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Bibliography for: HrólfG

Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar, ed. F. Detter: Zwei Fornaldarsögur, Halle a. S. 1891, p. 1-78 (Fornaldar sögur Norðrlanda III, p. 57-190 (https://books.google.de/books?id=mVNZAAAAcAAJ&lpg=PA100&ots=aq_6zoCkrv&dq=Fornaldar%20s%C3%B6gur%20Nordrlanda%20fyrsta%20bindi ).

Works with this reference:

B16.2.3.

Giant lion overcome by hero.

(y.) ÖOdd 119;
Bevers 234-35 ch. 17;
HrólfG ch. 23-24 in FAS III 146-49 (cf. Detter 50-51 ch. 30-3l);
RémK 116-17 ch. 22.

D810.

Magic object a gift.

Ldb ch. 356;
HrólfG ch. 28 (FAS 111 140);
Nornag ch. 2 in Flb I 341 (FAS I 315);
ÞorstB 194-96 ch. 10, 12;
ÁsmVík ch. 15;
Sigþ ch. 16;
VilhSj 73 ch. 30;
SamsF ch. 20;
Mágus 113 ch. 47.

D838.2.

Magic object taken from ogre's house.

the sword Risanautr:
 HrólfG 33, 36 ch. 21, 23 (FAS III 119-21, 125 ch. 18-19)/
 cf. Ldb ch. 6/
 ÓláfTr ch. 116 in FMS I 238;
mirror and precious stones:
 NikL 19-22 ch. 8.

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.

D1254.

Magic staff.

cf. D1335.14;
D1413.13;
G242.1.
Gríðarvölr:
 Skáldsk ch. 27 (18)/
 MC 84;
Gambanteinn:
 Skírn 32/
 MC 111;
Hárb 20;
cf. HrólfG ch. 25 in FAS III 154;
KáraK 60-61 ch. 30;
StrömbäckSejd 140.

D1311.21.

Divination by cup.

HrólfG 65 ch. 39 (FAS III 163-64);
Saxo lib. XIV c. XXXIX 3-5 465.

D1317.18.

Magic drinking horn gives warning.

ÞorstB 190-92 ch. 8-9;
HrólfG ch. 28 (FAS III 140)/
cf. GrønbechVFO IV 116.

D1500.1.l8.

Magic healing water.

cf. E80.
HrólfG ch. 28, 38;
cf. »heilivágr«:
 Fritzner I 757 (magic?).

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.

D1711.7.

King as magician.

Guðmundr á Glæsisvöllum:
Helgaþ 359-62 (FMS III 135-41)/
cf. Saxo lib. VIII c. XIV 7-11/
Herrm 584 ff.;
Aðils:
 HrólfKr ch. 13, 25 (FAS I 53, 76);
HrólfG (only) in FAS III 142 ch. 21;
Rikarðr of England:
 Álafl I 1-7;
Fiðr Finnakonungr:
 HálfdE XX 3 (FAS III 549);
galdra konungr:
 Kóngab 10 ff.

D1812.0.2.1.

Foreknowledge of unwished guests.

HrólfG 58 ch. 35 (FAS III 166), FAS III 141-42 ch. 21;
VestfjGr I 168.

D1812.5.1.2.

Bad dream as evil omen.

cf. D1812.5.1.1.3.
Vegt in BuggeE 135 and Gylf ch. 33 (49)/
cf. Saxo lib. III c. III 7 =
Herrm 233/
Vries 234, 242;
Atlam 10-12, 24-28/
cf. Völs ch. 36 (34), 37 (35);
Laxd ch. 31;
ÓláfTr ch. 48-49 in Hkr I 350, 354, by Odd ch. 21 (15);
MagnúsErl ch. 32 in Hkr III 478;
Sturl I 474, 494, 517-24, II 243-45, 293, 323;
Sögubr ch. 2, 3 (FAS I 367, 371-73);
HrólfKr 15 ch. 4 (FAS I 14);
Herv 8, 95 (FAS I 420, 517);
HálfH XI 3, XV st. 40-46 (FAS II 40-43, 47);
ÁnB 353 ch. 6;
HrómGr 373, 377 ch. 6, 9;
ÞorstVík 413 ch. 12;
HrólfG ch. 8, 11 (FAS III 77-79, 95, 117);
GHrólf 312-13 ch. 27;
HálfdBr 560-61 ch. 1;
Sörla 280 (FAS I 402 ch. 7);
Harðar ch. 31;
Þiðr II 283-84;
SígFót 1004;
Þorgr 7 ch. 1;
Úlf 183-85;
Villif ch. 33, 38;
Ector ch. 1;
Dám ch.11;
Vilm ch. 8;
HeðinH ch. 8;
SigrgV ch. 9;
Hell ch. 25;
Bæring 86, 122 ch. 3, 33;
ParmesL ch. 5, 9;
AtlaÓ ch. 9, 14.

