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Bibliography for: FlóresS

Flóres konungs ok sona hans, ed. Åke Lagerholm in Altnordische Sagabibliothek XVII (1927), p. 121-77.

Works with this reference:

B11.3.1.

Dragon's home in bottom of sea.

FlóresS XX 7.

B11.4.1.

Flying dragon, »flugdreki«.

cf. B11.6.8.
Níðhöggr:
 Vsp 66 (62, 59)/
 MC 319, 345/
 cf. A671.2.5/
 cf. A878.3.1;
BjörnHít ch. 5 (Bœrs ed. 12);
(y.) Bósa 58-59 ch. 14-15 (FAS III 230-31);
Ector ch. 10;
FlóresS XIX 6-7 and XX 7;
GHrólf 339, 342 ch. 33;
GullÞ ch. 3, 20;
HálfdE XX 8-9, XXVI 12 (FAS III 550, 558);
KetilH 111 ch. 1;
Konr 63-64 ch. 6-7;
Njála CXIX 46;
Sigþ ch. 13 and 16-17;
Vald 74 ch. 3;
VilhSj 26 ch. 13;
Yngv 14, 41-43;
Þiðr I 196, 334, II 359 ff.;
cf. Saxo lib. VIII c. XV 9/
Herrm 602.

B11.6.8.

Dragon flies to its nest with human being.

Þiðr I 196, II 359, 361;
(y.) ÖOdd 119 n.;
FlóresS XIX 6-7;
ÁsmVík 8 ch. 3;
Sigþ ch. 13;
Blómst 7, 37, 41 ch. 4, 24-25;
Vald 54 ch. 1 (ZDPh XXVI 9).
cf. Panzer 1901 190 ff.

B11.11.

Fight with dragon.

Andr 74;
BjörnHít ch. 5 (Boers' ed. 12);
Blómst 41-42 ch. 25;
Ector ch. 10;
Fáfn;
FlóresS XIX 7;
GHrólf 339 ch. 33;
Gríp 11-13 (= Völs ch. 18);
GullÞ 11-12 ch. 4;
Háttalykill ed. Skj I A 512, B 487;
KetilH 111 ch. 1;
Konr 63-64 ch. 6-7;
Njála CXIX 46;
Nornag 65;
RagnarL ch. 3 (2)/
RagnarS 458 (FAS I 239, 346);
Saxo lib. II c. I 2-3, lib. VI c. IV 10, lib. VII c. VI 2, lib. VIII c. XV 9, lib. IX c. I 2, IV 5/
Herrm 128, 407, 602, 634.
SigrgFr 89 ch. 13 (ZDPh XXVI 16);
Sigþ ch. 17;
Skáldsk ch. 48 (39);
Skj I B 292;
SnE Prol. ch. 3;
SörlaSt 424 ch. 8;
ViktorBl (in Jiriczek's introd. to Bósa lxvi);
VilhSj ch. 13;
Yngv 14, 21-23, 41-43;
(y.) ÖOdd 119;
Þiðr I 196, 308, II 271-75;
cf. Heinzel 53.

B11.11.5.

Dragon fight in order to free man.

Blómst ch. 25
FlóresS XIX 6-9
(y.) ÖOdd 119;
Þiðr I 196-99.

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.

B81.0.1.

Mermaids are like fishes in the water, like men on land.

FlóresS XXII 8.

B81.9.2.

Mermaid has large breasts.

FlóresS XXII 4.

D905.

Magic storm (»gerningahríð«, »galdrahrið«, »kyngiveðr«).

cf. D1541;
D2141.
Eyrb XL 12-16;
Gullp ch. 3;
Bisk II 118;
Vígl 63 ch. 11;
HrólfKr ch. 34 (FAS I 108);
ÖOdd 36-39 (ch. X 1-7; FAS II 179-80, 515-16);
GrímL 144 ch. 1;
KetilH 117 ch. 3;
ÞorstVík 435 ch. 19;
HrólfG ch. 22 (FAS III 122-23);
GHrólf 279-82, 317-18 ch. 16, 28;
SörlaSt 410-16 ch. 2-4;
HjÖlv 471 ch. 9;
HalfdBr 568-71 ch. 4-5;
(y.) Bósa 94 ch. 7;
Friðþj ch. 5-6 (FAS II 72-81, 492-94);
Nornag ch. 5 in Flb I 351 (FAS I 324-25);
Helgaþ 360-61 (FMS III 137, 139);
FlóresS II 6-7;
VilhSj 10 ch. 5 (ZDPh XXVI 6);
HaraldHr 271;
Þorgr 23 ch. 5;
Kóngab 7-8, 16-17;
SkaldH 18 ch. 6;
Saxo lib. I c. VII 1;
Reuschel 111;
Dehmer 92.

