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Bibliography for: HaraldHárf

Haralds saga ins hárfagra, in Heimskringla Snorra Sturlusonar, ed. Finnur Jónsson I, p. 98-164, https://archive.org/details/heimskringlanr01snor , and Fornmanna Sögur X 177-97.

Works with this reference:

D1355.2.

Magic love-philtre.

HaraldHárf ch. 24 in Hkr I 133 =
Ágrip ch. 3 in FMS X 379;
Dínus 42-44;
KáraK 63 ch. 31;
Saxo lib. V c. I 8, 10 and III 30, 31;
Hb 168 l. 18-20/
cf. Reichborn-Kjennerud 1934 147.

D1361.34.

Magic bag renders invisible.

cf. D1410.7.
Vald 66-69 ch. 1-2;
ashes or mist from bag:
 cf. ÓláfH ch. 129 in FMS IV 301/
 HaraldHárf ch. 32 in Hkr I 146/
 SigrgV 166 ch. 18/
 cf. R236.

D1711.

Magician.

cf. D1817.0.1;
M301;
R111.1.7.
Grett XXXII 3: Skapti and Þóroddr;
Vatnsd ch. 18-26: Hrolleifr and his mother Ljót;
Finnb ch. 29;
ÓláfTr ch. 62/
HaraldHárf ch. 34 in Hkr I 374, 149;
Ys ch. 7, 22;
HrólfKr ch. 1 (FAS I 5-6);
ÖOdd 170-71, 178-81 (ch. XLI 10, XLIII 4-7; FAS II 282, 286-87, 553-55);
ÞorstVík 390, 399 ch. 3, 7;
GHrólf 242 ch. 3;
BárðSn 13, 39 ch. 6, 18;
cf. FJónsson 1892 5-28;
MC 299;
Vries 67, 71;
StrömbäckSejd 39 ad Ys/
StrömbäckSejd 45 ad ÓláfTr/
StrömbäckSejd 142 ff.

D1711.10.1.

Finns (or Fins or »Bjarmar«) as magicians.

Vatnsd ch. 10;
HaraldHárf ch. 32 in Hkr I 145;
ÓláfH ch. 9 Hkr II 12 and ch. 27, 44 in FMS IV 44, 71;
ÓláfTr ch. 204 in FMS II 167, by Odd ch. 19 (13), 45 (34);
HálfdS ch. 4 in FMS X 170;
Ágrip ch. 2 in FMS X 378;
Skj I 243;
ÖOdd 34-37 (ch. X ff.; FAS II 178-80, 241-42, 514-16);
KetilH 118 ch. 3;
HálfdE XV 8, XX 2 ff. (FAS III 540, 549);
SturlSt 613 ch. 12;
SörlaSt 445-46 ch. 20;
Andr 8;
Vries 65;
Reuschel 110;
Herrm 372/
Saxo lib. V c. XIII 1.

D1812.3.3.8.

Dream by a (pregnant) woman about fate of her unborn child.

cf. M311;
M312.
Harðar ch. 6;
Bisk I 790;
Jómsv ch. 4 (2);
HaraldHárf ch. 42 in Hkr I 162;
Sverr ch. 1 in FMS VIII 7 and Flb II 535;
Saxo lib. IX c. XI 4;
Mágus 171 ch. 76;
SigrgV 138-39 ch. 9.

F555.

Remarkable hair.

HaraldHárf ch. 23 in Hkr I 130/
cf. M121.

F610.3.

Warrior of special strength (berserk).

cf. F1041.8.6;
P233.3;
Q431.14.
Gylf ch. 33 (49);
Eg ch. 1;
Svarfd ch. 7;
VígaGlúm ch. 6, 22;
GullÞ ch. 3;
HaraldHárf ch. 9, 12, 18 in Hkr I;
Ys ch. 6;
HrólfKr 36 ch. 14 ff.;
Sögubr 17 ch. 8 (FAS I 379);
ÖOdd 66-67 (ch. XIX, FAS II 194-95, 526);
HálfdE XII 3 (FAS III 534);
GHrólf 322, 326-27, 330 ch. 30, 31;
HrómGr 368 ch. 4;
Þiðr I 36;
Fertram ch. 4-5;
Saxo lib. VII c. II 7-11 etc.;
cf. Vries 142;
Maurer II 101-19;
Güntert 1912;
Reuschel 68.

