Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: BárðSn

Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss, ed. G. Vigfússon, in Nordiske Oldskrifter XXVII, Copenhagen 1860, p. 1-46.

Works with this reference:

A0.

Creator.

cf. A141.1.
BárðSn 43 ch. 20:
 »þann er skapat hafði himin ok jörð«;
Gylf ch. 4 (3);
Ldb ch. 52:
 StrömbäckSejd 75 n.:
 »þeim guði er sólina hafði skapat«;
 cf. LiestølUpph 158;
ÓláfTr ch. 215 in Flb I 263:
 StrömbäckSejd 75 n.:
 »þeim guði er sólina hafði skapat«;
 cf. LiestølUpph 158;
SnE Prol. ch. 1;
Vatnsd ch. XXIII 5, XXXVII 6, XLVI 7, introd. lxxii-iv:
 StrömbäckSejd 75 n.:
 »þeim guði er sólina hafði skapat«;
 cf. LiestølUpph 158.

A125.2.

God with red beard.

Flóam ch. 21;
ÓláfTr ch. 213 in FMS II 182, by Odd ch. 59 (47);
Styrbjarnar þáttr FMS V 249;
Rauðgrani:
 BárðSn 15 ch. 8
 cf. BárðSn 40 ch. 18/
 ÖOdd 125 ff. (FAS II 239 ch. 19);
Thor, Odin:
 MC 80/
 Vries 211, 230.

A185.

Deity cares for favorite individuals.

cf. J151.3;
cf. K1811;
cf. N203.
BárðSn 15-17 ch. 8;
Flóam ch. 20-21;
Gautr 14, 28-29 ch. 4, 7;
Herv 54 ff.;
HrólfKr 76, 92 ch. 26, 30 (FAS I 77, 94);
Reg in BuggeE 216-17;
Saxo lib. I c. VI 7-9, lib. VI c. V 6, lib. VII c. X 3, 6, c. XII 1;
Sögubr 17 ch. 8;
Völs ch. 1, 3, 13, 44;
ÖOdd 125, 137 (FAS II 239 ff.);
Herrm 97;
cf. Óláfr Tryggvason:
 Hkr I 377 ch. 64/
 Hallfr 94, 115, 121.

B16.1.5.1.

Monster ox (bull, bison, buffalo) killed.

cf. H1161.2.1.
Hym 19/
MC 85;
ÞorstUxaf 261 (FMS III 131, FjÍsl 463);
SturlSt 637 ch. 22;
HjÖlv 498-501 ch. 15;
Bósa 26-28 ch. 8 (FAS III 210-12), 112 ch. 11;
BárðSn 40 ch. 18;
Þiðr II 125 ff., 135-38.
cf. #GrönbechVFO IV 123.

B151.1.6.

Dog indicates road to be taken.

HálfdE XVI 14 ff.;
(y.) Bósa 110-11 ch. 11;
BárðSn ch. 21;
Rittershaus 1902 158.

B268.2.1.

War-dogs.

cf. B17.1.2.
HrólfKr 86 ch. 28 (FAS I 87-88);
HálfdE XVI 10 - XX 6;
(y.) Bósa 129-30 ch. 16;
BárðSn ch. 13;
Þiðr I 268-69;
ViktorBl/
cf. Jiriczek's intr. to Bósa lxvi;
Saxo lib. VI c. II 1-10.

D630.

Transformation and disenchantment at will.

cf. D113.1;
D128;
* and, in general, references throughout D610-629, D640-659, D670-699;
F451.3.3.0.1.
Nearly all of those motifs involve the idea of voluntary transformation. In Old Icelandic the idea of people possessing a power like this is often expressed through the words »hamramr« »eigi einhamr«, »hamhleypa«, »fara hamfari«.
Eyrb ch. LXI 5;
Eg I 8, III 18-20, XXVII 6, LIX 52, LXXII 11;
GullÞ ch. 14, 18;
ÁnB ch. 29;
Hávarð ch. 1;
Sturl I 5;
Ys ch. 6-1 (Odin);
Hóam ch. 16;
Völs ch. 9;
Bósa 25, 84 ch. 8, 6 (FAS III 210);
ÞorstVík 390, 395 ch. 3, 5;
GHrólf 241 ch. 2;
SörlaSt 426 ch. 10;
HálfdBr 573 n. ch. 6;
BárðSn 11, 14, 18 ch. 5, 8, 9;
OrmSt 521, 522, 524;
ÞórðarH 95 ch. 3;
HálfdE ch. 8;
Sigþ ch. 25;
SkáldH 18 ch. 6;
Vald 63 ch. 1;
Mágus ch. 61.
cf. StrömbäckSejd 21 (ad Ls 24), 160 ff. ch. IV »Sejd och hamskifte«;
Reuschel 114;
Schlauch 124;
MC 46;
Saussaye 298f.

D812.1.

Magic object received from saint.

BárðSn 39 ch. 18;
Þorvalds þáttr tasalda in Flb I 380 (FMS II 147).

D902.1.

Magic mist.

cf. D1361.1;
R236.1.
BárðSn 29 ch. 14;
HrólfKr ch. 1 (FAS I 5);
EgÁsm IX 4-6, cf. 42 n. (FAS III 382-83);
SörlaSt 410 ff., 442 ch. 2-4, 19;
Vald 60, 74 ch. 1, 3.

D1621.

Magic candle.

BárðSn 39, 42-43 ch. 18, 20.

D1380.18.

Magic cloth protects.

Bisk I 224-25, 541, II 28;
BárðSn 39, 42 ch. 18, 20.

D1551.

Waters magically divide and close.

cf. holy water causes waters to divide:
 BárðSn 44 ch. 21.

D1563.1.5.

Blood makes soil fertile.

cf. D1500.1.9.2.
saint's blood:
 Knytl ch. 92.
cf. grass grows always on good man's grave:
 Ldb 53 ch. 125/
 BárðSn 13 ch. 6;
KetilH 132, 133 ch. 5:
 »hann blótaði Árhaug; þar festi eigi snjó á«/
 Grønbech VFO IV 128.

D1711.