D908.

Magic darkness.

cf. D2165.
HrólfKr ch. 23, 33 (FAS I 64, 105);
ÞorstVík 436-38 ch. 19;
Bósa 113 ch. 12;
HalfdBr 566 ch. 3;
FlóresS II 6-7;
Þorgr 30 ch. 5;
Vald 54 ch. 1;
Bragð 47 ch. 1;
Saxo lib. II c. II 6.

D1355.1.1.

Love-producing song.

Háv 161;
ÓláfH ch. 35 in FMS IV 56, V 162;
FlóresS XXII 5/
cf. F420.5.2.1.1.
cf. Gróg 6;
cf. StrömbäckSejd 152.

F212.

Fairyland under water.

FlóresS XXII 842.

F420.1.4.1.

Body of water-spirit (»margýgr«) is half human and half fish or snake.

FlóresS XXII 4, 8, introd. lxxviii;
ÓláfH ch. 35 in FMS IV 56, ch. 23 in Flb II 25 (= FMS V 162);
Konungs skuggsjá 65.

F420.1.6.6.5.

Water-spirits are dressed in blue.

FlóresS 166 ch. XXII 8.

F420.2.2.

Water-spirits live in village under water.

FlóresS XXII 9-11.

F420.5.1.1.1.

Water-spirits save shipwrecked people.

cf. R138.
Þiðr II 395;
FlóresS XXII 6, 9-11.

F420.5.2.1.1.

Water-maiden enamors man and draws him under water.

cf. D1355.1.1.
ÓláfH ch. 35 in FMS IV 56, FMX V 162;
FlóresS XXII 5.

F420.5.2.7.3.

Water-spirit (»margýgr«) wrecks ship.

HHj 18-19;
ÓláfH ch. 23 in Flb II 25 (= FMS V 162);
ch. 35 in FMS IV 56;
FlóresS XXII 2-6.

F610.3.1.

Invulnerable berserk.

cf. D1840.
Grett II 6;
Skjöld 128;
HrólfKr 45 ch. 15 (FAS I ch. 22);
Ys ch. 6;
SörlaSt 423 ch. 8;
HálfdB 12-13 ch. 8;
GHrólf 255, 285-86 ch. 6, 17;
HrólfG 26, 28, 31 ch. 16, 17, 20 (FAS III 106-07, 110, 132);
ÖOdd 90-91 (ch. XXVI 6; FAS II 207, 534);
FlóresS XII 16, XVII 4;
Ector ch. 9, 14;
HringH 32-33 ch. 14;
Bragð 53 ch. 5.

F610.3.3.

Twelve berserks.

cf. F610.3.4.1.
Eg IX 3;
Svarfd ch. 7;
HálfdS ch. 5 in Hkr I;
Skjöld ch. 8-9, 12;
Skáldsk ch. 55 (44) =
HrólfKr 44 ff., 72 ff., 98 ch. 24, 32;
GrímL 148 ch. 2-3;
ÖOdd 94 ff. (ch. XXVIII-XXXI);
Gautr 32-33 ch. 7 (FAS III 36-37);
HrólfG 31 ch. 20 ff. (FAS III 116 ff.);
Friðþj ch. 3 in FAS II 495;
FlóresS XII 16;
Andr 4;
Mágus ch. 60;
Villif 14-15, 23, 26, 37 ch. 6, 12, 13, 17;
Saxo lib. VII c. II 7-11.

F610.4.2.

Man with twelve men's strength.

HrólfKr 100 ch. 33 (FAS I 102);
HálfH X 10 (FAS II 37);
HálfdE II 5 (FAS III 521);
Bósa 53 ch. 13 (FAS 226);
Þiðr I 223;
FlóresS XII 3.

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.

F624.2.

Strong man lifts large stones.

FlóresS I 5.

F631.

Strong man carries giant load.

cf. F531.3.13;
F531.5.1.1;
F624.
HjÖlv 505-06 ch. 19;
ÁnB 328-29 ch. 2;
OrmSt 521-24, 532 (FMS III 205-10, 228;
FjÍsl 22);
FlóresS I 5.

F737.