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.

F681.9.

Man who is too heavy for any horse walks faster than horsebock-riders.

cf. F610.7.
GHrólf 249 ch. 4/
cf. HaraldHárf ch. 24 in Hkr I 131;
Hreiðars þáttr halta in Msk 131-32, FMS VI 210-11 (FjÍsl 155).

F821.1.3.

Dress of raw fur. Cat-fur, mouse-fur, or other undressed fur.

cf. D1381.3.
HaraldHárf in FMS V 179;
ÓláfH ch. 193, 228 in Hkr II 440-41, 492, ch. 182 in FMS V 42;
RagnarL ch. 3 (2).

F833.5.

Sword cuts everything.

Reg 215 =
Völs ch. 15;
HaraldHárf ch. 40 in Hkr I 159: Kvernbítr;
Herv 11, 99 (FAS I 425, 426 n.);
Nornag 57 ch. 4 (FAS I 322, Flb I 350);
ÖOdd 90-91, 129, 188 (ch. XXVI 8, FAS II 208, 245, 296, 534-35);
ÞorstVík 436 ch. 19;
ÁsmK 82, 98 ch. 1, 7 (FAS II 464-65, 483-84);
EgÁsm III 3, XVI 5 (FAS III 368, 401-02);
HálfdE XXVI 5 (FAS III 556-57);
SörlaSt 415, 419 ch. 3, 5;
HrólfG 41 ch. 26 (FAS III 132)/
GHrólf 323, 354 ch. 30, 36/
BárðSn 39, 42 ch. 18, 20/
Vígk 12 ch. 4:
 »sem í vatn brygði«
Mímungr:
 Þiðr I 97 ff., II 18, 32, cf. I 97 ff.;
Blómst 19, 39 ch. 10, 24;
Huld no. 7.

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.

H310.

Suitor tests.

Alv;
Svarfd ch. 24-31;
HaraldHárf ch. 3 in Hkr I;
Friðþj ch. II 5 5 (FAS II 66, 489);
Saxo lib. III c. I 12, lib. V c. I 5;
Schlauch 107;
Reuschel 93:
 »Brautfahrten«.

H595.1.

Symbolic invitation to continued liberality.

Brandsþ in FMS VI 349-50 (FjÍsl 13-14);
cf. Gautr 37, 62 ff. (FAS III 41-47);
Auðunn vestfirzki:
 HaraldHárf in Flb III 410-15;
Vöggr:
 HrólfKr 84-85 ch. 28 =
 Saxo lib. II c. VI 12 =
 Herrm 179-80.

K812.

Victim burned in his own house.

Akv 41/
Atlam 42-43 =
Völs ch. 8, 40 (38)/
Þiðr II 319;
Ldb ch. 6, 8, 12, 20, 79, 174, 264;
Njála CXXIX ff.;
Eg LXXVII 8;
Grett VII 6;
GíslaS III 3-6;
Band XII;
GullÞ ch. 10, 18;
Dropl ch.1;
HÞór ch. 9;
Ys ch. 14, 31, 36, 39, 40, 43;
HálfdS ch. 5 in Hkr I;
HaraldHárf ch. 2, 12, 34, 36 in Hkr I;
ÓláfTr ch. 43, 62 in Hkr I, ch. 4 in FMS IV 26;
IngaK ch. 6, by Odd ch. 58 (46);
ÓláfH ch. 169 in Hkr II, ch. 14 in FMS IV 26;
IngaK ch. 6, in FMS VII 214;
MagnúsErl ch. 11 in FMS VII 303, ch. 17, 19 in Hkr III;
Orkn ch. 28, 29, 35, 66, 73, 78, 84, 103, 113 ( 331);
Sturl I 192, 202, 238, 305-06, 401, II 189, 282;
þáttr frá Sigurði slefu in Flb I 20 (FMS III 87);
ÞorstUxaf in Flb I 255 (FMS III 119-20);
Þorsteins þáttr tjaldstœðings in Flb III 434-35 (FjÍsl 435);
Þorsteins draumr Síðu-Hallssonar in Austf 221;
Bisk I 664;
Herv 156, 160-61 (FAS I 509, 512 n.);
RagnarS 467 ch. 5 (FAS I 359);
HrólfKr 4, 14-17, 86 ch. 1, 3-4, 28 (FAS I ch. 1, 4-5, 43-44);
HálfH III 2. XII 37-46 (FAS II 27, 43-44);
Gautr 12-13 ch. 3 (FAS III 15-16);
HrólfG 70-72 ch. 42-43 (FAS III 181-84);
Friðþj V 9 (FAS II 72, 492);
GrímL 156 ch. 4;
ÁnB 342, 360-61 ch. 5, 7;
ÞorstVík 410, 432 ch. 11, 17;
GHrólf 312 ch. 27;
HálfdBr 584 ch. 13;
SturlSt 615-16 ch. 14 (prevented);
BárðSn 4, 19 ch. 2, 10;
Þiðr I 14-15;
ÞórðarH 98 ch. 6;
ÁsmS 13-14;
Hell 15-16, 45 ch. 9, 23;
FlóresS XXI ch. 22 163;
Amb 162-68 ch. 34 (33);
HaraldHr 267, 271;
AtlaÓ 15-16 ch. 12;
Stark 6-7, 51 ch. 2, 18;
Huld# no. 16.

