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Bibliography for: EgÁsm

Egils saga einhenda ok Ásmundar berserkjabana, ed. Åke Lagerholm in Altnordische Sagabibliothek XVII (1927), p. 1-83 (Fornaldar sögur Norðrlanda III p. 365-407 (https://books.google.de/books?id=mVNZAAAAcAAJ&lpg=PA100&ots=aq_6zoCkrv&dq=Fornaldar%20s%C3%B6gur%20Nordrlanda%20fyrsta%20bindi )).

Works with this reference:

A128.2.

One-eyed god (Odin).

cf. F512.1.1;
cf. J151.3;
cf. J163.3.
EgÁsm XIII 10 (FAS III 393);
Saxo lib. I c. VI 7, lib. II c. VII 25, lib. VII c. X 6, etc.;
Skj I A 26, B 24 (Þórbjörn hornklofi);
Völs ch. 11, 44 (42);
MC 21;
Saussaye 226;
Vries 192.

A164.6.

God as lover of giantess.

cf. A188;
cf. F531.6.1.1.
Billing's mær:
 cf. Háv st. 96-102;
Gunnlöð:
 cf. Háv st. 104-10/
 Hárb 18;
Skáldsk ch. 6 (57);
Gylf ch. 23 (37)/
Skírn;
Thor and Odin:
 EgÁsm XII 5-6, XIII 10 (FAS III 390, 393).

A487.

God of death.

cf. A310.
Odin:
 EgÁsm XVIII 10 (FAS III 407)/
 Gautr 5, 7 ch. I (FAS III 7, 10)/
 Herv 10, 11, 97-98 (FAS I 422-24)/
 HrómGr 366 ch. 2/
 RagnarS 466 ch. 5 (FAS I 358, Skj II 261)/
 Sinfj in BuggeE 202/
 Völs ch. 10/
 cf. Vries 175, 196;
* Thor:
 Vries 227, 229.

B31.2.

The bird Gam.

cf. D199.5;
cf. F531.1.8.6;
cf. G211.9;
cf. R138.2.
As ogre with iron beak and claws:
 ÖOdd 118-20 (FAS II 230)/
 Bósa 28 ff., 89 ff., 108-13 (FAS III 210-13, 233)/
 Part 33/
 cf. SturlSt 612 ch. 12:
 »líkari gammsklóm enn manna nöglum«;
Flies with human being:
 ÖOdd 120 (FAS II 231-32)/
 EgÁsm II 3-4/
 FlóresS XXI 2-10/
 KáraK ch. 1, 18;
Gam's egg:
 Bósa 20, 62, 104 (FAS III 207 ch. 6 ff., 233 ch. 10)/
 cf. Nerman 1953;
Gam in prince's banner:
 Kirial 16.

B721.

Cat's luminous eye.

EgÁsm X 2-7 (FAS III 384-85).

D40.

Transformation to likeness of another person.

cf. D658.2.
Völs ch. 29 (27);
ÞorstVík 431-32 ch. 17;
EgÁsm XIII 8, XV 6;
Gibbon 10 ch. 3 (angle, devil).

D579.

Transformation by looking in a mirror.

cf. D1163.
EgÁsm XIII 8, XV 6 (FAS III 393, 397);
Sigþ ch. 21, 32-36/
cf. Jiriczek's introd. to Bósa lxi;
Vald 65 ch. 1.

D816.

Magic object inherited.

Ldb ch. 356;
Laxd ch. 26;
HrólfKr 52-60 ch. 20, 23 (FAS I 56-61);
Völs ch. 11;
ÞorstVík 390 ch. 3;
GHrólf 299 ch. 23;
EgÁsm XII 3 (FAS III 389);
Friðþj ch. 1;
ÞjJón ch. 9.
cf. GrønbechVFO IV 29.

D817.1.1.

Magic object received from dwarf in return for rescue of child or kindness to child.

cf. D812.12;
F337.1.
(y.) Bósa 109-11 ch. 11;
EgÁsm XI 6-9 (FAS III 388-89)/
cf. introd. xxxv-vii;
ÞorstVík 447 ch. 22;
ÞorstB 180 ch. 3;
Amb ch. 19-20;
Ector ch. 7-8;
cf. KáraK 21 ch. 9 (cf. ch. 13, 14 ff.).

D832.

Magic object acquired by acting as umpire for fighting heirs.

EgÁsm XI (FAS III 387-88).

D835.

Magic object acquired through trickery: child forced to cry till object is given.

EgÁsm XIV 10/
cf. Lagerholm 66.

D859.2.

Quest to hell for magic object.

EgÁsm XIII 1-12 (FAS III 391-93).

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.

D906.

Magic wind.

cf. D2142;
R236.4.
EgÁsm IX 4-6 (FAS III 382-83);
Gautr 28 ch. 7 (FAS III 31-32);
HjÖlv 506 ch. 19-20;
ÖOdd 46-47 (ch. 12-13; FAS II 184-86, 520);
Dínus 123.

D1040.

Magic drink.

Cf. A154;
D1242.2;
D1351;
D1355.2;
D1364.7;
D1365.2;
D1366.1;
D1375.1.5;
D1500.1.11;
D1500.4.1;
D1502.4.1;
D2034.
GullÞ ch. 3;
EgÁsm XIV 10-11 (FAS III 395).

D1053.

Magic mantle (clock).

cf. D1316;
D1317.19;
D1318.8.2;
D1344.9;
D1361.12;
D1368.3;
D1380.18;
D1610.26.1;
E121.4;
H1359.5.
Ys ch. 46: produces storm;
SturlSt 606 ch. 9: brings luck;
EgÁsm XII 12 (FAS III 391): cannot burn;
VilhSj ch. 30: changes color three times a day.
cf. »Möttull finnakonungr«:
 Moe 1926 II 88 ff.

D1171.6.3.

Magic drinking horn.

cf. D444.6;
D1311.20;
D1317.18;
D1335.2;
D1365.10;
D1470.2.3;
D1610.25;
H1559.5.
Gjallarhorn:
 Gylf ch. 8 (15);
SturlSt 624 ch. 17;
EgÁsm XII 12 -XIII 1 (FAS III 391), cf. 59;
Fertram ch. 9 (cf. D1500.1.11);
four different drinks in it do not mix up:
 Konr 15, 79 ch. 10.

D1331.2.6.

Magic mirror causes blindness.

EgÁsm XIII 8, XVI 4 (FAS III 393, 401).

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.

D1382.10.

Magic garment prevents burning.

HálfdBr 576 ch. 8;
SörlaSt 415, 419 ch. 3, 5;
EgÁsm XII 12-XIII 10 (FAS III 391-93)/
cf. Lagerholm 58/
GullÞ ch. 3/
Blómst 46;
(y.) Bósa 110 ch. 11.

