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Bibliography for: HjÖlv

Hjálmtérs saga ok Ölves, in Fornaldar sögur Norðrlanda III 453-518, https://books.google.de/books?id=mVNZAAAAcAAJ&lpg=PA100&ots=aq_6zoCkrv&dq=Fornaldar%20s%C3%B6gur%20Nordrlanda%20fyrsta%20bindi .

Works with this reference:

A671.

Hell. Lower world of torment.

cf. A310.1.;
cf. E755.2.
Völs ch. 38 (36):
 »svelta í hel«;
Völs ch. 39 (37):
 »fara til heljar«;
HrólfKr 15 ch. 4:
 »heim til heljar«;
Þiðr I 311/
HálfdE XV 7 (FAS III 540):
 »vera i helju«;
ÞorstUxaf 260 (FMS III 128; FjÍsl 460):
 »liggja í milli heims ok heljar«;
Kóngab 30:
 »leiða í helju«;
HjÖlv 463 ch. 5/
Þiðr I 271:
 »heimta úr helju«;
cf. Gylf ch. 20 (34);
MC 303;
Saussaye 256, 291;
Vries 399;
Fritzner I 779-81:
 »hel«.

B16.1.5.1.

Monster ox (bull, bison, buffalo) killed.

cf. H1161.2.1.
Hym 19/
MC 85;
ÞorstUxaf 261 (FMS III 131, FjÍsl 463);
SturlSt 637 ch. 22;
HjÖlv 498-501 ch. 15;
Bósa 26-28 ch. 8 (FAS III 210-12), 112 ch. 11;
BárðSn 40 ch. 18;
Þiðr II 125 ff., 135-38.
cf. #GrönbechVFO IV 123.

B21.1.

Icelandic man-horse: fingálpt.

cf. B29.5;
cf. B57;
cf. F531.1.8.6.
Galapin:
 HjÖlv 473 ch. 10/
 cf. Skj I 176/
 cf. VilhSj 98 ch. 42.

C430.

Name tabu. Prohibition against uttering the name of a person or thing.

cf. E388.
HjÖlv 507 ch. 20.
cf. Sahlgren 1940 43-50.

D24.1.

Transformation: king to menial.

prince to thrall:
 HjÖlv 515-16 ch. 22.

D47.3.

Transformation: princess to ogress.

HjÖlv 516 ch. 22;
IllGr 657 ch. 5;
Bósa 26 ch. 8 (FAS III 211).

D127.5.

Transformation: man to dolphin.

HjÖlv 506-08 ch. 20.

D152.1.

Transformation: man to hawk.

HjÖlv 472 ch. 9.
cf. Loki:
 Skj I 16 st. 12.

D166.1.1.

Transformation: man to cock.

HjÖlv 472, 513 ch. 9, 21.

D525.

Transformation through curse.

cf. M400.
HjÖlv 515-16 ch. 2;
IllGr 657 ch. 5;
ÞorstVík 431 ch. 17;
HrólfKr 50 ch. 19 (FAS I 50);
Þiðr I 303-04;
Álafl ch. IV 3, VIII 4/
cf. lxiii-iv;
SigrgFr 47 ch. 2;
Kóngab 33-36;
Úlfh ch. 3;
JónL in ZDPh XXVI 16.

D651.1.

Transformation to kill enemy.

cf. F531.1.8.5.
KetilH 116 ch. 3;
ÞorstVík 403 ch. 8;
GHrólf 318 ch. 28;
HjÖlv 506 ch. 20.

D661.

Transformation as punishment.

cf. D471.1.
Gylf ch. 36 (50);
ÞorstVík 431 ch. 17-19;
HjÖlv 515 ch. 22;
IllGr 657 ch. 5;
Álafl VIII 3-IX 5;
Úlfh ch. 1, 4;
Kóngab 33-36.

D666.

Transformation to save a person.

HjÖlv 472 ch. 9.

D732.

Loathly Lady. Man disenchants loathsome woman by embracing (wooing) her.

GrímL 150-51 ch. 2;
ÞorstVík 438 ch. 19;
HjÖlv 475-76, 516 ch. 10, 22;
IllGr 653-56 ch. 4;
HrólfKr 31-32 ch. 11 (FAS I 31);
Reuschel 115.

D735.

Disenchantment by kiss.

GrímL 150-51 ch. 2;
HjÖlv 475-76, 516 ch. 10, 22;
Child I 306.
cf. when woman begs for Áli's life:
 Álafl VIII 7, X 7.

D812.11.

Magic object received from giant giantess).

cf. D812.8.1;
Q111.5.
KetilH 118 ch. 3 (giant);
SörlaSt 417 ch. 4;
HjÖlv 473 ch. 10;
HálfdBr 576 ch. 8;
SturlSt 621 ch. 16;
Amb ch. 28 (27);
Sigþ ch. 21;
Vald ch. 1;
Villif ch. 12;
HringH ch. 3;
Blómst 39 ch. 24 (all giantesses);
VilhSj ch. 7 (from giant as ransom).

D815.7.1.

Magic object received from (girl's) foster-mother.

Bósa 58 ch. 14;
HjÖlv 516 ch. 22;
GHrólf 250 ch. 4;
Þorgr ch. 5;
Fastus 7 ch. 2;
Bragð 46 ch. 1.

D825.

Magic object received from maiden.

tent:
 HjÖlv 468 ch. 7;
shield:
 HrómGr 373 ch. 6;
ring:
 Marteini ch. 9/
 (y.) Bósa 115 ch. 12;
sword:
 Álafl VII 8/
 Saxo lib. II c. II 7, lib. II c. IV 2;
KáraK 60-61 ch. 30.

D845.1.

Magic object found in giant's cave.

HjÖlv 488, 490 ch. 13, 14.

D905.

Magic storm (»gerningahríð«, »galdrahrið«, »kyngiveðr«).

cf. D1541;
D2141.
Eyrb XL 12-16;
Gullp ch. 3;
Bisk II 118;
Vígl 63 ch. 11;
HrólfKr ch. 34 (FAS I 108);
ÖOdd 36-39 (ch. X 1-7; FAS II 179-80, 515-16);
GrímL 144 ch. 1;
KetilH 117 ch. 3;
ÞorstVík 435 ch. 19;
HrólfG ch. 22 (FAS III 122-23);
GHrólf 279-82, 317-18 ch. 16, 28;
SörlaSt 410-16 ch. 2-4;
HjÖlv 471 ch. 9;
HalfdBr 568-71 ch. 4-5;
(y.) Bósa 94 ch. 7;
Friðþj ch. 5-6 (FAS II 72-81, 492-94);
Nornag ch. 5 in Flb I 351 (FAS I 324-25);
Helgaþ 360-61 (FMS III 137, 139);
FlóresS II 6-7;
VilhSj 10 ch. 5 (ZDPh XXVI 6);
HaraldHr 271;
Þorgr 23 ch. 5;
Kóngab 7-8, 16-17;
SkaldH 18 ch. 6;
Saxo lib. I c. VII 1;
Reuschel 111;
Dehmer 92.

D906.

Magic wind.

cf. D2142;
R236.4.
EgÁsm IX 4-6 (FAS III 382-83);
Gautr 28 ch. 7 (FAS III 31-32);
HjÖlv 506 ch. 19-20;
ÖOdd 46-47 (ch. 12-13; FAS II 184-86, 520);
Dínus 123.

D1380.4.

Magic tent protects occupant.

HjÖlv 468 ch. 7.

