Black god (goddess).
Show referencesThe bird Gam.
Show referencesMagic shirt (cloak, armor) gives invulnerability.
Show referencesFinns (or Fins or »Bjarmar«) as magicians.
Show referencesMagic invulnerability.
Show referencesSword magically dulled.
Show referencesSouls of human beings seen in dream: as »fylgja« or »hamingja«.
Show referencesThe soul as a guardian spirit, »fylgja«, »hamingja«, »(spá)dís«.
Show referencesBlue man, Old Norse »blámaðr«.
Show referencesGiant slain by man.
Show referencesAmazons. Woman warriors. Icelandic: »skjaldmær«.
Show referencesBerserk killed in combat about maiden.
Show referencesUnderground house.
Show referencesHero kills witch.
Show referencesIdentification by ring.
Show referencesDecision by single combat or holmgang of who is to marry girl.
Show referencesMagician foster-mother of wife as helper on quest.
Show referencesHolmgang. Single combat on an island.
Show referencesFoolish marriage of old man and young girl.
Show referencesVictim burned in his own house.
Show referencesGiantess killed with the spear she herself has given hero.
Show referencesGroom deceives bride with substituted bedmate and hides self in order to learn the secret she has promised to tell.
Show referencesVows taken as an old Norse custom at festivals, especially at Yule time.
Show referencesHusband arrives home just in time to save wife and her father from being burned to death in their home.
Show referencesSworn brethren.
Show referencesCombatants become sworn brethren.
Show referencesFaithful servant wants to follow on dangerous quest, where he alone is killed.
Show referencesPrincess (maiden) abducted.
Show referencesMurder by twisting out intestines.
Show referencesGirl carefully guarded from suitors.
Show referencesWooing by emissary.
Show referencesRejected suitor wages war.
Show referencesParting gifts after wedding.
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