D1384.4.1.

Magic shirt prevents fatigue during swimming.

ÖOdd 72 (ch. XXII 6; FAS II 198, 210);
EgÁsm XV 3 (FAS III 397);
HálfdBr 576 ch. 8;
ÞorstB 180 ch. 3;
Kóngab 5, 11, 14.

D1402.7.1.1.

Magic sword slays a man daily.

HrómGr 366 ch. 1;
EgÁsm X 14;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 12-13/
Jiriczek's introd. to Bósa lxvi.

D1470.2.3.

Horn of plenty (cornucopia).

EgÁsm XII 12 ff.

D1500.1.4.

Magic healing plant.

cf. D1472.1.4.
EgÁsm XIV 12 (FAS III 396):
 »lifsgrös«;
leaf:
 Völs ch. 8.
consecrated grass:
 Bisk II 81.
cf. Fritzner II 591:
 »læknisgras«.

D1520.19.

Magic transportation by carpet (cloth).

EgÁsm XV 2, 16-20 (FAS III 397, 399);
SigrgFr ch. 7/
ZDPh XXVI 24;
ViktorBl 38-39 ch. 12;
Gibbon 4 ch. 1;
cf. Lagerholm 68.

D1585.2.

Magic plant saves cut-off limbs from corruption.

GHrólf 306 ch. 24 (feet);
EgÁsm XIV 13-15 (FAS III 396) (hand).

D1601.29.

Self-playing game-board.

cf. D1209.7.
EgÁsm XII 12 (FAS III 391);

D1652.5.

Inexhaustible vessel.

Grm 25;
EgÁsm XII 12 (FAS III 391) 59 n.;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 24.

D1653.1.2.

Unerring spear.

SturlSt 621 ch. 16;
EgÁsm X 16 (FAS III 387);
ÚlfU ch. 3 (cf. ZDPh XXVI 24 and C432.1);
Úlf 159, 214;
KáraK 65 ch. 31.

D1812.5.0.15.1.

Divination from wind.

sudden puff of wind as bad omen:
 Laxd ch. 76;
EgÁsm X 10 (FAS III 386) (?).

D1813.4.

Fugitives' way revealed by magic.

HrólfKr ch. 1 (FAS I 5);
EgÁsm IX 8 (FAS III 383)/
cf. Lagerholm 44;
SigrgV ch. 20;
Kóngab 13, 16.

D2031.0.5.

Giantess's punishment is pure illusion.

EgÁsm XII 11 (FAS III 391)/
cf. Lagerholm 58.

D2031.1.2.

People swim in imaginary rising river.

SörlaSt 443 ch. 19;
cf. EgÁsm XII 11 and Lagerholm's note.

D2034.

Crying induced by magic as trick to farce child's mother.

EgÁsm XIV 10-11 (FAS III 375);
VilhSj 62-63 ch. 26.

D2161.3.2.

Magical restoration of severed hand.

EgÁsm XIV 8-15 (FAS III 395-96).

E446.2.

Ghost laid by burning body.

cf. E431.13;
V61.2.
Svarfd ch. 32;
Grett XXXV 22;
Flóam ch. 13, 22;
HrómGr 371 ch. 4;
GHrólf 254 ch. 6;
EgÁsm VII 14 (FAS III 378);
VestfjGr 169.

E446.3.

Ghost laid by decapitating body.

cf. E431.7.2.
Flóam ch. 13;
ÓláfH ch. 16 in FMS IV 31 =
Óláfs þáttr Geixstaðaálfs ch. 4 in FMS X 211;
EgÁsm VII 14 (FAS III 378);
HálfdE XVII 11 (FAS III 546);
HrómGr 371 ch. 4;
Saxo lib. I c.VII 3, lib. V c. XI 4 =
Herrm 109, 368.

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.

E481.1.

Land of dead in lower world.

king Snjár in »undirheimar« and Óðinn in »undirdjúp« as »höfðingi myrkranna«:
 EgÁsm XIII 1, 9 (FAS III 391, 393).

E781.1.

Substituted eyes.

cf. EgÁsm ch. 10 (FAS III 384-85).

F433.1.

Spirit of snow.

cf. Snær in Flb I 21, 24, 219 (= FAS II 3, 8, 17)/
Ys ch. 13/
Saxo lib. VIII c. XI;
Snjár in EgÁsm XIII 1 (FAS III 391).

F451.3.4.2.

Dwarfs as smiths.

cf. D1181;
F451.3.2.1.1;
F451.5.1.3;
M414.5.
Hyndl 7;
Gylf ch. 44 (35);
Skáldsk ch. 44 (35), 62 (50);
GíslaS II ch. 2 in ÍslF 9, ed. 1929 76;
Regin in BuggeE 215 =
Völs ch. 15;
Nornag 57, 59 ch. 4-5 (Flb I 350-51, FAS I 322-23);
OÖdd 24-25, 100 (ch. VI 1-2, XXIX 13, FAS II 173, 215, 511);
ÁsmK 81, 95, ch. 1, 8 (FAS II 464-66, 480);
Sörla 275 (FAS I 391-92 ch. 1; MC 123);
(y.) Bósa 109-11 ch. 11;
EgÁsm III 3, XVII 6 (FAS III 368, 403);
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 12 and introd. to Bósa lxvi;
Þiðr I 34-36, 73-81, 113, 179-81;
Mágus 17, 24-25 ch. 10, 13-14;
Sigþ 139-40 ch. 16;
VilhSj ch. 7;
SigrgV 118 ch. 2;
Fertram 730 ch. 6 (ZDPh XXVI 14);
Ector ch. 2, 6;
ParmesL 20 ch. 9;
Þorgr 27 ch. 5;
ÞjJón 33 (21-22) ch. 13;
Vilm 154 ch. 8;
KáraK 80 ch. 39;
Andr 19;
Huld no. 7;
cf. Leyen 57;
Vries 212, 302.

F451.5.1.

Helpful dwarfs.

cf. D812.12;
D817.1.1;
P271.3.
EgÁsm XVII 6 (FAS III 403);
Koðrán's »spámaðr«:
 Kristni II 2-3/
 ÞorvV in FMS I 261-64 (FjÍsl 483-87);
(y.) Bósa 86, 92-93, 109-14, 137-38 ch. 6-7, 11-12, 18;
Sindri rescues from prison:
 ÞorstVík 396-98, 457 ch. 5-6. 25;
Möndull gives advice, etc.:
 GHrólf 315-16 ch. 28;
dwarf hides abducted girl:
 SamsF ch. 10-13;
Svamr brings ring back to its owner (cf. F451.5.2.2), helps building causeway, etc.:
 ÞjJón 32 (21) ch. 13;
Tosti helps in war:
 Amb 146-56 ch. 28-30 (27-29 in Reyk. ed.);
Dínus (or Dímus) helps in fight:
 ViktorBl in Bósa intr. lxv and ZDPh XXVI 12: ;
dwarfs show beautiful queen and help to gain her:
 Gibbon ch. 3 ff./
 Nitiða ch. 4 ff.;
KáraK 21, 61, 71, 80 ch. 9, 30-31, 35, 39.

