Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: Fær

Færeyingasaga, ed. Finnur Jónsson for Kongelige nordiske Oldskriftselskab, Copenhagen 1927.

Works with this reference:

C612.

Forbidden forest.

Fær ch. 11-12.

D1272.

Magic circle.

HrómGr Griplur V 8 ff./
cf. Modern Philology X 627;
Fær ch. 40 (Flb I 556)/
cf. StrömbäckSejd 125 ff.

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.

E380.

Ghost summoned.

cf. D1420;
D2074;
E64;
E323.3;
E373.2;
M301.14.
Ys ch. 7/
cf. Vries 68:
»vekja tröll upp«;
Fær ch. 40/
cf. StrömbäckSejd 126;
Mágus ch. 16 (ch. 41).

E387.1.1.

Dead called from their graves to make statement.

Fær ch. 40.

E414.

Drowned person cannot rest in peace.

Eyrb LIV 1 ff./
cf. Fær ch. 40.

E422.1.1.4.

Headless ghost carries head under arm.

Svarfd ch. 23;
in the hand:
 Fær ch. 40.

F652.

Marvelous sense of smell.

Fær ch. 37.

F696.

Marvelous swimmer.

cf. H31.8;
H1538;
Fær ch. 32, 37-38;
ÓláfTr ch. 160, 235 in FMS II 27, 269;
SigJórs ch. 26, 48 in FMS VII 119, 165;
Finnb ch. 17;
Grett ch. 38/
cf. Dehmer 14;
HrólfKr 24-28 ch. 8-9 (FAS I 24-28);
ÁsmK 88-89 ch. 5 (FAS II 473);
ÞorstVík 427 ch. 16;
EgÁsm IX 3-4 (FAS III 382).

F771.3.5.

Underground house.

cf. N512;
R319.
Laxd ch. 49;
Reykd ch. 4, 28;
GíslaS ch. 23, 25, 29, 33;
Grœnlþ ch. 6;
Dropl 12-14;
Ldb ch. 276;
Fær ch. 37;
Flóam ch. 16;
HrólfKr 5 ch. 1 (FAS I 4);
Völs ch. 6 (FAS I 127);
ÖOdd 72 (ch. XXII 1 ff.);
ÞorstVík 416-19 ch. 13-14;
GHrólf 348-49 ch. 34;
SturlSt 642 ch. 25;
Þiðr I 227;
Vígl 73 ch. 16;
SigrgFr 89 ch. 13;
Mágus 13 ch. 8-10, 159 ch. 67;
GunnarK 235;
VestfjGr 168;
Saxo lib. VII c. IX 3 (Drot).

F825.

Extraordinary ring.

cf. D1076;
M112;
M470;
Q91.3.
Fær ch. 33, 38;
HrólfKr 23-28 ch. 7-9 (FAS I ch. 10-12)/
cf. Schlauch 92;
HrólfKr 89-92 ch. 29-30 (FAS I ch. 44-45): Svíagríss;
Friðþj ch. 1 (FAS II 489);
EgÁsm X 12-13/
cf. G610;
ÞorstVík 390 ch. 3;
Nornag ch. 2 in Flb I 347 (FAS I 316);
Amb ch. 23;
VilhSj ch. 3 ÞjJón ch. 3;
KáraK 64 ch. 31;
Huld no. 12.

G532.

Hero hidden and ogre deceived by his wife (daughter) when he says that he smells human blood.

cf. HaraldHárf ch. 32 in Hkr I 145;
Fær ch. 10/
cf. LiestølUpph 157-58.

H94.

Identification by ring.

cf. H61.3;
H82;
H253.
Laxd ch. 20-21, 26;
Hávarð ch. 14;
ÓláfH ch. 69 in Hkr II 106;
ÓláfTr ch. 62, 193, 270 in FMS I 113, II 129, III 35, by Odd ch. 33 (25), 78 (65);
ÞorstUxaf 256 (FMS III 120, FjÍsl 452);
Fær ch. 40;
HrólfKr ch. 20-22 (FAS I 52-59);
RagnarL ch. 10 (9) (FAS I 262-64, Skj II 254-55);
RagnarS 460 ch. 2 (FAS I 348-49);
ÞorstVík 423 ch. 15;
Nornag 67 ch. 7 (Flb I 354, FAS I 331);
Gautr 54 n. ch. 1 (FAS III 9 n.), cf. introd. xxii;
ÁnB 359 ch. 7;
SturlSt 604 ch. 9;
HrafnþH 112 (FjÍsl 136);
SigrgFr 102 ch. 15;
VilhSj 42-50 ch. 20-22;
AtlaÓ 4 ch. 4;
HringH 17, 25 ch. 7, 11;
Villif 24-25, 29-30 ch. 12, 14;
ÁsmS fol. 9;
Fertram ch. 11;
Vald 71-72 ch. 2;
SkáldH 16-17 ch. 5.