Wandering island.

ÖOdd 131-32 (FAS II 248-49);
FlóresS XXII 6-8;
Bæring ch. 31.

F837.

Extraordinary battle-axe.

cf. D1364.0.2.
KetilH 110 ch. 1;
Rísanautr:
 Amb 32 ch. 8;
FlóresS XVII 4.

F911.

Person swallowed without killing.

EiríkV 669 ch. 3 =
MC 322;
FlóresS XIX 6-7.

F914.

Person swallowed and disgorged.

EiríkV 669 ch. 3 =
MC 322;
FlóresS XIX 6-7.

F931.5.

Extraordinary ship-wrecking in calm weather.

Gautr 12-13 ch. 3 (FAS III 16);
FlóresS ch. 9;
perhaps HálfdE XX 10 (FAS III 550);
Þiðr II 163.

F960.2.5.3.

Earthquake at dragon's death.

RagnarL ch. 3 (2) (FAS I 239);
SigrgFr 88 ch. 12;
FlóresS XX 14.

F1041.8.6.

Men go mad in battle.

cf. F610.3;
N349.2.
Ldb ch. 227;
Eg LXIV 29;
Heiðarvíga ch. 3-4;
Vatnsd XXX 3, XXXVII 3-7, XLVII 1-6;
Eyrb XXV 4-XXVIII;
Njála LXIV 29;
Grett XIX 4, 30, XL 6;
Svarfd ch. 7;
Ys ch. 6;
Herv 5, 9, 94, 97 (FAS I 416, 421-22, 425);
ÖOdd 97 (ch. XXVIII 8, XXIX 2, FAS II 211);
HrólfG 31, 39-40 ch. 20, 25 (FAS III 116, 128-29);
HjÖlv 466-67 ch. 7;
HálfdBr 563 ch. 2;
Bósa 87, 91 ch. 6;
Friðþj VII 4 (FAS II 82);
ÁsmK 85, 98 ch. 4, 9 (FAS II 470, 480, 482);
FlóresS XII 16;
Villif 3, 24, 42-43, 61, 63 ch. 1, 12,19, 28;
Mágus ch. 60;
Andr 11, 80;
Herrm 451 n.;
Reuschel 70;
Schlauch 105:
 »berserksgangr«.

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.

H105.6.

Identification between lovers by matching claw and leg of dragon.

FlóresS XXVI 12-XXVII 2.

H322.3.

Suitor test: bringing leg that fits into dragonclaw, left by the beloved of the princess.

cf. H1332.
FlóresS XXVI 12-XXVII 2.

H1558.9.

Pregnant wife left in charge of friend.

FlóresS V 11-VI 6.

H1561.1.

Tests of valor: tournament.

cf. P561.
RémK 245-64 ch. 50-53;
Ector ch. 11, 17-18, 20;
SalusN ch. 10;
Blómst 48 ch. 27;
Kirial 96;
cf. FlóresS# 174 ch. XXV.

H1561.2.

Test of strength: lifting stone (fireplace, etc.).

cf. F624.
Grett XVI 18;
Bisk I 640;
Finnb ch. 36;
HálfH X 3 (FAS II 36), cf. XVI st. 57-58;
Bjarkarímur IV 31/
cf. HrólfKr 135-36;
FlóresS 122 ch. I 5/
cf. Bjarnason 1905 134;
Elgqvist 1928 71 ff.

J176.1.

Whale thought to be island.

ÖOdd 131-32 (FAS II 248-49);
FlóresS XXH 8.

K812.

Victim burned in his own house.