F451.5.1.6.

Other gifts from dwarfs.

cf. D812.12;
D817.1.1.
chair:
 ÁnB 327 ch. 1;
belt:
 GHrólf 299-300 ch. 23;
sword:
 EgÁsm XVII 6 =
 MC 267;
ship:
 ÞjJón 16-18 (10-11) ch. 6.

F451.5.1.10.

Dwarfs heal (give medicine).

cf. F531.6.5.3.
EgÁsm XI 8 (FAS III 389);
ÞorstVík 396-98 ch. 5-6;
GHrólf 308-09, 346 ch. 25, 33;
Amb 156 ch. 30 (75 ch. 29);
ÞjJón 31-33 (20-21) ch. 14.

F455.1.1.

Trolls live in howe (barrow, grave).

cf. E481.3.1;
F451.4.1.9.
SigrgFr 90-93 ch. 14-15;
EgÁsm 54 ch. XII 2:
»tyrfð ok tröllum gefum/
cf. F455.4.

F531.1.8.

Giant in animal form.

cf. A132;
G211.
EgÁsm I 4 II 6, XIV 4: as »hjasi«;
HjÖlv 473 ch. 10/
ÖOdd 127 (FAS II 243):
»finngalkn« (cf. B21.1).

F531.1.8.5.

Giantess tramforms self to fly in order to tear woman's stomach.

cf. D185;
K952.2.
EgÁsm XII 9-10 (FAS III 391).

F531.1.8.6.

Giant (giantess) in a gam's shape.

cf. B31.2.
HjÖlv 506 ch. 20;
EgÁsm I 4-II 6, XIV 4 (FAS III 365, 394);
KáraK ch. 1, 18.

F531.2.5.1.

Giantess is more broad than tall.

EgÁsm V 10 (FAS III 372);
ÞorstUxaf 258 (FMS III 124, FjÍsl# 456).

F531.3.4.

Giant (giantess) eats (drinks) prodigious amount.

cf. A133.1;
F632.
EgÁsm V 16-17 (FAS III 373).

F531.4.7.1.2.

Giantess in obscenely shrivelled skin skirt.

JökulsB 75;
EgÁsm XI 1 (FAS III 387);
GrímL 149 ch. 2;
ÞorstVík 435 ch. 19;
HjÖlv 482-83 ch. 12;
SturlSt 619-20 ch. 16;
IllGr 653, 656 ch. 4, 5;
Álafl 93 ch. V 12;
Kóngab 23 ff.;
Sigþ ch. 19-21;
ÚlfU ch. 1.

F531.4.9.

Giant's (giantess's) huge kettle.

cf. H1336.
Hym 5, 15;
Ls in BuggeE 113;
EgÁsm V 16-17 (FAS III 313).

F531.5.7.0.3.

Giantesses pursue men in order to marry them.

cf. N812.4.
HHj 24;
Sturl 1 230;
Hell 50 ch. 26;
EgÁsm ch. XII 7-12 (FAS III 390-91);
Huld no 16.

F531.5.13.

Giants like butter better than anything else. Get trough of butter in return for help.

EgÁsm XVII 13 (FAS III 404-5).

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.

F531.6.3.

Home of giants.

Risaland or Jötunheimar, without nearer definition:
 EgÁsm ch. 14 ff./
 SamsF ch. 16/
 Þorgr 26 ch. 5.

F531.6.5.3.

Giant has wound-healing balm.

cf. F451.5.1.10.
EgÁsm XIV 13-15 (FAS III 396);
ÞorstVík 438 ch. 19;
Álafl XIV 9-10;
HringH 8, 17 ch. 4, 7;
Blómst 39-41 ch. 24;
KáraK 12 ch. 5.

F531.6.5.4.

Giants as controllers of the elements.

cf. A197;
D2140.
ÖOdd 46-47 (ch. XII 6, FAS II 184, 519);
give fair wind:
 SturlSt 619-20 ch. 16;
HálfdBr 569-71 ch. 4-5;
SörlaSt 410-12 ch. 2-4;
EgÁsm IX 6 ff.;
giant ogres profit of their control over the elements to attrack victims:
 VilhSj in ZDPh XXVI 6-7;
Hell 3-4 ch. 1;
MC 75, 276.

F531.6.7.1.1.

Giants have animals.

cf. F531.4.11.
dogs:
 Skírn 11;
dogs, horses:
 Þrym 6;
cattle:
 Þrym 24;
horse:
 Skáldsk ch. 25 (17);
goats:
 EgÁsm IX 7.

F531.6.8.3.1.

Giants and giantesses light about treasures. #SörlaSt# 419 n. ch. 5;

SturlSt 618-22 ch. 16;
EgÁsm XI 1-3 ff. (FAS III 387 ff.).

F531.6.8.4.

Giants' festivities.

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

F531.6.8.5.1.

Giants have king, queen.

EgÁsm XII 1, XIV 4 (FAS III 389, 394);
ÖOdd 121-24 (FAS II 232-38) (cf. P11.2.3);
ÞorstB 183-94 ch. 5-10.

F551.6.8.5.2.

Giants have parliament, »þing«.

EgÁsm XV 1-4 (FAS III 397);
ÖOdd 121 (FAS II 232).

F531.6.12.6.

Giant slain by man.

cf. G275;
G600;
H105.2.1;
K959.3.1;
Z312.2.
Grett LXII 1-14/
cf. Árnason I 167;
ÖOdd 43-47, 135 (ch. XII 1-7; FAS II 184-85, 254-55, 518-20);
KetilH 115 ch. 2;
SörlaSt 412-13 ch. 3;
HálfdBr 568-71 ch. 4-5;
SturlSt 622 ch. 16;
HjÖlv 471-73, 480-86 ch. 9, 12;
EgÁsm XVI 6 (FAS III 401);
HálfdE XVII 1-XVIII 7 (FAS III 544-47);
Álafl XVI 6, 19-21, XVII 3-5;
Sigþ 250-51 ch. 53;
ÁsmFl 173;
HringH 54-56 ch. 23;
Þiðr I 37, 365-66;
NikL 19-22 ch. 8;
SamsF ch. 22;
Ector ch. 10;
Vígk 7 ch. 2-4;
KáraK 10, 33 ff. ch. 5-8, 15-16.