D1653.1.1.

Infallible sword, i.e. is always victorious and bites even iron and stone, etc.

cf. F833.3.
Grásíða:
 GíslaS ch. I 12;
Tyrfingr:
 Herv 1-6, 41, 92-93 (FAS I 414-11 (n.))/
 ÖOdd 100 (ch. XXIX 13; FAS II 215);
ÁsmK 82, 95-98 ch. 1, 8-9 (FAS II 465, 480 ff.);
Angrvaðill:
 ÞorstVík 409 ch. 10;
GHrólf 239 ch. 1;
Snarvendill:
 HjÖlv 473 ch. 10;
HálfdE XVI 12 (FAS III 543);
Þiðr II 32;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 12-13;
Sigþ 116 ch. 7 (ZDPh XXVI 11), 15;
HringH ch. 3;
ÞjJón ch. 9, 21.

D1654.4.1.

Sword can be moved only by right person.

Völs ch. 3;
HrólfKr 52 ff. ch. 20-23 (FAS I 55-61);
GHrólf 304, 344 ch. 24, 33;
HrólfG 36-37 ch. 23 (FAS III 127);
HjÖlv 509-10 ch. 21.

D2074.2.4.1.

Foster-mother summoned by saying her name.

cf. E386.3.
HjÖlv 472-73 ch. 9;
Þorgr 23-30 ch. 5.

D2141.

Storm produced by magic.

cf. D905;
D1541;
Q222.1.
Njála ch. 98;
Laxd ch. 35, XXXV 38-41;
cf. StrömbäckSejd 64;
ÓláfH ch. 9 in Hkr II 12, ch. 27 in FMS IV 44;
OddÓláfTr ch. 37 (29);
Rauðs þáttr in ÓláfTr ch. 150 in FMS I 302-03;
Skj II 7;
Bisk II 24 (cf. D1421.1.3);
Ys ch. 46;
Völs ch. 9, 17;
Nornag 59-60 ch. 5 (Flb I 351 = FAS I 324-25);
Finnb ch. 34;
ÖOdd 36-37, 49 (ch. X 1-5, FAS II 179-80, 515);
Friðþj V 10 VI/
cf. StrömbäckSejd 90;
KetilH 117 ch. 3;
GrímL 144 ch. 1;
ÞorstVík 435 ch. 19;
GHrólf 279-80, 318 ch. 16, 28;
HjÖlv 471 ch. 9;
HálfdBr 566 ch. 3;
Fertram ch. 9;
Saxo lib. I c. VIII 16, V c. II 4, IX c. IV 22, X c. IV 2.

F455.2.2.

Trolls are usually ugly, hideous, big, and strong.

Sturl II 45;
HrólfG 67 ch. 41 (FAS III 176);
This also appears from the people that are compared to them, who are »mikill sem tröll:
 e.g. Eg 59 ch. 178/
or »líkari tröllum en mönnum«, etc./
 e.g. ÞorstB ch. 5, 7, 11 in FMS III 185, 188-89, 194-95;
BárðSn 12 ch. 6;
GHrólf 322, 326, 357 ch. 30, 31, 36;
HjÖlv 458 ch. 3;
Sigþ 252 ch. 54;
HéðinH 9 ch. 5;
Úlf 189, 210, 211, 225;
Kóngab 4, 33;
smVik 20 ch. 11;
Villif 8 ch. 5;
ParmesL 14 ch. 6;
Ector ch. 12, 14, 20;
RémK 274 ch. 56;
KáraK ch. 15 * etc.

F455.6.9.

Trolls as the constant enemies of human beings.

cf. F531.5.11;
G304;
G400 * ff.
Band 354 ch. 10;
BárðSn 10 ch. 5;
HrólfG 67 ch. 41 (FAS III 175), ch. 28 in FAS III 165 (÷ Detter);
ÁnB 361-62 ch. 7;
HjÖlv 457 ch. 3;
Sigþ 223 ch. 41;
abducted bride supposed to be carried off by troll:
 JarlmH 27 ch. 14;
VilhSj 53-70 ch. 23-28;
Dám 92-103 ch. 14-15;
Vilm 152-53 ch. 8;
cf. »gefa tröllum«:
 Orkn ch. 7;
 Skj I 167;
the wish »tröll taki (hafi) þik«:
 e.g. Skj I 88;
 Vatnsd XXXIII 2; Njála XXXVI 1; CXLVIII 13;
 Bósa 102 ch. 9 (cf. 18 ch. 5 = FAS III 205);
 ÖOdd 175 (ch. XLII 5, FAS II 284, 554);
 Dám 100 ch. 14;
 SamsF ch. 19, 24;
People possessed by trolls are »trollaukinn«:
 Ldb 33 n. and 135 n.;
 ÞorstB 195 ch. 12;
 Hell 7, 38 ch. 3, 19;
 HringH 6 ch. 2;
 Andr# 3.

F527.3.

Blue man, Old Norse »blámaðr«.

MagnúsS ch. 6, 21 in Hkr III 274, 294;
Kjaln ch. 15;
Finnb ch. 16;
HrómGr 367 ch. 2;
SörlaSt 411 ch. 2;
HjÖlv 457-58, 466-67, 501-02 ch. 3, 4, 7, 16;
SturlSt 612 ch. 12;
Sigþ 177, 252 ch. 27, 54;
SigrgFr 70 ch. 8;
Þorgr 8 ch. 1;
Vilm 173 ch. 15;
ÁsmS fol. 8 a-h;
Úlf 210;
HringH 44 ch. 18;
Kóngab 18-20;
HéðinH 9-10 ch. 5;
Íven ch. II 15-16, III 11;
Kirial 32 (cf. F531);
ÞjJón 44 (30) ch. 19;
NikL 30-33 ch. 10;
Konr 62-63 ch. 6;
GunnarK 243;
Bæring 98-100 ch. 16-18;
Ector ch. 14;
KáraK 19-21 ch. 9;
Fertram ch. 4-5;
Andr 60;
Mágus ch. 60.

F527.5.

Black man.

cf. F455.2.3;
F531.1.7.2;
F610.3.2;
G219.7.
MagnúsS ch. 6, 21 in Hkr III;
Orkn ch. 88;
HálfH XVII (FAS II 59-60);
ÖOdd 88 (ch. XXVI 5, FAS II 534, cf. 207);
GunnarK 243/
cf. Andrews 1913 612;
The Icelandic »blámaðr« (F527.3) is in reality black and thus described:
 HjÖlv 501 ch. 16/
 Sigþ 177, 252 ch. 27, 54/
 Íven ch. II 15-16, III 11.

F531.1.0.2.

Hideous giant (giantess).

IllGr 653 ch. 4;
HjÖlv 471 ch. 9;
BárðSn 27 ch. 14-16;
Þiðr I 360-66;
VilhSj 12 ch. 6;
Sigþ ch. 8;
Þorgr 24 ch. 5;
Bevers 235 ch. 18;
giant-girl:
 Vald ch. 1 (ZDPh XXVI 9);
ÁsmFl I 171;
Part 33.

F531.1.4.2.

Giant (giantess) with lips hanging down on the breast.

cf. F531.1.1.1.1.
JökulsB 75;
HjÖlv 482 ch. 12;
ÖOdd 47 (ch. XII 3, FAS II 518);
Andr 68-69.

F531.1.6.1.1.

Giantess with iron nails.

HjÖlv 482 ch. 12.

F531.1.6.2.1.

Giants (giantesses) with long teeth.