Magician.

cf. D1817.0.1;
M301;
R111.1.7.
Grett XXXII 3: Skapti and Þóroddr;
Vatnsd ch. 18-26: Hrolleifr and his mother Ljót;
Finnb ch. 29;
ÓláfTr ch. 62/
HaraldHárf ch. 34 in Hkr I 374, 149;
Ys ch. 7, 22;
HrólfKr ch. 1 (FAS I 5-6);
ÖOdd 170-71, 178-81 (ch. XLI 10, XLIII 4-7; FAS II 282, 286-87, 553-55);
ÞorstVík 390, 399 ch. 3, 7;
GHrólf 242 ch. 3;
BárðSn 13, 39 ch. 6, 18;
cf. FJónsson 1892 5-28;
MC 299;
Vries 67, 71;
StrömbäckSejd 39 ad Ys/
StrömbäckSejd 45 ad ÓláfTr/
StrömbäckSejd 142 ff.

D1727.

Magic power learned from giant (as foster-father).

cf. N812.1.
BárðSn 2 ch. 1.

D1812.3.3.

Future revealed in dream.

cf. D1810.8;
D1812.5.1.24;
E748.1;
F1068.
AriÍ ch. IV 2-3;
Njála CXII 1, CXXXIII, CXXXIV 22, CLVII 35 ff.;
Vatnsd XXXVI 4;
Laxd XXXI 12-14, XXXIII 48-49, LXXIV 2-4, LXXVI 21;
GíslaS XIII 1, XIV 7, XXI 7-9, XXIII 2-6, XXIX 6-10, XXXII, XXXIII 1-6;
Vápnf in Austf ch. XIII;
VígaGlúm ch. 9, 21;
Fóstbr ch. 1, 11;
Hávarð ch. 20;
Heiðarvíga 26;
Ljósv ch. 11 (21), 16 (26);
BjörnHít ch. 25, 26, 32;
GunnlO ch. 2, 11 (15, 120);
Bisk I 109, 294, 423, 473-74, 647, 662, 823, II 8, 39, 48, 53, 225-26;
Skj I 113, 164, 188, 281, II 222 ff.;
Sturl I 28, 256, 258-59, 269, 303-04, 409, 432, 508, 514, 516, II 91, 150;
ÓláfH ch. 18, 214 in Hkr II 25, 470, ch. 37 in FMS IV 58;
HaraldH ch. 80-82 in Hkr III 193 ff.;
MagnúsS ch. 25 Hkr III 298, ch. 20 in Jöfraskinna Hkr III 502;
HálfdS ch. 6-7 in Hkr I 93, ch. 2-3 in FMS X 169-70;
Flóam ch. 23, 24;
SigJórs ch. 46 in FMS VII 163;
Sverr ch. 1, 5, 10, 42 in FMS VIII (Flb II 535-37, 571);
Rauðúlfs þáttr in FMS V 333 (Flb II 294);
Óláfs þáttr Geirstaðaálfs in FMS V X 210 (Flb II 6 ff.);
Völs ch. 26 (25) (cf. LiestølUpph 165), 35 (33), 37 (35)/
cf. Guðr II 39-44/
Atlam 14-17, 26, 28 in BuggeE 272, 294, 296;
Sögubr 10-12 (FAS I 371);
Friðþj VI 17;
Ásm ch. 6, 8, 10 (FAS II 474-75, 483, 487);
BárðSn 2 ch. 1;
Hemings þáttr ch. 18 in Hb 336-37;
Amb ch. 17, 21;
Draumr Þorsteins Síðu-Hallssonar in AusfS 223-29;
Saxo lib. I c. VIII 23;
cf. woman is »berdreym«:
 VestfjGr 168;
MC 311-12;
Henzen 1890;
Larsen 1917 37-85;
Kersbergen 151 ff.;
Klare 1933 10 ff.;
Kelchner 1935;
Schlauch 71;
Dehmer 105;
Heinzel 53.

D2087.3.

Sheep or cattle disappear every night.

cf. F531.6.7.2.1.
GullÞ ch. 14-15;
BárðSn 27-36 ch. 14-16.

D2105.

Provisions magically furnished.

cf. D1470;
Q45.6;
Q53.21.
Ldb 35 n. (= ÓláfTr ch. 127 in FMS I 252), and ch. 194/
cf. StrömbäckSejd 77;
Bisk I 119-20, 247, 316-17, 593-94, 595, 597, 600-01, 611, II 133, 141, 145;
BárðSn 14-17 ch. 8.

D2125.2.

Magical transportation on a sheet of ice.

BárðSn 9 ch. 5.

E386.3.

Ghosts summoned by calling them by name.

cf. C430;
D2074.2.4.1.
BárðSn 12, 13, 16-11 ch. 6, 8, 9.

E410.

The unquiet grave.

Dead unable to rest in peace.
cf. E200-399.
Heiðarvíga ch. 9;
BárðSn 41-42 ch. 20;
Heinzel 53;
Dehmer 29 ff.

E431.7.1.

Beheaded man's head laid at back to prevent return.

Grett XVIII 11, XXXV 21;
BárðSn 43 ch. 20;
ÁnB 346 ch. 5.

E4343.

Candle light protection against ghost.

cf. E439.5.
BárðSn 42-43 ch. 20.

E443.2.

Ghost laid by prayer.

cf. V52.
BárðSn 42 ch. 20.

E4612.

Fight of living person with dead in the grave.

cf. D838.5.
Grett XVIII 9-12 =
MC 308-09;
ÞorstUxaf 255 (FMS III 118);
Harð ch. 15;
BárðSn 42-43 ch. 20;
HrómGr 369-71 ch. 4;
EgÁsm VII 12-14 (FAS III 378);
Saxo lib. V c. XI 3-4 =
Herrm 367.
cf. Andrews 1913 601 ff.;
Dehmer 45-47.

F381.7.

Fairies leave when people do their needs where they live.

Ldb ch. 135/
Eyrb ch. 4, 9-10:
 »álfrek«;
BárðSn 7 ch. 4.

F451.2.8.

Voice of dwarfs: »dvergmál« (echo).

BárðSn 7 ch. 4;
SturlSt 629 ch. 18;
JarlmH 14, 35 ch. 10, 18;
VilhSj 11, 62 ch. 6, 26;
Sigþ ch. 8;
Konr 68 ch. 9;
MC 269.

