Deity cares for favorite individuals.
Show referencesWind-god.
Show referencesThe bird Gam.
Show referencesTransformation and disenchantment at will.
Show referencesTransformation to travel to otherworld.
Show referencesMagic object received from dwarf in return for rescue of child or kindness to child.
Show referencesMagic object acquired through trickery: child forced to cry till object is given.
Show referencesMagic writings (runes).
Show referencesMagic shirt (cloak, armor) gives invulnerability.
Show referencesBad dream as evil omen.
Show referencesMagic invulnerability.
Show referencesSword magically dulled.
Show referencesSoul in plant.
Show referencesThe soul as a guardian spirit, »fylgja«, »hamingja«, »(spá)dís«.
Show referencesAppearance of dwarf.
Show referencesDwarfs as smiths.
Show referencesHelpful dwarfs.
Show referencesDwarfs curse weapons and treasures which they are forced to give (see F451.3.2.1.1), or which the receiver doesn't appreciate.
Show referencesTrolls are usually ugly, hideous, big, and strong.
Show referencesGiants like butter better than anything else. Get trough of butter in return for help.
Show referencesGiants live in mountains or caves.
Show referencesGiant slain by man.
Show referencesAmazons. Woman warriors. Icelandic: »skjaldmær«.
Show referencesWarrior of special strength (berserk).
Show referencesTwelve berserks.
Show referencesBerserk killed in combat about maiden.
Show referencesHero's precocious strength.
Show referencesExtraordinary ring.
Show referencesExtraordinary sword.
Show referencesSword cuts everything.
Show referencesMen go mad in battle.
Show referencesRing sent from husband to wife as taken that he has been baptized, and that she should also be.
Show referencesDecision of victory by single combat or holmgang between army-leaders.
Show referencesQuest for marvelous game-board.
Show referencesSingle combat to prove valor.
Show referencesEscape under ram's belly. By hiding under the belly of a ram the hero escapes under the legs of the blind ogre.
Show referencesVictim burned in his own house.
Show referencesVows taken as an old Norse custom at festivals, especially at Yule time.
Show referencesVow not to shave or cut hair until a certain time.
Show referencesJealous sisters curse the child one of them may have by the god Thor, so that it never will grow nor thrive.
Show referencesThe one of two giant brothers who gets the most skillful princess elected as king.
Show referencesTwo brothers follow and help each other on piracy, etc.
Show referencesThree brothers.
Show referencesSworn brethren.
Show referencesCombatants become sworn brethren.
Show referencesBlood-brotherhood. Friends take oath of brotherhood by means of mixing their blood.
Show referencesHospitality for a whole winter (by king or nobleman usual in old Scandinavia).
Show referencesPoet rewarded for poem.
Show referencesSoldier (especially a »landvarnar-maðr« with charge of the defence of the coast and the frontier against freebooters and foreign invasion).
Show referencesPrincess (maiden) abducted.
Show referencesAbduction of bridegroom and killing of his bride planned as giantess's revenge.
Show referencesPrincess (maiden) abducted by monster (ogre, giant).
Show referencesDefeated warriors go into the conqueror's service.
Show referencesEscape from ship by jumping into the sea.
Show referencesOgre tries to retain fugitive by tempting him with gold ring, but be takes ring by cutting off the hand.
Show referencesFratricide.
Show referencesMurder by twisting out intestines.
Show referencesMutilation: cutting off hands (arms).
Show referencesMutilation: cutting off legs (feet).
Show referencesMutilation: putting out eyes.
Show references»Blood-eagle« cut on man's back by flaying and salting.
Show referencesMutilation: tearing off ears.
Show referencesRejected suitor wages war.
Show referencesMarriage by drinking festival, »drekka brúðlaup«.
Show referencesAmusements at wedding.
Show referencesDying man assigns bride to his brother.
Show referencesOx (bull) as sacrifice.
Show referencesMan buried upright beneath kitchen stairway in order that he may watch his family.
Show referencesBurial in grave-mound.
Show referencesDrinking festival in memory of the dead, »drekka erfi«.
Show referencesOrnaments, weapons, etc. buried with hero.
Show referencesMiraculous healing by saint.
Show referencesConversion to Christianity.
Show referencesFormulistic number: twelve.
Show referencesGiant ogre can be killed only with his own sword.
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