Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: HHu

Helgakviða Hundingsbana I-II, in Sophus Bugge's edition of Sæmundar Edda, https://archive.org/details/norrnfornkviisl00eddagoog , p. 179-201.

Works with this reference:

A171.1.2.

Valkyries ride through air and water.

cf. A485.2.
Gylf ch 22 (35 );
HHj in BuggeE 173;
HHu II in BuggeE 191;
MC 185.

A172.

Gods intervene in battle.

cf. A485.2;
cf. A581.2.
HHj 7 ff.;
HHu I 15 ff.;
Jómsv ch. 45 (34);
Nornag 64 ch. 5 (FAS I 328, Flb I 352);
Saxo lib. III c. II 10, lib. VII c. XII 1, lib. VIII c. IV 8-9;
Sögubr 17 ch. 8 (FAS I 378);
Völs ch. 9, 11-12.

A423.

Waves as girls, daughters or widows of the sea-god.

Herv 72, 77, 132, 136 (FAS I 479, 481-82);
HHu I 29;
Skáldsk ch. 34 (25), 42 (33);
Sól 79;
Vegt 12;
cf. MC 190;
cf. Vries 255.

A485.2.

Valkyries (shield-maidens).

cf. A171.1.2.
Gylf ch. 13 (24), 22 (35);
HHu I 15 ff., II 191;
HHj 7 ff.;
Skj I 22, 112, etc.;
Vsp 30;
Saussaye 304;
Vries 384.

A1101.1.1.

Reign of peace and justice (under certain king).

Grotta in BuggeE 324-25/
Skáldsk ch. 53 (43);
HHu I 13;
Saxo lib. V c. XII and XV 2/
Herrm 377;
Skjöld ch. 3;
Ys ch. 9-11;
Vries 261.

B147.2.2.3.

Raven as bird of ill-omen (fighting).

Reg 20;
HHu I 5;
Ldb ch. 216;
Skj I 122;
Sturl I 521, II 233, 244;
HaraldH ch. 80 in Hkr III 193, ch. 114 in FMS VI 402 (dream);
ÓláfrTr ch. 331 in Flb I 412 =
Hrómundar þáttr halta ch. 5 (FMS III 148).

D12.

Transformation: man to woman.

cf. K1836.
HHu I 37-38.

D131.

Transformation: man to horse.

cf. G211.1.1;
G303.3.3.5.
Loki:
Gylf ch. 25 (42) =
MC 140/
Saussaye 261;
Skj I 166;
HHu I 43;
SigrgFr 47 ch. 2.
cf. Ölkofra þáttr in FjÍsl 534:
»bregða sér í merarlíki« (as scolding).

D983.3.

Magic leek.

cf. D1383.5;
D1389.11;
D1472.1.4.
HHu I 7;
Völs ch. 8.

E310.

Dead lover's friendly return.

HHu II 40.

E361.

Return from the dead to stop weeping.

cf. HHu II 45 =
Saussaye 295;
Laxd LXXVI 20-23 (dream);
Klare 7;
DgF 90.

E474.

Cohabitation of living person and ghost.

HHu II 43.

E481.3.1.

Abode of the dead in hills, barrows.

cf. F451.4.1.9;
F455.1;
V1.6.1.1; V61.8.
HHu II 42;
Njála LXXVIII 10-12;
Skjöld ch. 7;
Herv 17, 103 (FAS I 432 ff.; Skj II A 245 ff.).

E600.

Reincarnation.

HHj 43;
HHu II 191, 201;
Saussaye 295.

F531.6.16.3.

Man as servant of giant.

cf. G672.
milked the goats of Gullnir:
Völs ch. ) <
HHu I st. 43;
EgÁsm IX 6-X 12 (FAS III 383-86).

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.

F960.1.2.1.

Extraordinary precipitation at birth of hero.

HHu I 1.

H71.6.

Bright eyes as sign of royalty (nobility).

cf. H1550.1;
F541.
35;
HHu I 6;
Knytl ch. 20;
ÓláfH ch. 25 in FMS IV 38/
cf. Skj I 242;
HrólfKr 23 ch. 7;
Völs ch. 13, 23 (22), 30 (28), 41-42 (39-40);
GHrólf 264, 292-94 ch. 9, 20;
Saxo lib. II c. II 5, lib. VII c. X 18.

H507.5.

Contest in scolding as introduction to battle.

