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Bibliography for: ViktorBl

Victors saga ok Blávus in Late Medieval Icelandic Romances I, p. 1-49.

Works with this reference:

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.

B268.2.1.

War-dogs.

cf. B17.1.2.
HrólfKr 86 ch. 28 (FAS I 87-88);
HálfdE XVI 10 - XX 6;
(y.) Bósa 129-30 ch. 16;
BárðSn ch. 13;
Þiðr I 268-69;
ViktorBl/
cf. Jiriczek's intr. to Bósa lxvi;
Saxo lib. VI c. II 1-10.

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.

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.

D812.12.

Magic object received from dwarf.

cf. D817.1.1;
D853.
ÞorstVík 396-98 ch. 5-6;
(y.) Bósa 110 ch. 11;
Sigþ ch. 31;
ViktorBl/
cf. Bósa introd. lxvi/
ZDPh XXVI 12;
Amb ch. 23, 28-30 (27-29);
ÞjJón ch. 6;
KáraK 63-64 ch. 31.

D838.5.

Magic object taken from barrow.

cf. E373.2;
E461.2;
N511.1.1.
sword:
 Grett ch. 18;
 ÞorstUxaf 253-55 (FMS III 114-19);
the sword Skefilsnautr:
 Reykd ch. 19;
Hrólfs sword Sköfnungr and Hjalti's axe (cf. note in HrólfKr in FAS I 109):
 ÞórðarH ch. 3 and Ldb ch. 221;
drinking horn (cf. F352):
 ÞorstB 189, 196-98 ch. 8, 12-13;
ring, knife, bell:
 ÓláfH ch. 16 in FMS IV 27 =
 Óláfs þáttr Geirstaðaálfs ch. 3-4 in FMS X 215;
the sword Tyrfingr:
 Herv 14 ff.;
ring, ornament, Mistilteinn:
 HrómGr 368-71 ch. 4;
Angrvaðill:
 ÞorstVík 409 ch. 10;
Sótanautr:
 Harð ch. 15;
weapons:
 ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 14.

D1266.1.

Magic writings (runes).

cf. D45;
D1355.19;
D1365.10;
D1367.5;
D1379.2-3;
D1380.20;
D1414.2;
D1500.1.34;
D1500.3;
D1501.4;
D1545.0.1;
D1561.1.8;
D1566.2.4;
D1611.16;
F451.3.12.4;
F883.
Háv 139 ff.;
Rþ 37, 44-46;
Sigrdr 9-19 =
Völs ch. 21 (20) st. 12-19;
Guðr II 2 =
Völs ch. 35 (33);
Vatnsd XXXIV 11;
Eg XLIV 8-9, LVII 57;
Orkn ch. 58;
Krákumál st. 1 (7) in Skj I 649 (FAS I 300);
ÞorstUxaf 251 (FMS III 109; FjÍsl 442);
OrmSt 530: málajárn;
Herv 2: málasax;
HrólfKr ch. 20 (FAS I 52);
Vigl 79 ch. 17;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 24;
HeðinH ch. 4;
Ector ch. 6; MC 295-98.

D1364.7.

Sleeping potions drink causes magic sleep.

ÞorstVík 394 ch. 5;
ViktorBl 36 ch. 12;
SigrgFr 58 ch. 5;
SaulusN 52 ch. 21;
NikL 61 ch. 16;
HaraldHr rímur in PSASS II 267;
Dínus in Schlauch 93.

D1402.7.1.1.

Magic sword slays a man daily.

HrómGr 366 ch. 1;
EgÁsm X 14;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 12-13/
Jiriczek's introd. to Bósa lxvi.

D1472.1.8.

Magic table-cloth supplies food and drink.

ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 24;
Vald ch. 1.

D1520.19.

Magic transportation by carpet (cloth).

EgÁsm XV 2, 16-20 (FAS III 397, 399);
SigrgFr ch. 7/
ZDPh XXVI 24;
ViktorBl 38-39 ch. 12;
Gibbon 4 ch. 1;
cf. Lagerholm 68.

D1652.5.

Inexhaustible vessel.

Grm 25;
EgÁsm XII 12 (FAS III 391) 59 n.;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 24.

D1653.1.1.

Infallible sword, i.e. is always victorious and bites even iron and stone, etc.

cf. F833.3.
Grásíða:
 GíslaS ch. I 12;
Tyrfingr:
 Herv 1-6, 41, 92-93 (FAS I 414-11 (n.))/
 ÖOdd 100 (ch. XXIX 13; FAS II 215);
ÁsmK 82, 95-98 ch. 1, 8-9 (FAS II 465, 480 ff.);
Angrvaðill:
 ÞorstVík 409 ch. 10;
GHrólf 239 ch. 1;
Snarvendill:
 HjÖlv 473 ch. 10;
HálfdE XVI 12 (FAS III 543);
Þiðr II 32;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 12-13;
Sigþ 116 ch. 7 (ZDPh XXVI 11), 15;
HringH ch. 3;
ÞjJón ch. 9, 21.

