7, XVI 8;
Dropl ch. 6;
VígaGlúm ch. 25;
Úlfljótslög in Hb ch. 268;
in Sturlubók ch. 68 in Ldb 139 n. and 55 n.,
Kjaln ch. 2;
ÞorstUxaf 249 (FMS III 105-06, FjÍsl 439);
ÞórðarH 94 ch. 1;
Vries 116;
cf. Magoun 1949 277-93;
Holtsmark 1941 1 ff.

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.

M155.

Vow to perform act of prowess.

cf. H1229.1;
M119.3.
Sturl II 43;
Harð 32;
Svarfd ch. 19;
Ys ch. 36;
Saxo lib. II c. Vll 7, lib. VIII c. XIV 1-2.

M161.5.

Rather die than go in the enemy's service.

cf. R74.
Sverr in Flb II 571;
ÞorstVík 431 ch. 17;
SturlSt 601, 608-09 ch. 7, 10.

M361.

Fated hero. Only certain hero will succeed in exploit.

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.

N658.

Husband arrives home just in time to save wife and her father from being burned to death in their home.

SturlSt 615-16 ch. 14.

P27.

Grief at queen's death.

cf. T211.
SturlSt 596 ch. 5;
Þiðr II 71;
Andr 85.

P272.1.

Witch foster-mother.

cf. D2074.2.4.1;
H1233.4.5.
Heiðarvíga ch. 23;
Kjaln ch. 9;
Grett LXXVIII 1;
Bósa 6, 15-20, 100-04 ch. 2, 5, 9 (FAS III 195-96, 202-07);
GHrólf 285 ch. 17;
HálfdBr 570-85 ch. 6-13;
SturlSt 604-07 ch. 9;
Þorgr 23 ff. ch. 5;
Kóngab 46.

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.

P311.1.

Combatants become sworn brethren.

cf. P310.5.
Vatnsd VII 20-22;
Sörla 277-79 (FAS I 397, 399 ch. 4, 6);
HrólfG 20 ch. 10 (FAS III 93-94);
ÖOdd 62-65 (ch. XVIII 7, FAS II 193-94, 525);
HjÖlv 455 ch. 2;
HálfdE XXI 2;
ÞorstVík 400-02, 440, 444-45 ch. 7, 20, 21;
SörlaSt 450 ch. 25-26;
SturlSt 615 ch. 13;
EgÁsm IV 12, VI 9-10, cf. introd. xxiv-xxix (FAS III 370, 375-76);
Þiðr I 43, 173, 192 (ff.), II 35;
Sigþ ch. 28, 39;
SigFót 1003-04;
Úlf 141, 180 ff.;
Villif 34 ch. 16;
Vilm 170 ch. 13;
HéðinH 6-7 ch. 3;
Þorgr 17 ch. 3;
Vald 72 ch. 2;
Kirial 6, 82, 99-100;
cf. RémK 5-9, 70-72 ch. 1-3, 16;
Mágus ch. 46;
Andr 38, 43;
Saxo lib. I c. VI 7, lib. VI c. II 10 =
Herrm 99 ff.

P322.2.

Guest in disguise or under false name (»Gestr«);

cf. K1831.
RagnarL 171 ch. 19 (20);
Nornag 47-52 ch. 1-2 in Flb I 347-49 (FAS I 313-18);
SturlSt 634-35, 641 ch. 22, 25;
BárðSn 23-25 ch. 11-12;
NikL 25 ch. 9 ff.;
ÞjJón ch. 2 ff.

P361.1.2.

Faithful servant wants to follow on dangerous quest, where he alone is killed.

SturlSt 627-29 ch. 18.

P555.2.1.1.

»Publication of slaying«. Heads of slain enemies displayed.

cf. H901.1;
Q421.1.
Grett ch. 83;
Fóstbr ch. 17-18;
HÞór ch. 15;
BjörnHít ch. 32;
Knytl ch. 119;
HaraldHárf ch. 22 in Hkr I 130 =
ÓláfTr ch. 95 in FMS I 194;
ÓláfTr ch. 49 in Hkr I 354-55;
HaraldH ch. 49 in Hkr III 145;
Sturl I 305, II 55;
Ys ch, 4;
Harð ch. 38;
Vígl 64 ch. 12;
ÖOdd 176 (FAS II 285);
SigrgFr 97-98 ch. 15;
Vilm 180-81 ch. 18;
HringH 33 ch. 14;
Þiðr II 202-06;
Bevers 211 ch. 3;
Breta in Hb 235;
Saxo lib. XV c. III 13, lib. IX c. IV 27;
cf. Schlauch# 83.