F455.1.2.

Trolls live in cliffs, caves.

HrólfG ch. 20 in FAS III 137;
ÓláfTr ch. 213 in FMS II 185, by Odd ch. 60 (48);
BárðSn 7 ch. 4: a cliff called »Tröllakirkja«;
GunnarK 240.

F455.2.2.

Trolls are usually ugly, hideous, big, and strong.

Sturl II 45;
HrólfG 67 ch. 41 (FAS III 176);
This also appears from the people that are compared to them, who are »mikill sem tröll:
 e.g. Eg 59 ch. 178/
or »líkari tröllum en mönnum«, etc./
 e.g. ÞorstB ch. 5, 7, 11 in FMS III 185, 188-89, 194-95;
BárðSn 12 ch. 6;
GHrólf 322, 326, 357 ch. 30, 31, 36;
HjÖlv 458 ch. 3;
Sigþ 252 ch. 54;
HéðinH 9 ch. 5;
Úlf 189, 210, 211, 225;
Kóngab 4, 33;
smVik 20 ch. 11;
Villif 8 ch. 5;
ParmesL 14 ch. 6;
Ector ch. 12, 14, 20;
RémK 274 ch. 56;
KáraK ch. 15 * etc.

F455.6.9.

Trolls as the constant enemies of human beings.

cf. F531.5.11;
G304;
G400 * ff.
Band 354 ch. 10;
BárðSn 10 ch. 5;
HrólfG 67 ch. 41 (FAS III 175), ch. 28 in FAS III 165 (÷ Detter);
ÁnB 361-62 ch. 7;
HjÖlv 457 ch. 3;
Sigþ 223 ch. 41;
abducted bride supposed to be carried off by troll:
 JarlmH 27 ch. 14;
VilhSj 53-70 ch. 23-28;
Dám 92-103 ch. 14-15;
Vilm 152-53 ch. 8;
cf. »gefa tröllum«:
 Orkn ch. 7;
 Skj I 167;
the wish »tröll taki (hafi) þik«:
 e.g. Skj I 88;
 Vatnsd XXXIII 2; Njála XXXVI 1; CXLVIII 13;
 Bósa 102 ch. 9 (cf. 18 ch. 5 = FAS III 205);
 ÖOdd 175 (ch. XLII 5, FAS II 284, 554);
 Dám 100 ch. 14;
 SamsF ch. 19, 24;
People possessed by trolls are »trollaukinn«:
 Ldb 33 n. and 135 n.;
 ÞorstB 195 ch. 12;
 Hell 7, 38 ch. 3, 19;
 HringH 6 ch. 2;
 Andr# 3.

F455.11.

Offspring of trolls.

king Dumbr's mother was »af trölla-ættum«:
 BárðSn 1 ch. 1;
Hallbjörn was »hálftröll«:
 Eg I 1/
ÖOdd 2-3 (ch. I 1, FAS II 161, 504)/
KetilH 109 ch. 1;
Hergrímr was »hálftröll«:
 Herv 90-91 (FAS I 412)/
 Stark 3 ch. 1;
NikL 30 ch. 10:
 »hálftröll og hrímþursar«, * etc.

F531.1.0.1.1.

Beautiful giantess.

cf. G229.5.
Gerðr:
 Skírn/
 cf. Saussaye 329;
BárðSn 29 ch. 14;
HálfdBr 590 n. ch. 17;
Vald 57-58 ch. 1.

F531.1.0.2.

Hideous giant (giantess).

IllGr 653 ch. 4;
HjÖlv 471 ch. 9;
BárðSn 27 ch. 14-16;
Þiðr I 360-66;
VilhSj 12 ch. 6;
Sigþ ch. 8;
Þorgr 24 ch. 5;
Bevers 235 ch. 18;
giant-girl:
 Vald ch. 1 (ZDPh XXVI 9);
ÁsmFl I 171;
Part 33.

F531.1.6.6.

Giant (giantess) with peculiar nose.

cf. F543.
with bumps on:
 BárðSn 29 ch. 14/
 cf. Andr 64;
iron nose:
 HjÖlv 482 ch. 12;
as if storm and snow issued from »tröllkona«'s black nose:
 IllGr 653-54 ch. 4;
VilhSj 12 ch. 6:
 »nef hans var með fjórum hlykkjum og sé niðr fyrir munninn«;
Sigþ 118 ch. 8:
 »neflauss«.

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.

F531.3.15.

Giants' awful amusements playing with man's lives.

BárðSn 25-27 ch. 13 (»skinnleikr«);
HrólfG 36 ch. 22, in FAS III 124 ch. 19.

F531.4.5.2.

Giant with iron bar as weapon.

cf. G159.2.
ÓláfTr ch. 33 in Hkr I 317;
BárðSn 3-4 ch. 2;
ÖOdd 42 (ch. XI 6-9, FAS II 182);
Álafl XVII 3-5;
Þiðr I 49, 55-56, 61, 258, 362-63, II 70, 80-81, 390-92;
Þorgr 24 ch. 5;
Sigþ 225-26 ch. 41-42;
SigrgFr 93 ch. 15;
Kóngab 27;
Stark 46 ch. 15 ;
Bevers 229 ch. 15 ;
Blómst 39 ch. 24;
Ector ch. 5, 21;
cf. LiestølNT 198.

F531.4.7.1.

Giants (giantesses) dressed in skin.

cf. F455.24.
Nornag 69 ch. 8 (Flb I 355, FAS I 333);
SturlSt 621-22 ch. 16;
Andr 68-69;
Vald 63 ch. 1;
cf. names as Skinnhúfa:
 HjÖlv 471 ch. 9/
 BárðSn 17 ch. 9/
 ÚlfU ch. 4;
Skinnbrók, Skinnkjapta:
 ÚlfU ch. 4.

F531.5.1.

Giant friendly to man.

cf. D812.11;
F531.5.7.0.3;
F531.6.1.2;
G530;
H1239.5;
N812;
R138.
Ldb ch. 375 (cf. K170.1);
Grett LVII 6-10 (cf. LXI 10-13, LXII 1-14);
ÖOdd 46-47, 124-25 (ch. XII 6; FAS II 184-86, 237-39, 519-20);
GrímL 149-50 ch. 2;
ÞorstVík 435 ch. 19;
BárðSn 12 ff. ch. 6, 8, 9;
Þorgr 23-27 ch. 5;
Árnason I 167.