D1813.1.6.

Dream shows others in danger.

cf. F1068.
Njála CLVII 36;
GunnlO XVII 1-2;
HrólfG 66 ch. 39 (FAS III 164 ch. 28);
SigFót 1004;
Bevers 247, 258 ch. 25, 32.

D1840.

Magic invulnerability.

cf. B44;
D1344;
D1380;
D1846;
F610.3.1;
Z310.
Sinfj 204;
Svarfd ch. 5, 7;
GullÞ ch. 17;
Ldb ch. 8. 11, 14, 39, 126, 243, 306;
Eg XI 5;
MagnúsBl ch. 11 in Hkr III =
HaraldG ch. 13 in FMS VII 192;
Skálda 8 in Hb 455;
ÖOdd 126, 133 (FAS II 241, 251);
KetilH 123 ch. 3;
GrímL 143 ch. 1;
HrómGr 366 ch. 2;
ÞorstVík 391, 446 ch. 3, 22;
HrólfG 26, 28 ch. 16, 17 (FAS III 106-7, 110);
Bósa 58 ch. 14 (FAS III 230);
Bósa 84 ch. 6 (÷ FAS III);
GHrólf 285, 330, 332 ch. 17, 31;
SörlaSt 441 ch. 18;
SturlSt 606 ch. 9;
OrmSt 530;
Sigþ ch. 54;
HéðinH 17 ch. 8;
ÚlfU 784 ch. 3, 4 (in ZDPh XXVI 24);
Úlf 205, 210, 214;
KáraK 50 ch. 25;
Andr 3, 55;
Fertram ch. 12;
Fastus 7 ch. 2;
Ector ch. 6;
Saxo lib. III c. II 5, lib. VII c. X 3;
Herrm 312;
Dehmer 102;
Schlauch 105.

D2091.14.

Magician shoots an arrow of each finger against enemy.

Búadrápa st. 10 in Skj I 538 =
ÓláfTr ch. 90 in FMS I 176;
Jómsv ch. 45 (34);
Hauks þáttr Hábrókar in FMS X 205;
RagnarL ch. 9 =
Skjold 133 ch. 27;
HrólfKr 103 ch. 33 (FAS I 105);
HálfdE ch. XX 2 (FAS III 549);
HrólfG 60 ch. 36 (cf. FAS III 168);
ÖOdd 178-80, 189 (FAS II 286-87);
ÞorstVík 449 ch. 22 (cf. 450: »varð maðr fyrir hverri ör«);
SörlaSt 445 ch. 20;
Bósa 89 ch. 7;
Sigþ 169 ch. 25;
Amb 154 ch. 30 (29 in Reykj. ed.);
Huld no. 25.
cf. Saxo lib. I c. VIII 16.

D2142.1.

Wind produced by magic.

Markús:
 MagnúsErl ch. 17 in Hkr III 456, ch. 9 in FMS VII 301;
ÖOdd 18-25, 46-47, 106, 123 (ch. IV 3-V 4, XII 6, XIII 2-3, FAS II 170-72, 186, 222, 236, 509-10);
GrímL 152 ch. 2;
SturlSt 619-20, 626, 630 ch. 16, 18;
IllGr 658-59 ch. 6;
HrólfG ch. 21 (FAS III 145);
Sörla 281 (FAS I 403 ch. 8).

E731.8.

