Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: GunnlO

Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu, ed. S. Nordal and Guðni Jónsson in Íslenzk fornrit III 1938 (the numbers in parenthesis refer to Finnur Jónsson's ed. for Samfund til Udgivelse af gammel nordisk Litteratur 1916, and to that of E. Mogk in Altnordische Texte, Halle 1908 (Roman numbers)).

Works with this reference:

A164.6.

God as lover of giantess.

cf. A188;
cf. F531.6.1.1.
Billing's mær:
 cf. Háv st. 96-102;
Gunnlöð:
 cf. Háv st. 104-10/
Hárb 18;
Skáldsk ch. 6 (57);
Gylf ch. 23 (37)/
Skírn;
Thor and Odin:
 EgÁsm XII 5-6, XIII 10 (FAS III 390, 393).

D1812.3.3.

Future revealed in dream.

cf. D1810.8;
D1812.5.1.24;
E748.1;
F1068.
AriÍ ch. IV 2-3;
Njála CXII 1, CXXXIII, CXXXIV 22, CLVII 35 ff.;
Vatnsd XXXVI 4;
Laxd XXXI 12-14, XXXIII 48-49, LXXIV 2-4, LXXVI 21;
GíslaS XIII 1, XIV 7, XXI 7-9, XXIII 2-6, XXIX 6-10, XXXII, XXXIII 1-6;
Vápnf in Austf ch. XIII;
VígaGlúm ch. 9, 21;
Fóstbr ch. 1, 11;
Hávarð ch. 20;
Heiðarvíga 26;
Ljósv ch. 11 (21), 16 (26);
BjörnHít ch. 25, 26, 32;
GunnlO ch. 2, 11 (15, 120);
Bisk I 109, 294, 423, 473-74, 647, 662, 823, II 8, 39, 48, 53, 225-26;
Skj I 113, 164, 188, 281, II 222 ff.;
Sturl I 28, 256, 258-59, 269, 303-04, 409, 432, 508, 514, 516, II 91, 150;
ÓláfH ch. 18, 214 in Hkr II 25, 470, ch. 37 in FMS IV 58;
HaraldH ch. 80-82 in Hkr III 193 ff.;
MagnúsS ch. 25 Hkr III 298, ch. 20 in Jöfraskinna Hkr III 502;
HálfdS ch. 6-7 in Hkr I 93, ch. 2-3 in FMS X 169-70;
Flóam ch. 23, 24;
SigJórs ch. 46 in FMS VII 163;
Sverr ch. 1, 5, 10, 42 in FMS VIII (Flb II 535-37, 571);
Rauðúlfs þáttr in FMS V 333 (Flb II 294);
Óláfs þáttr Geirstaðaálfs in FMS V X 210 (Flb II 6 ff.);
Völs ch. 26 (25) (cf. LiestølUpph 165), 35 (33), 37 (35)/
cf. Guðr II 39-44/
Atlam 14-17, 26, 28 in BuggeE 272, 294, 296;
Sögubr 10-12 (FAS I 371);
Friðþj VI 17;
Ásm ch. 6, 8, 10 (FAS II 474-75, 483, 487);
BárðSn 2 ch. 1;
Hemings þáttr ch. 18 in Hb 336-37;
Amb ch. 17, 21;
Draumr Þorsteins Síðu-Hallssonar in AusfS 223-29;
Saxo lib. I c. VIII 23;
cf. woman is »berdreym«:
VestfjGr 168;
MC 311-12;
Henzen 1890;
Larsen 1917 37-85;
Kersbergen 151 ff.;
Klare 1933 10 ff.;
Kelchner 1935;
Schlauch 71;
Dehmer 105;
Heinzel 53.

D1812.5.1.1.3.

Blood (in dream) as omen of killing.

Atlam 24 (= Völs ch. 37 (35));
Njála CXXVII 8, CLVI 2, CLVII (= Darraðarljóð in Skj I A 419, B 389);
GíslaS ch. 24, 33 (XXIII 4, XXXII 5 = Skj I 102);
GunnlO 88 ch. 11 (17, XIV 5);
GunnlO 104-05 ch. 13 (23, XVII 1-2);
VígaGlúm ch. 21;
ÓláfTr ch. 49 in Hkr I 354;
Bisk I 497-98, 670;
Sturl II 288, 292;
Völs ch. 36 (34);
ÁnB 353 ch. 6;
Kersbergen 162 ff.

D1813.1.6.

Dream shows others in danger.

cf. F1068.
Njála CLVII 36;
GunnlO XVII 1-2;
HrólfG 66 ch. 39 (FAS III 164 ch. 28);
SigFót 1004;
Bevers 247, 258 ch. 25, 32.

D2086.1.

Sword magically dulled.

cf. D1694.
Sigrdr 27 =
MC 260;
43;
Eg ch. 65/
cf. JHelgason 1957 94;
Dropl ch. 15;
Svarfd ch. 8;
GunnlO 73 ch. 7 (IX 11);
Skj I 81, 82, 243;
ÖOdd 178-81 (ch. XLIII 4-7; FAS II 286-87, 554-55);
KetilH 137-39 ch. 5;
GHrólf 241, 354-55 ch. 2, 36;
SturlSt 608 ch. 10;
Bósa 58 ch. 14 (FAS III 230);
Þorgr 31 ch. 5;
Vilm 178 ch. 17;
Saxo lib. VI c. V 15/
cf. Herrm 315, 438.

E732.6.

Soul in form of eagle.

cf. D152.2.
GunnlO I 15-16;
Völs ch. 36 (34) <
Atlam 19;
all in dream:
Herv 8 (FAS I 420).

E732.7.

Soul in form of swan.