ÞorstVík 390 ch. 3;
HálfdE XVIII 2-3 (FAS III 546);
HjÖlv 482 ch. 12;
VilhSj 12 ch. 6;
Sigþ ch. 8;
Part 33/
Bevers 235 ch. 14:
 »sem i villigellti«;
cf. Nornag 67 ch. 6 (Flb I 354 = FAS I 331).

F531.1.6.6.

Giant (giantess) with peculiar nose.

cf. F543.
with bumps on:
 BárðSn 29 ch. 14/
 cf. Andr 64;
iron nose:
 HjÖlv 482 ch. 12;
as if storm and snow issued from »tröllkona«'s black nose:
 IllGr 653-54 ch. 4;
VilhSj 12 ch. 6:
 »nef hans var með fjórum hlykkjum og sé niðr fyrir munninn«;
Sigþ 118 ch. 8:
 »neflauss«.

F531.1.6.11.

Giant (giantess) with hump.

cf. K2271.
HjÖlv 482 ch. 12;
Þorgr 24 ch. 5;
Part 33.

F531.1.8.

Giant in animal form.

cf. A132;
G211.
EgÁsm I 4 II 6, XIV 4: as »hjasi«;
HjÖlv 473 ch. 10/
ÖOdd 127 (FAS II 243):
»finngalkn« (cf. B21.1).

F531.1.8.6.

Giant (giantess) in a gam's shape.

cf. B31.2.
HjÖlv 506 ch. 20;
EgÁsm I 4-II 6, XIV 4 (FAS III 365, 394);
KáraK ch. 1, 18.

F531.1.8.8.

Giant (giantess) as sea-mammal.

cf. D127.3.
seal:
 Laxd ch. 18;
whale:
 KetilH 116, 131 ch. 3, 5/
 HjÖlv 507-08 ch. 20.

F531.4.7.1.

Giants (giantesses) dressed in skin.

cf. F455.24.
Nornag 69 ch. 8 (Flb I 355, FAS I 333);
SturlSt 621-22 ch. 16;
Andr 68-69;
Vald 63 ch. 1;
cf. names as Skinnhúfa:
 HjÖlv 471 ch. 9/
 BárðSn 17 ch. 9/
 ÚlfU ch. 4;
Skinnbrók, Skinnkjapta:
 ÚlfU ch. 4.

F531.4.7.1.2.

Giantess in obscenely shrivelled skin skirt.

JökulsB 75;
EgÁsm XI 1 (FAS III 387);
GrímL 149 ch. 2;
ÞorstVík 435 ch. 19;
HjÖlv 482-83 ch. 12;
SturlSt 619-20 ch. 16;
IllGr 653, 656 ch. 4, 5;
Álafl 93 ch. V 12;
Kóngab 23 ff.;
Sigþ ch. 19-21;
ÚlfU ch. 1.

F531.6.2.1.

Giants live in mountains or caves.

Hárb 23;
Grotta 9;
Ldb ch. 255;
HálfH V 7-10;
Nornag 69 ch. 8 in Flb I 355 (FAS I 333);
Lúkánúsfjall:
 EgÁsm XIII 2;
HálfdBr 574 ch. 7;
Blesanergr:
 HálfdE XXVI 5 (FAS III 556);
Mundíafjöll:
 SörlaSt 419 ch. 5;
HjÖlv 471 ch. 9;
ÞorstB 177 ch. 2;
Dofrafjöll:
 BárðSn 1-2, 14, 25-27 ch. 1, 8, 13;
the cave of Nótt:
 Álafl 92 ch. 5;
JarlmH 34-36 ch. 17;
HringH 54 ch. 22:
 »í Mundíafjöllum«;
Sigþ 220 ch. 40;
Lucan:
 VilhSj 17 ch. 8 (ZDPh XXVI 9);
Surtshellir etc.:
 JökulsB 75/
 Hell 3, 9, 50 ch. 1 ff., 7, 26;
Bergbúa 123 ff.;
GunnarK 241;
Lucanus in Diabolus
 Blómst 20 ch. 13;
Ector ch. 10;
KáraK 10, 36 ch. 5, 18;
Bragð 48 ch. 2;
Huld no. 6;
Andr 70;
Árm ch. 16;
Saxo lib. VIII c. XV 4-9 =
Herrm 597 ff.

F531.6.7.3.

Treasure taken from giant.

cf. D838.6;
G610.
HálfdE XXVI 5 (FAS III 556);
HjÖlv 488, 490, ch. 13-14;
KáraK 12, 15, 40 ch. 5, 7, 18.

F531.6.12.6.

Giant slain by man.

cf. G275;
G600;
H105.2.1;
K959.3.1;
Z312.2.
Grett LXII 1-14/
cf. Árnason I 167;
ÖOdd 43-47, 135 (ch. XII 1-7; FAS II 184-85, 254-55, 518-20);
KetilH 115 ch. 2;
SörlaSt 412-13 ch. 3;
HálfdBr 568-71 ch. 4-5;
SturlSt 622 ch. 16;
HjÖlv 471-73, 480-86 ch. 9, 12;
EgÁsm XVI 6 (FAS III 401);
HálfdE XVII 1-XVIII 7 (FAS III 544-47);
Álafl XVI 6, 19-21, XVII 3-5;
Sigþ 250-51 ch. 53;
ÁsmFl 173;
HringH 54-56 ch. 23;
Þiðr I 37, 365-66;
NikL 19-22 ch. 8;
SamsF ch. 22;
Ector ch. 10;
Vígk 7 ch. 2-4;
KáraK 10, 33 ff. ch. 5-8, 15-16.

F564.3.3.

King sleeps for six days and acquires after that magic wisdom.

cf. D1960;
J157.
HjÖlv 505 ch. 19.

F610.

Remarkably strong man. (Strong John).

cf. D1711.8;
T58.
HrólfKr 54 ch. 20 (FAS I 55);
Friðþj ch. VI 18 (FAS II 81, 494);
ÖOdd XXIII 1, XXXI 2 (FAS II 199, 22-23, 529);
GHrólf 272 ch. 14;
HjÖlv 509-16 ch. 21-22;
ÞorstB 188 ch. 7;
Þiðr I 206, 223;
Finnb ch. 1 ff.;
Amb 92-96 ch. 15;
Starcatherus:
 Saxo lib. VI c. V ff.;
Reuschel 106;
Dehmer 3.

F610.3.2.

Black berserk.

cf. F527.5.
ÞorstVík 391 ch. 3;
HálfdBr 561 ch. 1;
HjÖlv 457-58, 466-67 ch. 3-4, 7;
SturlSt 612 ch. 12;
Vilm ch. 15;
cf. ÁsmVík 20 ch. 11;
ÚlfU ch. 3;
ÞórðarH 95 ch. 3.

F610.3.4.

Fighting with berserks.

Ldb ch. 26;
SnE Prol. ch. 3;
HálfdE ch. 5 in Hkr I;
HjÖlv 466-67, 473 ch. 7, 10;
ÁsmK 95-99 ch. 7 (FAS II 479-84, 487);
with 5 berserks:
 ÖOdd 65-67, 78-79 (ch. XIX, XXIII 6-7, FAS II 194-95, 200, 526-27, 530);
with 4 berserks:
 Þorgr 11 ch. 2;
with 8 berserks:
 Andr 60;
Fastus 3-6 ch. 1;
with 9 berserks:
 Stark 55-63 ch. 20 ≠
 Saxo lib. VI c. VII.