Soul in form of bear.

cf. D113.2.
Njála XXIII 9;
Harð ch. 31 (30);
Sturl II 150;
ÞórðarH 17 ch. 6;
Völs ch. 36 (34) <
Atlam 17-18;
Sögubr ch. 2 (FAS I 367);
ÞorstVík 413 ch. 12;
ÖOdd 22-23 (ch. V 2-3, FAS II 172-73, 510);
HrólfG 12-13, 21 ch. 8, 11 (FAS III 77-78, 95);
ÞorstUxaf 253 (FMS III 113; FjÍsl 446-47);
all in dream:
 ÞorstS 227.

E731.9.

Soul in form of wolf.

Njála LXII 5-9;
GíslaS XIV 7/
cf. XXXII 11 (ch. 33);
Dropl ch. 10;
ÞórðarH 17, 37 ch. 6, 12;
Harð ch. 31 (30);
ÞorstVík 413 ch. 12;
HrólfG 12-13, 21 ch. 8, 11 (FAS III 77-78, 95);
Úlf 184;
SigFót 1004;
all in dream:
 Þorgr 7 ch. 1.

E731.11.

Soul in form of lion.

HrólfG 12, 21 ch. 8, 11 (FAS III 77, 95);
Þorgr 7 ch. 1;
all in dream:
 Bæring 86 ch. 3.

E731.12.

Soul in form of hog.

cf. D136.
in dream:
 HrólfG 21 ch. 11 (FAS III 95 ch. 12).

F455.1.2.

Trolls live in cliffs, caves.

HrólfG ch. 20 in FAS III 137;
ÓláfTr ch. 213 in FMS II 185, by Odd ch. 60 (48);
BárðSn 7 ch. 4: a cliff called »Tröllakirkja«;
GunnarK 240.

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.

F455.2.4.

Trolls dress in skins.

cf. F531.4.7.1.
ÁnB 361 ch. 7: »skinnkyrtlur«;
Sigþ 223 ch. 41;
cf. HrólfG 67 ch. 41 (FAS III 176): dressed as »tröll mikit«.

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.

F531.1.

Appearance of giant.

cf. F531.4.7.1.
HrólfG 34 ch. 22 (FAS III 121);
Grímnir is not particularly ugly, but »stórskorinn í andliti«:
 ÞorstUxaf 258 (FMS III 124).

F531.3.15.

Giants' awful amusements playing with man's lives.

BárðSn 25-27 ch. 13 (»skinnleikr«);
HrólfG 36 ch. 22, in FAS III 124 ch. 19.

F531.5.7.1.

Mortal son of giant.

BárðSn 1, 4, 23-25 ch. 1, 2, 16;
Herv 1-2, 90-91;
(y.) Bósa 123, 133 ch. 15, 17;
HrólfG 78 ch. 46 (FAS III 189-90);
Gautr 12, 33 ch. 3, 7 (FAS III 15, 36-37);
Stark 3 ch. 1;
Villif 3 ch. 1;
Hell 9 ch. 7;
cf. Ldb ch. 161.

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.

F596.

Extraordinarily slow person.

HrólfG 6-7, 11 ch. 2, 6 (FAS III 63, 75).

F610.3.1.

Invulnerable berserk.

cf. D1840.
Grett II 6;
Skjöld 128;
HrólfKr 45 ch. 15 (FAS I ch. 22);
Ys ch. 6;
SörlaSt 423 ch. 8;
HálfdB 12-13 ch. 8;
GHrólf 255, 285-86 ch. 6, 17;
HrólfG 26, 28, 31 ch. 16, 17, 20 (FAS III 106-07, 110, 132);
ÖOdd 90-91 (ch. XXVI 6; FAS II 207, 534);
FlóresS XII 16, XVII 4;
Ector ch. 9, 14;
HringH 32-33 ch. 14;
Bragð 53 ch. 5.

F610.3.3.