Akv 41/
Atlam 42-43 =
Völs ch. 8, 40 (38)/
Þiðr II 319;
Ldb ch. 6, 8, 12, 20, 79, 174, 264;
Njála CXXIX ff.;
Eg LXXVII 8;
Grett VII 6;
GíslaS III 3-6;
Band XII;
GullÞ ch. 10, 18;
Dropl ch.1;
HÞór ch. 9;
Ys ch. 14, 31, 36, 39, 40, 43;
HálfdS ch. 5 in Hkr I;
HaraldHárf ch. 2, 12, 34, 36 in Hkr I;
ÓláfTr ch. 43, 62 in Hkr I, ch. 4 in FMS IV 26;
IngaK ch. 6, by Odd ch. 58 (46);
ÓláfH ch. 169 in Hkr II, ch. 14 in FMS IV 26;
IngaK ch. 6, in FMS VII 214;
MagnúsErl ch. 11 in FMS VII 303, ch. 17, 19 in Hkr III;
Orkn ch. 28, 29, 35, 66, 73, 78, 84, 103, 113 ( 331);
Sturl I 192, 202, 238, 305-06, 401, II 189, 282;
þáttr frá Sigurði slefu in Flb I 20 (FMS III 87);
ÞorstUxaf in Flb I 255 (FMS III 119-20);
Þorsteins þáttr tjaldstœðings in Flb III 434-35 (FjÍsl 435);
Þorsteins draumr Síðu-Hallssonar in Austf 221;
Bisk I 664;
Herv 156, 160-61 (FAS I 509, 512 n.);
RagnarS 467 ch. 5 (FAS I 359);
HrólfKr 4, 14-17, 86 ch. 1, 3-4, 28 (FAS I ch. 1, 4-5, 43-44);
HálfH III 2. XII 37-46 (FAS II 27, 43-44);
Gautr 12-13 ch. 3 (FAS III 15-16);
HrólfG 70-72 ch. 42-43 (FAS III 181-84);
Friðþj V 9 (FAS II 72, 492);
GrímL 156 ch. 4;
ÁnB 342, 360-61 ch. 5, 7;
ÞorstVík 410, 432 ch. 11, 17;
GHrólf 312 ch. 27;
HálfdBr 584 ch. 13;
SturlSt 615-16 ch. 14 (prevented);
BárðSn 4, 19 ch. 2, 10;
Þiðr I 14-15;
ÞórðarH 98 ch. 6;
ÁsmS 13-14;
Hell 15-16, 45 ch. 9, 23;
FlóresS XXI ch. 22 163;
Amb 162-68 ch. 34 (33);
HaraldHr 267, 271;
AtlaÓ 15-16 ch. 12;
Stark 6-7, 51 ch. 2, 18;
Huld# no. 16.

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.

K963.

Rope cut and victim dropped.

FlóresS XX 6-10, 155-56.

K2121.

Man slandered as having deflowered princess.

cf. K2111.
IngaK ch. 24-25 in Hkr III;
Völs ch. 42 (40);
HálfdBr 587-88 ch. 15;
HrómGr 372 ch. 5;
Þiðr II 164 =
Saxo lib. VIII c. X 10/
Herrm 572/
cf. K2112;
FlóresS XXI 12-23/
cf. introd. lxxviii;
Bevers 219-22 ch. 8-9;
Saxo lib. V c. IX 1.

L10.

Victorious youngest son.

FlóresS VI 6;
Álafl XIX 4;
Þiðr II 43-47;
ÁsmFl 171-72;
KáraK ch. 4 ff.;
cf. Olrik 1909 17.

L111.2.

Foundling hero.

cf. N861;
R131.
ÓláfTr ch. 61 in FMS I 112 (Skjöld 26);
Orkn 329 (Flb II 529);
ÞorstUxaf 252 (FMS III 112);
Álafl II 2-III 3;
FlóresS XXI 11;
SigrgV ch. 17;
SamsF ch. 17-21.

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.

M201.6.

Covenant confirmed by hostages (fostering one another's children, cf. P271.4).

HrólfG 7-8 ch. 4 (FAS III 65-66);
ÖOdd 4-7 (ch. I 7-8; FAS II 163, 505);
Þiðr II 105;
FlóresS III 3-9;
SamsF ch. 1-2;
Stark 7 ch. 3.

M258.

Promise to dying man sacred.

cf. T141.1.
cf. SgFIII in BuggeE 255 =
Völs ch. 33 (31);
Gautr 11 ch. 2 (FAS III 14);
Yngv 28;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 13-14;
FlóresS XXIII 170-71.

N317.

Separation of family by shipwreck.

FlóresS ch. 9 ff. =
Lagerholm 138.

N812.1.

Wise giant as foster-father of hero.

HálfdS in Flb I 565-66 (= FMS X 171-75);
Kjaln ch. 14; BárðSn 2 ch. 1;
ÖOdd 118 ff. (FAS II 230 ff.);
FlóresS XXII 12 ff.;
Villif 4 ch. 2;
Saxo lib. I c. V 1-VI 6/
cf. Herrm 98;
Saussaye 337;
MC 278;
cf. Fær ch. 10 ff.

P12.10.

King is superior to all in strength, beauty, largeness, etc., and usually has victory.