F531.6.16.3.

Man as servant of giant.

cf. G672.
milked the goats of Gullnir:
 Völs ch. ) <
 HHu I st. 43;
EgÁsm IX 6-X 12 (FAS III 383-86).

F565.1.

Amazons. Woman warriors. Icelandic: »skjaldmær«.

cf. P462.3;
T311.4.
brúðir berserkja:
 Hárb 37-39;
Skaði:
 Skáldsk ch. 2 (56);
Atlam 43 ff., 98/
Brynhildr, Guðrún:
 Völs ch. 25 (24), 38 (36);
RagnarL 147 ch. 11 (10)/
Áslaug-Randalín:
 RagnarS 462 ch. 2 (FAS I 269-70, 351);
Hervör:
 Herv 14-33, 54, 102-13, 128, 148-49 (FAS I 430-42, 463, 497-99);
Ólöf:
 HrólfKr 17 ch. 6 (FAS I ch. 7);
Visina, Vebjörg:
 Sögubr 17 ch. 8 (FAS I 379);
Þórbjörg:
 HrólfG 11, 16-17, 48, 66 ch. 7, 9, 29, 40 (FAS III 68-69, 75, 85-86, 142, 175);
Brynhildr:
 Bósa 5 ch. 2, 68 ch. 2-3 (FAS III 195);
Oddr does not like women warriors:
 ÖOdd 174-75 (ch. XLII 1-5. FAS II 283-84, 553-54);
Gyða:
 GHrólf 240 ch. 2;
Ingibjörg:
 HálfdBr 568-70 ch. 4;
Marsibil:
 SörlaSt 434 ch. 15;
SturlSt 627 ch. 13;
EgÁsm I 3;
Vörn:
 Úlfh ch. 3;
in the Brávalla battle:
 Stark 83-87 ch. 25/
 Sögubr/
 Saxo lib. VIII c. II 4-5;
Alvilda:
 Saxo lib. VII c. VI 4-7;
Gyritha:
 Saxo lib. VII c. X 1;
Asmundus's sister:
 Saxo lib. VII c. X 14;
Sticla and Rusila:
 Saxo lib. VII c. X 8;
Saxo lib. IV c. X I;
Herrm 316, 489;
Reuschel 89.

F571.

Extremely old person.

cf. M321;
M341.1.6;
P16.3.
Nornag 49, 76-78, 339-40 ch. 1, 9, 11 (Flb I 346 ff., FAS I 315 ff.);
Tóka 135 (FMS V 300);
EgÁsm I 4 (FAS III 365):
 »aldraðr sem einn hjasi«/
 (cf. B871.2.8);
so old that he lost his teeth three times:
 VilhSj 131 ch. 63;
JarlmH 28 ch.15;
Mágus 27-32 ch. 15-16 (35-40).

F610.3.3.1.

Two berserks /berserk-brothers.

Heiðarvíga ch. 3-4;
Eyrb ch. 28;
cf. LiestølUpph 41;
Grett XIX 4;
Ldb ch. 26;
EgÁsm VII 3 ff. (FAS III 376);
ÞorvV in Flb I 269;
KáraK 22-25 ch. 10;
Stark 79 ch. 23;
Fastus 3 ch. 1;
Reuschel 72.

F610.3.4.2.

Single combat with berserk.

GunnlO ch. 7;
Finnb ch. 34;
EgÁsm VIII 1-9, X 16-18 (FAS III 379, 387-88);
Ector ch. 20 (11).

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.

F696.

Marvelous swimmer.

cf. H31.8;
H1538;
Fær ch. 32, 37-38;
ÓláfTr ch. 160, 235 in FMS II 27, 269;
SigJórs ch. 26, 48 in FMS VII 119, 165;
Finnb ch. 17;
Grett ch. 38/
cf. Dehmer 14;
HrólfKr 24-28 ch. 8-9 (FAS I 24-28);
ÁsmK 88-89 ch. 5 (FAS II 473);
ÞorstVík 427 ch. 16;
EgÁsm IX 3-4 (FAS III 382).

F825.

Extraordinary ring.

cf. D1076;
M112;
M470;
Q91.3.
Fær ch. 33, 38;
HrólfKr 23-28 ch. 7-9 (FAS I ch. 10-12)/
cf. Schlauch 92;
HrólfKr 89-92 ch. 29-30 (FAS I ch. 44-45): Svíagríss;
Friðþj ch. 1 (FAS II 489);
EgÁsm X 12-13/
cf. G610;
ÞorstVík 390 ch. 3;
Nornag ch. 2 in Flb I 347 (FAS I 316);
Amb ch. 23;
VilhSj ch. 3 ÞjJón ch. 3;
KáraK 64 ch. 31;
Huld no. 12.

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.

F841.

Extraordinary boat (ship).

cf. D1121;
D1123.
Sörla 271 (FAS I 395-96 ch. 4);
Gnoð:
 EgÁsm XVIII 8-9 (FAS III 406-07);
Raknarsslóði:
 HálfdE XXVI 2. (FAS III 556);
HrólfG 30 ch. 19 (FAS III 113 ch. 15);
SörlaSt 426-27;
FrForn, FundNo in Flb I 22, 221 (FAS II 5, 21);
Sigþ ch. 24;
NikL 8 ch. 4.

F1041.1.1.

Death from broken heart.

Finnb ch. 29;
EgÁsm II 1-4 (FAS III 367-68);
GunnarK 242;
Huld 3.

G121.

Blind giant ogre.

cf. F531.1.1.1.1;
F531.1.1.3.
EgÁsm IX 6 (FAS III 383 ff.);
(y.) Bósa 108-12 ch. 10-11;
Sigþ ch. 8;
Polyfem:
 Reuschel 1l2.

G284.

Witch as helper.

Völs ch. 28 (26), 29 (27), 44 (42);
Bósa 6-7, 77 ch. 2, 4 (FAS III 196);
EgÁsm V 10 ff.;
Þorgr 23-30 ch. 5;
Amb 44 ch. 9.

G462.1.

Hero as giant's (ogre's) goatherd.

Völs ch. 9;
EgÁsm IX 8 ff.

G511.

Ogre blinded.

cf. S165.
HrólfG 34-37 ch. 22-23 (FAS III 119-27);
EgÁsm 45-48 ch. X 1-14 (FAS III 384-86);
cf. HálfH ch. X 7-10;
Reuschel 112.

G530.2.

Help from ogre's daughter (or son).