F531.5.7.

Giants (giantesses) marry human beings.

cf. N812.4;
T91.1.
Grm 75;
HverN in Flb I 21-23 (FAS II 4-7)
FundNo in Flb I 219-20 (FAS II 20);
GrímL ch. 1;
KetilH 117-18 ch. 3-4;
ÖOdd 134-35 (FAS II 253-54);
BárðSn 19-22 ch. 10;
HringH 26 ch. 11;
Blómst 38-41 ch. 24;
MC 175, 278.

F531.5.7.1.

Mortal son of giant.

BárðSn 1, 4, 23-25 ch. 1, 2, 16;
Herv 1-2, 90-91;
(y.) Bósa 123, 133 ch. 15, 17;
HrólfG 78 ch. 46 (FAS III 189-90);
Gautr 12, 33 ch. 3, 7 (FAS III 15, 36-37);
Stark 3 ch. 1;
Villif 3 ch. 1;
Hell 9 ch. 7;
cf. Ldb ch. 161.

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.

F531.6.5.

Giants as magicians.

Hetta in Ennisfjall is »en mesta hamhleypa«:
 BárðSn 14-17 ch. 8;
ÚlfU ch. 3;
Andr 70-71.

F531.6.7.2.1.

Giant steals from man.

fish:
 Grett LXII 1-14;
sheep, cattle:
 BárðSn 27-36 ch. 14-16;
sword:
 Sigþ ch. 16.

F531.6.8.4.

Giants' festivities.

EgÁsm XV 1-9;
BárðSn 19 ch. 10-13;
Álafl XV-XVI;
ÞorstB 183-94 ch. 5-10.

F531.6.9.

Giants as warriors (in army).

BárðSn 3-4 ch. 2;
ÁsmVík 11 ch. 5;
Vald ch. 3.

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.

F833.5.

Sword cuts everything.

Reg 215 =
Völs ch. 15;
HaraldHárf ch. 40 in Hkr I 159: Kvernbítr;
Herv 11, 99 (FAS I 425, 426 n.);
Nornag 57 ch. 4 (FAS I 322, Flb I 350);
ÖOdd 90-91, 129, 188 (ch. XXVI 8, FAS II 208, 245, 296, 534-35);
ÞorstVík 436 ch. 19;
ÁsmK 82, 98 ch. 1, 7 (FAS II 464-65, 483-84);
EgÁsm III 3, XVI 5 (FAS III 368, 401-02);
HálfdE XXVI 5 (FAS III 556-57);
SörlaSt 415, 419 ch. 3, 5;
HrólfG 41 ch. 26 (FAS III 132)/
GHrólf 323, 354 ch. 30, 36/
BárðSn 39, 42 ch. 18, 20/
Vígk 12 ch. 4:
 »sem í vatn brygði«
Mímungr:
 Þiðr I 97 ff., II 18, 32, cf. I 97 ff.;
Blómst 19, 39 ch. 10, 24;
Huld no. 7.

F839.1.

Gnawed bone as weapon.

HrólfKr 66 ch. 23;
GHrólf 310-11 ch. 26;
BárðSn 32-33 ch.15;
Þiðr II 109;
Árm ch. 15;
Saxo lib. II c. VI 11 =
Herrm 163.

F942.1.

Ground opens and swallows up person.

Njála CL 8-10;
BárðSn 40 ch. 18.

F1068.2.1.

Man is maltreated in dream so that he feels it next day.

blinded:
 BárðSn 44-45 ch. 21;
headache from stroke:
 Sigþ ch. 7;
mark of goldpenny in the hand:
 ÞórNef in FMS V 319 (FjÍsl 362-63).

G11.2.

Cannibal giant.

KetilH 114-15 ch. 2;
HálfdBr 569 ch. 4;
Amb 124 ch. 23;
BárðSn 32 ch. 15:
 »hrossakjöt ok manna«;
cf. Hræsvelgr:
 Vafþr 37/
 Gylf ch. 9 (18) =
 MC 276, cf. 275, 281.

G203.

Origin of witches.

Helga supposed to be »tröll«, because she came to land on an ice sheet:
 BárðSn 9 ch. 5.

G221.3.

Witch has extraordinary bodily strength.

BárðSn 9 ch. 5.

G275.8.

Hero kills witch.

cf. G500.1;
G512.7;
H1562.8.
GullÞ ch.17;
HrólfG 54-55 ch. 32 (FAS III 155-56);
BárðSn 17 ch. 9, 34-35 ch. 16;
IllGr 650 ch. 2;
Friðþj VIII I (FAS II 84);
ÞorstUxaf 256 (FMS III 129);
back broken:
 OrmSt 530 (FMS III 224, FjÍsl 218);
cut in two pieces:
 Þiðr I 37, II 325-26;
HrólfKr 58-59, 107 ch. 22, 34 (FAS I 60, 109);
GrímL 146 ch. I;
SigrgFr 83 ch. 11;
SturlSt 622 ch. 16;
GunnarK 241;
in various other ways:
 KáraK 66 ch. 32.

G275.9.

Fighting and wrestling with witch.

cf. G500.1;
H1562.8.
Grett LXV 1-10;
GrímL 148 ch. 1;
SörlaSt 413-14 ch. 3;
HjÖlv 482-86 ch. 12;
HálfdBr 570-73 ch. 4-6;
IllGr 650 ch. 2;
Bósa 28-29, 108, 113-14 ch. 8, 10, 12;
ÞorstUxaf 259-60 (FMS III 127-29);
OrmSt 530 (FMS III 224, FjÍsl 217-18);
BárðSn 17 ch. 9;
JarlmH 41-42 ch. 23;
Þiðr I 36-37;
SigrgFr 83 ch. 11;
Sigþ ch. 19;
Vilm 180-81 ch. 18;
ÁsmFl 178;
GunnarK 241;
ÚlfU ch. 1;
Fertram ch. 2;
KáraK 11-12 ch. 5.

G512.7.