Álafl XIX 1;
FlóresS II 2-4, III 4, 10;
Saxo lib. I c. III, lib. II c. VI 1/
cf. Herrm 158 ff.

P27.3.

King calls daughter in second marriage by the name of his first queen.

KetilH 124 ch. 4;
FlóresS X 5-6.

P230.2.

Mother dislikes her children in forced marriage.

cf. S12.
FlóresS VI 5.

P251.3.

Brothers follow each other in exile, etc.

ÞorstVík 408-09 ch. 10;
Bósa 133 ch. 17;
FlóresS XXIV 3 ff.

P251.6.1.

Three brothers.

cf. Z71.1.
Hallsteinn, Hersteinn, Hólmsteinn:
 Flóam ch. 1;
Svipdagr, Beigaðr, Hvítserkr:
 HrólfKr 35, 54 ch. 14. 20_(FAS I 35, 54-55);
Úlfkell, Úlfarr, Úlfr:
 HálfdE I 6 (FAS III 520);
giants:
 ÖOdd 121-24 (FAS II 232-38);
Herþjófr, Geirþjófr, Friðþjófr:
 Gautr 11 ch. 3 (FAS III 14 ff.);
Herþegn, Herburt, Tistram:
 Þiðr II 43-47;
Felix, Fenix, Ajax:
 FlóresS 132-33 ch. VI;
Grep:
 Saxo lib. V c. I 3.

P272.2.

Foster-mother as helper.

Kjaln ch. 3-18;
Flóam ch. 19;
VilhSj ch. 20, 22-23;
Álafl X 1 - XI 1;
FlóresS XXI 11, 16-21;
SamsF ch. 13.

P273.2.3.

King's son falsely accuses foster-brother of attempt to seduce his sister.

FlóresS XXI 12 ff./
cf. Lagerholm 161-631, introd. lxxviii.

P274.1.

Love between foster-sister and foster-brother.

GunnlO ch. 5 ff.;
Friðþj I-II (FAS II 64-66, 488-89);
ÁsmK 85 ch. 5 (FAS II 470-71);
Vígl 57 ch. 6;
FlóresS XX 3-5;
HringT 9-12;
Nitida ch. 1 ff.;
Saxo lib. I c. IV 1, lib. III c. II 2/
cf. Herrm. 80.

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.

P411.3.

Wounded hero finds shelter and is cured in peasant's house.

cf. R169.14.
Fóstbr ch. 23;
Njála LXXXVII 33 ff.;
ÓláfH ch. 216 in FMS V 87;
HaraldH ch. 1 in Hkr III 75;
Hemings þáttr ch. 23 in Hb 347;
HrólfKr 3-8, 75 ch. 1-2, 26 ff. (FAS I ch. 1, 46);
HálfH XIV 3-4 (FAS II 46);
HálfdE XIV 1-2 (FAS III 538-39);
HálfdBr 564-67 ch. 3;
ÁnB 340, 356 ch. 4, 7;
HrómGr 376 ch. 8;
Helga þáttr ok Úlfs in Flb III 458;
Villif 60 ch. 27;
FlóresS XX 16.

Q88.

Reward for asking proper questions.

cf. FlóresS 170-71 ch. 23.

Q413.5.1.

Impudent suitor or his messenger hanged or threatened with hanging.

SturlSt 639 ch. 23;
Þiðr II 166-67, 168;
SigrgV 131 ch. 6;
FlóresS XXVII 7;
Amb 68 ch. 12;
Vígk 19 ch. 5.

Q434.2.

War prisoners fettered.

Völs ch. 39 (37);
Bósa 14, 98-99 ch. 5, 8;
GHrólf 270-71 ch. 13;
Þiðr I 258-60;
FlóresS XVIII 5-6, XIX-XXII;
Amb 30 ch. 7.
* etc.

Q465.1.

Throwing into pit of snakes as punishment.

cf. S146.
Háttalykill ed. Skj I 489;
Sig III 59/
Oddr 28-29/
Akv 31/
Atlam 59/
Guðrúnarhvöt 17 in BuggeE 257, 280, 289, 301, 314 =
Völs ch. 39 (37)/
Skáldsk ch. 51 (42);
HaraldH in Msk 80;
Skjöld ch. 27 (28);
Krákumal st. 26-27 (FAS I 309-10, Skj I 655);
RagnarL ch. 15 (FAS I 281-82; Skj II 558);
Þiðr II 314;
Sigþ 187 ch. 30;
FlóresS XXI 13-23/
cf. introd. lxxviii;
Bevers 224-26 ch. 11-14;
Saxo lib. IX c. IV 38-39, lib. XI c. III/
cf. Herrm 651.

