Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: Bæring

Bærings saga, ed. Fornaldarsögur Suðrlanda p. 85-123.

Works with this reference:

B11.2.11.

Fire-breathing dragon.

cf. B742.
(y.) Bósa 92 ch. 6/
cf. introd. lxvi;
Bæring 108 ch. 22;
Íven X 24.

D133.3.

Transformation: man to ox.

Ys ch. 5 =
MC 181;
Bæring 118-19 ch. 31.

D199.2.1.

Magician fights as dragon.

cf. D659.2.
Bósa 58, 91 ch. 14-15, 6 (FAS III 230)/
Bósa introd. lxvi: ViktorBl;
HálfdE XX 8-9 (FAS III 550);
SturlSt 613 ch. 12;
GHrólf 342 ch. 33;
SörlaSt 424 ch. 8;
Mágus 147 ch. 62;
Bæring 108, 118-19 ch. 22, 31;
Dínus 76-77;
Huld no. 4.

D1344.9.1.

Magic shirt (cloak, armor) gives invulnerability.

cf. D1056;
D1381;
F821.1.3.
Skáldsk 55 (44);
Ldb ch. 27, 125 (52 n.);
Eyrb XVIII 21;
Vatnsd XIX 2;
Njála CLV 22;
GullÞ ch. 3;
Sturl I 363;
ÓláfH ch. 193, 228 in Hkr II 1, ch. 182 in FMS V 42 (cf. F821.1.3);
Herv 11, 99;
Völs ch. 44 (42);
RagnarL ch. 3 (2), 15 (14);
RagnarS ch. 1 (FAS I 346);
(y.) ÖOdd 101, 119-20, 129, 133 (ch. XXIX 14, FAS II 215, 231, 245, 351);
(y.) Bósa 110 ch. 11;
EgÁsm XV 3 (FAS III 397);
HrómGr 375 ch. 7;
GHrólf 250, 256, 279, 322 ch. 4, 6, 16, 30;
SörlaSt 415, 419, 439 ch. 3, 5, 18;
SturlSt 606 ch. 9;
HálfdBr 576, 587 ch. 8, 11;
ÞorstB 180 ch. 3;
ÁsmVík 25-26, 32-33 ch. 14, 15;
SigrgFr 105 ch. 16;
VilhSj 14-15 ch. 7;
ÚlfU ch. 1;
Amb 172 ch. 36 (35);
Konr 61 ch. 6;
Bæring 119 ch. 31;
Ector ch. 2;
HringH 6 ch. 2;
Kóngab 5, 11, 14 ff.;
Andr 37-38;
Saxo lib. II c. IV 2, lib. III c. II 10 and III 4, lib. IV c. X 3
Herrm 219, 315;
cf. Lagerholm 69 n.

D1812.5.1.2.

Bad dream as evil omen.

cf. D1812.5.1.1.3.
Vegt in BuggeE 135 and Gylf ch. 33 (49)/
cf. Saxo lib. III c. III 7 =
Herrm 233/
Vries 234, 242;
Atlam 10-12, 24-28/
cf. Völs ch. 36 (34), 37 (35);
Laxd ch. 31;
ÓláfTr ch. 48-49 in Hkr I 350, 354, by Odd ch. 21 (15);
MagnúsErl ch. 32 in Hkr III 478;
Sturl I 474, 494, 517-24, II 243-45, 293, 323;
Sögubr ch. 2, 3 (FAS I 367, 371-73);
HrólfKr 15 ch. 4 (FAS I 14);
Herv 8, 95 (FAS I 420, 517);
HálfH XI 3, XV st. 40-46 (FAS II 40-43, 47);
ÁnB 353 ch. 6;
HrómGr 373, 377 ch. 6, 9;
ÞorstVík 413 ch. 12;
HrólfG ch. 8, 11 (FAS III 77-79, 95, 117);
GHrólf 312-13 ch. 27;
HálfdBr 560-61 ch. 1;
Sörla 280 (FAS I 402 ch. 7);
Harðar ch. 31;
Þiðr II 283-84;
SígFót 1004;
Þorgr 7 ch. 1;
Úlf 183-85;
Villif ch. 33, 38;
Ector ch. 1;
Dám ch.11;
Vilm ch. 8;
HeðinH ch. 8;
SigrgV ch. 9;
Hell ch. 25;
Bæring 86, 122 ch. 3, 33;
ParmesL ch. 5, 9;
AtlaÓ ch. 9, 14.

E731.11.

Soul in form of lion.