Q413.1.

Hanging as punishment for theft (plundering).

Knytl ch. 40;
Sturl I 235;
Bisk I 224;
GHrólf 300, 301 ch. 23;
Bósa 13, 97 ch. 4, 8 (FAS III 200);
Þiðr I 111;
VilhSj 20 ch. 9;
Flov 147-48, 151, 159, 194 ch. 19, 21, 23, 14;
Bevers 226 ch. 14;
Gering I 236;
Saxo lib. V c. XII =
Herrm 471.

Q413.5.1.

Impudent suitor or his messenger hanged or threatened with hanging.

SturlSt 639 ch. 23;
Þiðr II 166-67, 168;
SigrgV 131 ch. 6;
FlóresS XXVII 7;
Amb 68 ch. 12;
Vígk 19 ch. 5.

Q414.

Punishment: burning alive.

cf. K812;
S112.
HrólfKr 83 ch. 28 (FAS I ch. 41);
SturlSt 638 ch. 22;
Úlf 140 (threat);
Íven XII 19;
Flov 159 ch. 23.

Q421.

Punishment: beheading.

cf. S139.2.
Bisk I 674, 776;
Sturl I 288, 315, II 44;
Jómsv ch. 52 (36);
IngaK ch. 13 in FMS VII 227;
Þiðr I 27;
Bæring 122 ch. 33;
GunnarK 240-41.

Q431.

Punishment: banishment (exile).

cf. P12.8.
Fóstbr ch. 23;
MagnúsS ch. 29 in Hkr III 307;
MagnúsBl ch. 16 in Hkr III 346;
Orkn ch. 92;
Sturl I 102, 289;
Bisk I 492, 502, 776;
HrólfG 52 ch. 31 (FAS III 151);
Þiðr II 173-79;
Villif 23 ch. 12;
cf. Dehmer 77 ff.:
 »útilegumannasögur«; * etc.

Q433.13.

War prisoners shut up between stones.

SturlSt 625 ch. 17.

R10.1.

Princess (maiden) abducted.

cf. K235.5.1;
K788;
K1371;
N425;
N771.2.
HHj 172;
Eg ch. 32;
HálfdS ch. 5 in Hkr I 91;
HaraldHárf ch. 32 in Hkr I 147;
Fær ch. 15;
Sörla 279-82 (FAS I 400-05 ch. 7-8);
RagnarS 467 ch. 5 (FAS I 359-60);
Herv 1-2 (and 90), 4 (and 93), 44, 47, 124 (FAS I 412-13, 415, 455);
Bósa 25-63, 107-37 ch. 8-16, 10-17 (FAS III 210-34);
HverN in Flb I 22 (FAS II 4);
FundNo in Flb I 220 (FAS II 20);
ÁsmK 83-84 ch. 3 (FAS II 468);
SturlSt 634-38 ch. 22;
ÞorstVík 384, 397 ch. 1, 6;
Stark 4-5, 6 ch. 1, 2;
Þiðr II 82-83;
BárðSn 1, 31 ch. 1, 15;
Íven XI 3;
FlóresS IV ff.;
SamsF ch. 4-5;
NikL 41-43 ch. 11;
Bevers 246-48 ch. 24-26;
ÁsmS 11-14;
Saxo lib. VIII c. XI 1-2;
Schlauch 104;
Krause# 157-59.

R121.6.

Rescue from prison by saint, who enters and breaks fetters.

cf. R165.
ÓláfH ch. 258 in FMS V 146;
MagnúsS ch. 31 in Hkr III 311;
cf. Sturl I 312;
Knytl ch. 68.

R216.1.