R5.

Capture on field of battle.

cf. Q434.2.
Herv 51, 127;
Nornag 63-64 ch. 5 (FAS I 328);
Þiðr I 258, II 314;
Amb 154-56 ch. 30 (29);
FlóresS XVI 1-2, XVIII 5-6.

R5.2.

Hero captured by being pressed between shields from all sides: »at honum váru bornir skildir«.

Herv in FAS I 461;
RagnarL 157-59 ch. 15 (FAS I 281-82);
HrólfG 62 ch. 36 (FAS III 170 ch. 30);
(y.) Bósa 98 ch. 8;
ÞorstVík 456 ch. 25;
Sigþ 186, 250 ch. 30, 53;
VilhSj 82 ch. 33;
SigFót 1004;
FlóresS XVlI 1-2.

R10.1.

Princess (maiden) abducted.

cf. K235.5.1;
K788;
K1371;
N425;
N771.2.
HHj 172;
Eg ch. 32;
HálfdS ch. 5 in Hkr I 91;
HaraldHárf ch. 32 in Hkr I 147;
Fær ch. 15;
Sörla 279-82 (FAS I 400-05 ch. 7-8);
RagnarS 467 ch. 5 (FAS I 359-60);
Herv 1-2 (and 90), 4 (and 93), 44, 47, 124 (FAS I 412-13, 415, 455);
Bósa 25-63, 107-37 ch. 8-16, 10-17 (FAS III 210-34);
HverN in Flb I 22 (FAS II 4);
FundNo in Flb I 220 (FAS II 20);
ÁsmK 83-84 ch. 3 (FAS II 468);
SturlSt 634-38 ch. 22;
ÞorstVík 384, 397 ch. 1, 6;
Stark 4-5, 6 ch. 1, 2;
Þiðr II 82-83;
BárðSn 1, 31 ch. 1, 15;
Íven XI 3;
FlóresS IV ff.;
SamsF ch. 4-5;
NikL 41-43 ch. 11;
Bevers 246-48 ch. 24-26;
ÁsmS 11-14;
Saxo lib. VIII c. XI 1-2;
Schlauch 104;
Krause# 157-59.

R18.

Abduction by rejected sailor.

HjÖlv 505-08 ch. 19-20;
Yngv 1-3;
Vígl 55 ch. 5;
ÁsmS 11-14;
Þiðr I 65-70, II 78-83, 96-104;
SigFót 1002;
VilhSj 76-83, ch. 31-33 ff.;
FlóresS 127-33 ch. IV-VI (cf. introd. lxxiii: from Trójumannasaga);
HringH 12 ch. 5;
SaulusN 28-39 ch. 14-16;
ViktorBl 38, ch. 12;
Nitida 16, ch. 3;
Úlf 199-209;
NikL 45-47 ch. 13.

R35.

Abducted princess gives birth to child.

Herv 124 (FAS I 455);
Gautr 12-13 ch. 3 (FAS III 15-16);
ÁsmS 13-14;
FlóresS V-VI;
NikL 45-47 ch. 13.

R72.

Defiant prisoners refuse to accept grace even from their father unless it is granted them all.

cf. M165.
ÞorvV in FMS I 257-59 (FjÍsl 480-82);
FlóresS ch. XXIII-VI =
Lagerholm 170-74.

R111.1.9.

Princess (maiden) rescued from undesired suitor.

cf. F610.3.4.2.1;
H335.4.4;
K1371.1;
Q411.2.1;
M149.2;
T320;
T104.
HHu I 18 ff. =
Völs ch. 9;
Reykd ch. 19;
VígaGlúm ch. 4;
Svarfd ch. 7;
Flóam ch. 17, 27;
HálfdE XIX-XX (FAS III 547-51);
ÁsmK 100 ch. 10 (FAS II 487);
KetilH 125-26, 132 ch. 4, 5;
ÞorstVík 388-94 ch. 2-4;
HjÖlv 465-69 ch. 6-7;
Hell 52-53 ch. 29-30;
VilhSj 30-35 ch. 15-18;
Sigþ 175-80, 251-54 ch. 27-28, 54;
JarlmH (10-19) 19-23 ch. (6-9) 11-12;
Álafl VII 1-VIII 1;
FlóresS XXVI II-XXVII 8;
HringH 50-52 ch. 21;
HringT 13-16 ch. 6;
Vilm 145-50 ch. 4-6;
Ector ch. 10-11, 21;
Nitida 19-21 ch. 3.;
RémK 155-94 ch. 27-35;
Part 29-43;
Vígk 11 ff. ch. 4;
Arm ch. 15 *;
Andr 22 ff.;
Saxo lib. VII c. XI 7-10, lib. VII c. 111;
cf. LiestølUpph 154;
Heinzel 155;
Schlauch 64, 104 ff.