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.

F614.7.2.

Strong man uses rafter (»rótakylfa«, »kylfa«) as weapon.

OrmSt 531-32/
cf. Binns 1953 51;
Flóam ch. 16;
Þiðr I 36, 310, II 272;
ÖOdd 32-33, 98, 112, 184-85, 188-89 (ch. VIII 3, XXIX 6, XLIV 7-9, FAS II 177 ff., 213 ff., 292, 296, 514, 556);
SturlSt 608, 612 ch. 10, 12;
cf. GHrólf 252, 260-61 ch. 6, 8;
HjÖlv 494, 499 ch. 14, 15.

F631.

Strong man carries giant load.

cf. F531.3.13;
F531.5.1.1;
F624.
HjÖlv 505-06 ch. 19;
ÁnB 328-29 ch. 2;
OrmSt 521-24, 532 (FMS III 205-10, 228;
FjÍsl 22);
FlóresS I 5.

F631.5.

Strong man carries heavy oxhide on the hand.

HjÖlv 501 ch. 15.

F771.

Extraordinary castle (house, palace).

cf. F163.
with differently coloured stones, with gold and silver, and tall towers with golden roofs:
 HjÖlv 51 I ch. 21;
with huge towers and shining walls, wondrously adorned with gold and silver, and with precious stones:
 Amb 18 ch. 4;
castle that may neither be damaged by fire, weapon, nor magic:
 Sigþ 103 ch. 3.

F833.2.

Sword of Damocles.

cf. HjÖlv 504 ch. 18.

F833.3.

Sword extraordinarily bright, sharp.

cf. D1645.4.
Vsp 52 (50, 45);
Gylf ch. 4 (3);
Ldb ch. 6 =
ÓláfTr ch. 116 in FMS I 238;
ÁnB 326 ch. 1;
ÞorstVík 393 ch. 4;
HjÖlv 504 ch. 18;
ÞorstUxaf 257 (FMS III 123);
HringH ch. 3;
SalusN 81 ch. 31.

F841.1.10.1.

Boat looks like gold.

cf. F841.2.
HjÖlv 456 ch. 3.

F942.1.1.

Ground opens to hide fugitive (magician).

EiríkR 233 ch. 12;
ÖOdd 136 (FAS II 256);
(y.) Bósa 90 ch. 6;
ÞorstVík 390, 421 ch. 3, 15;
GHrólf 330, 339, 343-44, 346 ch. 31, 33;
SörlaSt 440, 444, 446 ch. 8, 20;
HjÖlv 471 ch. 8;
ÁsmK 82-83 ch. 1;
ÞorstB 196 ch. 12;
ÞorlJ 214, Ísl. Fornsögur III (1883) 128 (FMS III 101, Skj I A 143, B 134);
cf. LiestølNT 50.

F1041.8.6.

Men go mad in battle.

cf. F610.3;
N349.2.
Ldb ch. 227;
Eg LXIV 29;
Heiðarvíga ch. 3-4;
Vatnsd XXX 3, XXXVII 3-7, XLVII 1-6;
Eyrb XXV 4-XXVIII;
Njála LXIV 29;
Grett XIX 4, 30, XL 6;
Svarfd ch. 7;
Ys ch. 6;
Herv 5, 9, 94, 97 (FAS I 416, 421-22, 425);
ÖOdd 97 (ch. XXVIII 8, XXIX 2, FAS II 211);
HrólfG 31, 39-40 ch. 20, 25 (FAS III 116, 128-29);
HjÖlv 466-67 ch. 7;
HálfdBr 563 ch. 2;
Bósa 87, 91 ch. 6;
Friðþj VII 4 (FAS II 82);
ÁsmK 85, 98 ch. 4, 9 (FAS II 470, 480, 482);
FlóresS XII 16;
Villif 3, 24, 42-43, 61, 63 ch. 1, 12,19, 28;
Mágus ch. 60;
Andr 11, 80;
Herrm 451 n.;
Reuschel 70;
Schlauch 105:
 »berserksgangr«.

F1041.21.3.

Refusal to eat from excessive grief.

Eg LXXVIII 14 ff.;
Völs ch. 31 (29)/
cf. T71;
HjÖlv 511-14 ch. 21;
Þiðr II 249-53;
Part 29.

F1041.21.7.

Swooning from grief.

SörlaSt 434 ch. 15;
HjÖlv 505 ch. 19;
HálfdE IX 3 (FAS III 532);
Vígl 64, 73 ch. 11, 15;
ÁsmS 11b-h;
Þiðr I 187;
HaraldHr 268;
Bevers 234 ch. 16;
cf. Signý:
 HrólfKr 12 ch. 3 (FAS I 11).

G205.

Witch stepmother.

cf. M411.1.1;
P18.1;
S31.
Ys ch. 14;
HjÖlv 457-48, 471, 515-16 ch. 3, 8, 22;
Þiðr II 268-69;
SigrgFr 83 ch. 111;
Vald 60-63, 72-76 ch. 1-3;
JónL in ZDPh XXVI16-17;
Saxo lib. II c. II 1;
Schlauch 83.

G211.9.

Witch in form of mythical animal.

cf. D659.2.
ÖOdd 127 (FAS II 243):
 »finngálkn« (cf. B57);
HjÖlv 507-08 ch. 20/
Þorgr 23-30 ch. 5:
 »gammr« (cf. B31.2).

G213.1.

One-eyed witch.

cf. F531.1.1.1.
HjÖlv 482 ch. 12.

G219.4.

Witch with very long hair.

cf. F555.3.
cf. HjÖlv 480 ch. 12;
KetilH 131 ch. 5;
reaches the ground:
 Amb 112-14 ch. 19.

G275.9.

Fighting and wrestling with witch.

cf. G500.1;
H1562.8.
Grett LXV 1-10;
GrímL 148 ch. 1;
SörlaSt 413-14 ch. 3;
HjÖlv 482-86 ch. 12;
HálfdBr 570-73 ch. 4-6;
IllGr 650 ch. 2;
Bósa 28-29, 108, 113-14 ch. 8, 10, 12;
ÞorstUxaf 259-60 (FMS III 127-29);
OrmSt 530 (FMS III 224, FjÍsl 217-18);
BárðSn 17 ch. 9;
JarlmH 41-42 ch. 23;
Þiðr I 36-37;
SigrgFr 83 ch. 11;
Sigþ ch. 19;
Vilm 180-81 ch. 18;
ÁsmFl 178;
GunnarK 241;
ÚlfU ch. 1;
Fertram ch. 2;
KáraK 11-12 ch. 5.

G275.10.

Witch as participator in battle.

cf. B268.4.
HjÖlv 480-86, 507-08 ch. 12. 20;
ÖOdd 135 (FAS II 254-55);
Fertram in ZDPh XXVI.

G405.

Man on hunt falls into ogre's power.

cf. N771.
HjÖlv 471 ch. 9.

G466.

Lousing as task set by ogre.

cf. HjÖlv 471 ch. 9.

G519.2.

Ogre killed with his own iron bar.

cf. F531.4.5.2;
K818.2;
Z312.2.
HjÖlv 487-88 ch. 13;
Þiðr I 389-92.

G530.2.

Help from ogre's daughter (or son).

Kjaln ch. 14 ff.;
HálfdBr 574-75 ch. 7;
HjÖlv 471-73 ch. 9;
EgÁsm V 5 ff.;
ÁsmFl 174-76;
OrmSt 530;
HringH 6-9 ch. 2-3;
Vald 58 ch. 1;
Blómst 39-41 ch. 24;
cf. ÞorstVík 430 ch. 16;
Vilm ch. 12-13.

