Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: Kirial

Kirialax saga, ed. Kr. Kålund for Samfund til Udgivelse af gammel nordisk Litteratur 1917.

Works with this reference:

A972.1.1.

Indentions on rocks from footprints of Christ.

Kirial 66.

B23.

Man-bull.

cf. E731.13.
Homocentaurus:
 Kirial 11-12.

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.

B42.

Griffin.

Kirial 70-71;
Heimslýsing in Hb 153.

B268.3.

War-elephants.

Kirial 28.

B571.3.

Animals fight together with their master.

cf. B268;
B335;
F531.8.2.
HrólfKr 60 ch. 23;
GHrólf 295 ch. 21 ff.;
Þiðr I 185-86;
Sigþ ch. 19;
Ector ch. 11;
Kirial 18;
VilhSj 25 ch. 12;
horse:
 Mágus 16, 19, 37 ch. 10, 19;
horse and lion:
 VilhSj 25, 33, 45-48, 58 ch. 12, 17, 21, 25;
lion (cf. B443):
 SörlaSt 440-41 ch. 18;
hawk:
 HrólfKr ch. 27, 29 (FAS I 81, 89);
hawk and dog:
 Dám 77-78, 94 ch. 9, 14 (Árnason I 284-85).

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.

Giant. A person of enormous size.

Herv 1, 89-90;
Yngv 34:
 »cikoples« (cf. F531.1.1.1.1);
»risar oc blámenn« in enemy's army:
 Kirial 32;
Heimslýsing in Hb 157;
Huld no. 14;
Víðförull »7 alna hár«:
 Mágus 28 ch. 15.

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.

F781.1.

Labyrinth.

Kirial 12.

H335.3.7.

Suitor task: to kill other monsters.

homocentaurus:
 Kirial 11-12;
snake on treasure
 Ector ch. 7-8, 20;
wild she-wolf:
 Ector ch. 9.

H1561.1.

Tests of valor: tournament.

cf. P561.
RémK 245-64 ch. 50-53;
Ector ch. 11, 17-18, 20;
SalusN ch. 10;
Blómst 48 ch. 27;
Kirial 96;
cf. FlóresS# 174 ch. XXV.

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.

P561.

Tournaments.

cf. H331.2;
H1561.1;
R222.
GHrólf 246 ch. 3 ff.;
HjÖlv 454-55 ch. 2;
HálfdBr 582-83 ch. 11-12;
VilhSj 8 ch. 3-4;
Sögubr 8 ch. 2 (FAS I 369);
Þiðr I 184-86, 188-92, II 7-11;
Vald 71 ch. 2;
Ector ch. 9;
Kirial 16-19, 97-9;
RémK 5-9, 176-86, ch. 1-3, 32-34;
Part 12-16, 29-43;
Mágus# ch. 19 (ch. 48).

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.

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.

T136.1.

Wedding feast.

RagnarS 467 ch. 5 (FAS I 360);
Sögubr 5 ch. 1 (FAS I 366);
HjÖlv 458 ch. 3;
KetilH 124 ch. 4;
SigrgV ch. 12, 22;
Vilm 193, 199 ch. 22, 24;
Kirial 10, 85-88, 90-91;
Dám 103 ch. 16.
The feast lasts many days:
 Völs 146-47 ch. 29 (27);
five days:
 Þiðr II 36-38;
seven days:
 RagnarL 121 ch. 4 (3) (FAS I 242);
 Þiðr II 105;
 ÁsmVík 43 ch. 22;
 Álafl XVIII 1-4;
twelve days:
 Sigþ 233 ch. 46;
fourteen days or half a month:
 HálfdBr 586, 590 ch. 14, 17;
 HrólfG ch. 14 in FAS III 105;
 ÁsmVík 32 ch. 15;
 Vald 77 ch. 3;
 HéðinH 9 ch. 4;
 Þorgr 33 ch. 5;
 Úlf 271;
 SaulusN 89 ch. 34;
 ÞjJón 52-53 (36) ch. 20;
 RémK 346-60 ch. 69-70;
 Part 45;
twenty days:
 Herv in FAS I 455;
three weeks:
 Bósa 131 ch. 16;
one month:
 HrólfG 25 ch. 15;
 Bósa 61 ch. 16 (FAS III 232);
 VilhSj 123-24 ch. 58;
 HringH 31 ch. 8;
 Vald 77 ch. 3;
 Þorgr 31, 32 ch. 5;
two months:
 Kóngab 48-50.

T465.3.

Homocentaurus born as a result of bestiality.

Kirial 11.

V530.

Pilgrimages.

cf. V331.1.
to Jordan:
 EiríkV 34 ch. 4 (FAS III 671);
ÞjJón 61-62 (43) ch. 26-27:
 »sækja helga staði«;
to Jórsalaborg:
 Kirial 64;
to Jordan:
 RémK 363 ch. 71.