Twelve berserks.

cf. F610.3.4.1.
Eg IX 3;
Svarfd ch. 7;
HálfdS ch. 5 in Hkr I;
Skjöld ch. 8-9, 12;
Skáldsk ch. 55 (44) =
HrólfKr 44 ff., 72 ff., 98 ch. 24, 32;
GrímL 148 ch. 2-3;
ÖOdd 94 ff. (ch. XXVIII-XXXI);
Gautr 32-33 ch. 7 (FAS III 36-37);
HrólfG 31 ch. 20 ff. (FAS III 116 ff.);
Friðþj ch. 3 in FAS II 495;
FlóresS XII 16;
Andr 4;
Mágus ch. 60;
Villif 14-15, 23, 26, 37 ch. 6, 12, 13, 17;
Saxo lib. VII c. II 7-11.

F610.3.4.1.

Fighting with twelve berserks (tröll).

Grett ch. 19;
ÞorstUxaf 262-63 (FMS III 133-34);
HrólfKr 32 ff. ch. 12-14 (FAS I 32 ff.);
RagnarS ch. 5 in Hb 466 (FAS I 358);
Herv 9 ff., 97 ff.;
ÖOdd 94 ff. (ch. XXVIII-XXXI, FAS II 210 ff.);
GrímL 153-55 ch. 3;
HrólfG 31, 39-41 ch. 20, 25-26 (FAS III 130-32);
Villif 14, 23, 26, 37 ch. 6-17;
Ector ch. 6;
Stark 30-31, 79 ch. 10, 23;
Saxo lib V c. I 3 ff., c. XIII 4.

F610.3.4.2.1.

Berserk killed in combat about maiden.

cf. F531.5.7.1;
G550;
H217.2;
H335.4.4;
R111.1.9.
GíslaS I 6-10;
Eg LXIV 12-48;
Dropl ch. 15;
VígaGlúm ch. 4;
GullÞ ch. 6;
Grett XL 2-7;
Ldb ch. 371;
Svarfd ch. 7;
Flóam ch. 15-16;
RagnarS 466 ch. 5 (FAS I 358);
Herv 5-14, 94-101 (FAS I 417-29, 515-17);
ÖOdd 94 ff. (ch. XXVIII-XXXI, FAS II 210 ff.);
GrímL 153-55 ch. 3;
ÞorstVík 393 ch. 4;
HrólfG 56-58 ch. 34 (FAS III 160-63);
(y.) Bósa 83-93 ch. 6, introd. lxiv-vii;
SörlaSt 420-25 ch. 7-9;
SturlSt 599-605 ch. 7-8;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 12-13;
ÞórðarH 95-96 ch. 3-4;
JarlmH 10-19 ch. 6-9;
ÁsmVík 20 ff. ch. 11, 13-14;
SigrgV ch. 6-11;
Vilm ch. 15;
Villif 26-27 ch. 13;
Stark 79 ch. 23;
ÚlfU ch. 2;
Ector ch. 6;
Blómst 28 ch. 18;
Fastus 9-15 ch. 4-5;
Andr 3 ff.;
Saxo lib. I c. IV 2 (and lib. VI c. VII);
cf. Dünninger 1932 31 ff. ad GHrólf;
Dehmer 86-91;
Schlauch 104-06;
Reuschel 89, 100.

F610.7.

Strong man is so heavy that no horse can carry him all day.

cf. F681.9.
HrólfG 10 ch. 6 (FAS III 74);
SörlaSt 409 ch. 1;
Ector ch. 20.

F77l.4.3.

Abandon castle.

HrólfG ch. 13 in FAS III 100;
Þiðr I 223-28;
Part 5-24;
Gibbon 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.

F841.

Extraordinary boat (ship).

cf. D1121;
D1123.
Sörla 271 (FAS I 395-96 ch. 4);
Gnoð:
 EgÁsm XVIII 8-9 (FAS III 406-07);
Raknarsslóði:
 HálfdE XXVI 2. (FAS III 556);
HrólfG 30 ch. 19 (FAS III 113 ch. 15);
SörlaSt 426-27;
FrForn, FundNo in Flb I 22, 221 (FAS II 5, 21);
Sigþ ch. 24;
NikL 8 ch. 4.

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«.

G275.8.