R138.

Rescue from shipwreck.

Ldb ch. 213;
ÖOdd 117 (ch. XXXIII 8; FAS II 538);
HrólfG 33-34 ch. 21 (FAS III 119-20);
HálfdBr 567-72 ch. 4-5;
Vígl 74-75 ch. 16;
Finnb ch. 10;
Þiðr Il 287-89;
FlóresS XX 3 =
Lagerholm 154;
Stark 26 ch. 8;
KáraK 38, 46-47, 57 ch. 17, 22, 28;
Kóngab 7-8, 17;
Bæring 92-93 ch. 10;
ParmesL 16, 23 ch. 8, 10;
Bragð 47 ch. 1;
cf. giantess wrestles with hero in order to warn him after shipwreck:
 ÞorstVík 435 ch. 19.

R138.1.

Mermaid rescues hero (boy) from shipwreck.

FlóresS XXII 3-6 =
Lagerholm 164-65.

R138.2.

Gam (cf. B31.2) rescues hero (boy) from shipwreck.

FlóresS XXI 1-2 =
Lagerholm 163-64.

R153.3.

Father rescues son(s).

HálfH XIV 1-2 (FAS II 46);
HálfdBr 565 ch. 3;
FlóresS XXIII-IV.

R153.5.

Father rescues daughter.

cf. P234.
Yngv 1-3;
FlóresS ch. VIII.

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.

R211.7.

Escape from pit of snakes by means of rope.

cf. Q465.
FlóresS XXI 11-23;
Bevers 226 ch. 14;
cf. escape from cleft by means of rope made from one's own clothes and tossed upward to faithful servant:
 Gering I 232-34/
 cf. K1871.1.

R225.

Elopement.

Kjaln ch. 9: Búi and Ólöf;
HjÖlv 505-08 ch. 19-20;
GHrólf 296 ch. 21;
Erka and Roðolfr-Attila:
 Þiðr I 62-73, II 94-105;
Hildr and Herburt:
 Þiðr II 50-60;
Hildigunnr and Valtari:
 Þiðr II 105-09;
Herborg and Apollonius:
 Þiðr II 116-19;
FlóresS XXI 22-23;
Vilm ch. 7.

S116.3.

Murder by breaking back, bones.

cf. G512.7.
Thor:
 Skáldsk ch. 27 (18) =
 Saxo lib. VIII c. XIV 15 =
 Herrm 592/
 Skj I 142;
Finnb ch. 13;
OrmSt 530;
FlóresS XVIII 5-6, ed. Lagerholm 152.

S116.4.

Murder by crushing head.

Kjaln ch. 4;
ÓláfH ch. 227 in Hkr II 490;
Finnb ch. 29;
FlóresS XVIll 4;
Vígk 14 ch. 4.

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.

S164.

Mutilation: knocking out teeth.

Nornag 66 ch. 5 (FAS I 330-31; Flb I 354);
SturlSt 631 ch. 19;
HálfdE V 10-12, XVIII 2-3 (FAS III 525, 546-47);
Bósa 48, 58 ch. 13, 14 (FAS III 230);
Friðþj IX 7;
ÞorstB ch. 6, 9 in FMS III 186, 192;
Þiðr II 380;
FlóresS XVIII 4.

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).

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.

T15.

Love at first sight.

Skírn 90;
HálfdBr 585 ch. 14;
HálfdE VIII 14 (FAS III 531);
Þiðr II 52-60, 106;
Vígl 53 ch. 4;
FlóresS IV 5-8, XI 3-6;
HaraldHr 265 ff.;
NikL 31 ch. 10;
Gibbon 25 ch. 6;
Mágus 172 ch. 77.

T24.1.

Love-sickness.