Kjaln ch. 14 ff.;
HálfdBr 574-75 ch. 7;
HjÖlv 471-73 ch. 9;
EgÁsm V 5 ff.;
ÁsmFl 174-76;
OrmSt 530;
HringH 6-9 ch. 2-3;
Vald 58 ch. 1;
Blómst 39-41 ch. 24;
cf. ÞorstVík 430 ch. 16;
Vilm ch. 12-13.

G530.5.

Help from old woman in ogre's house.

cf. EgÁsm XV 18 (FAS III 400).

G610.

Theft from ogre.

cf. D838.6;
K337.
EgÁsm X 12-13/
cf. Polyfem-motif:
 xxxiv n. (FAS III 386).

G614.

Killing of ogre's cattle, sheep, etc. brings on ogre's anger.

EgÁsm V 8 ff. (FAS III 371 ff.)/
cf. Andrews 1913 625;
Saxo lib. VIII c. XIV 4-5 =
Herrm 586.

H11.1.

Recognition by telling life history.

EgÁsm V 18-XIII 12 (FAS II 374 ff.);
FlóresS XIX-XXII;
ÁsmVík 40-44 ch. 20-22;
Kóngab 29-34;
Blómst 37-44 ch. 24-25;
cf. GHrólf 311 ff. ch. 26;
IllGr 656-58 ch. 5;
RémK 345 ch. 67;
NikL 30-34 ch. 10.

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).

H383.2.2.

Bride test: weaving magic cloth, sewing magic shirt.

EgÁsm XIV 4 ff. (FAS III 394-97).

H924.

Tasks assigned prisoner so that he may escape punishment.

cf. H942.
Bósa 20-21, 104 ch. 6, 10 (FAS III 207-08);
EgÁsm XII 12-XIII 11 (FAS III 391-93);
SturlSt 616 ch. 14 ff.

H1199.10.

Task: jumping over fire.

cf. F684;
H221;
H1542.
EgÁsm XIII 10 (FAS III 393).

H1199.11.

Task: going to bed with Odin, the underworld's king.

EgÁsm XIII 10 (FAS III 393).

H1219.1.1.

Quest assigned as payment for magic object.

EgÁsm XIII 10 (FAS III 393).

H1221.

Quest for adventure.

ÁnB 361 ch. 7 (cf. H945.2);
EgÁsm V 8 ff. (FAS III 371 ff.);
Yngv 32-43;
Sigþ ch. 24;
Amb 16 ch. 4.

H1231.4.2.

Quest accomplished with aid of giantess.

cf. N812.4.
EgÁsm 90-94 ch. 5;
Vald 55 ch. 1 ff.

H1241.

Series of quests.

Álafl V, VIII 4-XI 2, XIII-XVI, XVII;
EgÁsm XII 12-XIII 11 (cf. H1219.1.1).

H1359.5.

Quest for marvelous game-board.

Kjaln ch. 12; EgÁsm ch. 12-13 (FAS III 391): together with cloak that cannot burn, and drinking-horn that is never empty.
cf. Draak 1936 63.

H1385.1.

Quest for stolen princess.

EgÁsm ch. V-XVI (FAS III 371-402);
Bósa 34-37, 119-24 ch. 10, 14-15 (FAS III 216-18);
GHrólf 268 ch. 11;
Álafl ch. XVII-XVIII;
VilhSj ch. 55 ff.;
Þorgr 22-31 ch. 5.

H1561.2.

Single combat to prove valor.

cf. H217-18 *;
H331.2;
H1149.3;
H1166.
Þórr and Hrungnir:
 Skáldsk ch. 25 (17)/
 cf. F. R. Schröder in PBB LI 33-35/
 SchneiderWais 1952;
Gautr 20-21 ch. 4 (FAS III 23-24);
EgÁsm IV 6-12 (FAS III 369-70);
SörlaSt 449-50 ch. 25;
HálfdB 6-10 ch. 5;
Þiðr I 41-43, 134, 160-73, 175-86, II 1-37, 395-97;
RémK 65-72 ch. 15-16.

K603.

Escape under ram's belly. By hiding under the belly of a ram the hero escapes under the legs of the blind ogre.

EgÁsm X 9-14;
Aarne 1137.

K649.11.

Escape by cutting fetters on stones, etc.

ÖOdd 110-11 (ch. XXXII 7);
EgÁsm VIII 5-9 (FAS III 380);
Sigþ 186 ch. 30;
Lagerholm 38.

K913.

Disguised hero attacks enemy at feast.

EgÁsm XV 1-9;
Álafl XV-XVI.

K959.2.2.

Heroes dislike to kill sleeping people.

ÞorstVík 399-400 ch. 7;
ÞórNef 232 (FMS IV 264; FjÍsl 350);
FlóresS XIX ch. 1 152:
 »náttvíg eru morðvig«/
 cf. 37;
EgÁsm VIII 5;
Þiðr I 351.

K959.3.

Tent pulled down over man, and he is then killed.

cf. Q411.2.1.
ÖOdd 111-12, cf. 174-76 (ch. XXXII, FAS II 226, 284-86, 537);
EgÁsm VIII 7-9 (FAS III 380).

K1011.

Eye-remedy.

EgÁsm ch. 9-10 (FAS III 384-86)/
cf. Lagerholm's note and introd. xxxiii;
Reuschel 112.

K1371.

Bride-stealing.

cf. K1321;
R31.
HaraldH ch. 15 in Hkr III 97 and FMS VI 168;
GrímL 143 ch. 1;
EgÁsm XV 1-9 (FAS III 396-402);
JarlmH 26-27 ch. 14;
SigFót 999-1006;
SaulusN ch. 20-22.

L52.

Abused youngest daughter.

EgÁsm XII 1-4 (FAS III 389-90).

M119.3.

Vows taken as an old Norse custom at festivals, especially at Yule time.

cf. M155.
Harð ch. 14;
Jómsv ch. 33 (27);
EiríkV ch. 1 (Flb I 29);
HÞór ch. 12;
Svarfd ch. 19;
Flóam ch. 2;
ÓláfTr ch. 86, 291 in FMS I 161, II 154;
Herv 5, 54-55, 129 (FAS I 417, 463);
KetilH 125 ch. 4;
SturlSt 633 ch. 21;
IllGr 661 ch. 1;
Andr 18, 53, 70;
cf. Lagerholm 18 ad EgÁsm V 5;
CleaVig 253/
Fritzner I 779:
 »heitstrenging«;
GrønbechVFO IV 69-70, 126;
Reuschel 66;
Schlauch 25, 102;
Vries 151.

M161.4.

Vow rather to die (on a spear) than to accept grace.