Hero kills witch.

cf. G500.1;
G512.7;
H1562.8.
GullÞ ch.17;
HrólfG 54-55 ch. 32 (FAS III 155-56);
BárðSn 17 ch. 9, 34-35 ch. 16;
IllGr 650 ch. 2;
Friðþj VIII I (FAS II 84);
ÞorstUxaf 256 (FMS III 129);
back broken:
 OrmSt 530 (FMS III 224, FjÍsl 218);
cut in two pieces:
 Þiðr I 37, II 325-26;
HrólfKr 58-59, 107 ch. 22, 34 (FAS I 60, 109);
GrímL 146 ch. I;
SigrgFr 83 ch. 11;
SturlSt 622 ch. 16;
GunnarK 241;
in various other ways:
 KáraK 66 ch. 32.

G511.

Ogre blinded.

cf. S165.
HrólfG 34-37 ch. 22-23 (FAS III 119-27);
EgÁsm 45-48 ch. X 1-14 (FAS III 384-86);
cf. HálfH ch. X 7-10;
Reuschel 112.

H1556.5.

Test of fidelity by feigning sleep to same bed as calumniated hero or alone in the forest with him.

HrólfG 55-56 ch. 33 (FAS III 157-60);
Friðþj XII 1-4 (FAS II 95, 501);
cf. Krappe 1941 454-56;
Schlauch 63.

H1574.3.2.

He who wins maiden queen is king.

HrólfG 246-47 ch. 3.

J445.2.

Foolish marriage of old man and young girl.

cf. K2213.12.
Skjöld 132 ch. 27: Sigvardus Ring;
HrólfKr 47-48 ch. 17 (FAS I 47-48): Hringr in Norway;
Völs ch. 11, 42 (40): Sigmundr and Jörmunrekr;
Gautr 72 ch. 6 (only in L);
HrólfG 3-5 ch. 2 (FAS III 58-61);
GHrólf 314 ch. 27;
SturlSt 596 ch. 5;
Friðþj ch. 8 ff. (FAS II 84 ff., 496 ff.);
Vígl 84-90 ch. 20;
Kóngab 32;
Úlf 142-50;
Bevers 209-12 ch. 1-4;
cf. HrólfKr 97 ch. 32 (FAS I 99);
Gould 1922#.

J2119.9.

Hero beheads old woman who asks him to cure her of old age.

HrólfG 55 ch. 32 (FAS III 155-56).

K649.7.3.

Confederate in disguise as »troIl« frightens king's men, while his daughter helps prisoner to escape.

HrólfG 67-71 ch. 41-42 (FAS III 176-81).

K811.

Victim lured into house and killed.

Vkv 20 ff. =
Þiðr I 116-20;
cf. HrólfG 60-61 ch. 36 (FAS III 168-69, 171).

K811.1.

Enemies invited to banquet (visit) and killed.

Atlam/
Akv/
Hamð in BuggeE 284 ff. =
Völs ch. 5, 35 (33)/
Skáldsk ch. 51 (42)/
Þiðr II 279 ff.;
Skáldsk ch. 4-5 (57) and 55 (44) =
HrólfKr 32-34 ch. 12 (FAS I 32-34), cf. 79-89 ch. 27-29 (FAS I 80-91)/
Saxo lib. II c. VI 1-2;
Jómsv ch. 31 (12);
Knytl ch. 91 =
Saxo lib. XIII c. VI;
Ys ch. 36;
HálfH ch. XI-XIII;
HrólfG 50-53 ch. 30-31 (FAS III 146-52);
Yngv 1-3;
HaraldHr 267-68;
Saxo lib. V c. XIV 1-4;
Reuschel 20.

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.

K832.

Dupe induced to look about: seized and killed.

cf. HrólfG 50-51 ch. 30-31 (FAS III 146-49).

K959.4.

Murder from behind.

Skáldsk ch. 5 (57)/
cf. Q412;
Uppl 457 ch. 2 (FAS II 105; SRD II 269) =
Hkr I 81-83,
HistNor 103;
Fær ch. 43, 103;
ÖOdd 70-71 (ch. XXI 2-3, FAS II 197, 528);
SörlaSt 446 ch. 20;
ÁnB 345, 348 ch. 5, 6;
HrólfG 29 ch. 18 (FAS III 111-12);
Vígl 69-72 ch. 13, 15;
Þiðr II 266.