Backbone of ogre's old mother broken.

cf. G275.8;
H1562.8.
BárðSn 34-35 ch. 16;
OrmSt 530.

H1392.

Quest for armor from a grave mound.

cf. E461.
Reykd ch. 19;
Herv 17-33, 102-13 (FAS I 432-42; Skj II A 245-50);
GHrólf 278-79, 334-36 ch. 15-16, 32;
HrómGr 368-69 ch. 3-4;
BárðSn 37-44 ch. 18-21;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 14;
cf. LiestølUpph 155-56;
Andrews 1913 601 ff.

H1573.3.

Power of Christianity tested.

cf. M425;
V331.1.
ÞorstB 183-95 ch. 5-11;
Sörla 276-83 (FAS I 394-407 ch. 2-9);
BárðSn 39-44 ch. 18-21.

H1583.1.

Time measured by worn iron shoes.

Skjöld 135 ch. 27 (28);
RagnarL ch. 14 (13) (FAS I 276-77);
Nornag 75-76 ch. 8 (Flb I 355-56, FAS I 338);
cf. BárðSn 40-41 ch. 19;
Sahlgren 1940 35.

K185.8.

Land purchase: as much as can be plowed (fenced) in a certain time.

cf. A991.
cf. BárðSn 13 ch. 6.

K812.

Victim burned in his own house.

Akv 41/
Atlam 42-43 =
Völs ch. 8, 40 (38)/
Þiðr II 319;
Ldb ch. 6, 8, 12, 20, 79, 174, 264;
Njála CXXIX ff.;
Eg LXXVII 8;
Grett VII 6;
GíslaS III 3-6;
Band XII;
GullÞ ch. 10, 18;
Dropl ch.1;
HÞór ch. 9;
Ys ch. 14, 31, 36, 39, 40, 43;
HálfdS ch. 5 in Hkr I;
HaraldHárf ch. 2, 12, 34, 36 in Hkr I;
ÓláfTr ch. 43, 62 in Hkr I, ch. 4 in FMS IV 26;
IngaK ch. 6, by Odd ch. 58 (46);
ÓláfH ch. 169 in Hkr II, ch. 14 in FMS IV 26;
IngaK ch. 6, in FMS VII 214;
MagnúsErl ch. 11 in FMS VII 303, ch. 17, 19 in Hkr III;
Orkn ch. 28, 29, 35, 66, 73, 78, 84, 103, 113 ( 331);
Sturl I 192, 202, 238, 305-06, 401, II 189, 282;
þáttr frá Sigurði slefu in Flb I 20 (FMS III 87);
ÞorstUxaf in Flb I 255 (FMS III 119-20);
Þorsteins þáttr tjaldstœðings in Flb III 434-35 (FjÍsl 435);
Þorsteins draumr Síðu-Hallssonar in Austf 221;
Bisk I 664;
Herv 156, 160-61 (FAS I 509, 512 n.);
RagnarS 467 ch. 5 (FAS I 359);
HrólfKr 4, 14-17, 86 ch. 1, 3-4, 28 (FAS I ch. 1, 4-5, 43-44);
HálfH III 2. XII 37-46 (FAS II 27, 43-44);
Gautr 12-13 ch. 3 (FAS III 15-16);
HrólfG 70-72 ch. 42-43 (FAS III 181-84);
Friðþj V 9 (FAS II 72, 492);
GrímL 156 ch. 4;
ÁnB 342, 360-61 ch. 5, 7;
ÞorstVík 410, 432 ch. 11, 17;
GHrólf 312 ch. 27;
HálfdBr 584 ch. 13;
SturlSt 615-16 ch. 14 (prevented);
BárðSn 4, 19 ch. 2, 10;
Þiðr I 14-15;
ÞórðarH 98 ch. 6;
ÁsmS 13-14;
Hell 15-16, 45 ch. 9, 23;
FlóresS XXI ch. 22 163;
Amb 162-68 ch. 34 (33);
HaraldHr 267, 271;
AtlaÓ 15-16 ch. 12;
Stark 6-7, 51 ch. 2, 18;
Huld# no. 16.

K1811.

Gods in disguise visit mortals.

cf. A185.
Odin:
 Ls 24/
 ÓláfTr ch. 197 in FMS II 138 = ch. 64 in Hkr I 377-79, by Odd ch. 43 (33)/
 ÓláfH ch. 88 in FMS V 171/
 Saxo lib. I c. VI 7, lib. VII c. XII 1 =
 Herrm 99, 549/
 cf. K1815.0.1/
 Vries 191;
Thor:
 Flóam ch. 24/
 ÓláfTr ch. 213 in FMS II 182, by Odd ch. 59 (47)/
 BárðSn 15-17 ch. 8;
Heimdallr:
 Rþ in BuggeE 141.

N110.

Luck and fate personified.

cf. E748.
cf. Gróg 7:
 »Urðar lokur«;
BárðSn 35 ch. 16:
 »Því mun nú hamingjan ráða«.

N525.

Treasure found in chest (kettle, cask).

BárðSn 40 ch. 18.

N553.

Tabus in efect while treasure is being unearthed.

cf. treasure finders swallowed by the earth:
 BárðSn 40 ch. 18.

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.

P16.4.

Persons buried with dead king (queen).

cf. V67.
thralls:
 Guðr I 246/
 SgFIII 47, 70 =
 Völs ch. 33;
Herv (only) in FAS I 489, 508-09;
HrólfKr ch. 52 in FAS I 109;
GHrólf 246 ch. 3;
BárðSn 38 ch. 18;
Saxo lib. V c. XI 1.

P233.6.

Son avenges father.

cf. M152.1;
N832.2;
T585.7.
HaraldH in Flb III 434-35;
HrólfKr 14-17 ch. 3-4;
ÞorstVík 432 ch. 17;
BárðSn 4 ch. 2;
Amb 162-68 ch. 34 (33).

P322.2.

Guest in disguise or under false name (»Gestr«);

cf. K1831.
RagnarL 171 ch. 19 (20);
Nornag 47-52 ch. 1-2 in Flb I 347-49 (FAS I 313-18);
SturlSt 634-35, 641 ch. 22, 25;
BárðSn 23-25 ch. 11-12;
NikL 25 ch. 9 ff.;
ÞjJón ch. 2 ff.