HrólfG 12, 21 ch. 8, 11 (FAS III 77, 95);
Þorgr 7 ch. 1;
all in dream:
 Bæring 86 ch. 3.

E738.1.

Soul in form of dragon.

cf. G211.16.
Sögubr ch. 2-3 (FAS I 367, 371);
in dream:
 Bæring 86 ch. 3.

F420.6.1.4.

Water-maiden goes to home of mortal and marries.

»gýgr« from waterfall:
 Bæring 108 ch. 22.

F426.

Spirit of water-fall.

cf. B11.3.1.1;
F531.6.2.2.3;
F420.6.1.4;
F420.6.1.6.
Grett LXV 1-LXVI 11;
Starkaðr áludrengr:
 Herv 2, 90/
 Stark 3 ch. 1;
gýgr:
 (y.) ÖOdd 126 (FAS II 241);
queen = gýgr:
 Bæring 108 ch. 22;
Kvintelin þjófr:
 SamsF ch. 3, 15.

F514.4.

Person with crook(s) on end of the nose.

cf. F531.1.6.6.1.
Íven II 15;
Heimslýsing in Hb 166;
Bæring 98 ch. 16-18:
 »krocar ij þottv vera á nefi hans«.

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.

F531.1.6.6.1.

Giant with crook on end of his nose.

cf. F514.4;
F543.1.
ÖOdd 47 (ch. XII 3, FAS II 518);
HálfdBr 569 ch. 4;
Bæring 235 ch. 18;
Saxo lib. VIII c. XV 4-5 =
Herrm 599;
LiestølNT 197.

F582.2.

Man spews venom.

cf. B11.2.11.1;
F1041.16.1.
GHrólf 332 ff. ch. 31, 33;
Bæring 119 ch. 31.

F737.

Wandering island.

ÖOdd 131-32 (FAS II 248-49);
FlóresS XXII 6-8;
Bæring ch. 31.

F832.2.

Extraordinarily big lance.

six (or twelve, fifteen) yards:
 SörlaSt 422 ch. 8;
thirteen yards:
 SalusN 78 ch. 31;
thirteen yards, penetrates three yards into the earth and breaks:
 Bæring 111 ch. 26;
ten yards:
 Mágus 42 ch. 22, 133 ch. 55.

F833.6.

Sword with poisoned edge.

Skálda in Hb 453;
ÖOdd 102 st. 17 (ch. XXX 5, FAS II 217);
HálfdE XVI 12 (FAS III 543);
SturlSt 608-09, 614-15 ch. 10, 13;
ÞórðarH 95-96 ch. 3-4;
Amb 146 ch. 28 (27);
Bæring 111 ch. 24;
Sigþ 139 ch. 16.

G100.

Witch.

cf. D97.
Eyrb XV 9 ff.;
GíslaS ch. 11;
Fóstbr ch. 9;
Hávarð ch. 19, 21;
GrímL 145-47 ch. 1;
Bæring 108 ch. 22;
Andr 70-71.

G229.5.

Beautiful witch.

cf. F531.1.0.1.1.
IllGr 656 ch. 5;
Þiðr II 268-69;
RémK 23 ch. 6;
Bæring 108 ch. 22.

H217.1.

Decision of victory by single combat or holmgang between army-leaders.

Sörla 281 (FAS I 404 ch. 8);
ÞorstVík 444 ch. 21;
EgÁsm IV 5-12 (FAS III 369-70);
Sigþ ch. 38;
Þiðr II 356-57;
HringH 37-38 ch. 16;
Villif 36 ch. 16;
Mágus 131 ch. 52;
Bæring 118-19 ch. 31;
Bevers 262 ch. 34;
SigFót 1003;
RémK 176-87 ch. 32-34;
Nitida 34-35 ch. 5;
cf. Grett ch. 43;
ÁsmK 92-93 ch. 7 (FAS II 476-77).

H1561.2.1.

Holmgang. Single combat on an island.

cf. F610.3.4.2;
H218.
Eyrb ch. 8;
BjörnHít ch. 4;
Ljósv ch. 16-17;
Korm ch. 10 =
Skj I 75-83;
Ldb ch. 51, 54, 136;
Svarfd ch. 9;
ÓláfTr ch. 264 in FMS III 20 ff., by Odd ch. 17 (11);
Herv 2, 5-14, 90, 94-101 (FAS I 412, 417-29);
ÁsmK 95-98, 99 st. 7 (FAS II 479-84, 487);
ÖOdd 100 (ch. XXIX 14; FAS II 215);
KetilH 125 ff. ch. 4, 5;
ÞorstVík 388 ff., 444 ch. 3-4, 21;
SturlSt 598-610, 612-14 ch. 6-10, 12-13;
Vígl 55 ch. 5;
Þiðr II 378;
HéðinH 6-7 ch. 3;
RémK 38-41 ch. 9;
Bæring 118-19 ch. 31;
Andr 34-39;
Saxo lib. I c. III 1, c. VIII 22, lib. III c. V 2-6, lib. IV c. IV 8-11;
cf. Heinzel 44;
Jones 1932 203-24;
Reuschel 78, 80;
Schlauch 40.