D1694.

Sword that cannot be magically dulled.

cf. D2086.1.
GíslaS II 2 in ÍslF 9, ed. 1929 76;
GHrólf 354 ch. 36;
ViktorBl/
cf. introd. to Bósa lxvi;
Sigþ 139 ch. 16;
Villif ch. 12.

F451.2.

Appearance of dwarf.

(y.) Bósa 109 ch. 11:
 »lágvaxinn«;
small, thick, and black:
 GHrólf 307, 309, 315-16 ch. 25, 28;
ÞorstB 179 ch. 2:
 »sýndist Þorsteini kjaptrinn snúinn út at eyranu, en öðrumegin nefit niðr at kjaptinum«;
small body and low legs:
 Þiðr I 35;
Sigþ ch. 7 (= ZDPh XXVI 10-11):
 »mannsmynd; þat var útlimastórt ok hendr fótsíðar, en fótleggirnir stuttir, svá at eigi váru þverrar handar«;
ViktorBl 18 ch. 6:
 »hann var fótlágr ok skammhryggjaðr, miðdigr ok mjög baraxlaðr, handsíðr ok höfuðmikill«;
ÞjJón 16-18, 31-33 (10-11, 20-21) ch. 6, 14:
 »lág, ok skammt upp klofin, stuttleit ok nasabrött«.

F451.3.3.0.1.

Dwarf can take what shape he wants.

cf. Andvari:
 Skáldsk ch. 47 (39)/
 Völs ch. 14;
Dímus:
 ViktorBl (quoted ZDPh XXVI 12-13);
 Möndull in GHrólf 307 ch. 25 ff.

F451.3.4.2.

Dwarfs as smiths.

cf. D1181;
F451.3.2.1.1;
F451.5.1.3;
M414.5.
Hyndl 7;
Gylf ch. 44 (35);
Skáldsk ch. 44 (35), 62 (50);
GíslaS II ch. 2 in ÍslF 9, ed. 1929 76;
Regin in BuggeE 215 =
Völs ch. 15;
Nornag 57, 59 ch. 4-5 (Flb I 350-51, FAS I 322-23);
OÖdd 24-25, 100 (ch. VI 1-2, XXIX 13, FAS II 173, 215, 511);
ÁsmK 81, 95, ch. 1, 8 (FAS II 464-66, 480);
Sörla 275 (FAS I 391-92 ch. 1; MC 123);
(y.) Bósa 109-11 ch. 11;
EgÁsm III 3, XVII 6 (FAS III 368, 403);
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 12 and introd. to Bósa lxvi;
Þiðr I 34-36, 73-81, 113, 179-81;
Mágus 17, 24-25 ch. 10, 13-14;
Sigþ 139-40 ch. 16;
VilhSj ch. 7;
SigrgV 118 ch. 2;
Fertram 730 ch. 6 (ZDPh XXVI 14);
Ector ch. 2, 6;
ParmesL 20 ch. 9;
Þorgr 27 ch. 5;
ÞjJón 33 (21-22) ch. 13;
Vilm 154 ch. 8;
KáraK 80 ch. 39;
Andr 19;
Huld no. 7;
cf. Leyen 57;
Vries 212, 302.

F451.3.12.3.

Dwarfs are wise.

Reginn in Nornag 55 ch. 3 (Flb I 349, FAS I 321);
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 12;
Bósa introd. lxvi.

F451.5.1.

Helpful dwarfs.

cf. D812.12;
D817.1.1;
P271.3.
EgÁsm XVII 6 (FAS III 403);
Koðrán's »spámaðr«:
 Kristni II 2-3/
 ÞorvV in FMS I 261-64 (FjÍsl 483-87);
(y.) Bósa 86, 92-93, 109-14, 137-38 ch. 6-7, 11-12, 18;
Sindri rescues from prison:
 ÞorstVík 396-98, 457 ch. 5-6. 25;
Möndull gives advice, etc.:
 GHrólf 315-16 ch. 28;
dwarf hides abducted girl:
 SamsF ch. 10-13;
Svamr brings ring back to its owner (cf. F451.5.2.2), helps building causeway, etc.:
 ÞjJón 32 (21) ch. 13;
Tosti helps in war:
 Amb 146-56 ch. 28-30 (27-29 in Reyk. ed.);
Dínus (or Dímus) helps in fight:
 ViktorBl in Bósa intr. lxv and ZDPh XXVI 12: ;
dwarfs show beautiful queen and help to gain her:
 Gibbon ch. 3 ff./
 Nitiða ch. 4 ff.;
KáraK 21, 61, 71, 80 ch. 9, 30-31, 35, 39.