G639.

Ogress lives in water.

cf. F420;
F426.
HjÖlv 482 ch. 12: 9
 »trölllkonur«.

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.

H335.0.1.

Bride helps suitor perform his tasks.

cf. G530.2.
HjÖlv 498 ch. 15;
Þiðr I 230-32.

H1151.7.

Task: stealing the two horns of a savage bull.

cf. H1154;
H1161.
one horn:
 HjÖlv 494 ch. 14/
 cf. SturlSt 616 ch. 14.

H1161.2.1.

Task: killing ox, bull.

cf. B16.1.5.1.
HjÖlv 498 ch. 15.

H1166.1.

Task: wrestling etc. (i. e. »glíma« and »skinndráttr«) with giant warrior, »blámaðr«.

cf. F527.3;
F610.3.4;
G500.1.
Svarfd ch. 9;
Kjaln ch. 15;
Tóka 135-38 (FMS V 299-303);
Finnb ch. 16;
ÖOdd 133 (FAS I 251);
HjÖlv 501 ch. 16;
GunnarK 241.

H1211.

Quests assigned in order to get rid of hero.

cf. H931.
Kjaln ch. 12-14;
Finnb ch. 18;
GHrólf 247-48 ch. 3;
HjÖlv 494-504 ch. 14-18;
Friðþj V 6 (FAS II 71, 491)/
cf. ESveinsson 1929 xxxii;
Þiðr II 158-79 (cf. K948);
Saxo lib. IV c. I 12, lib. VIII c. XV 2 =
Herrm 262 ff., 583 ff.;
Dehmer 15.

H1219.7.

Quest assigned as payment for hospitality.

cf. P320.1.
HjÖlv 494 ch. 14;
SigrgFr 7.5-76 ch. 9.

H1235.

Succession of helpers on quest.

HjÖlv 509-11 ch. 21;
SturlSt 617-18 ch. 15.

H1538.

Drowning test.

cf. F696.
Hemings þáttr in Flb III 407-08/
cf. LiestølSF 48;
Flóam ch. 28;
ÖOdd 150-57 (ch. XXXIX; FAS II 265-70, 544-46);
ÞorstVík 451-53 ch. 23;
HjÖlv 463 ch. 5;
HálfdBr 581 ch. 11;
GHrólf 257 ch. 6.

H1558.8.1.

Sword too heavy to lift against a friend.

HjÖlv 477-78 ch. 10.

J21.

Counsels proved wise by experience.

cf. H588.10;
P251.4.
Gautr 39 ff., 63 ff. ch. 9-10 (FAS III 43 ff.);
HjÖlv 477-79, 515-16 ch. 10-11, 22;
Kóngab 12;
Bragð 48 ch. 2;
cf. LiestølSF 36/
Liestøl 1924 84 ff.

J155.1.

Hero directed on journey by princess.

cf. G530.2.
HjÖlv 489 ch. 14;
Álafl V 1-8.

J190.

Acquisition and possession of wisdom - miscellaneous.

Njála ch. 5;
Flóam ch. 26;
ÖOdd 52-53 (ch. XV 1-2, XXVI 2; FAS II 187, 206-07, 521, 534);
Friðþj XI 4 (FAS II 90-91, 499)/
cf. Gould in Modern Philology VII 207 ff.;
HjÖlv 459 ch. 4;
Álafl VI 2;
HaraldHr 268; Þiðr I 263-64, II 343-47;
Kersbergen# 144: warriors ask accidentally met man who is the chieftain of foreign ships or castle;
cf. H1232.

J620.

Forethought in prevention of others' plans.

cf. K239;
N595.
cf. Friðþj VII 1-4 (FAS II 81);
ÁnB 357 ch. 7;
HjÖlv 512-13 ch. 21.

K1772.

Pretended anger.

HjÖlv 512 ch. 21;
HálfdE VII 5-6 (FAS III 529);
Friðþj XI 13-17 (FAS II 93).

K1821.9.1.

Disguise in bark of birch.

ÖOdd 118 ff.;
HjÖlv 459 ch. 4.

K1848.

Substitute for task.

Völs ch. 27;
HjÖlv 498-504 ch. 15-18;
GHrólf 275 ch. 15.

K2111.

Potiphar's wife.

cf. K2121.
HrólfKr ch. 13-22;
HjÖlv 469, 515 ch. 8, 22;
Bæring 109-10 ch. 23;
RémK 94 ff. ch. 19-21;
Úlfh ch. 1;
Úlf 143 ff.

K2213.12.

Young queen murders her old husband in order to get a new one.

cf. J445.2.
HjÖlv 515 ch. 22;
IllGr 656-57 ch. 5;
Bevers 209-12 ch. 1-4;
Kóngab 32.

K2260.1.

Treacherous dark man.

HjÖlv 491-97 ch. 14.

K2298.

Treacherous counselor.

cf. K1094;
K1626.2.
Bikki:
 Völs ch. 42 (40);
Refnefr:
 Gautr 45, 67-68 ch. 11 (FAS III 49);
Sjóðr:
 Bósa 4-7, 76 ch. 1, 2 (FAS III 194-96);
IllGr 649-50 ch. 2;
Voli and Bíldr:
 HrómGr 365 ch. 1 ff.;
HjÖlv 491-97 ch. 14;
Sifka:
 Þiðr II 164-79, 341;
SigrgFr 42-43 ch. 1; 6-8 ch. 3;
Kóngab 32;
RémK 274-75 ch. 56;
cf. the name Rauðr of the king's counselor:
 Álafl# XII 7-XIII 2 107.

K2357.0.1.

Disguise to spy on enemy.

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

L210.

Modest choice best.

HjÖlv 477-79 ch. 10-11.

L311.

Weak (small) hero overcomes large fighter.

cf. L140;
P233.3.1.
HjÖlv 461-63 ch. 5;
ÞorstB 182, 194-95 ch. 5, 11: as »bæarbarn«/
cf. »kögurbarn«:
 ÖOdd 120 (FAS II 232), 130 ff. (274 ff.);
Þiðr lI 382-83;
Saxo lib. IV c. IV/
cf. Herrm 296 ff./
Stender-Petersen 1934 166 ff.

M411.1.1.

Curse by stepmother.

cf. G205;
S31.
OddÓláfTr prol. 2/
Sverr ch. 7 in FMS VIII 18 =
Herrm 624 n.;
Ys ch. 14;
HjÖlv 471-73, 479, 486-88, 515-16 ch. 9, 11-13, 22;
IllGr 657-58 ch. 5;
Þiðr II 268-69;
SigrgFr 47-48 ch. 2;
Úlfh ch. 4;
Úlf 145 ff.;
Kóngab 33-34, 36;
JónL in ZDPh XXVI 16-17;
cf. HálfdE, introd. 25-26.

M431.6.

Wicked stepmother cursed to have fire lit under her.

HjÖlv 479 ch. 11;
IllGr 657-58 ch. 5.

M455.1.

Hero cursed to restlessness (except on boat or in tent ), till he sees girl.

cf. T151.3.
HjÖlv 479 ch. 11;
cf. HálfdE VIII 14 (FAS III 531);
till he meets witch:
 Álafl IV 2/
 Eg LIX 8.

N622.

Eavesdropping person unwittingly killed (wounded).

