Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: Fáfn

Fáfnismál, in Sophus Bugge's edition of Sæmundar Edda, https://archive.org/details/norrnfornkviisl00eddagoog , p. 219-26.

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A310.1.

Goddess of world of the dead.

cf. A123.6;
cf. A671.
Völs ch. 18/
BuggeE 223:
»En þú, Fáfnir, ligg i fjörbrotum, þar er þik Hel hafi«;
Hel:
 Gylf ch. 19-20 (33)/
 MC 303/
 Saussaye 280;
Freyja:
 Eg ch. 78/
 Gylf ch. 13 (24)/
 MC 121-122/
 Saussaye 276;
cf. KrappeÉtudes 45.

A454.1.

Goddess of healing.

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

A463.1.

The Fates.

cf. D1311.3;
cf. M301.12.
ÁsmS fol. 8b;
ÁsmVík ch. 19;
Fáfn 11-13 (= Völs ch. 18);
Gylf ch. 8 (15);
Herv 155 (FAS I 508; Skj II 276);
HrólfKr 95 ch. 32 (FAS I 97);
Krákumál st. 24, ed. Skj I 654 (FAS I 308-9);
Nornag ch. 10 (in Flb I 358 = FAS I 340-41);
Saxo lib. VI c. IV 12;
Vsp 20.
cf. Bisk I 497-98;
cf. Sturl I 285-86;
cf. MC 238;
cf. Saussaye 312;
cf. Vries 380.

B11.1.3.

Dragon from transformed man lying on his treasures.

cf. B11.6.2.
Fáfnir:
Nornag 57 ch. 4 (Flb I 350, FAS I 322)/
Völs ch. 14;
GullÞ ch. 3, 20;
HálfdE XXVI 12;
Yngv 14 ch. 7.
cf. Gautr 45, 67 ch. 11 (FAS III 49).

B11.6.2.

Dragon guards treasure.

Blómst 42 ch. 25;
Ector ch. 8;
Fáfn/
Gríp 13/
Skáldsk ch. 48 (39)/
Völs ch. 14, 18;
GullÞ ch. 3;
HálfdE XXVI 12;
Nornag 57 ch. 4;
RagnarL ch. 2 (1) (FAS I 238);
Saxo lib. II c. I 2-3.
SigrgFr 89 ch. 13;
Sigþ 146 ch. 17;
Skj I 487;
VilhSj 27 ch. 13;
Yngv 21-23;
Þorsteins þáttr forvitna in Flb III 432 (FjÍsl 416);
cf. Strömbäck 1955 95-101.

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.

B217.1.2.

Animal language learned from eating dragon's heart.

Fáfn 39 =
Völs ch. 19-20 (19), 22 =
Skáldsk ch. 48 (39);
Guðr I 242.

C436.

Tabu: disclosing own identity. A supernatural person must not tell who he is.

VilhSj 12 ch. 6.
Nor do the heroes of the Fornaldarsagas like to tell their name e.g.:
ÖOdd 18, 159 (ch. XL 9);
GHrólf 269-71 ch. 12-13;
HálfdE XIII 3 (FAS III 537);
(y.) Bósa 88 ch. 6;
Þiðr I 316-17, II 4-11, 347-51.
* cf. Wolff 1941;
Meier 1934 1 ff.;
Vald 56 ch. 1;
cf. Fáfn in BuggeE 219/
Trolldom 145;
Vries 48;
Kersbergen 144.

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.

D1400.1.17.

Magic helmet (»ægishjálmr«).

cf. D1381.10.3.
Fáfn 16-17 in BuggeE 215, 222, 226;
Völs ch. 18;
Svarfd ch. 21;
Konr 70, 75 ch. 9-10;
ÞjJón ch. 9;
Skj II 121.
Högni has »ægishjálmr« in the eye:
Sörla 282 (FAS I 406 ch. 9);
cf. Pape 1946 156 ff.

D1812.2.4.

Dying man's power of prophecy.

cf. D1715;
J154;
T141.1;
Grœnl 259-60 ch. 6;
cf. Völs ch. 18/
cf. Fáfn in BuggeE 219-26;
Saxo lib. VII c. XI 11.

F152.1.1.

Rainbow bridge to otherworld.

cf. A657.1.
Grím 29 =
Gylf ch. 8 (15), cf. ch. 6 (13), 15 (27), 37 (51);
Fáfn 15 =
MC 329.

F200.

Fairies (elves).

cf. V1.2.1.
some Norns are »álfa ættar«:
 Völs ch. 18 (< Fáfn 13);
some runes are »með álfum«:
 Völs ch. 20 (< Sigrdr 18).

F730.

Extraordinary islands.

cf. E481.2.
Óskópnir, Úskaptr:
 Fáfn 14-15 =
 Völs ch. 18;
blámen's home:
 SörlaSt 410 ch. 2 (cf. F527.3).

M411.3.

Dying man's curse.

Eyrb ch. 20;
Fáfn 9 =
Völs ch. 18;
HálfdBr 589 ch. 16-17;
Álafl XVI 17-19;
Kóngab 15;
HringH 44 ch. 18;
HaraldH 268;
Bragð 49 ch. 2.