Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: Fjölsv

Fjölsvinnsmál in Sophus Bugge's edition of Sæmundar Edda, https://archive.org/details/norrnfornkviisl00eddagoog , p. 343-51.

Works with this reference:

A165.2.1.1.1.

Wolves as god's dogs.

cf. B575.1.;
cf. F531.4.11.1.
Fjölsv 13-16;
Gylf ch. 25 (38);
MC 65;
Vries 177.

A454.1.

Goddess of healing.

Eir:
Gylf ch. 22 (35)/
MC 186/
Vries 328.
cf. Fáfn 12-13;
cf. Fjölsv 40.

A671.5.

Gate around hell.

cf. F776.2.
valgrind:
Fjölsv 26/
Ls 63/
Skírn 35;
nágrindr:
Grm 22;
þrymgjöll:
Fjölsv 10;
helgrindr:
Gylf ch. 34 (49)/
Herv 25 (= Skj II 266);
MC 130;
Vries 400.

A673.

Hound of hell (Garmr).

cf. A1082.22.
Saxo lib. VIII c. XIV 12 (7);
Vegt 3;
Vsp 44, 49, 58;
Vries 370;
MC 303.
cf. Fjölsv 13-18;
cf. ÞorstVík 423 ch. 15.

A878.

Earth-tree. Tree of life or fate.

cf. A652.
Mímameiðr:
Fjölsv 19-24;
Yggdrasill:
Vries 402 ff.;
Gylf ch. 8 (15);
Vsp 19;
Leyen 13;
MC 331 ff.;
Saussaye 346;
Olrik 1917 49 ff.;
Olrik-E 367;

A878.3.6.

Golden cock in earth-tree.

cf. Z65.2.
Viðofnir:
Fjölsv 18, 23-26/
MC 331.

D1380.1.

Waberlohe. Magic fire surrounds and protects.

cf. H331.1.5.
Fjölsv 1, 31;
Gríp 15-17/
Fáfn 42-43/
Sigrdr in BuggeE 206, 226, 227;
Skáldsk ch. 49 (41);
Völs ch. 21 (20), 29 (27);
MC 112.

D1413.16.

Magic door holds person fast.

cf. Þrymgjöll:
Fjölsv 10.

D1500.1.38.

Magic healing mountain.

Lyfjaberg:
Fjölsv 36.

D1501.2.

Charms make childbirth easy.

Völs ch. 21 (20) st. 12 =
Sigrdr 9;
fruits from the tree Mímameiðr placed in fire:
Fjölsv 22/
 cf. A878/
MC 296, 331.

D1620.1.

Automatic statue of man (Golem).

cf. A141.1.
Mökkurkálfi:
Skáldsk ch. 25 (17)/
Fjölsv 12/
 cf. SchneiderWais 1952 204 ff.;
wooden man vivified through the heart of killed man sent to Iceland as revenger:
ÞorlJ 213-14 (FMS III 100-01; FjÍsl 394-96; Ísl. Fornsögur III (1883) 127-29).

D1645.1.

Incandescent jewel.

Fjölsv 29;
Sigþ 151 ch. 21;
FlóresB ch. VII 8;
Saxo lib. VIII c. XV 4.

Fl163.1.2.

Golden castle in otherworld.

Ls in BuggeE 113-14;
Fjölsv 42;
Gylf ch. 7 (14).

F451.3.4.1.

Dwarfs as artificers.

cf. F531.6.6.
Fjölsv 33-34;
Tosti leads the building of a new castle:
Amb 170 ch. 35 (34 in the Reyk. ed.);
twelve dwarfs build king's castle:
JarlmH 26 ch. 14/
KáraK 63 ch. 31.

F771.1.1.

Golden castle.

cf. F163.1.2.4;
F771.
Vsp 37 =
Gylf ch. 39 (52);
Fjölsv 5;
NikL 19 ch. 8.

F776.

Extraordinary gate.

Fjölsv 9-12/
cf. D1413.16.

S31.

Cruel stepmother.

cf. G205;
M411.1.1;
M431.6;
T154;
T418.
Gróg/
Fjölsv/
cf. Sveinsson 1940 217;
Frá dauða Sinfjötla, in BuggeE 202 =
Völs ch. 10/
Nornag 58 ch. 4 (Flb I 350, FAS I 323);
Ys ch. 14;
HrólfKr 31, 49-59 ch. 11, 18-22 (FAS I ch. 15, 25-30);
GrímL 144 ch. 1-2;
IllGr 657-58 ch. 5;
HjÖlv 469-518 ch. 8-22/
cf. Child no. 34;
Þiðr II 268-69;
SigrgFr 47-48 ch. 2;
JónL in ZDPh XXVI 16-17;
Ector ch. 20; Úlf ch. 1 (= K2111);
Saxo lib. II c. II 1, lib. V c. II 3;
cf. ESveinsson 1929 xv, xvii, xxviii-xxx;
Dehmer 107;
Schlauch 99.

V10.

Religious sacrifices.

cf. S260.
Fjölsv 39-40.

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.

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.

Unique deadly weapon.

Lævateinn:
Fjölsv 25-26;
mistletoe:
MC 129/
 cf. M341.2.1;
Njála XXX 21/
cf. StömbäckSejd 102, 76;
KetilH 132, 139 ch. 5;
ÞorstVík 391 ch. 3;
HálfdBr 574-75 ch. 7;
Vilm 156, 175 ch. 9, 16;
JarlmH 40 ch. 22;
Sigþ 166 ch. 24;
Þiðr II 32;
Saxo lib. I c. IV 2, lib. III c. II 5-6/
cf. Herrm 220-21;
MC 132.