Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: Akv

Atlakviða in Sophus Bugge's edition of Sæmundar Edda in Norrœn fornkvæði, Kristiania 1867, https://archive.org/details/norrnfornkviisl00eddagoog , p. 282-91.

Works with this reference:

A484.

God of oaths.

cf. Vries 116-17;
To swear »at hringi Ullar":
 cf. M112;
 Akv 30/
 Vries 288, 293.

H82.5.

Token sent as warning.

ring with wolf's hair:
 Akv 8 =
 Völs ch. 35 (33);
Saxo lib. III c. VI 10 =
Herrm 253;
cf. queen Isolde's symbolic warning to her husband not to go on hunt:
 Þiðr II 122-23.

K239.

Refusal to tell about the Rhine treasure, though condition demanded is fulfilled when only one who knows where it is, is killed.

cf. N595.
Akv 20-27 >
Völs ch. 39 (37).

K811.1.

Enemies invited to banquet (visit) and killed.

Atlam/
Akv/
Hamð in BuggeE 284 ff. =
Völs ch. 5, 35 (33)/
Skáldsk ch. 51 (42)/
Þiðr II 279 ff.;
Skáldsk ch. 4-5 (57) and 55 (44) =
HrólfKr 32-34 ch. 12 (FAS I 32-34), cf. 79-89 ch. 27-29 (FAS I 80-91)/
Saxo lib. II c. VI 1-2;
Jómsv ch. 31 (12);
Knytl ch. 91 =
Saxo lib. XIII c. VI;
Ys ch. 36;
HálfH ch. XI-XIII;
HrólfG 50-53 ch. 30-31 (FAS III 146-52);
Yngv 1-3;
HaraldHr 267-68;
Saxo lib. V c. XIV 1-4;
Reuschel 20.

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.

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.

M114.

Oaths taken on sacred object.

Akv 30: on the sun and on Odin's mountain;
cf. Holtsmark 1941 1 ff.:
 »Kong Atla eder«.

N513.

Treasure hidden under the water.

Andvari's gold:
 Reg =
 Völs ch. 14;
Ringold:
 Akv 27 =
 Völs ch. 39 (37);
Eg LXXXV 17-21;
Grett LXVI 1-11.

P253.5.

Sister avenges brothers' death.

Akv 15/
Atlam 34 ff. =
Völs ch. 7 ff.

P253.6.

Sister warns brothers.

cf. R158. Akv 1-8/
Atlam 1 ff. =
Völs ch. 5, 35 (33);
Guðrún, Yrsa:
 HrólfKr 88-89 ch. 29 (FAS I 90-91).

Q465.1.

Throwing into pit of snakes as punishment.

cf. S146.
Háttalykill ed. Skj I 489;
Sig III 59/
Oddr 28-29/
Akv 31/
Atlam 59/
Guðrúnarhvöt 17 in BuggeE 257, 280, 289, 301, 314 =
Völs ch. 39 (37)/
Skáldsk ch. 51 (42);
HaraldH in Msk 80;
Skjöld ch. 27 (28);
Krákumal st. 26-27 (FAS I 309-10, Skj I 655);
RagnarL ch. 15 (FAS I 281-82; Skj II 558);
Þiðr II 314;
Sigþ 187 ch. 30;
FlóresS XXI 13-23/
cf. introd. lxxviii;
Bevers 224-26 ch. 11-14;
Saxo lib. IX c. IV 38-39, lib. XI c. III/
cf. Herrm 651.

Q469.6.

Heart and liver of murderer torn out.

Akv 21-24/
Atlam 59 ff./
Oddr 28,
Skáldsk ch. 51 (42)/
Háttalykill st. 3 in Skj I 487.

Q478.

Frightful meal as punishment.

cf. M340.
Akv 33 ff.;
Atlam 79 ff.;
Skáldsk ch. 51 (42);
Völs ch. 40 (38);
cf. Q491.5.

S12.3.

Mother orders son's death.

cf. P23.4.
Atlam 77/
Akv 35 =
Völs ch. 6-8, 40 (38), 43 (41).

S63.

Cruel wife.

cf. K2213;
T311.4.
Akv 41/
Atlam 89/
Guðrúnarhvöt in BuggeE 313 =
Völs ch. 40 (38);
Gering I 29.

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).

W121.

Cowardice.

thrall cries:
 Akv 21-22;
thrall's heart trembles:
 Atlam 61 >
 Völs ch. 39 (37);
HálfdBr 564 ch. 2;
VilhSj 95-100 ch. 41-43;
test of cowardice: to hide from giant and not appear till he is killed:
 ÁsmFl 173;
cf. Völs ch. 44 (42);
the prudent is accused of cowardice:
 GHrólf 317 ch. 28.

Z715.

Formulistic number: seven.

cf. A651.1.4;
A651.3.1;
D1051;
P252.3.
Vkv =
MC 259;
Ls;
Akv 7, 18;
Guðr II 14, 35;
Saxo# lib. VII c. 11 7, lib. VIII c. VIII 9, XIV 16.

Z175.

Sign language.

wolf's hair in ring as warning:
 Akv st. 8 >
 Völs ch. 35 (33).