H221.2.

Ordeal by hot iron.

Sturl I 56, 175, 289;
Bisk I 664;
Poppo:
 Fsk 75 ch. 15/
 ÓláfTr ch. 27 in Hkr I 302, ch. 70 in FMS I 129, by Odd ch. 15;
ÓláfH ch. 135 in Hkr II 306;
MagnúsS ch. 19, 26 Hkr III 289;
IngaK ch. 15 in Hkr III 370;
Eindriða þáttr ok Erlings in FMS V 308;
ÞórNef in FMS V 319;
Sögubr ch. 4 in FMS XI 420;
Sverr ch. 53 in Flb II 587;
Fær ch. 43;
ÁsmVík 17 ch. 9;
Gering I 49;
Saxo lib. X c. XI 4.

H253.

Oaths before gods as test of truth.

cf. Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr gives ring as token that she received sacrifice:
 Fær ch. 23.

J157.

Wisdom (knowledge) from dream.

cf. D1810.8;
D1812.3.3;
D1812.5.1.2;
D1813.1.6;
E366;
F564.3.3;
F1068;
N531.
AriÍ in ASB I ch. IV 2-3;
Njála XXIII 9-10, LXII 5-6;
Laxd ch. 48-49, 76;
GíslaS ch. 22, 24, 30, 33;
Hallfr ch. 9-11 (94, 115, 121, 129);
HrafnkelF ch. 1 =
Ldb ch. 329;
Fóstbr ch. 4, 23, 24;
Grœnlþ 277 ch. 2;
Flóam ch. 15, 20, 21;
Ldb 36 n. (> ÓláfTr ch. 128 in FMS I 254), 50 n., 119 n.;
ÓláfH ch. 112, 188 in Hkr II, ch. 107 in FMS IV 243-44, ch. 178 in FMS V 38;
Sighvats þáttr skálds and ÞórNef in FMS V 210, 319;
OddÓláfTr ch. 13 (9), 27(18);
ÓláfTr ch. 131 in FMS I 262 (= ÞorvV in FjÍsl 485; Kristni ch. 11 2-3), ch. 200, 219 in FMS II 147 (= Flb I 380), 212, ch. 279, 283 in FMS V 48, 57;
HaraldH ch. 28, 57 and MagnúsS ch. 31 in Hkr III 115, 152, 310;
MagnúsG ch. 51 in FMS VI 118(= HrafnþH in FjÍsl 249);
HaraldH ch. 6 in FMS VI 143, ch. 69 in Flb III 431 (= Þorsteins þáttr forvitna in FjÍsl 416-18);
Sverr ch. 6 in Flb II 542;
Knytl ch. 68, 117;
Orkn ch. 57;
Fær ch. 53;
Sturl I 227, 273;
Bisk I 114, 121, 258, 268, 302, 438, 444, 612, 624, 793, II 18-19, 88, 131;
Sögubr ch. 2, 3 (FAS I 367, 371-73);
EiríkV 34 ch. 4 (FAS III 670);
Þiðr II 283;
Dám 90 ch. 13;
Árm 59;
Gering I 18, 21, 22, 29, 36;
cf. LiestølUpph 147-48, 222-24;
Klare 1939 8.

K525.5.

Man leaves mantle so that only mantle is hit.

Fær ch. 57;
KetilH 133 ch. 5.

K636.

Holes bored in enemies' boats prevent pursuit.

Laxd ch. XXX;
Korm 229 ch. 8;
ÓláfH ch. 108 in FMS IV 248, ch. 113 in Hkr II;
Fær ch. 56;
Bósa 47 ch. 12 (FAS III 223);
Friðþj IX 4, X 2 (FAS II 85, 88, 497, 498);
ÁnB 355 ch. 7;
JarlmH 40, 42 ch. 22, 24;
ÞjJón 46-47 (31-32) ch. 20-21;
Saxo lib. I ch. VIII 21, lib. II c. I 6, lib. V c. II 10-13, c. III 20;
Herrm 125;
Kersbergen 83-84.

K959.4.

Murder from behind.