P325.1.

Guest begets son with his host's daughter.

Fær ch. 10 ff.;
BárðSn 23-25 ch. 11-12.

P337.1.

Christian king makes baptism a condition for hospitality during the winter.

BárðSn 36-37 ch. 17.

Q42.4.1.

Slave freed as reward for killing enemy's two slaves, and given as much land as he can cultivate in three days.

Ldb ch. 125 =
BárðSn 13 ch. 6.

Q296.1.

Sack of flour pushed down on peasant who accuses his wife of having stolen it.

cf. Q411.13.1.
BárðSn 18 ch. 9.

Q451.0.3.

Strong girl breaks impudent suitor's right hand and left foot.

BárðSn 14 ch. 7.

Q559.2.

Punishment: man stricken blind.

cf. Q451.7;
S165.
Njála ch. 106;
OddÓláfTr ch. 44 (33);
HaraldH ch. 56 in Hkr III 152;
MagnúsB ch. 21 in Hkr III 259;
BárðSn 45 ch. 21.

R10.1.

Princess (maiden) abducted.

cf. K235.5.1;
K788;
K1371;
N425;
N771.2.
HHj 172;
Eg ch. 32;
HálfdS ch. 5 in Hkr I 91;
HaraldHárf ch. 32 in Hkr I 147;
Fær ch. 15;
Sörla 279-82 (FAS I 400-05 ch. 7-8);
RagnarS 467 ch. 5 (FAS I 359-60);
Herv 1-2 (and 90), 4 (and 93), 44, 47, 124 (FAS I 412-13, 415, 455);
Bósa 25-63, 107-37 ch. 8-16, 10-17 (FAS III 210-34);
HverN in Flb I 22 (FAS II 4);
FundNo in Flb I 220 (FAS II 20);
ÁsmK 83-84 ch. 3 (FAS II 468);
SturlSt 634-38 ch. 22;
ÞorstVík 384, 397 ch. 1, 6;
Stark 4-5, 6 ch. 1, 2;
Þiðr II 82-83;
BárðSn 1, 31 ch. 1, 15;
Íven XI 3;
FlóresS IV ff.;
SamsF ch. 4-5;
NikL 41-43 ch. 11;
Bevers 246-48 ch. 24-26;
ÁsmS 11-14;
Saxo lib. VIII c. XI 1-2;
Schlauch 104;
Krause# 157-59.

R111.2.3.

Princess rescued from giant's cave where she is fettered to a chair by the hair.

cf. R111.1.7.
HálfdBr 570-72 ch. 5;
BárðSn 31 ch. 15;
ÚlfU ch. 4;
Andr 56;
Árnason II 263, 358, 456, 461, 477;
Rittershaus 1902 233;
Saxo lib. VII c. IV 2-3.

R155.

Brothers rescue brothers.

BárðSn 31-36 ch. 15-16/
cf. R169.11.

R165.

Rescue by saint.

cf. E366;
R121.6.
Geisli st. 28, 54 in Skj B I 434, 441 =
MagnúsG ch. 27-28 in Hkr III 47-49;
HákonH ch. 21 in Hkr III 430;
Knytl ch. 22;
Bisk I 210-12, 672;
BárðSn 43 ch. 20.

R169.11.

Unknown helper(s) emerge(s) in the last moment and turn(s) out later to be well known.

cf. R222.
HálfdE XIII (FAS III 536), introd. 23-24;
SörlaSt 426 ch. 11;
HjÖlv 461 ch. 5;
GHrólf 320-21, 340 ch. 29, 33;
ÁsmVík 24-32 ch. 13-14 (cf. F610.3.4.2.1);
BárðSn 31-36 ch. 15-16;
HringH 24-25 ch. 10;
AtlaÓ 13-14 ch. 10;
Bæring 111-13 ch. 24-27;
RémK 155 ff. ch. 27-35;
Fertram ch. 12.

R216.1.

Escape from ship by jumping into the sea.

cf. N513.1.
Grett ch. 38, 65;
Sturl II 219;
GullÞ ch. 15;
Skj I 44, 138, 175;
ÓláfTr ch. 186, 256 in FMS II 117, III 9, ch. 111 in Hkr I 453, by Odd ch. 21 (15), 59 (47), 73-74 (61-62);
HallþSn in FMS III 158;
MagnúsBl ch. 14 in Hkr III 343, ch. 18 in FMS VII 202 =
IngaK ch. 11 in Hkr III 364;
Orkn ch. 40, 48;
Fær ch. 54, 57;
Harð ch. 38;
BárðSn 40 ch. 18;
ÖOdd 31, 108-09, 134 (ch. VII 10, XXXII 1-5; FAS II 224, 252, 513, 536);
ÁnB 355-56 ch. 7;
ÞorstVík 403, 450-51 ch. 8, 23;
GHrólf 261-62 ch. 8;
HjÖlv 463 ch. 5;
HrólfG 26, 29 ch. 16, 18 (FAS III 107, 111);
Bósa 59 ch. 14 (FAS III 231);
HálfdE XIII 7 (FAS III 537);
EgÁsm XVIII 10 (FAS III 406-07);
SörlaSt 431 ch. 12;
HjÖlv 463 ch. 5;
BárðSn 40 ch. 18;
ÚlfU ch. 4.

S22.

Parricide.

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

S162.