K1084.4.

Calumniators try to bring friendly kings to light, but fail at last.

HrólfG 6-7 ch. 3-4 (FAS III 63-65).

K2115.1.

Animal-descent slander.

HrólfG ch. 26 (FAS III 130-31).

L113.1.5.

Goatherd as hero.

GHrólf 312 ch. 27;
Vilm ch. 8 ff.;
Stark 96 ch. 26;
cf. HrólfG in FAS III 98 ch. 13.

L124.2.

Silent hero.

HrólfG 6 ch. 3 (FAS III 63);
Þiðr 1 332;
Stark 22 ch. 7;
Sigþ ch. 16;
Saxo lib. IV c. III 1/
cf. Herrm 298.

M119.4.

Vow taken by placing one's foot on a certain post in the hall, »stíga á stokka«.

HrólfKr 85 ch. 28 (FAS I 86);
GHrólf 297 ch. 22;
HrólfG 66 ch. 39 (FAS III 164);
(y.) ÖOdd 186 (FAS II 293);
ÞorstB 185 ch. 6;
Harð ch. 14.

M151.6.

Vow not to eat or drink before knowing if king is alive.

HrólfG 66 ch. 39 (FAS III 164).

M155.3.

Vow never to flee from fire or weapon.

HrólfKr 83 ch. 28 (FAS I 84);
Völs ch. 5 (FAS I 123);
cf. ÞorstVík 448 ch. 25;
HrólfG 61-62 ch. 36 (FAS III 169 ch. 29).

M161.2.

Vow to revenge (king, friends, father) or die.

cf. P310.2.
HrólfKr 85 ch. 28 (FAS I 86);
RémK 221 ch. 42;
Marteini 22 ch. 9;
cf. HrólfG 65 ch. 39 (FAS III 163).

M201.5.

Covenant confirmed by marriage.

Jómsv ch. 23, 29 (19, 26);
Fær ch. 41;
Styrbjarnar þáttr in FMS V 247;
Völs ch. 28 (26)/
cf. Þiðr II 39-41;
Herv 52-53, 128 (FAS I 462);
FundNo in Flb I 220 (FAS II 20);
Friðþj V 1 (FAS II 70, 491);
Gautr 48, 71 ch. 11 (FAS III 52-53);
HálfdE XV 1-7, XXI 2 (FAS III 539, 551);
HrólfG 46 ch. 28 (FAS III 139 ch. 20);
(y.) Bósa 74 ch. 3 (failed attempt);
Vígl 80, 91 ch. 18, 21;
VilhSj 94 ch. 40;
Sigþ 217 ch. 39;
SaulusN 25 ch. 11;
Saxo lib. VIII c. X 9.

M201.6.

Covenant confirmed by hostages (fostering one another's children, cf. P271.4).

HrólfG 7-8 ch. 4 (FAS III 65-66);
ÖOdd 4-7 (ch. I 7-8; FAS II 163, 505);
Þiðr II 105;
FlóresS III 3-9;
SamsF ch. 1-2;
Stark 7 ch. 3.

N657.

Warriors discover in the last moment that it is their own chief they are about to murder by burning.

cf. K955.
HrólfG 71-73 ch. 41-42 (FAS III 181-84).

P17.0.2.

Son succeeds father as king.

Sögubr 14 ch. 5 (FAS I 376); Herv 84, 140 (FAS I 489);
IllGr 659 ch. 6;
HrólfG 9 ch. 4 (FAS III 70);
EgÁsm VIII 10 (FAS III 380);
HálfdE X-XI (FAS III 532-33);
Gautr 11, 35-36, 60-61 ch. 2, 9 (FAS III 14, 39-40);
Álafl XIX 1;
HringH 29 ch. 12;
SamsF 33 ch. 17;
HringT 12.
* etc.

P17.3.

Dying king names successor.

Youngest son:
 HrólfG 8-9 ch. 4 (FAS III 69-70).

P17.8.

Kingship given to younger brother.

HrólfG 8-9 ch. 4 (FAS III 69-70).