Escape from ship by jumping into the sea.

cf. N513.1.
Grett ch. 38, 65;
Sturl II 219;
GullÞ ch. 15;
Skj I 44, 138, 175;
ÓláfTr ch. 186, 256 in FMS II 117, III 9, ch. 111 in Hkr I 453, by Odd ch. 21 (15), 59 (47), 73-74 (61-62);
HallþSn in FMS III 158;
MagnúsBl ch. 14 in Hkr III 343, ch. 18 in FMS VII 202 =
IngaK ch. 11 in Hkr III 364;
Orkn ch. 40, 48;
Fær ch. 54, 57;
Harð ch. 38;
BárðSn 40 ch. 18;
ÖOdd 31, 108-09, 134 (ch. VII 10, XXXII 1-5; FAS II 224, 252, 513, 536);
ÁnB 355-56 ch. 7;
ÞorstVík 403, 450-51 ch. 8, 23;
GHrólf 261-62 ch. 8;
HjÖlv 463 ch. 5;
HrólfG 26, 29 ch. 16, 18 (FAS III 107, 111);
Bósa 59 ch. 14 (FAS III 231);
HálfdE XIII 7 (FAS III 537);
EgÁsm XVIII 10 (FAS III 406-07);
SörlaSt 431 ch. 12;
HjÖlv 463 ch. 5;
BárðSn 40 ch. 18;
ÚlfU ch. 4.

S131.

Murder by drowning.

Skáldsk ch. 5 (57);
Laxd XXXVII 36;
MagnúsErl ch. 20 in Hkr III 460, ch. 12 in FMS VII 303;
Sturl II 54;
GHrólf 257 ch. 6.

S139.1.

Murder by twisting out intestines.

cf. F531.1.8.5;
F959.4.
Njála CLVII 25;
GíslaS ch. 36 (XXXV 7)/
cf. Prinz 1935 119;
GullÞ ch.15;
OrmSt 527 (FMS III 217-18; FjÍsl 212-15);
Svarfd ch. 5;
Herv in FAS I 507-08;
Sögubr 23 ch. 9 (FAS I 386);
EgÁsm XIII 6;
ÞorstVík 452 ch. 23;
GHrólf 328 ch. 31;
SturlSt 643-44 ch. 26;
Bósa 59 ch. 14 (FAS III 231);
GHrólf 356 ch. 36;
HrólfG 45-46 ch. 28 (FAS 137- 38);
Amb 148-50 ch. 29 (28);
SkáldH 28 ch. 9;
Vígk 14 ch. 4;
Blómst 40 ch. 24;
Stark 11 ch. 3;
Saxo lib. XII ch. IV 2, cf. lib. VI c. VII 9.

S160.1.

Self-mutilation.

cf. QS22.1.
ÞorstB 184 ch. 5;
Sturl I 288.

S161.

Mutilation: cutting off hands (arms).

Eyrb XVIII 16, XX 1, XXIII 6, LXII 6;
Grett IV 9, XXIII 3, XXIV 4, LXV 5;
Njála LXIII 20, LXXII 9, CXLVI 16, CL 18, CLVII 22;
Reykd ch. 13, 23;
GullÞ ch. 15;
ÓláfH ch. 233 in Hkr II, ch. 73 in FMS IV 151;
IngaK ch. 7 in Hkr III, ch. 8 in FMS VII 217· Sturl I 203, 279, 288, II 35, 39, 181;
Bisk I 64;
ÞorstUxaf 255 (FMS III 118; FjÍsl 450);
HrómH 414 (FMS III 150; FjÍsl 162; ÍslF VIII 314 ch. 5);
RagnarS 467 ch. 5 (FAS I 359);
Sögubr 23 ch. 9 (FAS I 385);
HálfdE XX 2 (FAS III 549);
EgÁsm III 3, XI 3-8 (FAS III 368, 38-89);
ÞorstVík 456 ch. 25;
HjÖlv 481, 484 ch. 12;
Þiðr I 27, II 215, 283;
ÞórðarH 103 ch. 8;
FlóresS VIII 6, XIII 8;
Amb 156, 182 ch. 30 (29), 39 (38);
Vald 62 ch. 1;
Vígk 13 ch. 4;
FlóresB XXIII 5;
ÚlfU ch. 4;
GunnarK 245;
Andr 77, 81.

S161.1.

Mutilation: cutting off fingers.

Sturl I 29;
HálfdE XVIII 1 (FAS III 546);
EgÁsm XIII 7 (FAS III 393);
Gering I 44.

S162.