Mutilation: cutting off legs (feet).

cf. G512.6;
S161.2.
Njála V 15, XLV 14, LXXII 8, LXXXII 21, XCIX 4, CXXIX 14, CXLVI23, CLI 12-13;
Dropl ch. 15;
VígaGlúm ch. 4;
Eyrb XVIII 21, 27, XLV 12;
Eg XLV 6, LXIV 43;
Reykd ch. 13;
Heiðarvíga ch. 30;
GullÞ ch. 18-19;
GunnlO 102 ch. 12 (22 and XVI 9);
Laxd XLIX 16;
Ldb ch. 200, 209;
Bisk I 64, 674;
Grett II 7, XII 11, XLIII 7;
ÓláfH ch. 228 in Hkr II 493, ch. 73 in FMS IV 151;
MagnúsS ch. 31 in Hkr III 310;
Sturl I 203, 288, 315, 317, 358, 363, 398, 441, II 34, 129, 184, 201, 219;
Fær ch. 18, 54;
Flóam ch. 17;
HaraldG ch. 9 in FMS VII 185;
Gautr 21 ch. 4 (FAS III 24);
Bósa 60 ch. 15 (FAS III 231);
GrímL 154 ch. 3;
KetilH 126 ch. 4;
GHrólf 303-04, 328, 329, 343, 344 ch. 24, 31, 33;
BárðSn 35 ch. 16;
ÞorstUxaf 251 (FMS III 110-11, FjÍsl 443);
Harð ch. 39;
Þiðr II 28;
FlóresB XXIII 5;
ÞórðarH 96-97 ch. 3-4;
Sigþ 179 ch. 28;
VilhSj 35, 102, 107, 116 ch. 18, 44, 48, 53;
Hell 50 ch. 27, 28;
Vald 62 ch. 1;
HringH 8, 11, 42 ch. 3, 4, 17;
Úlf 172, 216;
Ector ch. 9;
GunnarK 238, 245;
Andr 77;
Saxo lib. VIII c. X 9, cf. lib. I c. VIII 4;cf. the sword-name Fótbítr:
 Laxd ch. XXIX ff./
 Dropl ch. 13/
 Vápnf ch. 2;
the sword-name Leggbítr:
 MagnúsB ch. 35 in FMS VII 69, ch. 24-25 in Hkr III 263;
 Liestøl Upph 154.

S172.

Mutilation: nose cut off or crushed.

cf. Q451.5.
HálfdBr 587 ch. 15;
HálfdE XVII 11 (FAS III 546);
EgÁsm XIII 6, XVI 3 (FAS III 392-93, 400-01);
ÞorstB ch. 6, 9 in FMS III 186, 192;
BárðSn 27 ch. 13;
Vilm 174 ch. 15;
SamsF ch. 12;
Karla 443.

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.

T133.4.

Bridegroom and his men come for the bride.

HrólfKr 29-30 ch. 11 (FAS I ch. 14);
Völs ch. 3-4 (FAS I 120 ff.);
RagnarL ch. 4 (3) (FAS I 242);
BárðSn 22 ch. 10;
Þiðr II 278-79, 368;
Amb 14 ch. 3;
RémK 366-70 ch. 72.

T135.6.

Marriage by drinking festival, »drekka brúðlaup«.

cf. V65.3.
RagnarL ch. 6 (5) (FAS I 250);
Völs ch. 28 (26), 29 (27), 34 (32) (FAS I 188, 210);
HrólfKr 18 ch. 6 (FAS I ch. 7);
Herv in FAS I 455;
Gautr 34 ch. 8 (FAS III 38);
Bósa 44-47, 76, 125-28, 131, 137 ch. 13, 3, 16, 18 (FAS III 221-23 ch. 13);
HálfdE VI 8, XXIV 4 (FAS III 528, 554);
HrólfG 5, 6, 75 ch. 2, 45 (FAS III 61, 187);
ÖOdd 82-83, 186-87 (FAS II 203 (532), 293 (556); ch. XXIV 11, XLIV 11);
EgÁsm XII 8, XVIII 5 (FAS III 391, 405);
BárðSn 33 ch. 15;
SigFót 1001-02;
Álafl XVI 11-21;
JarlmH 24-26, 42-43 ch. 13, 14, 24;
ÁsmVík 32 ch. 15;
ÁsmS 13;
Amb 62, 70 ch. 12;
HéðinH 9 ch. 4;
Úlf 181;
SaulusN 48-49 ch. 20;
cf. Krause 215 ff.

T136.3.

Amusements at wedding.

Sturl I 18, 22 ff.:
 »dansleikar, glímur ok sagnaskemtuna«;
SörlaSt 452 ch. 26:
 »með allskonar listiligri skemtan«;
playing, esp. an harp, music:
 Bósa 45-46, 127 ch. 12, 16 (FAS III 221-24);
song, music; storytelling:
 EgÁsm XV 20, XVII 10 (FAS III 400, 404);
BárðSn 33 ch. 15:
 »knútukast«, »glíma«;
playing, singing, and »allzkonar skemtan«:
 Þiðr I 285-86, II 36;
music:
 JarlmH 39-40 ch. 21-22;
tournament:
 VilhSj 123-24 ch. 58;
tournament, music:
 Sigþ 230 ch. 44/
 Kóngab 48-50;
NikL 44 ch. 12;
music, dancing:
 SaulusN 57 ch. 23;
SamsF ch. 9:
 »allrahanda skemtan; tafl ok burtreider, skot ok skylmingar«;
storytelling:
 ÞjJón 65-66 (47) ch. 22;
RémK 349, 351 ff. ch. 69, 72:
 »allra handa listir ok leikar«, tournaments and »söngfæri fyrir þeim leikin«.

V1.3.

Worship of ancestors.

Óláfs þáttr Geirstaðaálfs in FMS X 209-15;
Herv 1, 89-90 (FAS I 411-12, 513);
BárðSn 12, 13 ch. 6 (cf. 16-17 ch. 8-9).

V1.6.1.1.

Worship of mountains and hills.

cf. E481.3.1;
F451.4.1.11;
F759;
M114.
Árhaugr, »til árs«:
 KetilH 133 ch. 5;
the cliff Tröllarkirkja:
 BárðSn 7 ch. 4;
Vries 101.

V61.1.

Dead placed on boat.

Sinfj in BuggeE 202 =
Völs ch. 10;
Baldr:
 Gylf ch. 33 (49) =
 MC 130;
Laxd ch. 7;
Svarfd ch. 26;
Ldb ch. 122, 164;
Ys ch. 23;
ÁnB 354 ch. 6;
BárðSn 38, 42 ch. 18, 20;
Mágus 33-34 ch. 18;
Saxo lib. III c. II 11, lib. V c. VIII 1 (Frotho's law), lib. VIII c. V 1;
Vries 28;
Weinhold 478-80, 483-84.

V61.8.

