Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

cf. P462.3;
T311.4.
brúðir berserkja:
 Hárb 37-39;
Skaði:
 Skáldsk ch. 2 (56);
Atlam 43 ff., 98/
Brynhildr, Guðrún:
 Völs ch. 25 (24), 38 (36);
RagnarL 147 ch. 11 (10)/
Áslaug-Randalín:
 RagnarS 462 ch. 2 (FAS I 269-70, 351);
Hervör:
 Herv 14-33, 54, 102-13, 128, 148-49 (FAS I 430-42, 463, 497-99);
Ólöf:
 HrólfKr 17 ch. 6 (FAS I ch. 7);
Visina, Vebjörg:
 Sögubr 17 ch. 8 (FAS I 379);
Þórbjörg:
 HrólfG 11, 16-17, 48, 66 ch. 7, 9, 29, 40 (FAS III 68-69, 75, 85-86, 142, 175);
Brynhildr:
 Bósa 5 ch. 2, 68 ch. 2-3 (FAS III 195);
Oddr does not like women warriors:
 ÖOdd 174-75 (ch. XLII 1-5. FAS II 283-84, 553-54);
Gyða:
 GHrólf 240 ch. 2;
Ingibjörg:
 HálfdBr 568-70 ch. 4;
Marsibil:
 SörlaSt 434 ch. 15;
SturlSt 627 ch. 13;
EgÁsm I 3;
Vörn:
 Úlfh ch. 3;
in the Brávalla battle:
 Stark 83-87 ch. 25/
 Sögubr/
 Saxo lib. VIII c. II 4-5;
Alvilda:
 Saxo lib. VII c. VI 4-7;
Gyritha:
 Saxo lib. VII c. X 1;
Asmundus's sister:
 Saxo lib. VII c. X 14;
Sticla and Rusila:
 Saxo lib. VII c. X 8;
Saxo lib. IV c. X I;
Herrm 316, 489;
Reuschel 89.

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.

cf. only head, not the neck:
 Skáldsk ch. 44 (35);
Mars 8, 20-22 ch. 3, 8/
cf. Schlauch 88;
Hróaþ;
Schlauch 73.

Mars 13-15 ch. 6.

Mars 17-22 ch. 7-8.

cf. A1464.1;
E377.1;
Q112.0.1.2.
GunnlO;
BjörnHít;
Hallfr;
HrafnþH in FMS VI 102-19 (FjÍsl 126-43);
Sighv in FMS IV, V (FjÍsl 223-77)/
cf. Lie 1946 66-74:
 »Sagnet om hvorledes Sigvat ble skald«;
ÞorlJ 207-15 (FjÍsl 383-99, FMS III 89-104);
Þormóðr Kolbrúnarskáld in ÓláfH ch. 208 ff. in Hkr II;
Friðþj;
ÁsmS 7-8, 9, 11, 13;
AtlaÓ;
SkáldH;
Skálda in Hb 445;
cf. LiestølUpph 149-50;
Koht 1931 159-60;
poet as hero:
 Heinzel 141;
cf. poet as king's marshall:
 Einars þáttr Skúlasonar in FMS VII 355 (Msk 442 ff.; FjÍsl 28).

cf. D1355;
P274.1.
Alfífa playing and returns lost goldring:
 HálfdBr 578-79 ch. 9-10;
Mars 5-9 ch. 2-3.

ÞorstB 195-97 ch. 12;
Tóka 137-38 (FMS V 303);
Nornag 48, 76-78 ch. 1, 9-10 (Flb I 346, 357-58; FAS I 314, 339-41);
ÖOdd 112-14 (ch. XXXIII, FAS II 226-48, 537-38);
EiríkV 32 ch. 2 (FAS III 662-67, 671);
BárðSn 36-37 ch. 17;
ÁsmFl 176;
Part 26;
cf. Völs ch. 13;
Herv 14, 102 (FAS I 429-30, 517);
RagnarL ch. 7 (6) (FAS I 251);
ÖOdd 4-5, 126 (FAS II 162, 504; ch. I 6);
BárðSn 2, 24 ch. 1, 11;
Steins þáttr Skaptasonar in Flb II 264 (FMS IV 318; FjÍsl 315);
ÞorstTj Flb III 433 (FjÍsl 432);
Bevers 253 ch. 29;
Mars 3-4, 12 ch. 1, 4;
newborn baby is »vatni ausinn« and given name by its father:
 Vries 80.

cf. P251.6.7;
P475.1.
Fjölsv 34 (?);
SnE Prol. ch. 3 (4);
Gylf ch. 4 (3), 8 (15), 11 (20)/
MC 15, 322;
Ldb 35 n.;
Fær ch. 36;
Skjöld 8-9, 12;
Ys 2, 7, 11, 22;
ÓláfH ch. 94, 109, 118, 141 in Hkr II;
MagnúsG ch. 6, 28 in Hkr III;
Sturl I 4, 480, II 87, 153, 256;
Svarfd ch. 16, 26;
Herv 54-55, 129 (FAS I 463);
HrólfKr 40 ch. 14 (FAS I 40 ch. 20);
HálfH X 7 (FAS II 36);
Gautr 16-17 ch. 4 (FAS III 19-20);
EgÁsm X 18 (FAS III 387);
HálfdE XVI 9-10 (FAS III 543);
SörlaSt 411-12 ch. 2;
(y.) Bósa 87, 121 ch. 6, 14;
Finnb ch. 16-20;
Harð ch. 15, 20, 25, 27, 28;
Yngv 4;
Þiðr I 2-3, 231, 353, 356, II 1-37;
Sigþ 111 ch. 5;
JarlmH 11-12, 19-20, 25 ch. 7, 11, 14;
Amb 48 ch. 10;
SaulusN 28-31 ch. 14;
Villif 14-15, 23, 25, 26, 37, 59 ch. 6, 12, 13, 17, 27;
Þorgr 8 ch. 1;
Úlf 189 ff.;
HringH 45-46, 50-51 ch. 19, 21;
Dám 61 ch. 5;
Ector ch. 1, 9, 10;
RémK 7-11, 32, 35, 247-48, 335, 340 ch. 2-3, 8, 50, 65, 66;
Mars 5 ch. 2;
Saxo lib. VI c. II 2, lib. IX c. lV 14, XIV 9;
* etc.