Skáldsk ch. 5 (57)/
cf. Q412;
Uppl 457 ch. 2 (FAS II 105; SRD II 269) =
Hkr I 81-83,
HistNor 103;
Fær ch. 43, 103;
ÖOdd 70-71 (ch. XXI 2-3, FAS II 197, 528);
SörlaSt 446 ch. 20;
ÁnB 345, 348 ch. 5, 6;
HrólfG 29 ch. 18 (FAS III 111-12);
Vígl 69-72 ch. 13, 15;
Þiðr II 266.

K2258.

Treacherous peasant.

MagnúsErl ch. 42 in Hkr III 489;
Fær ch. 38.

K2321.

Corpse set up to frighten people.

Finnb ch. 11;
Fær ch. 12;
HrólfKr 69-71 ch. 23 (FAS I 70-71);
ÖOdd 40-41(ch. X 12-XI 9; FAS II 181, 516); bear;
killed robbers:
 Saxo lib. I c. IV 6;
enemies:
 Saxo lib. IV c. I 20 and X 11;
 Herrm 280-81, 290.

M201.5.

Covenant confirmed by marriage.

Jómsv ch. 23, 29 (19, 26);
Fær ch. 41;
Styrbjarnar þáttr in FMS V 247;
Völs ch. 28 (26)/
cf. Þiðr II 39-41;
Herv 52-53, 128 (FAS I 462);
FundNo in Flb I 220 (FAS II 20);
Friðþj V 1 (FAS II 70, 491);
Gautr 48, 71 ch. 11 (FAS III 52-53);
HálfdE XV 1-7, XXI 2 (FAS III 539, 551);
HrólfG 46 ch. 28 (FAS III 139 ch. 20);
(y.) Bósa 74 ch. 3 (failed attempt);
Vígl 80, 91 ch. 18, 21;
VilhSj 94 ch. 40;
Sigþ 217 ch. 39;
SaulusN 25 ch. 11;
Saxo lib. VIII c. X 9.

N513.1.

Man jumps into the sea, river or waterfall with his treasure (chests).

cf. R216.1.
Vatnsd XXVIII 1-13;
GullÞ ch. 20;
HálfdE XXVI 10-12 (FAS III 557-58)/
cf. introd. 48-52;
Búi:
 OddÓláfTr ch. 18 (12)/
 ÓláfTr ch. 41 in Hkr I 333, ch. 90 in FMS I 178/
 Jómsv ch. 46 (34)/
 Fær ch. 26/
 Skj I 538, II 8;
 cf. Malone 1942/
 Árnason I 148;
 Strömbäck 1955, 95-101.

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.

P231.8.

Mother flees with little son(s).

cf. P22.1.
Ldb ch. 276;
ÓláfTr ch. 2 in Hkr I 256-57, ch. 44 in FMS I 67 ff./
ÓláfTr by Oddr ch. 2 ff.;
Fær ch. 29;
Sögubr 10-12 ch. 3 (FAS I 371-73);
Harð ch. 38.

P325.1.

Guest begets son with his host's daughter.

Fær ch. 10 ff.;
BárðSn 23-25 ch. 11-12.

Q431.5.2.

Banishment for abduction of bride (girl).

Njála LXXXVII 41;
Fær ch. 16;
Vilm 150-51 ch. 6-7.

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.

R216.1.

Escape from ship by jumping into the sea.

cf. N513.1.
Grett ch. 38, 65;
Sturl II 219;
GullÞ ch. 15;
Skj I 44, 138, 175;
ÓláfTr ch. 186, 256 in FMS II 117, III 9, ch. 111 in Hkr I 453, by Odd ch. 21 (15), 59 (47), 73-74 (61-62);
HallþSn in FMS III 158;
MagnúsBl ch. 14 in Hkr III 343, ch. 18 in FMS VII 202 =
IngaK ch. 11 in Hkr III 364;
Orkn ch. 40, 48;
Fær ch. 54, 57;
Harð ch. 38;
BárðSn 40 ch. 18;
ÖOdd 31, 108-09, 134 (ch. VII 10, XXXII 1-5; FAS II 224, 252, 513, 536);
ÁnB 355-56 ch. 7;
ÞorstVík 403, 450-51 ch. 8, 23;
GHrólf 261-62 ch. 8;
HjÖlv 463 ch. 5;
HrólfG 26, 29 ch. 16, 18 (FAS III 107, 111);
Bósa 59 ch. 14 (FAS III 231);
HálfdE XIII 7 (FAS III 537);
EgÁsm XVIII 10 (FAS III 406-07);
SörlaSt 431 ch. 12;
HjÖlv 463 ch. 5;
BárðSn 40 ch. 18;
ÚlfU ch. 4.

S162.