HjÖlv 504 ch. 18;
Amb 108-10 ch. 18;
ÞjJón 34 (22) ch. 14;
Saxo lib. III c. VI 13-15 =
Herrm 249.

N384.3.

Wicked stepmother falls into the fire because of fright.

cf. M431.6.
HjÖlv 516-17 ch. 22.

N774.

Adventures from pursuing enchanted animal (hind, boar, bird).

Herv 92 (FAS I 414);
GHrólf 273-77, 283-84 ch. 15-16;
HjÖlv 471 ch. 9;
EgÁsm VI 2-5, cf. n. (FAS III 374);
Þiðr II 292-94;
SigrgV ch. 5;
HringH 11-13 ch. 5;
Fertram ch. 2;
SamsF ch. 10;
Part 3 ff.;
Gibbon ch. 1;
cf. ESveinsson 1929 xxxiii;
Reuschel 111.

N812.4.

Giantess helps the man she loves.

cf. F531.5.7;
G530.2;
R138.5;
T191.1.
HjÖlv 473 ff. ch. 10, 13;
ÖOdd 121-23 (FAS II 234-36);
ÞorstVík 434-39 ch. 19;
Álafl V 15;
Vald 57-64 ch. 1;
HringH 16-17, 24 ch. 7, 10;
Blómst 38 ch. 24.

N863.

Slave (swineherd) as helper of princess.

HjÖlv 457-58 ch. 3;
Vilm 146-49 ch. 4-5.

P18.1.

After highly mourned wife's death the king marries another who turns out to be an evil witch.

cf. G205.
HjÖlv 455, 515 ch. 2-3;
IllGr 656 ch. 5;
Kóngab 30 ff.

P27.1.

King sits mourning on his wife's grave mound. cf.

P14.10.
Gautr 35, 39, 40, 63 ch. 8-9 (FAS III 39, 43-44);
HrólfG 57 ch. 1;
GHrólf 251, 266 ch. 5, 01;
HjÖlv 456 ch. 2;
Kóngab 30;
cf. Hollander 1913 126-28.

P251.3.1.

Brothers strive to avenge each other.

cf. P273.1.1;
P310.2;
P312.2.
HjÖlv 462 ch. 5;
Þiðr II 395-98.

P252.5.

Nine sisters.

cf. Z71.6.
HjÖlv 482 ch. 12;
Þiðr I 175 ff. = II 60;
the nine daughters of Rán (cf. A423):
 Skáldsk ch. 42 (33), 77 (61).

P273.1.

Faithful foster-brother.

cf. G551.4.1;
K1371.1.2.
Oddr and Ásmundr:
 ÖOdd 6-7 (ch. I 12-14; FAS II 164, 505);
Hrólfr and Ásmundr:
 HrólfG 76 ch. 45 (FAS III 187);
Bósi and Herrauðr:
 Bósa 7 ch. 2 (FAS III 196);
Þorsteinn and Beli:
 ÞorstVík 427-29, 454 ch. 16, 24;
Illugi and Sigurðr:
 IllGr 649 ch. 2;
Hjálmter and Ölver:
 HjÖlv 454-55 ch. 1-2;
Sigrgarðr, Högni, and Sigmundr:
 SigrgFr ch. 1;
Kóngab 29;
Þiðr II 225, 228;
HringH 39 ch. 17;
KáraK 28-29 ch. 12.

P282.3.1.

Love of stepmother who has killed her husband refused.

HjÖlv 515 ch. 27.

P311.1.

Combatants become sworn brethren.

cf. P310.5.
Vatnsd VII 20-22;
Sörla 277-79 (FAS I 397, 399 ch. 4, 6);
HrólfG 20 ch. 10 (FAS III 93-94);
ÖOdd 62-65 (ch. XVIII 7, FAS II 193-94, 525);
HjÖlv 455 ch. 2;
HálfdE XXI 2;
ÞorstVík 400-02, 440, 444-45 ch. 7, 20, 21;
SörlaSt 450 ch. 25-26;
SturlSt 615 ch. 13;
EgÁsm IV 12, VI 9-10, cf. introd. xxiv-xxix (FAS III 370, 375-76);
Þiðr I 43, 173, 192 (ff.), II 35;
Sigþ ch. 28, 39;
SigFót 1003-04;
Úlf 141, 180 ff.;
Villif 34 ch. 16;
Vilm 170 ch. 13;
HéðinH 6-7 ch. 3;
Þorgr 17 ch. 3;
Vald 72 ch. 2;
Kirial 6, 82, 99-100;
cf. RémK 5-9, 70-72 ch. 1-3, 16;
Mágus ch. 46;
Andr 38, 43;
Saxo lib. I c. VI 7, lib. VI c. II 10 =
Herrm 99 ff.

P561.

Tournaments.

cf. H331.2;
H1561.1;
R222.
GHrólf 246 ch. 3 ff.;
HjÖlv 454-55 ch. 2;
HálfdBr 582-83 ch. 11-12;
VilhSj 8 ch. 3-4;
Sögubr 8 ch. 2 (FAS I 369);
Þiðr I 184-86, 188-92, II 7-11;
Vald 71 ch. 2;
Ector ch. 9;
Kirial 16-19, 97-9;
RémK 5-9, 176-86, ch. 1-3, 32-34;
Part 12-16, 29-43;
Mágus# ch. 19 (ch. 48).

Q413.0.1.

Threat of hanging.

cf. Q413.5.1.
Atlam 33/
Hamð 21 =
Völs ch. 37 (35), 42 (40);
ÓláfH ch. 172 in Hkr II 397;
ÓláfTr ch. 173 Flb I 337 (FMS II 72);
Herv 36, 51, 127;
ÁnB 339 ch. 4;
HrómGr 379 ch. 9;
GHrólf 297 ch. 22;
HjÖlv 490,496 ch. 14;
SörlaSt 439 ch. 17;
Bósa 13, 97, 117 ch. 4, 8, 13;
Þiðr I 111, 161, 167, 177, 205, 291, II 99, 172;
Bevers 227 ch. 14;
Amb 18, 68 ch. 4, 12;
HaraldHr 268;
Úlf 190;
Andr# 2, * etc.

Q413.5.

Hanging as Punishment for impudence.

SörlaSt 439 ch. 17;
HjÖlv 490 ch. 14;
IllGr 659 ch. 6;
Þiðr I 161, 167, 205, II 95.

Q413.8.

Hanging as punishment for treachery.

Skj I 404;
Magnúsdrápa;
OddÓláfTr ch. 21 (15);
ÓláfH ch. 93 and 119 in Hkr II;
MagnúsErl ch. 18, 20 in Hkr III;
ÓláfTr ch. 173 in FMS II 72 (Flb I 337);
GHrólf 297, 314 ch. 22, 27;
ÁnB 352 ch. 6;
HjÖlv 496 ch. 14;
Þiðr I 291, II 99.

R18.

Abduction by rejected sailor.

HjÖlv 505-08 ch. 19-20;
Yngv 1-3;
Vígl 55 ch. 5;
ÁsmS 11-14;
Þiðr I 65-70, II 78-83, 96-104;
SigFót 1002;
VilhSj 76-83, ch. 31-33 ff.;
FlóresS 127-33 ch. IV-VI (cf. introd. lxxiii: from Trójumannasaga);
HringH 12 ch. 5;
SaulusN 28-39 ch. 14-16;
ViktorBl 38, ch. 12;
Nitida 16, ch. 3;
Úlf 199-209;
NikL 45-47 ch. 13.

R53.4.

