Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: EiríkR

Eiríks saga rauða, ed. Íslenzk fornrit IV 1935 and O. Storm for Samfund til Udgivelse af gammel nordisk Litteratur 1891.

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C312.1.

Tabu: man looking at nude woman.

EiríkR ch. 11 in ÍsF IV 229/
cf. SEinarsson 1939 246-56.

D1314.ll.

Seat-pillars thrown in the sea (with god's image) indicate where to settle.

Eyrb IV 3, XXIV 1;
Land III 5, V 9;
Ldb introd. ch. 8, 9, ch. 33, 66, 244, 335, 353, 356, and 30 n., 139 n.;
EiríkR ch. 2;
Flóam ch. 4.
cf. ÞorstUxaf 249 (FMS III 105, FjÍsl 438);
Vries 165;
Olrik-E 193.

D1733.4.

Magic power by sitting in certain seat.

cf. D1310.1.
Laxd 99 ch. 35;
GíslaS 56 ch. 18 (XVIII 3);
Vatnsd X 8;
EiríkR ch. 4;
Fær ch. 40;
HrólfKr ch. 3, 33 (FAS I 105);
Friðþj V 10 (FAS II 72, 492);
GHrólf 318-19 ch. 28;
cf. MC 299;
StrömbäckSejd 108 ff.

D1825.1.

Second sight. Power to see future happening.

cf. D1812.
RagnarL 128-29 ch. 6 (5) (FAS I 250);
Bósa 25 ch. 8 (FAS III 210);
Þiðr I 320;
EiríkR ch. 4;
cf. Lid 1935 13;
GrønbechVFO IV 127.

D2031.

Magic illusion.

cf. D1368;
D1783.5;
K1870;
K1883.
Gylf ch. 2, 31 (46) =
MC 93;
Skáldsk ch. 1 (55);
Ys ch. 5;
EiríkR 230 ch. 11;
Álafl ch. 16;
Dínus 42, 66-67, 77, 80;
Bisk I 243;
Gering I 218-31: Perus;
Mágus 22-23 ch. 12, 29-32 ch. 15-16, 175 ch. 79;
Saxo lib. V c. XIII 2, lib. VIII c. XIV 12-18 =
Herrm 312, 592 ff.;
Heinzel 53;
Dehmer 98.

E200.

Malevolent return from the dead.

cf. E414.1.
Bisk II 109-10 (= I 598), 130;
Sturl I 335;
EiríkR ch. 6;
Saxo lib. I c. VII 3;
cf. Fritzner III 66:
 »reimleikar«;
Dehmer 26 ff.

E366.

Return from dead to give counsel.

cf. E323.3.
MagnúsG ch. 27 in Hkr III 47 =
Geisli in Skj I 434, 441;
ÓláfH ch. 37 in FMS IV 58 =
ÓláfTr ch. 272 in FMS III 48;
ÓláfTr ch. 128, 227, 264 in FMS I 254, II 229 (= Flb I 439), III 22;
EiríkR ch. 63;
Hemings þáttr ch. 18 in Hb 336-37;
Þorsteins s. Síðuhallssonar in Austf 229;
GullÞ ch. 3;
HálfH ch. 15 (FAS II 49);
Bisk II 165-66: always in dream/
cf. F1068.5, J157;
Klare 7 ff.

E367.

Return from dead to preach repentance.

cf. E377.
Gering I 308;
cf. EiríkR ch. 6.

F517.0.1.

Person with one leg.

EiríkR ch. 12;
VilhSj ch. 25:
 »og var neðan sem keraldsbotn«;
Heimslýsing in Hb 166.

F838.

Extraordinary knife.

cf. D1317.17.
GullÞ ch. 3;
spákona's knife:
 EiríkR ch. 4;
ÞorstVík 447 ch. 22.

F942.1.1.

Ground opens to hide fugitive (magician).

EiríkR 233 ch. 12;
ÖOdd 136 (FAS II 256);
(y.) Bósa 90 ch. 6;
ÞorstVík 390, 421 ch. 3, 15;
GHrólf 330, 339, 343-44, 346 ch. 31, 33;
SörlaSt 440, 444, 446 ch. 8, 20;
HjÖlv 471 ch. 8;
ÁsmK 82-83 ch. 1;
ÞorstB 196 ch. 12;
ÞorlJ 214, Ísl. Fornsögur III (1883) 128 (FMS III 101, Skj I A 143, B 134);
cf. LiestølNT 50.

M301.2.

Old woman, »völva«, as prophet.

cf. M411.5.
Vsp;
SnE Prol. ch. 3 (9-10);
Laxd ch. 76;
Vatnsd ch. 10;
GullÞ ch. 1, 19;
Korm ch. 9;
Ldb ch. 99, 226;
OddÓláfTr ch. 6 (5) (cf. ch. 57 in FMS I 96);
ÞorvV in FMS I 255-57 (FjÍsl 477-79);
EiríkR 206-09 ch. 4;
ÓláfH ch. 28 in FMS IV 46, ch. 25 in Flb I 28;
ÓláfTr ch. 46, 130 in FMS I 76, 255;
HrólfKr 5, 11-13 ch. 1, 3 (FAS I 5, 10-12);
Friðþj V 10 (FAS II 72 ff., 492);
Huld no. 1;
cf. Vries 64;
StrömbäckSejd 67 * etc.

N511.1.

Treasure buried by men.

Ys ch. 26;
EiríkR 213 ch. 5;
DrJón 8 ch. 2;
Andr 79, 84;
Saxo lib. V c. II 5.

P252.6.

Ten sisters.

EiríkR ch. 4;
ÚlfU ch. 3-4.

Q431.9.

Banishment for murder.

Ldb ch. 261-62 (cf. Q431.13);
Njála LXXXVII 41;
EiríkR ch. 1-2;
Völs ch. 1;
Herv 36, 116 (FAS I 446);
Bósa 8, 80 ch. 3, 5 (FAS III 197);
GHrólf 252-53 ch. 6;
ÁnB 342 ch. 5;
ÞorstVík 408-00 ch. 10;
SigrgFr 43 ch. 1 ff.;
Vilm 151 ch. 7;
AtlaÓ 5 ch. 4;
VestfjGr 168.

V350.

Conflicts between religions.

cf. K1603;
P233.5;
Q553;
T321;
V331.1.
Njála ch. 157;
Ldb ch. 369 =
ÓláfTr ch. 126 in FMS I 252;
ÞorvV in Flb I 270 (FMS I 265-68, FjÍsl 488-91);
ÞorstUxaf in Flb I 257-60 (FMS III 123-29, FjÍsl 454-61);
EiríkR 224 ch. 8;
Yngv 15-17, 27-28;
Amb 14 ch. 3.

Z71.6.

Formulistic number: nine.

cf. A651.3.1.1;
P251.6.5;
P252.5.
Vsp 2, 56 (53) =
Gylf ch. 38 (51, MC 341);
Háv 138, 140;
Hyndl 35;
Vkv 3;
Sigrdr 22-33;
Fjölsv 26, 38;
Skírn 39, 41 =
Gylf ch. 23 (37);
HHj 17, 29, 173;
HHu II 194;
Gylf ch. 12 (23), 15 (27, MC 153), 34 (49);
Skáldsk ch. 6 (57), 16 (8), 24 (16), 81 (64 =
FAS II 9, MC 112;
Sól 51, 79;
Skj I 201.
ÞorstVík 404-5 ch. 9;
EiríkR ch. 4;
Herv 84 ch. 10 (FAS I 488);
Amb 180 ch. 39 (38);
Saxo lib. VI c. VII 2;
* etc.