Burial in grave-mound.

cf. E481.3
HHu II in BuggeE 198;
Dropl ch. 11;
Eyrb ch. 37;
Laxd ch. 28;
GíslaS ch. 14;
GullÞ ch. 14;
Hell 9, 34, 35 ch. 6, 15, 16;
HrafnkelF ch. 8;
Ldb ch. 25, 38, 39, 74, 90, 92, 122, 125 (= BárðSn 13 ch. 6), 131, 134, 169, 369, 12 n., 142 n.;
Hkr Prologus;
Ys ch. 8, 23ff.;
ÞorstB 197 ch. 12;
ÞorstUxaf 214 (FMS III 101; FjÍsl 396; (Ísl. Forns III (1883) 129));
Svaða þáttr (Ísl. Forns III (1883) 436) (FMS II 195);
Ágrip ch. 6 in FMS V 384;
Svarfd ch. 7;
Flóam ch. 8, 9, 18;
ÞórðarH ch. 13, 19, 20;
Óláfs þáttr Geirstaðaálfs in FMS X 212;
ÓláfTr in Flb I 403;
Herv 14, 101 (FAS I 429, 448, 489, 499, 508-09, 517);
Sögubr 24 ch. 9 (FAS I 386-87);
Uppl 456-57 ch. 1-2 (FAS I 104-05);
Völs ch. 1 (FAS I 115), cf. 2, 84, 116;
RagnarS ch. 4, 5 in Hb 465, 467 (FAS I 356, 360);
HrólfKr 107 ch. 34 (FAS I ch. 52);
ÖOdd 16-17, 76-77, 94-95, 101, 105-06, 186-87 (ch. III 1-2, XXIII 3, XXVIII 1, XXIX 16, XXX 8, XLIV 10; FAS II 169 (508), 200 (530), 209 (535-36), 215, 221-22, 292 (556));
HálfH IV 3, VI 4 (FAS II 28, 30);
Friðþj I 8-11, XII 12 (FAS II 65, 98, 488-89);
ÁnB 340, 354 ch. 4, 6;
ÞorstVík 410 ch. 11;
GHrólf 246, 321, 332, 344, 348 ch. 3, 29, 31, 33, 34;
HjÖlv 510 ch. 21;
HálfdBr 587-88 ch. 15;
SörlaSt 433 ch. 14;
HrólfG 46 ch. 28 (FAS III 139; 71 ch. 5);
EgÁsm VI 10 ff., XII 2(FAS III 376-78, 389), cf. introd. xxv-ix;
Vígl 73-74 ch. 16;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 13-14;
HálfdB 10 ch. 6;
SkáldH 30 ch. 9;
GunnarK 245;
VestfjGr 169;
Amb 178 ch. 38 (37);
Úlfh ch. 3;
AtlaÓ 18-19 ch. 15;
Villif 85 ch. 40;
Stark 102 ch. 26;
Saxo lib. I c. VIII 17, lib. III c. III 7-8, c. IV 15, lib. IV c. II 4, lib. V c. VIII 1, etc.;
cf. Vries# 18, 26;
Weinhold 490 ff.

V61.8.2.

Person still alive goes into his grave-mound.

Agnarr:
 GullÞ ch. 3/
 HálfdE XXVI 14 (FAS III 558);
Herlaugr:
 HaraldHárf ch. 6 in FMS 186;
Rakni:
 BárðSn 38 ch. 18;
Andr 85.

V86.8.

Power of the crucifix.

cf. D1621;
E443.4;
G303.16.3.
OddÓláfTr ch. 73 (61);
HaraldH ch. 6 in FMS VI 143;
BárðSn 40 ch. 18;
Yngv 40-41;
Gering I 239:
 lays pursuing ghost.

V221.

Miraculous healing by saint.

cf. D1500.1.9.2;
D2161;
E121.4;
F952.
Sturl I 229;
ÓláfH ch. 189, 240, 245 in Hkr II 437, 514, 521, ch. 179, 261 in FMS V 39, 153, suppl. in FMX V 214;
HaraldH ch. 57 in Hkr III 152;
MagnúsB ch. 22 in Hkr III 260;
MagnúsS ch. 30 in Hkr III 309;
IngaK ch. 24-25 in Hkr III 382-85;
Knytl ch. 77 (FMS XI 308);
Þórhalls þáttr knapps in Flb I 439-41 (FMS II 229-32);
EgilSíðuH in Flb II 145 (FMS V 325-26, FjÍsl 20-21);
Bisk I 97, 115-24, 178-202, 208-09, 251-56, 259-60, 304 ff., 357, 438, 451, 456-61, 606-07, 611, 613-18, 644, II 20, 22-29, 79, 95, 157, 168-75, 172-73;
BárðSn 38 ch. 18;
worm taken out of woman:
 Hemings þáttr ch. 16 in Hb 334-36;
Gering I 59.

V222.1.

Marvelous light accompanying saint.

cf. F1061.
Sturl I 228, 229;
ÓláfH ch. 18 in FMS IV 32;
OddÓláfTr ch. 51 (38);
Sunnifa's head:
 ÓláfTr ch. 107 in FMS I 228, by Odd ch. 30 (21);
Bisk I 460, II 15, 29;
BárðSn 43 ch. 20;
cf. miraculous light on saint's corpse:
 Skj I 432 =
 ÓláfH ch. 222 in FMS V 98.

V331.1.

Conversion to Christianity through miracle: usually because the adversary's god turns out to be the stronger.

Njála ch. 103;
ÓláfTr ch. 27 in Hkr I 302, ch. 70 in FMS I 129, by Odd ch. 15, ch. 235 in FMS II 267-74;
ÞórNef in FMS V 319 (FjÍsl 362-63)/
cf. H221.2/
V356;
ÞorvV in FMS I 261-64 (FjÍsl 482-87);
Þiðr II 362;
BárðSn 38-45 ch. 18-21;
cf. ÓláfTr ch. 60 in FMS I 107, ch. 173, 253 in FMS II 75, 325, by Odd ch. 73 (61);
OrmSt 529-30 (FMS III 222, 224, FjÍsl 215, 218);
Ögmundar þáttr dytts ok Gunnars helmings in Flb I 338 (FMS II 75, FjÍsl 521-22);
man promises to convert to Christianity or to go on pilgrimage if God helps him in difficulty (cf. M266):
 Hávarð ch. 11.

V332.

Baptism of heathen.

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.