GunnlO I 15-16;
in dream:
Flóam ch. 24.

E732.8.

Soul in form of raven.

in dream:
GunnlO 1 15-16.

F555.3.3.

Hair so long that girl can cover herself with it.

cf. F531.1.6.3.1;
G219.4.
GunnlO 60 ch. 4 (V 13);
Gibbon ch. 2;
Vald 57 ch. 1.

F610.3.4.2.

Single combat with berserk.

GunnlO ch. 7;
Finnb ch. 34;
EgÁsm VIII 1-9, X 16-18 (FAS III 379, 387-88);
Ector ch. 20 (11).

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.

H217.2.

Decision by single combat or holmgang of who is to marry girl.

cf. F610.3.4.2.1 ;
H1561.2.1;
R111.1.9;
T151.1.
Sól 14 in BuggeE 359;
GunnlO 92 ch. 11 (22 in SUGNL, XIV 21-XVI ed. Mogk);
GíslaS II 13-25;
Reykd ch. 13;
ÓláfTr ch. 32 in Hkr, ch. 80 in FMS I 150, by Odd ch. 17 (11);
ÖOdd 100 (XXIX 14; FAS II 215);
FundNo in Flb I 220 (FAS II 20);
KetilH 125, 132, 136 ch. 4, 5;
ÞorstVík 388, 430 ch. 3-4, 16;
GHrólf 246-47 ch. 3 ff.;
HjÖlv 463-69 ch. 6-7;
SturlSt 598-610 ch. 6-10;
SigFót 1003-04;
Vígl 55 ch. 5;
Kjaln ch. 9;
Hell 52-53 ch. 30;
HálfdB 3 ch. 2;
HéðinH ch. 5;
RémK 38-41 ch. 9;
Vilm ch. 21;
Vígk ch. 1, 8;
Stark 4 ch. 1;
Part 21 ff.;
Gibbon ch. 7, 9;
Saxo lib. I c. III 3.

H217.3.

Holmgang to decide owner of gold, etc.

cf. H1561.2.1.
Flóam ch. 17;
GunnlO ch. 7 (IX 11-14);
SturlSt 599-604, 608 ch. 7-8, 10.

K97.2.

Combat won by means of substituted weapon.

GunnlO 73 ch. 7 (IX 11-14 in Mogk's ed);
Flóam ch. 15;
Dropl ch. 15;
Svarfd ch. 8-9;
SturlSt 609 ch. 10;
Þiðr II 32-34, cf. I 154, 168-69;
ÞorstVík 392-93 ch. 3-4;
cf. Eg ch. 64;
Herrm 315;
LiestølNT 135.

K1372.

Woman engaged to marry by trick.

Ys ch. 37;
GunnlO ch. 4 (V 15-16);
Gautr 46-49, 66-71 ch. 11, 5 (FAS III 50-53);
Vígl 67-68 ch. 13;
NikL 11 ff. ch. 6-7;
Saxo lib. V c. III 15/
cf. T55.8.

K1864.1.

False tidings of another's death in order to secure his bride.

Þorsteins s. hvíta ch. 4 in Austf;
cf. GunnlO ch. XII.

K2220.

Treacherous rivals.

cf. H911.
GunnlO 82, 102 ch. 9, 12 (14, 22, and XII, XVI 10-12);
ÁsmVík 7 ch. 3/
cf. K1931.1.1.

M341.1.5.2.

Prophecy that hero will not live another eighteen years.

GunnlO VIII 7-8.

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.

P427.7.

Poet.

cf. A1464.1;
E377.1;
Q112.0.1.2.
GunnlO;
BjörnHít;
Hallfr;
HrafnþH in FMS VI 102-19 (FjÍsl 126-43);
Sighv in FMS IV, V (FjÍsl 223-77)/
cf. Lie 1946 66-74:
 »Sagnet om hvorledes Sigvat ble skald«;
ÞorlJ 207-15 (FjÍsl 383-99, FMS III 89-104);
Þormóðr Kolbrúnarskáld in ÓláfH ch. 208 ff. in Hkr II;
Friðþj;
ÁsmS 7-8, 9, 11, 13;
AtlaÓ;
SkáldH;
Skálda in Hb 445;
cf. LiestølUpph 149-50;
Koht 1931 159-60;
poet as hero:
Heinzel 141;
cf. poet as king's marshall:
 Einars þáttr Skúlasonar in FMS VII 355 (Msk 442 ff.; FjÍsl 28).

Q451.2.

Laming as punishment.

cf. S162.
GunnlO 105 ch. 13 (22 and XVII 4);
HrólfKr 26, 27 ch. 8, 9 (FAS I ch. 11, 12);
Harð ch. 13.

R131.

Exposed or abandoned child rescued.

GunnlO ch. 3;
Ldb ch. 20;
Álafl II 3-4;
Huld no. 3.

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.

S301.

Children abandoned (exposed).

GunnlO ch. 3;
permission to expose children:
ÓláfH ch. 59 in FMS IV 109 =
ÓláfTr ch. 229 in FMS II 242 =
OddÓláfTr ch. 41 (32);
Heinze 149;
Dehmer 105;
Krause 92-93.

S311.

Undesirable children exposed, desirable preserved.

cf. M371.
GunnlO ch. 3.

T88.1.

Love kept up even after one of the parties is married to another.

GunnlO;
Friðþj;
SkáldH ch. 2-12;
cf. Heinzel 139;
Neckel 284 ff.

T151.

Year's respite from unwelcome marriage.

GunnlO 82 ch. 9 (14, XII 6);
GHrólf 245 ff. ch. 3;
cf. ÞorstVík 394 ch. 4.