M121.

Vow not to shave or cut hair until a certain time.

Eg III 1 =
HaraldHárf ch. 4 and 23 in Hkr I 103, 130, ch. 2 in Fsk 15 =
ÓláfTr ch. 1 in FMS I 3, ch. 455, 459 in Flb I 566, 569;
HálfdE ch. 6 in FMS X 175 (as curse by Dofri);
Vígl 76 ch. 17;
cf. Bugge 1917 166 ff.;
Konow 1913 1-25;
ESveinsson 1929 xxiv.

N339.16.

King mortally wounded on killed enemy's tooth.

cf. M341.2.5.
HaraldHárf ch. 22 in Hkr I 130.

P16.3.2.

King too old to fight goes himself into his grave mound.

HrómGr 369 ch. 4;
cf. Agði:
ÞorstB 197 ch. 12/
Eg ch. 3 =
HaraldHárf ch. 8 in Hkr I 106, ch. 6 in FMS X 186 (Herlaugr).

P50.1.

Earl.

cf. F1041.16.11;
K1626.1;
K1952.4;
K2247;
P273.2.2;
Q113.1;
R111.2.3.1;
R169.4.1;
T68.2.
HaraldHárf ch. 6 in FMS X 186.

P50.1.1.

Earl's name preferred to king's.

HverN ch. 1 in Flb I 22, 23 (FAS II 7);
cf. Hrollaugr:
 HaraldHárf ch. 8 in Hkr I 106, ch. 6 in FMS X 186.

P555.2.1.1.

»Publication of slaying«. Heads of slain enemies displayed.

cf. H901.1;
Q421.1.
Grett ch. 83;
Fóstbr ch. 17-18;
HÞór ch. 15;
BjörnHít ch. 32;
Knytl ch. 119;
HaraldHárf ch. 22 in Hkr I 130 =
ÓláfTr ch. 95 in FMS I 194;
ÓláfTr ch. 49 in Hkr I 354-55;
HaraldH ch. 49 in Hkr III 145;
Sturl I 305, II 55;
Ys ch, 4;
Harð ch. 38;
Vígl 64 ch. 12;
ÖOdd 176 (FAS II 285);
SigrgFr 97-98 ch. 15;
Vilm 180-81 ch. 18;
HringH 33 ch. 14;
Þiðr II 202-06;
Bevers 211 ch. 3;
Breta in Hb 235;
Saxo lib. XV c. III 13, lib. IX c. IV 27;
cf. Schlauch# 83.

Q414.0.10.

Burning for witchcraft.

cf. G275.3.
Atlam 87 =
Völs ch. 40 (38) (only suggestion);
OddÓláfTr ch. 58 (46) =
ÓláfTr ch. 4 in FMS I 10, ch. 62 in Hkr I 374-75;
HaraldHárf ch. 34 in FMS I 15O:
 »seiðmenn«/
 cf. ZDA XLVIII 177;
IllGr 657-58 ch. 5.

