Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

cf. B268;
B335;
F531.8.2.
HrólfKr 60 ch. 23;
GHrólf 295 ch. 21 ff.;
Þiðr I 185-86;
Sigþ ch. 19;
Ector ch. 11;
Kirial 18;
VilhSj 25 ch. 12;
horse:
 Mágus 16, 19, 37 ch. 10, 19;
horse and lion:
 VilhSj 25, 33, 45-48, 58 ch. 12, 17, 21, 25;
lion (cf. B443):
 SörlaSt 440-41 ch. 18;
hawk:
 HrólfKr ch. 27, 29 (FAS I 81, 89);
hawk and dog:
 Dám 77-78, 94 ch. 9, 14 (Árnason I 284-85).

cf. D1472.1.4.
Dám 99 ch. 14.

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.

Dám 98-101 ch. 14.

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.

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. F163.
with differently coloured stones, with gold and silver, and tall towers with golden roofs:
 HjÖlv 51 I ch. 21;
with huge towers and shining walls, wondrously adorned with gold and silver, and with precious stones:
 Amb 18 ch. 4;
castle that may neither be damaged by fire, weapon, nor magic:
 Sigþ 103 ch. 3.

cf. D1810.8;
D1812.3.3;
D1812.5.1.2;
D1813.1.6;
E366;
F564.3.3;
F1068;
N531.
AriÍ in ASB I ch. IV 2-3;
Njála XXIII 9-10, LXII 5-6;
Laxd ch. 48-49, 76;
GíslaS ch. 22, 24, 30, 33;
Hallfr ch. 9-11 (94, 115, 121, 129);
HrafnkelF ch. 1 =
Ldb ch. 329;
Fóstbr ch. 4, 23, 24;
Grœnlþ 277 ch. 2;
Flóam ch. 15, 20, 21;
Ldb 36 n. (> ÓláfTr ch. 128 in FMS I 254), 50 n., 119 n.;
ÓláfH ch. 112, 188 in Hkr II, ch. 107 in FMS IV 243-44, ch. 178 in FMS V 38;
Sighvats þáttr skálds and ÞórNef in FMS V 210, 319;
OddÓláfTr ch. 13 (9), 27(18);
ÓláfTr ch. 131 in FMS I 262 (= ÞorvV in FjÍsl 485; Kristni ch. 11 2-3), ch. 200, 219 in FMS II 147 (= Flb I 380), 212, ch. 279, 283 in FMS V 48, 57;
HaraldH ch. 28, 57 and MagnúsS ch. 31 in Hkr III 115, 152, 310;
MagnúsG ch. 51 in FMS VI 118(= HrafnþH in FjÍsl 249);
HaraldH ch. 6 in FMS VI 143, ch. 69 in Flb III 431 (= Þorsteins þáttr forvitna in FjÍsl 416-18);
Sverr ch. 6 in Flb II 542;
Knytl ch. 68, 117;
Orkn ch. 57;
Fær ch. 53;
Sturl I 227, 273;
Bisk I 114, 121, 258, 268, 302, 438, 444, 612, 624, 793, II 18-19, 88, 131;
Sögubr ch. 2, 3 (FAS I 367, 371-73);
EiríkV 34 ch. 4 (FAS III 670);
Þiðr II 283;
Dám 90 ch. 13;
Árm 59;
Gering I 18, 21, 22, 29, 36;
cf. LiestølUpph 147-48, 222-24;
Klare 1939 8.

cf. R53.
Dám 97 ch. 14.

cf. H335.4.3;
M149.3.
Kjaln ch. 8;
Völs ch. 10;
HrólfKr 32-34 ch. 12 (FAS I ch. 16);
HálfH III 1-2 (FAS II 27);
HrólfG 5-6 ch. 2 (FAS III 61-62);
EgÁsm XII 1-4 (FAS III 389-90);
Vilm ch. 5;
Dám 85-88 ch. 12;
cf. K1931.11;
ÁsmVík 7 ch. 3.

Herv 7, 95 (FAS I 419, 516);
Völs ch. 29 (27);
ÞorstVík 433-34 ch. 18;
KetilH 125 ch. 4-5;
HrólfG 4 ch. 2 (FAS III 59-60);
Þiðr I 65 (II 96-97);
FlóresS III 8, X 5-6;
RémK 328 ch. 63 (cf. 156 ch. 27);
Dám 69, 72 ch. 6-7.

RagnarS 467 ch. 5 (FAS I 360);
Sögubr 5 ch. 1 (FAS I 366);
HjÖlv 458 ch. 3;
KetilH 124 ch. 4;
SigrgV ch. 12, 22;
Vilm 193, 199 ch. 22, 24;
Kirial 10, 85-88, 90-91;
Dám 103 ch. 16.
The feast lasts many days:
 Völs 146-47 ch. 29 (27);
five days:
 Þiðr II 36-38;
seven days:
 RagnarL 121 ch. 4 (3) (FAS I 242);
 Þiðr II 105;
 ÁsmVík 43 ch. 22;
 Álafl XVIII 1-4;
twelve days:
 Sigþ 233 ch. 46;
fourteen days or half a month:
 HálfdBr 586, 590 ch. 14, 17;
 HrólfG ch. 14 in FAS III 105;
 ÁsmVík 32 ch. 15;
 Vald 77 ch. 3;
 HéðinH 9 ch. 4;
 Þorgr 33 ch. 5;
 Úlf 271;
 SaulusN 89 ch. 34;
 ÞjJón 52-53 (36) ch. 20;
 RémK 346-60 ch. 69-70;
 Part 45;
twenty days:
 Herv in FAS I 455;
three weeks:
 Bósa 131 ch. 16;
one month:
 HrólfG 25 ch. 15;
 Bósa 61 ch. 16 (FAS III 232);
 VilhSj 123-24 ch. 58;
 HringH 31 ch. 8;
 Vald 77 ch. 3;
 Þorgr 31, 32 ch. 5;
two months:
 Kóngab 48-50.

Atlam 103 (?) =
Völs ch. 40 (33);
Ágrip ch. 6 in FMS X 384;
ÖOdd 196-97 (ch. XLVI 8-9; FAS II 301, 322, 558-59);
Yngv 46;
Dám# 88, 89, 104-05, 107 ch. 12, 13, 17.

Bisk I 438, 793, II 18-19, 131, 151-55, 167;
Dám 90-107 ch. 13-18;
forces devils to disguise as monks and give shelter to monks who have lost their way in the forest:
 Gering I 147.

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.