P20.1.

Clever queen.

HrólfG 32 ch. 21 (FAS III 117);
Álafl I 2.

P25.

Queen meddles in state affairs.

cf. HálfdE VIII 5-8, XX 13 (FAS III 530);
HrólfG 31, 48-49 ch. 20, 29 (FAS III 115-16, 143-49);
Friðþj XI 13-17 (FAS II 93-94, 500);
ÁsmS 14;
Þiðr II 219-26;
NikL 59-61 ch. 16;
queen as quarreller:
 Saxo lib. VII c. I 2/
 cf. K2130.

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.

P251.5.1.

Two brothers follow and help each other on piracy, etc.

Eg ch. 46 ff.;
Grett LXIX 2-LXXX11 27;
Svarfd ch. 3 ff.;
Hreiþh =
HaraldH ch. 26 ff. in FMS VI 200-18 (Msk 124-37; FjÍsl l44-62);
ÁnB 328 ch. 2 ff.;
HálfH IX-X (FAS II 35-37);
HrólfG 31 ch. 20-21 (FAS III 115-17);
HálfdE XV (FAS III 540);
HringH 1-25 ch. 1-10;
KáraK 56-57 ch. 28;
Fertram ch. 10 ff.;
Saxo lib. V c. II 5.

P251.5.4.

Two brothers as contrasts.

Grett XIV 1-2;
Hreiðarr-Þórðr:
 Hreiþh =
 HaraldH ch. 26 ff. in FMS VI 200-218 (Msk 124-37; FjÍsl 144-62);
Heiðrekr-Angantýr:
 Herv ch 34-36, 115-17 (FAS I 444-48);
Hálfdan-Fróði:
 HrólfKr 3-4 ch. 1 (FAS I 3-4);
Hróarr-Helgi:
 HrólfKr 17 ch. 4 (FAS I 16);
Ketill-Hrólfr:
 HrólfG 6-7 ch. 3 (FAS III 63);
Vilhjálmur-Hálfdan:
 Sigþ ch. 2 ff.;
Sigurður-Ambales:
 Amb 12 ch. 2;
cf. LiestølUpph 94;
Koht 1931 28-29;
Kersbergen 113-17.

P271.4.

Living king's or nobleman's son as foster-son of his father's friend; considered an honor for the foster-father.

cf. M201.6;
P274.1;
P281.1;
P293.1.
Eyrb I 2;
Herv 48-49, 115 ff. (FAS I 444 ff.);
GHrólf 351 ch. 36;
ÖOdd 4-7 (ch. I 7-8 and 13; FAS II 163-64, 505);
HrólfG 7-8, 76 ch. 4, 45 (FAS III 65-66, 187);
ÁsmK 83 ch. 2 (FAS II 467);
HálfH II 2, IX 2 (FAS II 26, 35);
Þiðr I 34, II 86;
Vígl 51 ch. 3;
JarlmH 1-3, 43 ch. 1-3, 24;
SigrgV 127-28 ff.;
Sigþ ch. 2, 14-15;
NikL 3-4 ch. 1;
SamsF ch. 1;
Ector ch. 7, 20 (11);
cf. Herrm 79-80/
Saxo lib. I c. IV 1.

P271.5.

Foster-father as constant helper.

cf. N812.1.
Ys ch. 34;
ÓláfTr ch. 43 in FMS I 66 = ch. 1 in Hkr I 255;
HálfdE ch. 2, 6 in Flb I 562, 566 (FMS X 168, 173), cf. ch. 4 in Hkr I 90;
Sögubr 10-12 ch. 3 (FAS I 371-73);
Herv 148-49 (FAS I 497-99);
RagnarL ch. 1 (= Völs ch. 43 FAS I 229), ch. 11 (10) (FAS I 269);
HrólfKr ch. 1 ff. =
Saxo lib. VII c. I 4 (cf. R169.4.2);
HálfdBr 560-61, 564-67 ch. 1, 3;
HálfdE II-IX, XXIV 1 (FAS III 521-32, 554);
HrólfG 38-43 ch. 24-27 (FAS III 128-35);
Þiðr H 167;
Bevers 212-66 ch. 4-36.