HHu I 33 ff., II 19 ff.;
ÁsmVík 95 ch. 7 (FAS II 480, 482);
Sigþ ch. 5.

K521.4.1.3.

Man in danger of life dressed by hostess as woman and set to grinding corn.

HHu I 35, II 2 =
HrómGr 377 ch. 8.

K2115.

Animal-birth slander.

cf. T465.
Hyndl 40/
HHu I 39 =
Völs ch. 9.

K2130.

Trouble-makers.

cf. H911;
K1084.
Odin:
HHu II 34;
Loki:
Ls/
Gylf ch. 19 (33);
Heiðrekr:
Herv 34-36, 116 (FAS I 445-46);
Skáldsk ch. 50 (41) =
Völs ch. 30 (28), 43 (41);
Þiðr II 259-61;
Upphaf Gregorii in FMS VII 359;
Saxo lib. VII c. I 2;
Reuschel 23, 27;
women as trouble-makers:
Heinzel 36, 39/
 cf. K1093;
 P25.

K2357.0.1.

Disguise to spy on enemy.

HHu II 190;
ÞorstVík 441 ch. 20;
HjÖlv 459 ch. 4.

M301.12.

Three fates, »norns« prophesy at child's birth.

cf. A463.1.
HHu I 2-4 =
Völs ch. 8;
Nornag 76-77 ch. 10 (Flb I 358 = FAS I 340-41);
Saxo lib. VI c. IV 12/
Herrm 409;
cf. ESveinsson 1929 xxxvii;
StrömbäckSejd 87;
MC 241.

Q556.

Curse as punishment.

HHu II 31-33;
GíslaS ch. 18;
Ys ch. 13;
RagnarL 128 ch. 6 (5) (FAS I 249).

R111.1.9.

Princess (maiden) rescued from undesired suitor.

cf. F610.3.4.2.1;
H335.4.4;
K1371.1;
Q411.2.1;
M149.2;
T320;
T104.
HHu I 18 ff. =
Völs ch. 9;
Reykd ch. 19;
VígaGlúm ch. 4;
Svarfd ch. 7;
Flóam ch. 17, 27;
HálfdE XIX-XX (FAS III 547-51);
ÁsmK 100 ch. 10 (FAS II 487);
KetilH 125-26, 132 ch. 4, 5;
ÞorstVík 388-94 ch. 2-4;
HjÖlv 465-69 ch. 6-7;
Hell 52-53 ch. 29-30;
VilhSj 30-35 ch. 15-18;
Sigþ 175-80, 251-54 ch. 27-28, 54;
JarlmH (10-19) 19-23 ch. (6-9) 11-12;
Álafl VII 1-VIII 1;
FlóresS XXVI II-XXVII 8;
HringH 50-52 ch. 21;
HringT 13-16 ch. 6;
Vilm 145-50 ch. 4-6;
Ector ch. 10-11, 21;
Nitida 19-21 ch. 3.;
RémK 155-94 ch. 27-35;
Part 29-43;
Vígk 11 ff. ch. 4;
Arm ch. 15 *;
Andr 22 ff.;
Saxo lib. VII c. XI 7-10, lib. VII c. 111;
cf. LiestølUpph 154;
Heinzel 155;
Schlauch 64, 104 ff.

S73.1.

Fratricide.

cf. K867.1;
N733.2;
P251.4.1;
Q211.9.
HHu I 36, 41;
Vsp 45;
Vsp 32/
Vegt =
Gylf ch. 33 (49);
Saxo lib. III c. I-IV =
Herrm 201 ff./
MC 129;
Baldr-Höðr:
Vries 234/
 cf. K863;
Suppl. to ÓláfH in FMS V 224;
Sigurðr-Haraldr:
MagnúsS ch. 16 in Hkr III 345;
Heiðrekr-Angantýr:
Herv 34-36, 115-17 (FAS I 448; Skj I 276);
Hrœrekr-Helgi:
Sögubr 8 ch. 2 (FAS I 369);
Úlfkell-Úlfarr
HálfdE XI 6-8 (FAS III 534);
ÖOdd 120-37 (ch. XXXIV-V; FAS II 539-40): Vilhjálmr-Knútr;
Bruni-Gusi:
KetilH 122 ch. 3;
Tistram-Herþegn:
Þiðr II 43-47;
Eirekr-Alrekr:
Gautr 33-34 ch. 7 (FAS III 37-38) =
Saxo lib. V c. X 1-2;
HálfdB 10 ch. 6.