Faithful servant locks his master and his friend up in a little house built from wood from their wrecked ships; they falsely think themselves betrayed.

HjÖlv 486-88 ch. 12-13.

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.

R169.11.

Unknown helper(s) emerge(s) in the last moment and turn(s) out later to be well known.

cf. R222.
HálfdE XIII (FAS III 536), introd. 23-24;
SörlaSt 426 ch. 11;
HjÖlv 461 ch. 5;
GHrólf 320-21, 340 ch. 29, 33;
ÁsmVík 24-32 ch. 13-14 (cf. F610.3.4.2.1);
BárðSn 31-36 ch. 15-16;
HringH 24-25 ch. 10;
AtlaÓ 13-14 ch. 10;
Bæring 111-13 ch. 24-27;
RémK 155 ff. ch. 27-35;
Fertram ch. 12.

R216.1.

Escape from ship by jumping into the sea.

cf. N513.1.
Grett ch. 38, 65;
Sturl II 219;
GullÞ ch. 15;
Skj I 44, 138, 175;
ÓláfTr ch. 186, 256 in FMS II 117, III 9, ch. 111 in Hkr I 453, by Odd ch. 21 (15), 59 (47), 73-74 (61-62);
HallþSn in FMS III 158;
MagnúsBl ch. 14 in Hkr III 343, ch. 18 in FMS VII 202 =
IngaK ch. 11 in Hkr III 364;
Orkn ch. 40, 48;
Fær ch. 54, 57;
Harð ch. 38;
BárðSn 40 ch. 18;
ÖOdd 31, 108-09, 134 (ch. VII 10, XXXII 1-5; FAS II 224, 252, 513, 536);
ÁnB 355-56 ch. 7;
ÞorstVík 403, 450-51 ch. 8, 23;
GHrólf 261-62 ch. 8;
HjÖlv 463 ch. 5;
HrólfG 26, 29 ch. 16, 18 (FAS III 107, 111);
Bósa 59 ch. 14 (FAS III 231);
HálfdE XIII 7 (FAS III 537);
EgÁsm XVIII 10 (FAS III 406-07);
SörlaSt 431 ch. 12;
HjÖlv 463 ch. 5;
BárðSn 40 ch. 18;
ÚlfU ch. 4.

R225.

Elopement.

Kjaln ch. 9: Búi and Ólöf;
HjÖlv 505-08 ch. 19-20;
GHrólf 296 ch. 21;
Erka and Roðolfr-Attila:
 Þiðr I 62-73, II 94-105;
Hildr and Herburt:
 Þiðr II 50-60;
Hildigunnr and Valtari:
 Þiðr II 105-09;
Herborg and Apollonius:
 Þiðr II 116-19;
FlóresS XXI 22-23;
Vilm ch. 7.

S31.

Cruel stepmother.

cf. G205;
M411.1.1;
M431.6;
T154;
T418.
Gróg/
Fjölsv/
cf. Sveinsson 1940 217;
Frá dauða Sinfjötla, in BuggeE 202 =
Völs ch. 10/
Nornag 58 ch. 4 (Flb I 350, FAS I 323);
Ys ch. 14;
HrólfKr 31, 49-59 ch. 11, 18-22 (FAS I ch. 15, 25-30);
GrímL 144 ch. 1-2;
IllGr 657-58 ch. 5;
HjÖlv 469-518 ch. 8-22/
cf. Child no. 34;
Þiðr II 268-69;
SigrgFr 47-48 ch. 2;
JónL in ZDPh XXVI 16-17;
Ector ch. 20; Úlf ch. 1 (= K2111);
Saxo lib. II c. II 1, lib. V c. II 3;
cf. ESveinsson 1929 xv, xvii, xxviii-xxx;
Dehmer 107;
Schlauch 99.

S161.

Mutilation: cutting off hands (arms).

Eyrb XVIII 16, XX 1, XXIII 6, LXII 6;
Grett IV 9, XXIII 3, XXIV 4, LXV 5;
Njála LXIII 20, LXXII 9, CXLVI 16, CL 18, CLVII 22;
Reykd ch. 13, 23;
GullÞ ch. 15;
ÓláfH ch. 233 in Hkr II, ch. 73 in FMS IV 151;
IngaK ch. 7 in Hkr III, ch. 8 in FMS VII 217· Sturl I 203, 279, 288, II 35, 39, 181;
Bisk I 64;
ÞorstUxaf 255 (FMS III 118; FjÍsl 450);
HrómH 414 (FMS III 150; FjÍsl 162; ÍslF VIII 314 ch. 5);
RagnarS 467 ch. 5 (FAS I 359);
Sögubr 23 ch. 9 (FAS I 385);
HálfdE XX 2 (FAS III 549);
EgÁsm III 3, XI 3-8 (FAS III 368, 38-89);
ÞorstVík 456 ch. 25;
HjÖlv 481, 484 ch. 12;
Þiðr I 27, II 215, 283;
ÞórðarH 103 ch. 8;
FlóresS VIII 6, XIII 8;
Amb 156, 182 ch. 30 (29), 39 (38);
Vald 62 ch. 1;
Vígk 13 ch. 4;
FlóresB XXIII 5;
ÚlfU ch. 4;
GunnarK 245;
Andr 77, 81.

T24.2.2.

Swooning for fright that lover shall be killed.

HjÖlv 505, 508 ch. 19, 20.

T34.2.1.

Falling in love while playing draughts.

HjÖlv 497 ch. 14 ff.

T50.1.

Girl carefully guarded from suitors.

cf. R53.3;
T97.
RagnarL ch. 2 (1) (FAS I 237);
Friðþj III 7 (FAS II 68, 490 ch. 2);
HrólfG ch. 21 in FAS III 141, 142;
SörlaSt 408 ch. 1;
HjÖlv 489 ch. 14;
HálfdBr 559, 578 ch. 1, 9;
SturlSt 634 ch. 22;
Vígl 48 ch. 2;
Þiðr I 65, II 96;
JarlmH ch. 1;
Þorgr 6-9 ch. 1;
Vilm 144-45 ch. 3;
Vígk I ch. 1;
NikL 4 ch. 2;
cf. Panzer 1901 213 fg.

T64.

King seeks bride only because counselors (men, friends) insist.

cf. H1381.3.1.
SturlSt 596 ch. 5;
HjÖlv 515 ch. 22;
HrólfG 3, 9 ch. 1, 5 (FAS III 57, 72-74);
SigFót 1000-01;
JarlmH 3-5 ch. 4;
ÁsmS ch. 1;
Mágus ch. 1;
ViktorBl 32 ff. ch. 12;
Saxo lib. V c. I 5;
Tristrams saga *.

T71.2.

Woman avenges scorned love.

HaraldH ch. 13 in Hkr III 94: Zóe;
HjÖlv 481, 486 ch. 12;
KáraK 25 ch. 11;
and all items ad T418 *.

T75.

Man scorned by his beloved (or her father).

Almost all items to T311.2 *.
cf. H901;
K1210;
L431;
R18;
T92.9;
T141.
HrólfKr 17-20 ch. 6 (FAS I ch. 7) =
Skjöld ch. 11;
GHrólf 299 ch. 23;
SturlSt 595 ch. 3;
HjÖlv 489 ch. 14;
Þiðr I 49-56, II 71-83;
Sigþ 123-29, 238-39 ch. 10, 48;
ViktorBl 36-37 ch. 12;
cf. Háv 101 =
K525.6.

T104.2.