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.

S111.

Murder by poisoning.

cf. Q418.
Sinfj 202 =
Völs ch. 10/
Nornag 58 ch. 4 (Flb I 350, FAS I 323);
IllGr 657 ch. 5;
EgÁsm XIII 1 (FAS III 392);
banadrykkr:
 HaraldHárf ch. 33, 41 in Hkr I 149, 160.

S166.6.

»Blood-eagle« cut on man's back by flaying and salting.

Skj I 232: Knútsdrapa ca. 1038;
Reg 26 =
ÓláfTr ch. 286 in Flb I 352 =
Nornag 64 ch. 4 (FAS I 328);
HaraldHárf ch. 30 in Hkr I 141;
Orkn ch. 8;
OrmSt 531 (FMS III 225);
RagnarL ch. 17 (18) (FAS I 292);
RagnarS 463 ch. 3 (FAS I 354);
Sigþ 127 ch. 10 (owl instead of eagle);
Saxo lib. IX c. V 5 =
Herrn 656;
cf. Vries 131.

T34.1.

Sudden love as woman pours drink for man at festival.

cf. T55.8.
Ágrip ch. 3 (FMS X 379);
HaraldHárf ch. 24 in Hkr I 133;
Völs ch. 25 (24);
Flóam ch. 2;
Skálda in Hb 445;
Saxo lib. V c. III 15.

T51.

Wooing by emissary.

Skírn =
MC 111;
HHj 171;
Gylf ch. 19 (33);
Knytl ch. 88;
ÓláfH ch. 91-92 in Hkr II 176 ff.;
ÓláfTr ch. 193 in FMS II 128, by Odd ch. 33 (25);
HaraldHárf ch. 3 in Hkr I 101;
Ys ch. 48;
HrólfKr 47 ch. 17 (FAS I ch. 24);
RagnarL ch. 5 (4) (FAS I 245);
Sögubr 3-6 ch. 1 (FAS I 363-66);
HrólfG 38 ch. 24 (FAS III 127-28);
GHrólf 267-68 ch. 11;
SturlSt 634, 638-39 ch. 22, 23;
Þiðr I 49-56 (II 71-83), 57-62 (II 87-91), 62-70 (II 94-105), 282-85, II 38-40, 47-60, 111-12, 157, 275-79;
Harð ch. 5;
JarlmH 4-19 ch. 4-19;
ÁsmS 1-2;
SigrgV ch. 7, 22;
SaulusN 85-89 ch. 33;
NikL 7-17 ch. 4-7 (cf. K1372);
Mágus 1-2, 8-9;
Kirial 2-4, 77-80;
Saxo lib. III c. II 8, lib. IV c. I 12, lib. V c. I 6-10, III 23, lib. VI c. IV 13, lib. VIII c. IX 1 etc.;
cf. Reuschel 94-95.

T70.

The scorned lover.

cf. F610.3.4.2.1;
K1210;
R111.1.9;
T311;
T322.
Skírn 25;
Ragnhildr ríka
 HaraldHárf ch. 8 in FMS X 194;
ÞorstVík 385 ch. 2;
cf. Schlauch 92-93.

T145.

Polygamous marriage.

HaraldHárf ch. 21 in Hkr I 126-21 =
ÓláfTr ch. 2 in FMS I 4;
HálfH I 1-6, V 2-4, VI 3 (FAS II 25-30);
cf. ÓláfTr ch. 43 in Hkr I 339;
Neckel 195 ff., 399 ff.

T211.4.1.

Wife's corpse kept after death.

Snæfriðr:
 Hauks þáttr Hábrókar ch. 5 in FMS X 207-08/
 Ágrip ch. 4 in FMS X 379/
 HaraldHárf ch. 24 in Hkr I 134;
cf. HaraldHárf ch. 1 in FMS X 178;
Saxo lib. XV c. I 1.

V61.8.2.

Person still alive goes into his grave-mound.

Agnarr:
 GullÞ ch. 3/
 HálfdE XXVI 14 (FAS III 558);
Herlaugr:
 HaraldHárf ch. 6 in FMS 186;
Rakni:
 BárðSn 38 ch. 18;
Andr 85.