Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: Guðr

Guðrúnarkviða I-III, in Sophus Bugge's edition of Sæmundar Edda, https://archive.org/details/norrnfornkviisl00eddagoog , p. 242-46, 265-76.

Works with this reference:

A672.2.

Maiden at the bridge to hell.

Móðguðr at »Gjallarbrú«:
Gylf ch. 34 (49)/
MC 130, 304/
Vries 400.

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.

D1266.1.

Magic writings (runes).

cf. D45;
D1355.19;
D1365.10;
D1367.5;
D1379.2-3;
D1380.20;
D1414.2;
D1500.1.34;
D1500.3;
D1501.4;
D1545.0.1;
D1561.1.8;
D1566.2.4;
D1611.16;
F451.3.12.4;
F883.
Háv 139 ff.;
37, 44-46;
Sigrdr 9-19 =
Völs ch. 21 (20) st. 12-19;
Guðr II 2 =
Völs ch. 35 (33);
Vatnsd XXXIV 11;
Eg XLIV 8-9, LVII 57;
Orkn ch. 58;
Krákumál st. 1 (7) in Skj I 649 (FAS I 300);
ÞorstUxaf 251 (FMS III 109; FjÍsl 442);
OrmSt 530: málajárn;
Herv 2: málasax;
HrólfKr ch. 20 (FAS I 52);
Vigl 79 ch. 17;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 24;
HeðinH ch. 4;
Ector ch. 6; MC 295-98.

D1365.2.

Drink causes magic forgetfulness.

Guðr II 22-23/
Völs ch. 34 (32) =
MC 298;
Völs ch. 28 (26) =
Saussaye 143;
GHrólf 302 ch. 33;
ÞorstVík 394 ch. 5;
Sörla 279 (FAS I 400 ch. 7).

D1365.10.

Magic writings on drinking horn cause forgetfulness.

Guðr II 22-23.

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.

D2125.1.1.

Magical transportation by waves.

Guðrúnarhvöt in BuggeE 311;
Völs ch. 41 (39)/
cf. Völs 43 (41);
cf. Sturl I 140.

F565.1.

Amazons. Woman warriors. Icelandic: »skjaldmær«.

cf. P462.3;
T311.4.
brúðir berserkja:
Hárb 37-39;
Skaði:
Skáldsk ch. 2 (56);
Atlam 43 ff., 98/
Brynhildr, Guðrún:
Völs ch. 25 (24), 38 (36);
RagnarL 147 ch. 11 (10)/
Áslaug-Randalín:
RagnarS 462 ch. 2 (FAS I 269-70, 351);
Hervör:
Herv 14-33, 54, 102-13, 128, 148-49 (FAS I 430-42, 463, 497-99);
Ólöf:
HrólfKr 17 ch. 6 (FAS I ch. 7);
Visina, Vebjörg:
Sögubr 17 ch. 8 (FAS I 379);
Þórbjörg:
HrólfG 11, 16-17, 48, 66 ch. 7, 9, 29, 40 (FAS III 68-69, 75, 85-86, 142, 175);
Brynhildr:
Bósa 5 ch. 2, 68 ch. 2-3 (FAS III 195);
Oddr does not like women warriors:
ÖOdd 174-75 (ch. XLII 1-5. FAS II 283-84, 553-54);
Gyða:
GHrólf 240 ch. 2;
Ingibjörg:
HálfdBr 568-70 ch. 4;
Marsibil:
SörlaSt 434 ch. 15;
SturlSt 627 ch. 13;
EgÁsm I 3;
Vörn:
Úlfh ch. 3;
in the Brávalla battle:
Stark 83-87 ch. 25/
Sögubr/
Saxo lib. VIII c. II 4-5;
Alvilda:
Saxo lib. VII c. VI 4-7;
Gyritha:
Saxo lib. VII c. X 1;
Asmundus's sister:
Saxo lib. VII c. X 14;
Sticla and Rusila:
Saxo lib. VII c. X 8;
Saxo lib. IV c. X I;
Herrm 316, 489;
Reuschel 89.

H221.4.

Ordeal by boiling water.

Guðr III 6-11.

M114.2.

Oath taken on holy stone.

Guðr III 3.

M149.2.

Vow to die rather than marry unwelcome suitor.

cf. R111.1.9;
T326.
GHrólf 246 ch. 3;
ÞorstVík 432 ch. 17;
JarlmH 12 ch. 8;
cf. Guðr II 27 =
Völs ch. 34 (32).

P16.4.

Persons buried with dead king (queen).

cf. V67.
thralls:
Guðr I 246/
SgFIII 47, 70 =
Völs ch. 33;
Herv (only) in FAS I 489, 508-09;
HrólfKr ch. 52 in FAS I 109;
GHrólf 246 ch. 3;
BárðSn 38 ch. 18;
Saxo lib. V c. XI 1.

P253.6.

Sister warns brothers.

cf. R158. Akv 1-8/
Atlam 1 ff. =
Völs ch. 5, 35 (33);
Guðrún, Yrsa:
HrólfKr 88-89 ch. 29 (FAS I 90-91).

Q416.1.

Punishment: trampling (kicking) to death by horses.

Hamð 3;
Skáldsk ch. 51 (42);
Guðrúnarhvöt 16;
Völs ch. 42 (40) =
Saxo lib. VIII c. X 11 =
Herrm 575 n.;
Þiðr II 164;
Saussaye 135.

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.

S63.

Cruel wife.

cf. K2213;
T311.4.
Akv 41/
Atlam 89/
Guðrúnarhvöt in BuggeE 313 =
Völs ch. 40 (38);
Gering I 29.

T211.2.

Wife's suicide at husband's death.

cf. F1041.1.2.2;
P16.4.1;
T81.6.
Guðrúnarhvöt 311/
Atlam 104/
Völs ch. 41 (39), cf. 43 (41);
Bevers 243 ch. 21;
Saxo lib. I c. VIII 4/
cf. Herrm 94.

T211.2.1.

Wife throws herself on husband's funeral pyre.

cf. Brynhildr:
Völs ch. 33 =
Guðr I 25-27/
SgFIII 47-48/
Oddr 19,/
Nornag 69 ch. 8 (FAS I 355);
EgilSiðuH in FMS V 327-28;
ÁsmS 13-14.

V61.2.

Dead burned on pyre.

cf. E431.13;
E446.2;
P16.4;
T211.2.
Prologus to Hkr;
Ys ch. 8 ff.;
Helreið/
SgFIII 66-70/
Guðrúnarhvöt 20 in SæmE 258 ff./
Völs ch. 33/
Nornag 69 ch. 8 (FAS I 333, Flb I 355);
RagnarL ch. 18 (19);
Saxo lib. III c. II 11, lib. V c. VIII 1;
cf. Vries 16 ff., 26, 29;
Weinhold 480 ff.

Z715.

Formulistic number: seven.

cf. A651.1.4;
A651.3.1;
D1051;
P252.3.
Vkv =
MC 259;
Ls;
Akv 7, 18;
Guðr II 14, 35;
Saxo# lib. VII c. 11 7, lib. VIII c. VIII 9, XIV 16.