Mutilation: cutting off legs (feet).

cf. G512.6;
S161.2.
Njála V 15, XLV 14, LXXII 8, LXXXII 21, XCIX 4, CXXIX 14, CXLVI23, CLI 12-13;
Dropl ch. 15;
VígaGlúm ch. 4;
Eyrb XVIII 21, 27, XLV 12;
Eg XLV 6, LXIV 43;
Reykd ch. 13;
Heiðarvíga ch. 30;
GullÞ ch. 18-19;
GunnlO 102 ch. 12 (22 and XVI 9);
Laxd XLIX 16;
Ldb ch. 200, 209;
Bisk I 64, 674;
Grett II 7, XII 11, XLIII 7;
ÓláfH ch. 228 in Hkr II 493, ch. 73 in FMS IV 151;
MagnúsS ch. 31 in Hkr III 310;
Sturl I 203, 288, 315, 317, 358, 363, 398, 441, II 34, 129, 184, 201, 219;
Fær ch. 18, 54;
Flóam ch. 17;
HaraldG ch. 9 in FMS VII 185;
Gautr 21 ch. 4 (FAS III 24);
Bósa 60 ch. 15 (FAS III 231);
GrímL 154 ch. 3;
KetilH 126 ch. 4;
GHrólf 303-04, 328, 329, 343, 344 ch. 24, 31, 33;
BárðSn 35 ch. 16;
ÞorstUxaf 251 (FMS III 110-11, FjÍsl 443);
Harð ch. 39;
Þiðr II 28;
FlóresB XXIII 5;
ÞórðarH 96-97 ch. 3-4;
Sigþ 179 ch. 28;
VilhSj 35, 102, 107, 116 ch. 18, 44, 48, 53;
Hell 50 ch. 27, 28;
Vald 62 ch. 1;
HringH 8, 11, 42 ch. 3, 4, 17;
Úlf 172, 216;
Ector ch. 9;
GunnarK 238, 245;
Andr 77;
Saxo lib. VIII c. X 9, cf. lib. I c. VIII 4;cf. the sword-name Fótbítr:
 Laxd ch. XXIX ff./
 Dropl ch. 13/
 Vápnf ch. 2;
the sword-name Leggbítr:
 MagnúsB ch. 35 in FMS VII 69, ch. 24-25 in Hkr III 263;
 Liestøl Upph 154.

S164.

Mutilation: knocking out teeth.

Nornag 66 ch. 5 (FAS I 330-31; Flb I 354);
SturlSt 631 ch. 19;
HálfdE V 10-12, XVIII 2-3 (FAS III 525, 546-47);
Bósa 48, 58 ch. 13, 14 (FAS III 230);
Friðþj IX 7;
ÞorstB ch. 6, 9 in FMS III 186, 192;
Þiðr II 380;
FlóresS XVIII 4.

S165.

Mutilation: putting out eyes.

cf. Q451.7.
Skj I 340, 345, 442;
Hallfr 71;
ÓláfH ch. 75 in Hkr II 130, ch. 73 and 261 in FMS IV 151, V 151;
ÓláfTr ch. 172 in FMS II 62;
HaraldH ch. 14 in Hkr III 95;
MagnúsBl ch. 8 in Hkr III 327;
Sturl I 42, 485;
HaraldG ch. 9, 15 in FMS VII 185, 196;
Knytl ch. 100;
Orkn ch. 111;
HrólfKr 41 ch. 14 (FAS I 41);
RagnarS ch. 12 (11) (FAS I 271);
HálfH V 7-9 (FAS II 28-29);
HálfdE XVIII 4 (FAS III 547);
GHrólf 331 ch. 31;
HálfdBr 587 ch. 15;
EgÁsm XIII 4-7;
ÖOdd 42, 47, 129, 181 (ch. XI 7-9, XLIII 7);
Yngv 4;
Þiðr I 343, II 109;
cf. FlóresS XXIII 11;
HringH 15-16, 18-20 ch. 6, 9;
Amb# 154-56 ch. 30 (29).

S166.4.

Mutilation: cheeks cut off.

cf. S166.1;
S166.2.
Sturl I 483;
SörlaSt 418 ch. 5;
HálfdE XX 8 (FAS III 550);
EgÁsm XIII 5 (FAS III 392);
Andr 63.

S166.5.

Mutilation: chin (and lips) cut off.

cf. S166.2.
Sturl I 483;
GullÞ ch. 17;
HálfdE V 10-12 (FAS III 525);
Bósa 57 ch. 14 (FAS III 230);
Vilm 174 ch. 15.

S176.

Mutilation: sex organs cut off.

