Black god (goddess).
Show referencesDragon spews venom.
Show referencesFlying dragon, »flugdreki«.
Show referencesFight with dragon.
Show referencesFaithful horse lies down in order that its mutilated master can mount it.
Show referencesFaithful horse pushes sleep thom out of its master's head, so that he awakes.
Show referencesAnimals fight together with their master.
Show referencesTabu: disclosing own identity. A supernatural person must not tell who he is.
Show referencesTransformation: man to serpent (snake).
Show referencesTransformation and disenchantment at will.
Show referencesMagic storm (»gerningahríð«, »galdrahrið«, »kyngiveðr«).
Show referencesMagic spittle.
Show referencesLance sounds when knocked on shield, except when its owner will be defeated.
Show referencesMagic shirt (cloak, armor) gives invulnerability.
Show referencesMagic bag shaken against enemies renders helpless in face of mist or poison.
Show referencesInfallible sword, i.e. is always victorious and bites even iron and stone, etc.
Show referencesMagician.
Show referencesMagic turned against the makers, so that they are bewildered and kill themselves.
Show referencesBad dream as evil omen.
Show referencesMagic invulnerability.
Show referencesMagical murder.
Show referencesSword magically dulled.
Show referencesStorm produced by magic.
Show referencesAppearance of dwarf.
Show referencesBurial places (barrows, howes) as homes of dwarfs.
Show referencesHelpful dwarfs.
Show referencesTrolls are usually ugly, hideous, big, and strong.
Show referencesGiant with iron club (gadclub) as weapon.
Show referencesAmazons. Woman warriors. Icelandic: »skjaldmær«.
Show referencesRemarkably strong man. (Strong John).
Show referencesWarrior of special strength (berserk).
Show referencesInvulnerable berserk.
Show referencesBerserk killed in combat about maiden.
Show referencesUnderground house.
Show referencesSword so heavy that only its owner can lift it.
Show referencesSword cuts everything.
Show referencesGround opens to hide fugitive (magician).
Show referencesDecision by single combat or holmgang of who is to marry girl.
Show referencesSuitor task: avenging bride's father's death before marriage.
Show referencesTask: capturing deer from herd watched by giant.
Show referencesQuest for princess caused by sight of one of her hairs dropped by a bird (or floating on river).
Show referencesQuest for armor from a grave mound.
Show referencesFoolish marriage of old man and young girl.
Show referencesHero keeps on leading his horse without discovering that it is dead.
Show referencesStolen goods taken to dupe's house so that he is accused.
Show referencesVictim burned in his own house.
Show referencesDisguised shipwrecked admitted to the king's house kill him at Yule feast in revenge for murder.
Show referencesDwarf himself falls in love with girl he has seduced by magic love, and loses her as he is forced to remove his magic.
Show referencesWhen he is looked at too threateningly, hero feigns failing ability to go on horseback.
Show referencesDisguise with hood dropping low over the face.
Show referencesImpostors abandon (or kill) their companion and ursurp his place.
Show referencesFuture hero found on shore.
Show referencesA man who breaks his oath to a woman cannot be king with right.
Show referencesLife bought with promise of reparations and healing of enemy.
Show referencesLucky person. Some people, especially heroes, as Hrólf Kráki and Óláfr, usually have luck.
Show referencesFriend lingering in the kitchen learns of friend's distress and helps him.
Show referencesFather and brother accidentally return home just as they are most needed in fight.
Show referencesKing helps princes in exile to revenge their father and take their homeland back.
Show referencesOld king attacked.
Show referencesLiving king's or nobleman's son as foster-son of his father's friend; considered an honor for the foster-father.
Show referencesHospitality for a whole winter (by king or nobleman usual in old Scandinavia).
Show referencesTournaments.
Show referencesPrecious knife and belt as gift on unknown helper's spearshaft outside his tent.
Show referencesThreat of hanging.
Show referencesMagic sickness as punishment.
Show referencesDefeated warriors go into the conqueror's service.
Show referencesWarriors fiee after their chief's death.
Show referencesUnknown helper(s) emerge(s) in the last moment and turn(s) out later to be well known.
Show referencesEscape from ship by jumping into the sea.
Show referencesMurder by twisting out intestines.
Show referencesMutilation: cutting off legs (feet).
Show referencesMutilation: putting out eyes.
Show referencesLove through sight of hair of unknown princess.
Show referencesLove-sickness.
Show referencesWooing by emissary.
Show referencesWooing the strong and beautiful bride.
Show referencesBrother's consent for sister's marriage needed.
Show referencesParting gifts after wedding.
Show referencesBurial in grave-mound.
Show referencesDrinking festival in memory of the dead, »drekka erfi«.
Show referencesOrnaments, weapons, etc. buried with hero.
Show referencesMunificent monarch.
Show referencesFormulistic number: three.
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