RagnarL ch. 10 (9) (FAS I 262-63), 203 st. 11 (Skj II B 254);
RagnarS ch. 2 (FAS I 348-49);
SörlaSt 430 ch. 11;
cf. Friðþj VII 5 (FAS II 83, 496);
EgÁsm XVI 8 (FAS III 402);
FlóresS XII 9-10, XXIV 3-XXVI 2;
Mágus ed. 1858, 128 ch. 51.

M437.2.

Jealous sisters curse the child one of them may have by the god Thor, so that it never will grow nor thrive.

EgÁsm XII 5 (FAS III 390)/
cf. Lagerholm 56, who also quotes Elís saga ok Rósamundu 65.

N771.

King (prince) lost on hunt has adventures.

cf. G405;
H1222.
Gautr 2-3 (50-51) ch. 1 (FAS III 4-5);
EgÁsm VI 5 (FAS III 374);
cf. Sörla 278 (FAS I 398);
VilhSj ch. 3-10;
Huld no. 2;
Breta ch. 10 in Hb 247;
Saxo lib. III c. II 4 =
Herrm 218.

N771.2.

Girls going in the wood for nuts have adventures.

HálfH XVI 3, XVII 3 (FAS II 51, 59);
are abducted:
 EgÁsm I 3 (FAS III 365).

N774.

Adventures from pursuing enchanted animal (hind, boar, bird).

Herv 92 (FAS I 414);
GHrólf 273-77, 283-84 ch. 15-16;
HjÖlv 471 ch. 9;
EgÁsm VI 2-5, cf. n. (FAS III 374);
Þiðr II 292-94;
SigrgV ch. 5;
HringH 11-13 ch. 5;
Fertram ch. 2;
SamsF ch. 10;
Part 3 ff.;
Gibbon ch. 1;
cf. ESveinsson 1929 xxxiii;
Reuschel 111.

P11.2.3.

The one of two giant brothers who gets the most skillful princess elected as king.

EgÁsm XIV 3-XV 4 (FAS III 394-97).

P17.0.2.

Son succeeds father as king.

Sögubr 14 ch. 5 (FAS I 376); Herv 84, 140 (FAS I 489);
IllGr 659 ch. 6;
HrólfG 9 ch. 4 (FAS III 70);
EgÁsm VIII 10 (FAS III 380);
HálfdE X-XI (FAS III 532-33);
Gautr 11, 35-36, 60-61 ch. 2, 9 (FAS III 14, 39-40);
Álafl XIX 1;
HringH 29 ch. 12;
SamsF 33 ch. 17;
HringT 12.
* etc.

P252.1.1.

Sister kills sister.

cf. S34.
EgÁsm XII 5 (FAS III 390).

P252.7.

Eighteen sisters kill one another.

EgÁsm XII 1-4 (FAS III 389-90)/
cf. T92.8.

P311.1.

Combatants become sworn brethren.

cf. P310.5.
Vatnsd VII 20-22;
Sörla 277-79 (FAS I 397, 399 ch. 4, 6);
HrólfG 20 ch. 10 (FAS III 93-94);
ÖOdd 62-65 (ch. XVIII 7, FAS II 193-94, 525);
HjÖlv 455 ch. 2;
HálfdE XXI 2;
ÞorstVík 400-02, 440, 444-45 ch. 7, 20, 21;
SörlaSt 450 ch. 25-26;
SturlSt 615 ch. 13;
EgÁsm IV 12, VI 9-10, cf. introd. xxiv-xxix (FAS III 370, 375-76);
Þiðr I 43, 173, 192 (ff.), II 35;
Sigþ ch. 28, 39;
SigFót 1003-04;
Úlf 141, 180 ff.;
Villif 34 ch. 16;
Vilm 170 ch. 13;
HéðinH 6-7 ch. 3;
Þorgr 17 ch. 3;
Vald 72 ch. 2;
Kirial 6, 82, 99-100;
cf. RémK 5-9, 70-72 ch. 1-3, 16;
Mágus ch. 46;
Andr 38, 43;
Saxo lib. I c. VI 7, lib. VI c. II 10 =
Herrm 99 ff.

P312.

Blood-brotherhood. Friends take oath of brotherhood by means of mixing their blood.

cf. M201.1.1;
S123.2.1.
Ls 9;
Brot af Sigurðarkviða 17 in BuggeE 240;
GíslaS VI 10-11;
ÞorstVík 445 ch. 21;
EgÁsm VI 9 (cf. P311.1);
IllGr 649 ch. 1;
Saxo lib. I c. VI 7;
cf. Herrm 100-01;
MC 140;
GrønbechVFO IV 128;
Vries 36;
Reuschel 73.

P312.2.

Sworn brethren and blood-brethren avenge each other.

cf. P251.3.1;
P310.2.
OrmSt 525 (FMS III 213; FjÍsl 208);
ÞorstVík 445 ch. 21;
EgÁsm VI 9 (cf. P311.1);
IllGr 649 ch. 1;
Þorgr 17 ch. 3;
cf. Saxo lib. I c. VIII 27 (Herrm 100), lib. IV c. I 11;
Jómsv ch. 14 (16).

P312.3.

Surviving blood-brother to watch three nights in grave-mound.

EgÁsm VI 10;
cf. Lagerholm xxiv-xxix.

P320.

Hospitality.

cf. P411.4.
ÁsmK 90-91 ch. 6 (FAS II 475);
EgÁsm V 14 ff. (FAS III 373 ff.);
Vígl 74-75 ch. 16;
FlóresS IV 1-5.

P320.1.

Hospitality for a whole winter (by king or nobleman usual in old Scandinavia).

cf. H1219.7;
P337.
OrmSt in Flb I 531 (FMS III 219, FjÍsl 219-20);
Tóka 135-37 (FMS V 299-302);
Sneglu in Flb III 416-17 (FMS VI 361, FjÍsl 281);
Finnb ch. 19;
HrólfKr 43-44 ch. 15 (FAS I 44);
GHrólf 262-65, 321 ch. 9, 29;
HálfdE VII-VIII (FAS III 528-31);
EgÁsm II 7-9 (FAS III 367);
Yngv 15-16, 17-18;
ÁsmS 11-12;
ÞjJón ch. 2;
Kóngab 22-23;
HéðinH 10 ch. 5;
Þorgr ch. 2;
Gibbon 33 ch. 7;
RémK 53 ch. 14.

P461.

Soldier (especially a »landvarnar-maðr« with charge of the defence of the coast and the frontier against freebooters and foreign invasion).