HHu I 40 =
Völs ch. 9;
HHj 20;
Sturl I 485;
HaraldG ch. 9 in FMS VII 185;
HálfdBr 587 ch. 15;
ÁnB 342 ch. 4.

T32.

Lovers' meeting: heroine heals hero's wounds.

ÞorstVík 438 ch. 19;
SturlSt 640-45 ch. 25-26;
JarlmH 5-9;
Kóngab 30-31;
RémK 144-45 ch. 25;
cf. Þiðr II 194-96, 326;
JarlmH 4-9 ch. 4, 5 (10).

T50.1.

Girl carefully guarded from suitors.

cf. R53.3;
T97.
RagnarL ch. 2 (1) (FAS I 237);
Friðþj III 7 (FAS II 68, 490 ch. 2);
HrólfG ch. 21 in FAS III 141, 142;
SörlaSt 408 ch. 1;
HjÖlv 489 ch. 14;
HálfdBr 559, 578 ch. 1, 9;
SturlSt 634 ch. 22;
Vígl 48 ch. 2;
Þiðr I 65, II 96;
JarlmH ch. 1;
Þorgr 6-9 ch. 1;
Vilm 144-45 ch. 3;
Vígk I ch. 1;
NikL 4 ch. 2;
cf. Panzer 1901 213 fg.

T51.

Wooing by emissary.

Skírn =
MC 111;
HHj 171;
Gylf ch. 19 (33);
Knytl ch. 88;
ÓláfH ch. 91-92 in Hkr II 176 ff.;
ÓláfTr ch. 193 in FMS II 128, by Odd ch. 33 (25);
HaraldHárf ch. 3 in Hkr I 101;
Ys ch. 48;
HrólfKr 47 ch. 17 (FAS I ch. 24);
RagnarL ch. 5 (4) (FAS I 245);
Sögubr 3-6 ch. 1 (FAS I 363-66);
HrólfG 38 ch. 24 (FAS III 127-28);
GHrólf 267-68 ch. 11;
SturlSt 634, 638-39 ch. 22, 23;
Þiðr I 49-56 (II 71-83), 57-62 (II 87-91), 62-70 (II 94-105), 282-85, II 38-40, 47-60, 111-12, 157, 275-79;
Harð ch. 5;
JarlmH 4-19 ch. 4-19;
ÁsmS 1-2;
SigrgV ch. 7, 22;
SaulusN 85-89 ch. 33;
NikL 7-17 ch. 4-7 (cf. K1372);
Mágus 1-2, 8-9;
Kirial 2-4, 77-80;
Saxo lib. III c. II 8, lib. IV c. I 12, lib. V c. I 6-10, III 23, lib. VI c. IV 13, lib. VIII c. IX 1 etc.;
cf. Reuschel 94-95.

T52.

Bride purchased.

cf. T136.4.
HálfH XVI st. 59 (FAS II 53-54);
Saxo lib. V c. VIII 1, 3 =
Herrm 354;
cf. HrólfG 74 ch. 44;
Vígl 55 ch. 5;
Völs ch. 12, 13, 29 (27), 31 (29), 40 (38);
SturlSt 640 ch. 24;
Fritzner II 746:
 »mundr«;
Neckel 1932 198 ff., 388 ff.;
Krause 197 ff.;
Weinhold 1882 I 320 ff.

T64.

King seeks bride only because counselors (men, friends) insist.

cf. H1381.3.1.
SturlSt 596 ch. 5;
HjÖlv 515 ch. 22;
HrólfG 3, 9 ch. 1, 5 (FAS III 57, 72-74);
SigFót 1000-01;
JarlmH 3-5 ch. 4;
ÁsmS ch. 1;
Mágus ch. 1;
ViktorBl 32 ff. ch. 12;
Saxo lib. V c. I 5;
Tristrams saga *.

T68.1.

Princess offered as prize to rescuer.

cf. F610.3.4.2.1;
H331;
R111.1.9.
SturlSt 604-05 ch. 8;
EgÁsm II 5 (FAS III 367);
Bósa 37 ch. 10 (FAS III 2l8);
Þiðr II 138-39;
Saxo lib. I c. IV I, lib. VII c. XI 7.

T75.

Man scorned by his beloved (or her father).