Skírn in BuggeE 90 =
MC 110;
HrólfKr 29-30 ch. 10-11 (FAS I ch. 13-14);
GHrólf 300 ch. 23;
Ívars þáttr Ingimundarsonar in FMS VII 103-06 (Msk 354-55; FjÍsl 176);
Þiðr 147-49;
JarlmH 36 ch. 19;
FlóresB VI 1 ff.;
FlóresS V 5-10;
SigrgV 132-33 ch. 7;
RémK 12 ch. 5 ff.;
Gering I 288;
Saxo lib. III c. II 12 =
Herrm 228.

T50.2.

King likes his daughter so much that he does not want to marry her to anyone.

FlóresS III 2;
Þiðr I 49, II 71, 111.

T104.1.

Rejected suitor wages war.

cf. H335.4.4.
Völs ch. 11-12;
SturlSt 637, 645-46 ch. 23, 27-28;
HrólfG 31-32, 38-40, 59-60 ch. 20-21, 24-25, 35 (FAS III 115-17, 127-30, 166-67);
HálfdE XV 2-5 (FAS 539-40);
Þiðr I 57-62, II 87-93;
Sigþ 180-210 ch. 29-36;
SigFót 1004-06;
FlóresS XI-XVIII;
ÁsmS 5-8;
Kirial 4-6, 80 ff;
cf. Upphaf Gregorii in FMS VII 357.

T104.2.

Victor demands defeated king's daughter (widow) in marriage.

HrólfKr 26-27 ch. 8 (FAS I ch. 11);
HálfdE III 4-5 (FAS III 522);
GHrólf 245-46 ch. 3;
HjÖlv 457 ch. 3;
FlóresS V 5-10;
Amb 14, 62 ch. 3, 11 =
Saxo lib. IV c. II 3;
Saxo lib. VII c. IX 5, cf. lib. VIII c. VII 4/
Herrm 501.

T131.0.1.1.

Father promises that girl may wed only man of her choice.

Herv 7, 95 (FAS I 419, 516);
Völs ch. 29 (27);
ÞorstVík 433-34 ch. 18;
KetilH 125 ch. 4-5;
HrólfG 4 ch. 2 (FAS III 59-60);
Þiðr I 65 (II 96-97);
FlóresS III 8, X 5-6;
RémK 328 ch. 63 (cf. 156 ch. 27);
Dám 69, 72 ch. 6-7.

T311.4.

Maiden queen prefers to fight instead of marrying. She usually scorns or even kills her suitors or sets them difficult tasks.

cf. F565;
H933.2;
L431.
Völs ch. 25 (24);
Bósa 68-76 ch. 2-3, cf. introd. iii;
HrólfG 10 ff. ch. 6-9 (FAS III 68-69, 80-86);
Álafl VI 2-VIII 2;
FlóresS XXVI 11-XXVII 2;
SigrgFr 49-63 ch. 3-6;
Sigþ 102 ch. 3;
NikL 31 ch. 10;
ViktorBl 36, ch. 12;
Nitida 18 ch. 3;
Gibbon 23 ch. 6;
Wahlgren 10 ff.;
Saxo lib. IV c. I 12/
cf. Herrm 292;
Reuschel 91.

T687.

Triplets (as heroes).

FlóresS XX 4, XXI, XXII.

W10.

Kindness.

cf. P320;
Q40.
Völs ch. 15;
Friðþj 3 ch. I 4 (FAS II 63);
HrólfG 6 ch. 3 (FAS III 63);
Bósa 14 ch. 5, 104 ch. 10 (FAS III 201);
FlóresS 125, 126 ch. III 4, 10;
SigrgFr 44 ch. 2.

W11.2.

Munificent monarch.

HrólfKr 43, 46 ch. 15, 16 (FAS I 43, 46)/
cf. Herrm 200 n.;
Völs ch. 23 (22) (FAS I 174);
Nornag 55-56 ch. 3 (FAS I 321 = Flb I 349);
HálfH ch. V 3 (FAS II 28);
HrólfG 9 ch. 4 (FAS III 72 ch. 5);
Bósa 77 ch. 4;
GHrólf 291 ch. 19;
IllGr 648 ch. 1;
Yngv 9-11;
Þiðr I 224, 234, II 85, 89;
Brandsþ in FMS VI 348 (FjÍsl 12);
SigrgFr 41 ch. 1;
Álafl 120 ch. XIX 4-5;
FlóresS 123 ch. II 2-4;
RémK 280, 371 ch. 57, 72;
Gering I 61;
Saxo lib. I c. III 2, lib. VI c. IV 14, lib. VIII c. XVI 1-2, * etc.