K2111.

Potiphar's wife.

cf. K2121.
HrólfKr ch. 13-22;
HjÖlv 469, 515 ch. 8, 22;
Bæring 109-10 ch. 23;
RémK 94 ff. ch. 19-21;
Úlfh ch. 1;
Úlf 143 ff.

N814.1.

Man carried through air by angel.

cf. D2121.5.
Bæring 110 ch. 23-24.

Q421.

Punishment: beheading.

cf. S139.2.
Bisk I 674, 776;
Sturl I 288, 315, II 44;
Jómsv ch. 52 (36);
IngaK ch. 13 in FMS VII 227;
Þiðr I 27;
Bæring 122 ch. 33;
GunnarK 240-41.

Q467.4.

Man thrown into waterfall as punishment for alleged violating of princess.

cf. Q244.
Bæring ch. 23-24.

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.

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.

R191.

King (prince) returns home (from exile) and rescues his native country.

Amb 162 ch. 34 ff. =
Saxo lib. III c. VI 22-25;
Bæring 114-20 ch. 28-31.

R222.

Unknown knight. (Three days' tournament).

cf. R169.11.
cf. Álafl ch. VI-VIII;
VilhSj 98-116 ch. 43-53;
Bæring 93-96 ch. 11-14;
Part 29-43;
RémK 169 ch. 30 ff.;
Mágus ch. 73-75.

S173.

Mutilation: breaking (two, three) ribs.

cf. F624.3.1.
Bisk II 118;
SörlaSt 424 ch. 8;
HálfdE XII 12 (FAS III 536);
EgÁsm XII 10 (FAS III 391);
Þiðr I 362;
OrmSt 521 (FMS III 206);
FlóresS XV 2;
Bæring 89, 96 ch. 5, 14.

T55.

Girl as wooer.

cf. H311.
HálfdE XX 12 (FAS III 551);
Yngv 15-16 (cf. 29-30, 43-46);
Bæring 97-106, 109-10, 114-15 ch. 14-19, 23, 28.

T320.

Escape from undesired lower.

cf. F610.3.4.2.1;
K1223;
R111.1.9;
T455.8.
ÓláfTr ch. 92 in Hkr I 421;
Bæring 85 ff.;
Schlauch 105.

V1.11.3.

Worship of wooden idols, »skurðgoð«, »trémenn«.

cf. V356.
ÓláfTr ch. 167, 172-73, 184 in FMS II 44, 73-75 ( = Ögmundar þáttr dytts ok Gunnars helm. in Flb I 37-39; FjÍsl 519-23), 108;
ÓláfH ch. 107-09, 112 in Hkr II 219 ff., 232, ch. 107 in FMS IV 242;
Hallfr 65;
EiríkV ch. 4 in FAS III 672 (cf. Flb I 35);
Stefnis þáttr Þorgilssonar in Flb I 286-87 (FjÍsl 307-08);
Þorv in Flb I 270 (FjÍsl 490-91 and FMS I 267);
RagnarL ch. 20 (21) (FAS I 298-99, Skj II 261);
ÖOdd 115 n. (FAS II 228);
Friðþj IX 6-8 (FAS II 86-87, 497);
Bósa 29-30 ch. 8 (FAS III 213);
Flov 193 ch. 13;
Bæring 99-100 ch. 17;
Saxo lib. XIV c. XXXIX 3 465;
Vries 114, 140.

V17.3.

Sacrifice to get help in danger. Sacrifice for victory.

cf. Erling:
 Jómsvíkingadrápa ed. Skj II 7/
 ÓláfTr ch. 42 in Hkr I 337, ch. 90 in FMS I 174(Flb I 191 ch. 154), by Odd ch. 18 (12)/
 Jómsv ch. 44 (34)/
 Saxo lib. X c. IV 2;
Orkn ch. 8;
EgÁsm VIII 5 (FAS III 379);
Bæring 99-100 ch. 17;
cf. sacrifice for victory:
 Vries 145, 169.

V70.3.

Midsummer.

Bæring 115 ch. 28;
Olrik-E 608, 666 ff.