Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: Bragð

Bragða-Ölvis saga, ed. A. G. Hooper in Leeds Studies in English and Kindred Languages I (1932) p. 42-54.

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D815.7.1.

Magic object received from (girl's) foster-mother.

Bósa 58 ch. 14;
HjÖlv 516 ch. 22;
GHrólf 250 ch. 4;
Þorgr ch. 5;
Fastus 7 ch. 2;
Bragð 46 ch. 1.

D908.

Magic darkness.

cf. D2165.
HrólfKr ch. 23, 33 (FAS I 64, 105);
ÞorstVík 436-38 ch. 19;
Bósa 113 ch. 12;
HalfdBr 566 ch. 3;
FlóresS II 6-7;
Þorgr 30 ch. 5;
Vald 54 ch. 1;
Bragð 47 ch. 1;
Saxo lib. II c. II 6.

D1501.5.

Magic bell assists by childbirth.

ÓláfH ch. 16-17 in FMS IV 31-32 =
Óláfs þáttr Geirstaðaálfs ch. 3-4 in FMS X 213-15;
Bragð 46 ch. 1.

D1905.3.

Love by curse.

cf. D1901.
Bragð 49 ch. 2.

E431.13.

Corpse burned to prevent return.

cf. E431.9;
E446.2;
G275.3.
EríkR 216 ch. 6;
ÖOdd 130 (FAS II 246);
HálfdE XVII 5, 11 (FAS III 545, 546);
ÞorstVík 403 ch. 8;
Álafl XVI 4;
Sigþ 251 ch. 53;
ÞorstUxaf 260 (FMS III 129);
ÁsmFl 173;
ÚlfU ch. 4;
KáraK 12, 36, 66 ch. 5, 32;
Stark 21 ch. 6;
Bragð 49 ch. 2;
Andr 56, 69.

F531.3.8.3.

Homecoming giant heard far away.

BárðSn 32 ch. 15;
HálfdE XVII 7 (FAS III 545);
Álafl V 10-11;
Þorgr 24 ch. 5;
Blómst 38 ch. 24;
Bragð 48 ch. 2;
cf. Hym 10.

F531.6.2.1.

Giants live in mountains or caves.

Hárb 23;
Grotta 9;
Ldb ch. 255;
HálfH V 7-10;
Nornag 69 ch. 8 in Flb I 355 (FAS I 333);
Lúkánúsfjall:
 EgÁsm XIII 2;
HálfdBr 574 ch. 7;
Blesanergr:
 HálfdE XXVI 5 (FAS III 556);
Mundíafjöll:
 SörlaSt 419 ch. 5;
HjÖlv 471 ch. 9;
ÞorstB 177 ch. 2;
Dofrafjöll:
 BárðSn 1-2, 14, 25-27 ch. 1, 8, 13;
the cave of Nótt:
 Álafl 92 ch. 5;
JarlmH 34-36 ch. 17;
HringH 54 ch. 22:
 »í Mundíafjöllum«;
Sigþ 220 ch. 40;
Lucan:
 VilhSj 17 ch. 8 (ZDPh XXVI 9);
Surtshellir etc.:
 JökulsB 75/
 Hell 3, 9, 50 ch. 1 ff., 7, 26;
Bergbúa 123 ff.;
GunnarK 241;
Lucanus in Diabolus
 Blómst 20 ch. 13;
Ector ch. 10;
KáraK 10, 36 ch. 5, 18;
Bragð 48 ch. 2;
Huld no. 6;
Andr 70;
Árm ch. 16;
Saxo lib. VIII c. XV 4-9 =
Herrm 597 ff.

F610.3.1.

Invulnerable berserk.

cf. D1840.
Grett II 6;
Skjöld 128;
HrólfKr 45 ch. 15 (FAS I ch. 22);
Ys ch. 6;
SörlaSt 423 ch. 8;
HálfdB 12-13 ch. 8;
GHrólf 255, 285-86 ch. 6, 17;
HrólfG 26, 28, 31 ch. 16, 17, 20 (FAS III 106-07, 110, 132);
ÖOdd 90-91 (ch. XXVI 6; FAS II 207, 534);
FlóresS XII 16, XVII 4;
Ector ch. 9, 14;
HringH 32-33 ch. 14;
Bragð 53 ch. 5.

F829.3.

Extraordinary belt.

cf. D1057.
GullÞ ch. 3;
Friðþj XI 14 (FAS II 93);
ÞorstVík 447 ch. 22;
GHrólf 335 ch. 32;
Bragð 46 ch. 1;
cf. Trolldom 86 ff.

J21.

Counsels proved wise by experience.

cf. H588.10;
P251.4.
Gautr 39 ff., 63 ff. ch. 9-10 (FAS III 43 ff.);
HjÖlv 477-79, 515-16 ch. 10-11, 22;
Kóngab 12;
Bragð 48 ch. 2;
cf. LiestølSF 36/
Liestøl 1924 84 ff.

M411.3.

Dying man's curse.

Eyrb ch. 20;
Fáfn 9 =
Völs ch. 18;
HálfdBr 589 ch. 16-17;
Álafl XVI 17-19;
Kóngab 15;
HringH 44 ch. 18;
HaraldH 268;
Bragð 49 ch. 2.

M411.10.

Curse by berserk, giant (ogre), »blámaðr«.

ÞorstVík 431-32 ch. 17 (cf. 434-39 ch. 19);
Álafl VIII 4-XI 2, XVI 11-21;
NikL 33-36 ch. 10;
Bragð 49 c 2.

M411.14.

Curse by rival.

Bragð 52 ch. 4.

M441.1.

Curse: man's sword will fail in danger.

Bragð 49 ch. 2.

M443.2.

Curse: continence in marriage.

cf. T315.
Korm ch. 6/
cf. StrömbäckSejd 77;
Bragð 52 ch. 4.

M472.

Curse on objects.

cf. N591.
Laxd ch. 57 ›
ÞórðarH 62-63, ed. 1860 102 ch. 8;
Úlf 145-46;
Bragð 49 ch. 2;
cf. on swords (cf. F451.5.2.13):
 Schlauch 131 n.

R138.

Rescue from shipwreck.

Ldb ch. 213;
ÖOdd 117 (ch. XXXIII 8; FAS II 538);
HrólfG 33-34 ch. 21 (FAS III 119-20);
HálfdBr 567-72 ch. 4-5;
Vígl 74-75 ch. 16;
Finnb ch. 10;
Þiðr Il 287-89;
FlóresS XX 3 =
Lagerholm 154;
Stark 26 ch. 8;
KáraK 38, 46-47, 57 ch. 17, 22, 28;
Kóngab 7-8, 17;
Bæring 92-93 ch. 10;
ParmesL 16, 23 ch. 8, 10;
Bragð 47 ch. 1;
cf. giantess wrestles with hero in order to warn him after shipwreck:
 ÞorstVík 435 ch. 19.

V52.3.

Prayer before battle brings victory.

Bragð 53 ch. 5.

Z312.2.

Giant ogre can be killed only with his own sword.

cf. D1381.3.1;
G519.2.
EgÁsm XV 18 (FAS III 400);
HrólfG 33, 36-37 ch. 21, 23 (FAS III 119-21, 125);
HjÖlv 472-73 ch. 9;
HálfdBr 570-73 ch. 4-6;
ÞorstUxaf 258 (FMS III 125);
JarlmH in ZDPh XXVI 6;
Amb 126 ch. 23;
Ector ch. 5;
HéðinH 14, 16 ch. 7, 8 (club);
Bragð 48 ch. 2;
Herrm 220, 220 n./
Saxo lib. III c. II.