Black god (goddess).
Show referencesAttendants and servants of the gods.
Show referencesDeity cares for favorite individuals.
Show referencesThe Fates.
Show referencesHell. Lower world of torment.
Show referencesDragon spews venom.
Show referencesDragon guards treasure.
Show referencesFight with dragon.
Show referencesMan with (two) horns on his head.
Show referencesThe bird Gam.
Show referencesFaithful horse refuses to go before its master mounts it, even when already loaded with two chests of gold.
Show referencesGirl exchanges form with sorceress in order to visit her brother and get a son by him.
Show referencesTransformation: man to manufactured object.
Show referencesPeriodic transformation. A person or thing is transformed at definite intervals.
Show referencesTransformation and disenchantment at will.
Show referencesMagic object taken from barrow.
Show referencesMagic writings (runes).
Show referencesMagic shirt (cloak, armor) gives invulnerability.
Show referencesFinns (or Fins or »Bjarmar«) as magicians.
Show referencesFuture revealed in dream.
Show referencesBlood (in dream) as omen of killing.
Show referencesBad dream as evil omen.
Show referencesMagic invulnerability.
Show referencesEvil eye covered with bag or hide while owner is killed, especially stoned (cf. Q422).
Show referencesSword magically dulled.
Show referencesStorm produced by magic.
Show referencesReturn from dead to give counsel.
Show referencesSouls of human beings seen in dream: as »fylgja« or »hamingja«.
Show referencesSoul in form of bear.
Show referencesThe soul as a guardian spirit, »fylgja«, »hamingja«, »(spá)dís«.
Show referencesDwarfs as smiths.
Show referencesDwarfs curse weapons and treasures which they are forced to give (see F451.3.2.1.1), or which the receiver doesn't appreciate.
Show referencesTrolls are usually ugly, hideous, big, and strong.
Show referencesTrolls as the constant enemies of human beings.
Show referencesBlue man, Old Norse »blámaðr«.
Show referencesGiants live in mountains or caves.
Show referencesGiant slain by man.
Show referencesFeet with unusual number of toes.
Show referencesAmazons. Woman warriors. Icelandic: »skjaldmær«.
Show referencesBerserk killed in combat about maiden.
Show referencesHero's precocious strength.
Show referencesExtraordinary castle (house, palace).
Show referencesUnderground house.
Show referencesExtraordinary sword.
Show referencesSword cuts everything.
Show referencesHero kills witch.
Show referencesRing sent from husband to wife as taken that he has been baptized, and that she should also be.
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 referencesFear test: serpent put in flour so that fearless youth kneads it into the dough.
Show referencesTest: sewing clothes into boy's hands and tearing them of together with the skin.
Show referencesTest of friendship: the half-friend.
Show referencesHolmgang. Single combat on an island.
Show referencesFoolish marriage of old man and young girl.
Show referencesRefusal to tell about the Rhine treasure, though condition demanded is fulfilled when only one who knows where it is, is killed.
Show referencesPrisoner escapes by means of wolf which he lures near by smearing honey on the feet.
Show referencesEnemies invited to banquet (visit) and killed.
Show referencesVictim burned in his own house.
Show referencesGiantess killed with the spear she herself has given hero.
Show referencesTreacherous counselor persuades king's son to woo his father's young bride whom he is sent to get, and as he tells the king that he is her lover both are killed.
Show referencesGods in disguise visit mortals.
Show referencesDisguise with hood dropping low over the face.
Show referencesGroom deceives bride with substituted bedmate and hides self in order to learn the secret she has promised to tell.
Show referencesWoman slandered as adulteress (prostitute). (Usually by unsuccessful suitor).
Show referencesMan accused of having starved woman to death and taken treasure.
Show referencesTreacherous counselor.
Show referencesVows taken as an old Norse custom at festivals, especially at Yule time.
Show referencesVow to wed no man who cannot perform certain feat.
Show referencesCovenant confirmed by marriage.
Show referencesThree fates, »norns« prophesy at child's birth.
Show referencesCurses.
Show referencesJealous sisters curse the child one of them may have by the god Thor, so that it never will grow nor thrive.
Show referencesFather causes death of innocent son, believing him guilty of adultery with father's wife.
Show referencesHusband arrives home just in time to save wife and her father from being burned to death in their home.
Show referencesKings.
Show referencesKing is angry at hero (Sigurðr) who rides straight into the castle without permission.
Show referencesOld king attacked.
Show referencesMother kills sons who lack courage to help her revenge her father and brothers, and are likely to betray the plot.
Show referencesThree brothers.
Show referencesBrother chosen rather than husband or son. Only one can be saved; he alone is irreplaceable.
Show referencesFoster-father as constant helper.
Show referencesSworn brethren.
Show referencesCombatants become sworn brethren.
Show referencesBlood-brotherhood. Friends take oath of brotherhood by means of mixing their blood.
Show referencesFaithful servant wants to follow on dangerous quest, where he alone is killed.
Show referencesThreat of hanging.
Show referencesPunishment: stoning to death (usually because of witchcraft since witches and magicians are supposed to be invulnerable to weapons).
Show referencesThrowing into pit of snakes as punishment.
Show referencesPrincess (maiden) abducted.
Show referencesPrincess (maiden) rescued from undesired suitor.
Show referencesCruel stepmother.
Show referencesMurder by twisting out intestines.
Show referencesGirl carefully guarded from suitors.
Show referencesWooing by emissary.
Show referencesRejected suitor wages war.
Show referencesBrother's consent for sister's marriage needed.
Show referencesMarriage by drinking festival, »drekka brúðlaup«.
Show referencesWedding feast.
Show referencesAmusements at wedding.
Show referencesParting gifts after wedding.
Show referencesWife prefers to be burned together with husband even though she was forced to marry him and she has helped to prepare the revenge.
Show referencesWife unwilling to deceive her husband for the man she loves.
Show referencesMaiden queen prefers to fight instead of marrying. She usually scorns or even kills her suitors or sets them difficult tasks.
Show referencesWoman advises husband to kill guest: else she will make him chase husband and marry her instead.
Show referencesObjects of worship.
Show referencesHorse worship.
Show referencesWorship of wooden idols, »skurðgoð«, »trémenn«.
Show referencesChristian buried in stone coffin.
Show referencesBurial in grave-mound.
Show referencesDrinking festival in memory of the dead, »drekka erfi«.
Show referencesMiraculous healing by saint.
Show referencesConversion to Christianity.
Show referencesBaptism of heathen.
Show referencesMunificent monarch.
Show referencesStinginess.
Show referencesFormulistic number: seven.
Show referencesFormulistic number: nine.
Show referencesFormulistic number: twelve.
Show referencesUnique deadly weapon.
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