Victor demands defeated king's daughter (widow) in marriage.

HrólfKr 26-27 ch. 8 (FAS I ch. 11);
HálfdE III 4-5 (FAS III 522);
GHrólf 245-46 ch. 3;
HjÖlv 457 ch. 3;
FlóresS V 5-10;
Amb 14, 62 ch. 3, 11 =
Saxo lib. IV c. II 3;
Saxo lib. VII c. IX 5, cf. lib. VIII c. VII 4/
Herrm 501.

T135.8.

Two or more weddings at one time as the end of a tale.

HálfdBr 590 ch. 17;
HrólfG 74-75 ch. 44 (FAS III 185-86 ch. 35);
HálfdE XXIV 2 (FAS III 554);
HjÖlv 517 ch. 22;
SörlaSt 452 ch. 26;
Vígl 80, 91 ch. 18, 21;
Þiðr II 105;
JarlmH 42-43 ch. 24;
ÁsmS 14;
SigrgFr 107 ch. 16;
Sigþ ch. 54;
ViktorBl 48 ch. 15;
Vald 77 ch. 3;
HringH 58-60 ch. 23-24;
Þorgr 31 ch. 5;
Kóngab 20-21;
KáraK 83 ch. 41;
SamsF ch. 14-15, 27;
Part 44-45;
Blómst 44-49 ch. 26-27;
Saxo lib. V c. III 25.

T136.1.

Wedding feast.

RagnarS 467 ch. 5 (FAS I 360);
Sögubr 5 ch. 1 (FAS I 366);
HjÖlv 458 ch. 3;
KetilH 124 ch. 4;
SigrgV ch. 12, 22;
Vilm 193, 199 ch. 22, 24;
Kirial 10, 85-88, 90-91;
Dám 103 ch. 16.
The feast lasts many days:
 Völs 146-47 ch. 29 (27);
five days:
 Þiðr II 36-38;
seven days:
 RagnarL 121 ch. 4 (3) (FAS I 242);
 Þiðr II 105;
 ÁsmVík 43 ch. 22;
 Álafl XVIII 1-4;
twelve days:
 Sigþ 233 ch. 46;
fourteen days or half a month:
 HálfdBr 586, 590 ch. 14, 17;
 HrólfG ch. 14 in FAS III 105;
 ÁsmVík 32 ch. 15;
 Vald 77 ch. 3;
 HéðinH 9 ch. 4;
 Þorgr 33 ch. 5;
 Úlf 271;
 SaulusN 89 ch. 34;
 ÞjJón 52-53 (36) ch. 20;
 RémK 346-60 ch. 69-70;
 Part 45;
twenty days:
 Herv in FAS I 455;
three weeks:
 Bósa 131 ch. 16;
one month:
 HrólfG 25 ch. 15;
 Bósa 61 ch. 16 (FAS III 232);
 VilhSj 123-24 ch. 58;
 HringH 31 ch. 8;
 Vald 77 ch. 3;
 Þorgr 31, 32 ch. 5;
two months:
 Kóngab 48-50.

T136.4.2.

Parting gifts after wedding.

Bósa 61, 76, 131 ch. 16, 3, 16 (FAS III 232);
HrólfG 25 ch. 15 (FAS III 61 ch. 2, 105 ch. 14);
HálfdE XXI 6 (FAS III 552);
HjÖlv 517 ch. 22;
GHrólf 360 ch. 37;
HálfdBr 586, 590 ch. 14, 17;
Þiðr II 105, 278, 286;
SturlSt 604 ch. 8;
JarlmH 43 ch. 24;
SigrgFr 107 ch. 16;
Sigþ 233, 258 ch. 46, 54;
HringH 31 ch. 13;
Amb 160 ch. 32 (31);
HéðinH 9 ch. 4;
Vald 77 ch. 3;
Álafl XVIII 4, 8;
VilhSj 124 ch. 58;
Þorgr 33 ch. 5;
HringT 1;
Úlf 181;
SaulusN 89 ch. 34;
ÞjJón 52-53 (36);
KáraK 75, 84 ch. 35, 41;
Ector ch. 10, 25;
Blómst 49 ch. 27;
RémK 359, 370 ch. 70, 72;
Part 45; SamsF ch. 14, 15.

T418.

Lustful stepmother.

cf. S31.
HrólfKr 49-55 ch. 18-20 (FAS I ch. 25-26);
HjÖlv 515 ch. 22;
Úlf 145-46;
Schlauch 100.

T453.

Getting advice from a woman in bed.

cf. T281.
Atlam 10;
Flóam ch. 19;
Hallfr 101;
ÖOdd 190 (ch. XLVI);
(y.) Bósa 23-25, 39-43, 50-53, 106-09 ch. 7, 11,13, 10 (FAS III 209-10, 219-21, 225-26);
SturlSt 604, 611, 636-38 ch. 9, 11, 22;
HjÖlv 469 ch. 8;
HringH 16-17 ch. 7;
cf. Gautr 6 ch. 1.

V1.8.1.1.

Ox (bull) worship.

cf. V12.4.4.
HjÖlv 498-501 ch. 15;
SturlSt 637 ch. 22;
ÞorstUxaf 261 (FMS III 132-33, FjÍsl 463-64).

V61.3.0.3.

Man buried upright beneath kitchen stairway in order that he may watch his family.

Laxd ch. 17;
cf. HjÖlv 510 ch. 21:
 »hallarveggjum undir«.

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.

V65.2.

Drinking festival in memory of the dead, »drekka erfi«.

Sinfj in BuggeE 202,;
Atlam 75 in BuggeE 304;
Völs ch. 10, 40 (38), 43 (41);
RagnarL ch. 19 (20) (FAS I 294-95);
Herv 36, 85-88, 141-45 (FAS I 490-95);
Sögubr 14 ch. 5 (FAS I 376);
HrólfG 25 ch. 16 (FAS III 71-72, 105, 112);
ÖOdd 26, 107-08 (ch. IV, XXXI 8; FAS II 174, 223-24);
KetilH 122 ch. 3;
GHrólf 349 ch. 34;
SörlaSt 433 ch. 14;
HjÖlv 456 ch. 2;
IllGr 659 ch. 6;
Þiðr II 358;
Egils þáttr Síðu-Hallssonar ok TófaV in FMS V 327-28;
ÞorstB 183 ch. 5;
Úlf 158;
HringH 29 ch. 12;
Vilm 199 ch. 24;
NikL 3-6 ch. 1, 3;
Andr 84, 85;
Saxo lib. III c. II 11, III 1;
in family sagas as:
 Eyrb ch. 54/
 Laxd ch. 27/
 Svarfd ch. 11/
 etc./
 cf. GrønbechVFO IV 126;
Weinhold 500.

W151.

Greed.

cf. Q272.
HjÖlv 497 ch. 14;
Þiðr II 279.

Z312.2.

Giant ogre can be killed only with his own sword.

cf. D1381.3.1;
G519.2.
EgÁsm XV 18 (FAS III 400);
HrólfG 33, 36-37 ch. 21, 23 (FAS III 119-21, 125);
HjÖlv 472-73 ch. 9;
HálfdBr 570-73 ch. 4-6;
ÞorstUxaf 258 (FMS III 125);
JarlmH in ZDPh XXVI 6;
Amb 126 ch. 23;
Ector ch. 5;
HéðinH 14, 16 ch. 7, 8 (club);
Bragð 48 ch. 2;
Herrm 220, 220 n./
Saxo lib. III c. II.