Nornag 49-50 ch. 2 (Flb I 347, FAS I 315-16);
Herv 148-49 (FAS I 497-99);
IllGr 649 ch. 2;
EgÁsm III 1-4 (FAS III 367-68);
HálfdBr 560 ch. 1;
ÖOdd 109 (ch. XXXII 1; FAS II 536);
Álafl VI 6, VII 1-5;
Þiðr I 69, 255, 360-66, II 60, 101, 110, 144;
Amb 10-12 ch. 3-4;
NikL 64 ch. 16;
cf. Fritzner II 413:
 »landvarnarmaðr«.

Q45.5.

Hospitality repaid by attack on devastating enemy.

EgÁsm III 4.

Q112.0.3.

Two thirds of kingdom as reward for finding abducted princesses.

EgÁsm II 5 (FAS III 367).

Q434.2.3.

Hero fettered with stones on the feet.

EgÁsm IX 9-10 (FAS III 383).

Q434.2.4.

Hero fettered to windlass breaks the fetters.

EgÁsm VIII 5-9 (FAS III 379-80).

R10.4.1.

Abduction of bridegroom and killing of his bride planned as giantess's revenge.

EgÁsm 7-12 (FAS III 390-91).

R11.1.

Princess (maiden) abducted by monster (ogre, giant).

Gautr 12-13 ch. 3 (FAS III 15-16);
EgÁsm I 4-11 6 (FAS III 365-67);
VilhSj 118 ch. 55;
Sigþ 220-28 ch. 40-42;
Þorgr 22-31 ch. 5;
galdrakonungr:
 Kóngab 8, 47-48 ff.;
Bevers ch. 24-28;
Íven X 62 ff.;
Ector ch. 10;
KáraK 3, 39 ch. 1, 18;
Huld no. 4;
Saxo lib. I c. IV 1, lib. VII c. IV 3;
Schlauch 145, 155.

R74.

Defeated warriors go into the conqueror's service.

cf. M161.5.
Njála CLIII 16;
Vatnsd ch. V 20;
HrólfG 45-46 ch. 28 (FAS III 137-38);
HálfdE XV 1-7 (FAS III 539-40);
EgÁsm V 2 (FAS III 370-71);
(y.) Bósa 93, 95 ch. 7;
ÖOdd 112-13 (ch. XXXII, FAS II 226, 537);
ÁnB 360 n. ch. 7;
PorstVík 442 ch. 20;
GHrólf 269 ch. 12;
SörlaSt 438 ch. 16;
SigrgFr 14 ch. 9;
HringH 45, 52 ch. 19, 21;
Kóngab 46-47;
Amb 40, 136, 156, 174 ch. 9, 25, 30 (29), 36 (35);
Ector ch. 9.

R111.1.4.

Rescue of princess (maiden) from giant (»tröll«).

HálfdBr 570-72 ch. 5;
EgÁsm ch. XV-XVI (FAS III 396-402);
Sigþ 221-28 ch. 41-42;
Íven XI-XIII;
HringH 56-58 ch. 23;
Þorgr 22-31 ch. 5;
KáraK 36 ff. ch. 16-18 (cf. 64 ch. 31-32);
Ector ch. 10;
Saxo lib. I c. IV 2, lib. VII c. IV 2-3;
Schlauch 104.

R211.

Escape from prison.

cf. D2165.
Bisk II 108;
Harð ch. 17;
ÖOdd 108-11 (ch. XXXII 7);
EgÁsm VIII 5-9/
cf. Úlf 227;
JarlmH 41 ch. 23;
Saxo lib. I c. VI 7-9 =
Herrm 101.

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.

R231.1.

Ogre tries to retain fugitive by tempting him with gold ring, but be takes ring by cutting off the hand.

EgÁsm X 12-13 =
Lagerholm 48, xxxiv n.

S111.

Murder by poisoning.

cf. Q418.
Sinfj 202 =
Völs ch. 10/
Nornag 58 ch. 4 (Flb I 350, FAS I 323);
IllGr 657 ch. 5;
EgÁsm XIII 1 (FAS III 392);
banadrykkr:
 HaraldHárf ch. 33, 41 in Hkr I 149, 160.

S123.2.1.

Burial of living man with dead blood-brother.

EgÁsm VI 9-10/
cf. Lagerholm's introd. xxiv-xxix;
Saxo lib. V c. XI 1 =
Herrm 367/
cf. E461.2.

S139.1.

Murder by twisting out intestines.

cf. F531.1.8.5;
F959.4.
Njála CLVII 25;
GíslaS ch. 36 (XXXV 7)/
cf. Prinz 1935 119;
GullÞ ch.15;
OrmSt 527 (FMS III 217-18; FjÍsl 212-15);
Svarfd ch. 5;
Herv in FAS I 507-08;
Sögubr 23 ch. 9 (FAS I 386);
EgÁsm XIII 6;
ÞorstVík 452 ch. 23;
GHrólf 328 ch. 31;
SturlSt 643-44 ch. 26;
Bósa 59 ch. 14 (FAS III 231);
GHrólf 356 ch. 36;
HrólfG 45-46 ch. 28 (FAS 137- 38);
Amb 148-50 ch. 29 (28);
SkáldH 28 ch. 9;
Vígk 14 ch. 4;
Blómst 40 ch. 24;
Stark 11 ch. 3;
Saxo lib. XII ch. IV 2, cf. lib. VI c. VII 9.

S139.8.

Murder by biting the throat.

cf. G262.1.
Eg ch. 65;
Finnb ch. 29;
Harð ch. 39;
GHrólf 331, 341, 345 ch. 31, 33;
EgÁsm IV 10 (FAS III 370);
SörlaSt 450 ch. 25;
Álafl XVI 3;
ÚlfU ch. 4;
Vígk 15 ch. 4;
cf. VilhSj 112 ch. 51.

S161.

Mutilation: cutting off hands (arms).

Eyrb XVIII 16, XX 1, XXIII 6, LXII 6;
Grett IV 9, XXIII 3, XXIV 4, LXV 5;
Njála LXIII 20, LXXII 9, CXLVI 16, CL 18, CLVII 22;
Reykd ch. 13, 23;
GullÞ ch. 15;
ÓláfH ch. 233 in Hkr II, ch. 73 in FMS IV 151;
IngaK ch. 7 in Hkr III, ch. 8 in FMS VII 217· Sturl I 203, 279, 288, II 35, 39, 181;
Bisk I 64;
ÞorstUxaf 255 (FMS III 118; FjÍsl 450);
HrómH 414 (FMS III 150; FjÍsl 162; ÍslF VIII 314 ch. 5);
RagnarS 467 ch. 5 (FAS I 359);
Sögubr 23 ch. 9 (FAS I 385);
HálfdE XX 2 (FAS III 549);
EgÁsm III 3, XI 3-8 (FAS III 368, 38-89);
ÞorstVík 456 ch. 25;
HjÖlv 481, 484 ch. 12;
Þiðr I 27, II 215, 283;
ÞórðarH 103 ch. 8;
FlóresS VIII 6, XIII 8;
Amb 156, 182 ch. 30 (29), 39 (38);
Vald 62 ch. 1;
Vígk 13 ch. 4;
FlóresB XXIII 5;
ÚlfU ch. 4;
GunnarK 245;
Andr 77, 81.

