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Bibliography for: Kjaln

Kjalnesinga saga, ed. J.A.H. Posthumus, Groningen 1911 (chapters according to the edition in Íslendinga sögur, Reykjavík 1902).

Works with this reference:

D1835.3.

Magic strength by stroking.

Kjaln ch. 9;
SturlSt 605 ch. 9.

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.

F531.5.7.1.1.

Mortal son of man and giantess.

cf. N812.4.
Kjaln ch. 1811.;
ÞorstVík 459 ch. 25.

G530.2.

Help from ogre's daughter (or son).

Kjaln ch. 14 ff.;
HálfdBr 574-75 ch. 7;
HjÖlv 471-73 ch. 9;
EgÁsm V 5 ff.;
ÁsmFl 174-76;
OrmSt 530;
HringH 6-9 ch. 2-3;
Vald 58 ch. 1;
Blómst 39-41 ch. 24;
cf. ÞorstVík 430 ch. 16;
Vilm ch. 12-13.

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.

H931.

Tasks assigned in order to get rid of hero.

cf. H1211.
Kjaln ch. 15;
GunnarK 243;
Saxo lib. II c. II 1.

H1166.1.

Task: wrestling etc. (i. e. »glíma« and »skinndráttr«) with giant warrior, »blámaðr«.

cf. F527.3;
F610.3.4;
G500.1.
Svarfd ch. 9;
Kjaln ch. 15;
Tóka 135-38 (FMS V 299-303);
Finnb ch. 16;
ÖOdd 133 (FAS I 251);
HjÖlv 501 ch. 16;
GunnarK 241.

H1211.

Quests assigned in order to get rid of hero.

cf. H931.
Kjaln ch. 12-14;
Finnb ch. 18;
GHrólf 247-48 ch. 3;
HjÖlv 494-504 ch. 14-18;
Friðþj V 6 (FAS II 71, 491)/
cf. ESveinsson 1929 xxxii;
Þiðr II 158-79 (cf. K948);
Saxo lib. IV c. I 12, lib. VIII c. XV 2 =
Herrm 262 ff., 583 ff.;
Dehmer 15.

H1359.5.

Quest for marvelous game-board.

Kjaln ch. 12; EgÁsm ch. 12-13 (FAS III 391): together with cloak that cannot burn, and drinking-horn that is never empty.
cf. Draak 1936 63.

L131.

Hearth abode of unpromising hero.

Ldb 128 n.;
Kjaln ch. 7;
Svarfd ch. 1;
Gautr 15, 26-27, 37, 60-61, 62 ch. 4, 6, 3, 9 (FAS III 18, 30, 41);
ÁnB 327 ch. 1;
KetilH 109 ff. ch. 1-2;
Amb 72-74 ch. 13;
Þiðr I 210;
Kóngab 2-3;
Vígk ch. 2;
ÁsmFl 171;
KáraK 6 ch. 3-4;
Stark 8 ch. 3;
Mágus 143 ch. 60;
cf. Schröder's introd. to HálfdE 82-83;
ESveinsson 1929 xlii.

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.

N812.1.

Wise giant as foster-father of hero.

HálfdS in Flb I 565-66 (= FMS X 171-75);
Kjaln ch. 14; BárðSn 2 ch. 1;
ÖOdd 118 ff. (FAS II 230 ff.);
FlóresS XXII 12 ff.;
Villif 4 ch. 2;
Saxo lib. I c. V 1-VI 6/
cf. Herrm 98;
Saussaye 337;
MC 278;
cf. Fær ch. 10 ff.

P233.7.

Son must threaten father before he will recognize him as son, even though he brings ring from his mother.

Kjaln 68 ch. 18.

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.

P272.2.

Foster-mother as helper.

Kjaln ch. 3-18;
Flóam ch. 19;
VilhSj ch. 20, 22-23;
Álafl X 1 - XI 1;
FlóresS XXI 11, 16-21;
SamsF ch. 13.

R225.

Elopement.

Kjaln ch. 9: Búi and Ólöf;
HjÖlv 505-08 ch. 19-20;
GHrólf 296 ch. 21;
Erka and Roðolfr-Attila:
 Þiðr I 62-73, II 94-105;
Hildr and Herburt:
 Þiðr II 50-60;
Hildigunnr and Valtari:
 Þiðr II 105-09;
Herborg and Apollonius:
 Þiðr II 116-19;
FlóresS XXI 22-23;
Vilm ch. 7.

S22.

Parricide.

GHrólf 312 ch. 27;
ÞorstVík 443 ch. 21;
BárðSn 38 ch. 18;
Kjaln ch. 18;
HaraldHr 268;
Schlauch 116.

S116.4.

Murder by crushing head.

Kjaln ch. 4;
ÓláfH ch. 227 in Hkr II 490;
Finnb ch. 29;
FlóresS XVIll 4;
Vígk 14 ch. 4.

S260.1.

Human sacrifice.

cf. V12.6;
V17.3.
Eyrb ch. X 8;
Ldb ch. 135, 172;
ÓláfTr ch. 173 in FMS II 76, ch. 228 in FMS II 237, by Odd ch. 54 (42);
Kjaln ch. 2;
Saxo lib. III c. II 13.

T91.1.1.

Giant's daughter has child by hero.

cf. F531.5.7.
KetilH 117-18 ch. 3-4;
BárðSn 23-25 ch. 11-12;
Kjaln ch. 14;
JarlmH 36 ff. ch. 19-23;
Amb 126 ch. 23;
ÚlfU/
cf. ZDPh XXVI 5;
cf. Fær ch. 10 ff.

T92.10.

Rival in love killed.

cf. H335.4.3;
M149.3.
Kjaln ch. 8;
Völs ch. 10;
HrólfKr 32-34 ch. 12 (FAS I ch. 16);
HálfH III 1-2 (FAS II 27);
HrólfG 5-6 ch. 2 (FAS III 61-62);
EgÁsm XII 1-4 (FAS III 389-90);
Vilm ch. 5;
Dám 85-88 ch. 12;
cf. K1931.11;
ÁsmVík 7 ch. 3.

T645.2.

»Keep it if it is a girl; send it to me if it is a boy«. Hero leaving girl says this of the prospective child.

ÖOdd 122-23, 125 (FAS II 235-36, 238-39);
HálfdBr 576 ch. 8;
cf. ÁnB 344 ch. 5;
Gautr 6 ch. 1;
Kjaln ch. 14;
Schlauch 115.

V1.6.2.

Worship of water.

cf. A420;
V11.2;
V134.
Kjaln ch. 2:
 »blótkelda«/
 cf. Vries 131.

V70.1.

The first day of summer.

HálfdBr 576 ch. 8;
ÖOdd 124 (FAS II 237);
Friðþj XI 2 (FAS II 90);
SigrgFr 78, 79 ch. 9, 10;
Kóngab 27, 33;
KáraK 62, 70, 71, ch. 31, 34, 35;
Saga af Jökli Búasyni 81 in Kjaln;
cf. Olrik-E 608, 614 ff.