Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: Flov

Flovents saga, ed. Fornaldarsögur Suðrlanda, p. 124-208.

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B301.4.9.

Faithful horse announces its master's fall.

Flov 147, 191 ch. 18, 12.

D1355.9.

Magic belt produces love.

Flov 154-55 ch. 22;
VestfjGr 169-70.

D1361.2.

Magic stone gives invisibility.

ÞorstB 180 ch. 3;
VilhSj 59 ch. 25;
Flov 189 ch. 8;
RémK ch. 25-26 147-50;
NikL 21 ch. 8.
cf. Grundtvig 1878 155, 164-65.

D1381.7.

Magic ring (with stone) protects from attack.

cf. D1380.11.
Flov I-II 154-55, 197 ch. 22, 16;
ÞjJón ch. 5;
Fertram ch. 2.

F614.1.

Strong man drives anvil into ground.

cf. Skáldsk ch. 48 (39) =
Völs ch. 15;
Nornag 57 ch. 4 (Flb I 350 = FAS I 322);
Þiðr I 307 ff.;
crushes anvil and tools as he tests them:
 Flov 129 ch. 6.

F1041.9.1.3.

Woman keeps to her bed by announcement of lover's death.

Flov 147, 191 ch. 18, 12.

F1041.21.1.

Illness from excessive grief.

Völs ch. 31 (29);
Flov 147, 191 ch. 18, 12.

K735.3.

Knight captured in pitfall while his horse escapes.

Flov 146-47, 191 ch. 18, 12.

M152.1.

Vow not to kiss anybody until father is revenged.

Flov 149 ch. 20.

Q411.15.

Death as punishment for dropping on emperor's coat (escape).

Flov 125, 168-70.

Q413.1.

Hanging as punishment for theft (plundering).

Knytl ch. 40;
Sturl I 235;
Bisk I 224;
GHrólf 300, 301 ch. 23;
Bósa 13, 97 ch. 4, 8 (FAS III 200);
Þiðr I 111;
VilhSj 20 ch. 9;
Flov 147-48, 151, 159, 194 ch. 19, 21, 23, 14;
Bevers 226 ch. 14;
Gering I 236;
Saxo lib. V c. XII =
Herrm 471.

Q414.

Punishment: burning alive.

cf. K812;
S112.
HrólfKr 83 ch. 28 (FAS I ch. 41);
SturlSt 638 ch. 22;
Úlf 140 (threat);
Íven XII 19;
Flov 159 ch. 23.

Q451.1.1.

Hand cut off as punishment for theft.

Flov 147-48, 151, 194 ch. 19, 21, 14.

R162.

Rescue by captor's daughter (wife, mother).

cf. G530.
HrólfG 63-68 ch. 38 (FAS III 172-74);
Yngv 4-5;
Þiðr II 193-206;
FlóresS XXI 11-23;
SigFót 1005-06;
Amb 64 ff. ch. 12;
Flov 150-55, 195-97 ch. 21-22, 15.

V1.11.3.

Worship of wooden idols, »skurðgoð«, »trémenn«.

cf. V356.
ÓláfTr ch. 167, 172-73, 184 in FMS II 44, 73-75 ( = Ögmundar þáttr dytts ok Gunnars helm. in Flb I 37-39; FjÍsl 519-23), 108;
ÓláfH ch. 107-09, 112 in Hkr II 219 ff., 232, ch. 107 in FMS IV 242;
Hallfr 65;
EiríkV ch. 4 in FAS III 672 (cf. Flb I 35);
Stefnis þáttr Þorgilssonar in Flb I 286-87 (FjÍsl 307-08);
Þorv in Flb I 270 (FjÍsl 490-91 and FMS I 267);
RagnarL ch. 20 (21) (FAS I 298-99, Skj II 261);
ÖOdd 115 n. (FAS II 228);
Friðþj IX 6-8 (FAS II 86-87, 497);
Bósa 29-30 ch. 8 (FAS III 213);
Flov 193 ch. 13;
Bæring 99-100 ch. 17;
Saxo lib. XIV c. XXXIX 3 465;
Vries 114, 140.

V52.8.

Prayer brings death to enemy.

Flov 194 ch. 13.

V331.

Conversion to Christianity.

Ldb ch. 3;
Skj I 158-59;
ÓláfTr ch. 76 in FMS I 137-38;
Þórhalls þáttr knapps in Flb I 439-41 (FMS II 229-32);
OrmSt in Flb I 529 (FMS III 222, FjÍsl 215);
EgilSiðuH 141-48 (FMS V 321-29, FjÍsl 15);
EiríkV 30-32 ch. 2 (FAS III 662-67);
Yngv 43 ch. 12;
Sigþ ch. 3;
Amb 64-70, 164 ch. 12, 34 (33);
Þiðr II 358;
Bevers 209-67, esp. ch. 34-35;
Flov 124-208.

V340.

Miracle manifested to non-believers.

cf. M420.
Eyrb ch. 51-55;
Bisk II 182;
Flov 194 ch. 13.