S176.

Mutilation: sex organs cut off.

HHu I 40 =
Völs ch. 9;
HHj 20;
Sturl I 485;
HaraldG ch. 9 in FMS VII 185;
HálfdBr 587 ch. 15;
ÁnB 342 ch. 4.

V61.8.

Burial in grave-mound.

cf. E481.3
HHu II in BuggeE 198;
Dropl ch. 11;
Eyrb ch. 37;
Laxd ch. 28;
GíslaS ch. 14;
GullÞ ch. 14;
Hell 9, 34, 35 ch. 6, 15, 16;
HrafnkelF ch. 8;
Ldb ch. 25, 38, 39, 74, 90, 92, 122, 125 (= BárðSn 13 ch. 6), 131, 134, 169, 369, 12 n., 142 n.;
Hkr Prologus;
Ys ch. 8, 23ff.;
ÞorstB 197 ch. 12;
ÞorstUxaf 214 (FMS III 101; FjÍsl 396; (Ísl. Forns III (1883) 129));
Svaða þáttr (Ísl. Forns III (1883) 436) (FMS II 195);
Ágrip ch. 6 in FMS V 384;
Svarfd ch. 7;
Flóam ch. 8, 9, 18;
ÞórðarH ch. 13, 19, 20;
Óláfs þáttr Geirstaðaálfs in FMS X 212;
ÓláfTr in Flb I 403;
Herv 14, 101 (FAS I 429, 448, 489, 499, 508-09, 517);
Sögubr 24 ch. 9 (FAS I 386-87);
Uppl 456-57 ch. 1-2 (FAS I 104-05);
Völs ch. 1 (FAS I 115), cf. 2, 84, 116;
RagnarS ch. 4, 5 in Hb 465, 467 (FAS I 356, 360);
HrólfKr 107 ch. 34 (FAS I ch. 52);
ÖOdd 16-17, 76-77, 94-95, 101, 105-06, 186-87 (ch. III 1-2, XXIII 3, XXVIII 1, XXIX 16, XXX 8, XLIV 10; FAS II 169 (508), 200 (530), 209 (535-36), 215, 221-22, 292 (556));
HálfH IV 3, VI 4 (FAS II 28, 30);
Friðþj I 8-11, XII 12 (FAS II 65, 98, 488-89);
ÁnB 340, 354 ch. 4, 6;
ÞorstVík 410 ch. 11;
GHrólf 246, 321, 332, 344, 348 ch. 3, 29, 31, 33, 34;
HjÖlv 510 ch. 21;
HálfdBr 587-88 ch. 15;
SörlaSt 433 ch. 14;
HrólfG 46 ch. 28 (FAS III 139; 71 ch. 5);
EgÁsm VI 10 ff., XII 2(FAS III 376-78, 389), cf. introd. xxv-ix;
Vígl 73-74 ch. 16;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 13-14;
HálfdB 10 ch. 6;
SkáldH 30 ch. 9;
GunnarK 245;
VestfjGr 169;
Amb 178 ch. 38 (37);
Úlfh ch. 3;
AtlaÓ 18-19 ch. 15;
Villif 85 ch. 40;
Stark 102 ch. 26;
Saxo lib. I c. VIII 17, lib. III c. III 7-8, c. IV 15, lib. IV c. II 4, lib. V c. VIII 1, etc.;
cf.
Vries# 18, 26;
Weinhold 490 ff.

Z71.6.

Formulistic number: nine.

cf. A651.3.1.1;
P251.6.5;
P252.5.
Vsp 2, 56 (53) =
Gylf ch. 38 (51, MC 341);
Háv 138, 140;
Hyndl 35;
Vkv 3;
Sigrdr 22-33;
Fjölsv 26, 38;
Skírn 39, 41 =
Gylf ch. 23 (37);
HHj 17, 29, 173;
HHu II 194;
Gylf ch. 12 (23), 15 (27, MC 153), 34 (49);
Skáldsk ch. 6 (57), 16 (8), 24 (16), 81 (64 =
FAS II 9, MC 112;
Sól 51, 79;
Skj I 201.
ÞorstVík 404-5 ch. 9;
EiríkR ch. 4;
Herv 84 ch. 10 (FAS I 488);
Amb 180 ch. 39 (38);
Saxo lib. VI c. VII 2;
* etc.