F451.5.2.2.

Dwarfs steal from human beings.

GHrólf 308 ch. 25;
VilhSj 17 ch. 7;
cf. ZDPh XXVI 14;
Þiðr I 35;
ViktorBl/
cf. introd. to Bósa lxv (and ZDPh XXVI 12);
Sigþ 191-92 ch. 30-31;
ÞjJón 32 (21) ch. 13.

F451.5.10.

Business relations of dwarfs and mortals.

Sigþ 191 ch. 30;
SigrgFr 105 ch. 16;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 12 and Bósa intr. lxv.

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.

H1392.

Quest for armor from a grave mound.

cf. E461.
Reykd ch. 19;
Herv 17-33, 102-13 (FAS I 432-42; Skj II A 245-50);
GHrólf 278-79, 334-36 ch. 15-16, 32;
HrómGr 368-69 ch. 3-4;
BárðSn 37-44 ch. 18-21;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 14;
cf. LiestølUpph 155-56;
Andrews 1913 601 ff.

K611.5.

Escape while captor gets apple.

ViktorBl 39 ch. 12.

K1218.1.7.

Importunate suitor has his head shaved and tarred and is put into sack and returned to his men.

Helgi:
 HrólfKr 19 ch. 6/
 Skjöld ch. 11;
cf. ViktorBl 36-37 ch. 12.

K1315.12.

Seduction by posing as merchant.

cf. K1817.4.
SigrgFr 64-66 ch. 7;
Sigþ ch. 10 ff.;
NikL 19-43, 49-56 ch. 8-11, 14-15;
ViktorBl 37-38 ch. 12/
cf. ViktorBl 48-51/
HálfdBr 578-79 ch. 9.

K1321.2.

Man disguised as woman abducts princess.

ViktorBl ch. 14;
Apollonius:
 Þiðr II 116-19.

K1825.1.1.

Lover masks as doctor to reach sweetheart.

ViktorBl ch. 13;
Saxo lib. III c. IV 5 =
Herrm 239.

M258.

Promise to dying man sacred.

cf. T141.1.
cf. SgFIII in BuggeE 255 =
Völs ch. 33 (31);
Gautr 11 ch. 2 (FAS III 14);
Yngv 28;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 13-14;
FlóresS XXIII 170-71.

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.

Q475.

Tar and feathers as punishment.

Skjöld ch. 11;
HrólfKr 19 ch. 6 (FAS I ch. 7);
ÁnB 342 ch. 4;
Sigþ 127 ch. 10;
Hávarð ch. 21;
ViktorBl 36 ch. 12.

R18.

Abduction by rejected sailor.

HjÖlv 505-08 ch. 19-20;
Yngv 1-3;
Vígl 55 ch. 5;
ÁsmS 11-14;
Þiðr I 65-70, II 78-83, 96-104;
SigFót 1002;
VilhSj 76-83, ch. 31-33 ff.;
FlóresS 127-33 ch. IV-VI (cf. introd. lxxiii: from Trójumannasaga);
HringH 12 ch. 5;
SaulusN 28-39 ch. 14-16;
ViktorBl 38, ch. 12;
Nitida 16, ch. 3;
Úlf 199-209;
NikL 45-47 ch. 13.

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 *.

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.

T135.8.

Two or more weddings at one time as the end of a tale.

HálfdBr 590 ch. 17;
HrólfG 74-75 ch. 44 (FAS III 185-86 ch. 35);
HálfdE XXIV 2 (FAS III 554);
HjÖlv 517 ch. 22;
SörlaSt 452 ch. 26;
Vígl 80, 91 ch. 18, 21;
Þiðr II 105;
JarlmH 42-43 ch. 24;
ÁsmS 14;
SigrgFr 107 ch. 16;
Sigþ ch. 54;
ViktorBl 48 ch. 15;
Vald 77 ch. 3;
HringH 58-60 ch. 23-24;
Þorgr 31 ch. 5;
Kóngab 20-21;
KáraK 83 ch. 41;
SamsF ch. 14-15, 27;
Part 44-45;
Blómst 44-49 ch. 26-27;
Saxo lib. V c. III 25.

T311.4.