Almost all items to T311.2 *.
cf. H901;
K1210;
L431;
R18;
T92.9;
T141.
HrólfKr 17-20 ch. 6 (FAS I ch. 7) =
Skjöld ch. 11;
GHrólf 299 ch. 23;
SturlSt 595 ch. 3;
HjÖlv 489 ch. 14;
Þiðr I 49-56, II 71-83;
Sigþ 123-29, 238-39 ch. 10, 48;
ViktorBl 36-37 ch. 12;
cf. Háv 101 =
K525.6.

T104.1.

Rejected suitor wages war.

cf. H335.4.4.
Völs ch. 11-12;
SturlSt 637, 645-46 ch. 23, 27-28;
HrólfG 31-32, 38-40, 59-60 ch. 20-21, 24-25, 35 (FAS III 115-17, 127-30, 166-67);
HálfdE XV 2-5 (FAS 539-40);
Þiðr I 57-62, II 87-93;
Sigþ 180-210 ch. 29-36;
SigFót 1004-06;
FlóresS XI-XVIII;
ÁsmS 5-8;
Kirial 4-6, 80 ff;
cf. Upphaf Gregorii in FMS VII 357.

T136.3.

Amusements at wedding.

Sturl I 18, 22 ff.:
 »dansleikar, glímur ok sagnaskemtuna«;
SörlaSt 452 ch. 26:
 »með allskonar listiligri skemtan«;
playing, esp. an harp, music:
 Bósa 45-46, 127 ch. 12, 16 (FAS III 221-24);
song, music; storytelling:
 EgÁsm XV 20, XVII 10 (FAS III 400, 404);
BárðSn 33 ch. 15:
 »knútukast«, »glíma«;
playing, singing, and »allzkonar skemtan«:
 Þiðr I 285-86, II 36;
music:
 JarlmH 39-40 ch. 21-22;
tournament:
 VilhSj 123-24 ch. 58;
tournament, music:
 Sigþ 230 ch. 44/
 Kóngab 48-50;
NikL 44 ch. 12;
music, dancing:
 SaulusN 57 ch. 23;
SamsF ch. 9:
 »allrahanda skemtan; tafl ok burtreider, skot ok skylmingar«;
storytelling:
 ÞjJón 65-66 (47) ch. 22;
RémK 349, 351 ff. ch. 69, 72:
 »allra handa listir ok leikar«, tournaments and »söngfæri fyrir þeim leikin«.

T136.3.1.

Dancing at wedding.

Sturl;
SaulusN 57 ch. 23/
cf. Liestøl 1945a, 70 ff.

T136.4.2.

Parting gifts after wedding.

Bósa 61, 76, 131 ch. 16, 3, 16 (FAS III 232);
HrólfG 25 ch. 15 (FAS III 61 ch. 2, 105 ch. 14);
HálfdE XXI 6 (FAS III 552);
HjÖlv 517 ch. 22;
GHrólf 360 ch. 37;
HálfdBr 586, 590 ch. 14, 17;
Þiðr II 105, 278, 286;
SturlSt 604 ch. 8;
JarlmH 43 ch. 24;
SigrgFr 107 ch. 16;
Sigþ 233, 258 ch. 46, 54;
HringH 31 ch. 13;
Amb 160 ch. 32 (31);
HéðinH 9 ch. 4;
Vald 77 ch. 3;
Álafl XVIII 4, 8;
VilhSj 124 ch. 58;
Þorgr 33 ch. 5;
HringT 1;
Úlf 181;
SaulusN 89 ch. 34;
ÞjJón 52-53 (36);
KáraK 75, 84 ch. 35, 41;
Ector ch. 10, 25;
Blómst 49 ch. 27;
RémK 359, 370 ch. 70, 72;
Part 45; SamsF ch. 14, 15.

T137.2.

Bride and bridegroom conducted to the bridal bed.

Herv in FAS I 444;
Bósa 43-47, 127-28 ch. 11-12, 16 (FAS III 220-24);
EgÁsm XII 10, XV 20 (FAS III 391, 400);
SturlSt 604 ch. 8;
Álafl VIII 2;
SaulusN 57 ch. 23;
RémK 18 ch. 5.

T351.

Sword of chastity.

SgFIII 4, 68;
Völs ch. 33;
GHrólf 303 ch. 24;
SturlSt 605 ch. 9 (stick);
Saxo lib. IX c. XI 3.

T453.