S161.1.

Mutilation: cutting off fingers.

Sturl I 29;
HálfdE XVIII 1 (FAS III 546);
EgÁsm XIII 7 (FAS III 393);
Gering I 44.

S165.

Mutilation: putting out eyes.

cf. Q451.7.
Skj I 340, 345, 442;
Hallfr 71;
ÓláfH ch. 75 in Hkr II 130, ch. 73 and 261 in FMS IV 151, V 151;
ÓláfTr ch. 172 in FMS II 62;
HaraldH ch. 14 in Hkr III 95;
MagnúsBl ch. 8 in Hkr III 327;
Sturl I 42, 485;
HaraldG ch. 9, 15 in FMS VII 185, 196;
Knytl ch. 100;
Orkn ch. 111;
HrólfKr 41 ch. 14 (FAS I 41);
RagnarS ch. 12 (11) (FAS I 271);
HálfH V 7-9 (FAS II 28-29);
HálfdE XVIII 4 (FAS III 547);
GHrólf 331 ch. 31;
HálfdBr 587 ch. 15;
EgÁsm XIII 4-7;
ÖOdd 42, 47, 129, 181 (ch. XI 7-9, XLIII 7);
Yngv 4;
Þiðr I 343, II 109;
cf. FlóresS XXIII 11;
HringH 15-16, 18-20 ch. 6, 9;
Amb# 154-56 ch. 30 (29).

S166.4.

Mutilation: cheeks cut off.

cf. S166.1;
S166.2.
Sturl I 483;
SörlaSt 418 ch. 5;
HálfdE XX 8 (FAS III 550);
EgÁsm XIII 5 (FAS III 392);
Andr 63.

S168.

Mutilation: tearing off ears.

cf. Q451.6.
Sverr in Flb II 576;
GullÞ ch. 17;
HálfdE V 10 (FAS III 525);
SörlaSt 423 n., 423-24 ch. 8;
HálfdBr 587 ch. 15;
Bósa 57, 90 ch. 14, 6 (FAS III 229);
EgÁsm VII 13, X 13, XIII 4 (FAS 378, 386, 392);
Karla# 443.

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.

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.

T61.4.5.

Betrothal by gold ring.

cf. H82.4;
T456.1.
Flóam ch. 18;
Vígl 68 ch. 13;
HéðinH 4 ch. 2;
ÁsmVík 6 ch. 2;
cf. Weinhold 1882 I 343;
Bósa 23 ch. 7 (FAS III 209);
gold ring as payment for girl's favors:
 EgÁsm V 12 (FAS III 372).

T68.

Princess offered as prize.

cf. H331;
Q112.0.4.
EgÁsm II 5 (FAS III 360; HálfdE IV 1-2, V 2 (FAS III 523);
GHrólf 267-68, 274 ch. 11, 15;
Íven XIII 11.

T68.1.

Princess offered as prize to rescuer.

cf. F610.3.4.2.1;
H331;
R111.1.9.
SturlSt 604-05 ch. 8;
EgÁsm II 5 (FAS III 367);
Bósa 37 ch. 10 (FAS III 2l8);
Þiðr II 138-39;
Saxo lib. I c. IV I, lib. VII c. XI 7.

T91.1.

Giant's daughter loves hero.

cf. G530.2;
N812.4;
R10.4.1.
EgÁsm XII 7 ff. (FAS III 390).

T92.8.

Sisters in love with same man.

EgÁsm XII 1-4 (FAS III 389-90).

T92.10.

Rival in love killed.

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.

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«.

T136.4.1.

Gifts for bridal couple by a special ceremony with the bride on a bridebench.

Bósa 5-6, 43-47, 76 ch. 2, 11-12, 3 (FAS III 195);
EgÁsm XII 9, XV 13-17 (FAS III 391, 399);
GHrólf 359 ch. 37;
SigFót 1001-02.

T137.2.

Bride and bridegroom conducted to the bridal bed.

Herv in FAS I 444;
Bósa 43-47, 127-28 ch. 11-12, 16 (FAS III 220-24);
EgÁsm XII 10, XV 20 (FAS III 391, 400);
SturlSt 604 ch. 8;
Álafl VIII 2;
SaulusN 57 ch. 23;
RémK 18 ch. 5.

V12.4.5.

Goat as sacrifice.

cf. to Thor:
 EgÁsm XII 4, XIII 1 (FAS III 390, 391);
Vries 100, 128, 205.

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.

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.

V67.1.

Ornaments, weapons, etc. buried with hero.

HrafnkelF 137 ch. 10;
Svarfd ch. 7, 11;
Ágrip ch. 6 in FMS X 384;
ÓláfTr ch. 29 FMS I 47;
Óláfs þáttr Geirstaðaálfs FMS IV 27, X 215;
ÞorstB 197-98 ch. 12-13;
HrólfKr 107 ch. 34 (FAS I ch. 52);
EgÁsm VI 10, VII 11 (FAS III 376, 378-79);
ÖOdd 101, 106 (ch. XXIX 16, XXXI 1; FAS II 215, 222);
Friðþj XII 12 (FAS II 98);
GHrólf 246, 348 ch. 3, 34;
HálfdB 10 ch. 6;
Villif 85 ch. 40;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 13-14;
Andr 79, 84;
Weinhold 493.

V68.

Preparations for burial.

Vatnsd XI 2;
Völs ch. 22 (21), 40 (38)/
cf. Atlam 103;
HálfdE V 20 (FAS III 526);
EgÁsm VII 11 (FAS III 378);
Yngv 28-30;
Þiðr II 257-58, 268;
cf. Kålund 1870 367 ff.;
Lagerholm 33.

W181.

Jealousy.

cf. H911;
T257.
Völs ch. 1, 3-5;
HrólfKr 4, 28-29 ch. 1, 10 (FAS I 4, 28-29);
Friðþj I 7, II 2-3 (FAS II 64-65, 489);
EgÁsm XII 5(FAS III 390);
Vígl 59-62 ch. 8-10;
ÞorstUxaf 261-62 (FMS III 131-33; FjÍsl 462-64).

Z71.8.

Formulistic number: twelve.

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.

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.