Maiden queen prefers to fight instead of marrying. She usually scorns or even kills her suitors or sets them difficult tasks.

cf. F565;
H933.2;
L431.
Völs ch. 25 (24);
Bósa 68-76 ch. 2-3, cf. introd. iii;
HrólfG 10 ff. ch. 6-9 (FAS III 68-69, 80-86);
Álafl VI 2-VIII 2;
FlóresS XXVI 11-XXVII 2;
SigrgFr 49-63 ch. 3-6;
Sigþ 102 ch. 3;
NikL 31 ch. 10;
ViktorBl 36, ch. 12;
Nitida 18 ch. 3;
Gibbon 23 ch. 6;
Wahlgren 10 ff.;
Saxo lib. IV c. I 12/
cf. Herrm 292;
Reuschel 91.

V61.8.

Burial in grave-mound.

cf. E481.3
HHu II in BuggeE 198;
Dropl ch. 11;
Eyrb ch. 37;
Laxd ch. 28;
GíslaS ch. 14;
GullÞ ch. 14;
Hell 9, 34, 35 ch. 6, 15, 16;
HrafnkelF ch. 8;
Ldb ch. 25, 38, 39, 74, 90, 92, 122, 125 (= BárðSn 13 ch. 6), 131, 134, 169, 369, 12 n., 142 n.;
Hkr Prologus;
Ys ch. 8, 23ff.;
ÞorstB 197 ch. 12;
ÞorstUxaf 214 (FMS III 101; FjÍsl 396; (Ísl. Forns III (1883) 129));
Svaða þáttr (Ísl. Forns III (1883) 436) (FMS II 195);
Ágrip ch. 6 in FMS V 384;
Svarfd ch. 7;
Flóam ch. 8, 9, 18;
ÞórðarH ch. 13, 19, 20;
Óláfs þáttr Geirstaðaálfs in FMS X 212;
ÓláfTr in Flb I 403;
Herv 14, 101 (FAS I 429, 448, 489, 499, 508-09, 517);
Sögubr 24 ch. 9 (FAS I 386-87);
Uppl 456-57 ch. 1-2 (FAS I 104-05);
Völs ch. 1 (FAS I 115), cf. 2, 84, 116;
RagnarS ch. 4, 5 in Hb 465, 467 (FAS I 356, 360);
HrólfKr 107 ch. 34 (FAS I ch. 52);
ÖOdd 16-17, 76-77, 94-95, 101, 105-06, 186-87 (ch. III 1-2, XXIII 3, XXVIII 1, XXIX 16, XXX 8, XLIV 10; FAS II 169 (508), 200 (530), 209 (535-36), 215, 221-22, 292 (556));
HálfH IV 3, VI 4 (FAS II 28, 30);
Friðþj I 8-11, XII 12 (FAS II 65, 98, 488-89);
ÁnB 340, 354 ch. 4, 6;
ÞorstVík 410 ch. 11;
GHrólf 246, 321, 332, 344, 348 ch. 3, 29, 31, 33, 34;
HjÖlv 510 ch. 21;
HálfdBr 587-88 ch. 15;
SörlaSt 433 ch. 14;
HrólfG 46 ch. 28 (FAS III 139; 71 ch. 5);
EgÁsm VI 10 ff., XII 2(FAS III 376-78, 389), cf. introd. xxv-ix;
Vígl 73-74 ch. 16;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 13-14;
HálfdB 10 ch. 6;
SkáldH 30 ch. 9;
GunnarK 245;
VestfjGr 169;
Amb 178 ch. 38 (37);
Úlfh ch. 3;
AtlaÓ 18-19 ch. 15;
Villif 85 ch. 40;
Stark 102 ch. 26;
Saxo lib. I c. VIII 17, lib. III c. III 7-8, c. IV 15, lib. IV c. II 4, lib. V c. VIII 1, etc.;
cf. Vries# 18, 26;
Weinhold 490 ff.

V67.1.

Ornaments, weapons, etc. buried with hero.

HrafnkelF 137 ch. 10;
Svarfd ch. 7, 11;
Ágrip ch. 6 in FMS X 384;
ÓláfTr ch. 29 FMS I 47;
Óláfs þáttr Geirstaðaálfs FMS IV 27, X 215;
ÞorstB 197-98 ch. 12-13;
HrólfKr 107 ch. 34 (FAS I ch. 52);
EgÁsm VI 10, VII 11 (FAS III 376, 378-79);
ÖOdd 101, 106 (ch. XXIX 16, XXXI 1; FAS II 215, 222);
Friðþj XII 12 (FAS II 98);
GHrólf 246, 348 ch. 3, 34;
HálfdB 10 ch. 6;
Villif 85 ch. 40;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 13-14;
Andr 79, 84;
Weinhold 493.