Getting advice from a woman in bed.

cf. T281.
Atlam 10;
Flóam ch. 19;
Hallfr 101;
ÖOdd 190 (ch. XLVI);
(y.) Bósa 23-25, 39-43, 50-53, 106-09 ch. 7, 11,13, 10 (FAS III 209-10, 219-21, 225-26);
SturlSt 604, 611, 636-38 ch. 9, 11, 22;
HjÖlv 469 ch. 8;
HringH 16-17 ch. 7;
cf. Gautr 6 ch. 1.

V1.7.1.

Sacred tree.

roan-tree:
 Sturl I 5/
 cf. A2711.5;
Vries 41.

V1.8.1.1.

Ox (bull) worship.

cf. V12.4.4.
HjÖlv 498-501 ch. 15;
SturlSt 637 ch. 22;
ÞorstUxaf 261 (FMS III 132-33, FjÍsl 463-64).

V112.

Temples.

ÞorstUxaf 249 (FMS III 105-06, FjÍsl 439);
Herv 88, 143 (FAS I 493, Skj II B 271);
Friðþj 2-3 ch. I 2 ff., IX-X (FAS II 63ff.);
SturlSt 624 ch. 17-18;
Bósa 25, 107 ch. 8, 10 (FAS III 213-15);
AtlaÓ 15-16 ch. 12;
Vries 105.

V221.

Miraculous healing by saint.

cf. D1500.1.9.2;
D2161;
E121.4;
F952.
Sturl I 229;
ÓláfH ch. 189, 240, 245 in Hkr II 437, 514, 521, ch. 179, 261 in FMS V 39, 153, suppl. in FMX V 214;
HaraldH ch. 57 in Hkr III 152;
MagnúsB ch. 22 in Hkr III 260;
MagnúsS ch. 30 in Hkr III 309;
IngaK ch. 24-25 in Hkr III 382-85;
Knytl ch. 77 (FMS XI 308);
Þórhalls þáttr knapps in Flb I 439-41 (FMS II 229-32);
EgilSíðuH in Flb II 145 (FMS V 325-26, FjÍsl 20-21);
Bisk I 97, 115-24, 178-202, 208-09, 251-56, 259-60, 304 ff., 357, 438, 451, 456-61, 606-07, 611, 613-18, 644, II 20, 22-29, 79, 95, 157, 168-75, 172-73;
BárðSn 38 ch. 18;
worm taken out of woman:
 Hemings þáttr ch. 16 in Hb 334-36;
Gering I 59.

V222.1.

Marvelous light accompanying saint.

cf. F1061.
Sturl I 228, 229;
ÓláfH ch. 18 in FMS IV 32;
OddÓláfTr ch. 51 (38);
Sunnifa's head:
 ÓláfTr ch. 107 in FMS I 228, by Odd ch. 30 (21);
Bisk I 460, II 15, 29;
BárðSn 43 ch. 20;
cf. miraculous light on saint's corpse:
 Skj I 432 =
 ÓláfH ch. 222 in FMS V 98.

V222.6.1.

Church bells ring without aid of human hands at death of holy person.

Sturl II 41, 491;
at bishop's funeral:
 Bisk II 158.

V476.

Warrior retires into monastery in his old days.

cf. P16.1;
Q52O.6.
Sturl II 65;
ÓláfTr ch. 78 (65) =
ÓláfTr ch. 283 in FMS III 56-62;
HaraldG ch. 15 in FMS VII 196;
Knytl ch. 100, 106;
Orkn ch. 75;
ÞorvV in Flb I 273 (FMS I 275, FjÍsl 499, 502);
Hernings þáttr ch. 23 in Hb 348-49;
Þiðr II 387-89;
JarlmH 43 ch. 24;
NikL 38 ch. 10;
Gibbon 114;
Mágus 170 ch. 75, cf. 174 ch. 78;
Vries 1955 17 ff.

W33.

Heroism.

hero dies laughing:
 Akv 24/
 Atlam 65 >
 Völs ch. 39 (37)/
 HálfH XIII 2 st. 37 (FAS II 46)/
 Saxo lib. II c. VI 10;
smiles at lost foot:
 Sturl I 441/
 cf. Ranke 1951 286;
ÓláfH ch. 218 in FMS V 93, ch. 234 in Hkr II 504;
tears himself arrow or spear out of the heart
 HrómH 414 (FMS III 150; FjÍsl 171).

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.