Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: Hróaþ

Hróa þáttr heimska, in Fornmanna Sögur V p. 252-66.

Works with this reference:

F709.3.

Country of thieves and impostors.

Hróaþ in Flb II 73 ff./
cf. ESveinsson 1929.

H13.

Recognition by overheard conversation (usually with animals or objects). Person not daring to reveal self directly thus attracts attention and recognition.

cf. K649.6;
T69.4.
cf. Schlauch 73 ad Hróaþ.

J1161.2.

Pound of flesh (Fleischpfand).

cf. only head, not the neck:
 Skáldsk ch. 44 (35);
Mars 8, 20-22 ch. 3, 8/
cf. Schlauch 88;
Hróaþ;
Schlauch 73.