Mutilation: cutting off legs (feet).

cf. G512.6;
S161.2.
Njála V 15, XLV 14, LXXII 8, LXXXII 21, XCIX 4, CXXIX 14, CXLVI23, CLI 12-13;
Dropl ch. 15;
VígaGlúm ch. 4;
Eyrb XVIII 21, 27, XLV 12;
Eg XLV 6, LXIV 43;
Reykd ch. 13;
Heiðarvíga ch. 30;
GullÞ ch. 18-19;
GunnlO 102 ch. 12 (22 and XVI 9);
Laxd XLIX 16;
Ldb ch. 200, 209;
Bisk I 64, 674;
Grett II 7, XII 11, XLIII 7;
ÓláfH ch. 228 in Hkr II 493, ch. 73 in FMS IV 151;
MagnúsS ch. 31 in Hkr III 310;
Sturl I 203, 288, 315, 317, 358, 363, 398, 441, II 34, 129, 184, 201, 219;
Fær ch. 18, 54;
Flóam ch. 17;
HaraldG ch. 9 in FMS VII 185;
Gautr 21 ch. 4 (FAS III 24);
Bósa 60 ch. 15 (FAS III 231);
GrímL 154 ch. 3;
KetilH 126 ch. 4;
GHrólf 303-04, 328, 329, 343, 344 ch. 24, 31, 33;
BárðSn 35 ch. 16;
ÞorstUxaf 251 (FMS III 110-11, FjÍsl 443);
Harð ch. 39;
Þiðr II 28;
FlóresB XXIII 5;
ÞórðarH 96-97 ch. 3-4;
Sigþ 179 ch. 28;
VilhSj 35, 102, 107, 116 ch. 18, 44, 48, 53;
Hell 50 ch. 27, 28;
Vald 62 ch. 1;
HringH 8, 11, 42 ch. 3, 4, 17;
Úlf 172, 216;
Ector ch. 9;
GunnarK 238, 245;
Andr 77;
Saxo lib. VIII c. X 9, cf. lib. I c. VIII 4;cf. the sword-name Fótbítr:
 Laxd ch. XXIX ff./
 Dropl ch. 13/
 Vápnf ch. 2;
the sword-name Leggbítr:
 MagnúsB ch. 35 in FMS VII 69, ch. 24-25 in Hkr III 263;
 Liestøl Upph 154.

T91.1.1.

Giant's daughter has child by hero.

cf. F531.5.7.
KetilH 117-18 ch. 3-4;
BárðSn 23-25 ch. 11-12;
Kjaln ch. 14;
JarlmH 36 ff. ch. 19-23;
Amb 126 ch. 23;
ÚlfU/
cf. ZDPh XXVI 5;
cf. Fær ch. 10 ff.

T136.3.

Amusements at wedding.

Sturl I 18, 22 ff.:
 »dansleikar, glímur ok sagnaskemtuna«;
SörlaSt 452 ch. 26:
 »með allskonar listiligri skemtan«;
playing, esp. an harp, music:
 Bósa 45-46, 127 ch. 12, 16 (FAS III 221-24);
song, music; storytelling:
 EgÁsm XV 20, XVII 10 (FAS III 400, 404);
BárðSn 33 ch. 15:
 »knútukast«, »glíma«;
playing, singing, and »allzkonar skemtan«:
 Þiðr I 285-86, II 36;
music:
 JarlmH 39-40 ch. 21-22;
tournament:
 VilhSj 123-24 ch. 58;
tournament, music:
 Sigþ 230 ch. 44/
 Kóngab 48-50;
NikL 44 ch. 12;
music, dancing:
 SaulusN 57 ch. 23;
SamsF ch. 9:
 »allrahanda skemtan; tafl ok burtreider, skot ok skylmingar«;
storytelling:
 ÞjJón 65-66 (47) ch. 22;
RémK 349, 351 ff. ch. 69, 72:
 »allra handa listir ok leikar«, tournaments and »söngfæri fyrir þeim leikin«.

T682.

Hero a posthumous son.

cf. S312.3;
T645.1.
ÓláfTr ch. 1 in Hkr I 255, ch. 43 in FMS I 66;
Fær ch. 29;
ÞórðarH ch. 1;
Völs ch. 2, 12-13;
HrólfKr 27 ch. 9 (FAS I ch. 12);
SigrgV ch. 17.

V331.2.

Conversion to Christianity on pain of death.

ÓláfTr ch. 204 in FMS II 167, cf. ch. 225 FMA II 222 (Flb I 436), by Odd ch. 26 (17);
Fær ch. 31;
RémK 308-10 ch. 60-61.

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.