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.

P310.4.

Friends want their children to be friends too.

Laxd ch. 7;
Friðþj I 8-9;
ÞorstVík 408 ch. 10;
HrólfG ch. 3 (FAS III 63-65);
Þiðr II 358.

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.

P361.

Faithful servant.

cf. K512;
M151.6;
R53.4;
R169.4;
R211.7;
T131.1.
Sigurd's, Eystein's and Óláf's saga in Jöfraskinna, ed. Hkr III 510-11;
Hemings þáttr ch. 23 in Hb 347-49;
HrólfKr 3-5, 84 ch. 1, 28 ff. (FAS I ch. 1, 42);
HrólfG 65 ch. 39 (FAS III 163);
HálfdE XI 7-8 (FAS III 534);
HálfdBr 564-67 ch. 3;
Hildebrand:
 Þiðr II 335/
 Reuschel 43;
Part 36.

Q53.

Reward for rescue.

cf. D817;
T68.1.
HrólfG 73-75 ch. 44 (FAS III 184-55);
HálfdE XVI-XXI (FAS III 541-52);
HringH 5-6 ch. 2/
cf. D855;
Sigþ, 215-17 ch. 39;
Amb 172-74 ch. 36 (35).

Q431.

Punishment: banishment (exile).

cf. P12.8.
Fóstbr ch. 23;
MagnúsS ch. 29 in Hkr III 307;
MagnúsBl ch. 16 in Hkr III 346;
Orkn ch. 92;
Sturl I 102, 289;
Bisk I 492, 502, 776;
HrólfG 52 ch. 31 (FAS III 151);
Þiðr II 173-79;
Villif 23 ch. 12;
cf. Dehmer 77 ff.:
 »útilegumannasögur«; * etc.

Q465.2.

Prisoners put into pit filled with corpses in order to starve.

HrólfG 62 ch. 37 (FAS III 171 ch. 30).

R5.2.

Hero captured by being pressed between shields from all sides: »at honum váru bornir skildir«.

Herv in FAS I 461;
RagnarL 157-59 ch. 15 (FAS I 281-82);
HrólfG 62 ch. 36 (FAS III 170 ch. 30);
(y.) Bósa 98 ch. 8;
ÞorstVík 456 ch. 25;
Sigþ 186, 250 ch. 30, 53;
VilhSj 82 ch. 33;
SigFót 1004;
FlóresS XVlI 1-2.

R74.

Defeated warriors go into the conqueror's service.

cf. M161.5.
Njála CLIII 16;
Vatnsd ch. V 20;
HrólfG 45-46 ch. 28 (FAS III 137-38);
HálfdE XV 1-7 (FAS III 539-40);
EgÁsm V 2 (FAS III 370-71);
(y.) Bósa 93, 95 ch. 7;
ÖOdd 112-13 (ch. XXXII, FAS II 226, 537);
ÁnB 360 n. ch. 7;
PorstVík 442 ch. 20;
GHrólf 269 ch. 12;
SörlaSt 438 ch. 16;
SigrgFr 14 ch. 9;
HringH 45, 52 ch. 19, 21;
Kóngab 46-47;
Amb 40, 136, 156, 174 ch. 9, 25, 30 (29), 36 (35);
Ector ch. 9.

R138.

Rescue from shipwreck.

Ldb ch. 213;
ÖOdd 117 (ch. XXXIII 8; FAS II 538);
HrólfG 33-34 ch. 21 (FAS III 119-20);
HálfdBr 567-72 ch. 4-5;
Vígl 74-75 ch. 16;
Finnb ch. 10;
Þiðr Il 287-89;
FlóresS XX 3 =
Lagerholm 154;
Stark 26 ch. 8;
KáraK 38, 46-47, 57 ch. 17, 22, 28;
Kóngab 7-8, 17;
Bæring 92-93 ch. 10;
ParmesL 16, 23 ch. 8, 10;
Bragð 47 ch. 1;
cf. giantess wrestles with hero in order to warn him after shipwreck:
 ÞorstVík 435 ch. 19.

R162.

Rescue by captor's daughter (wife, mother).

cf. G530.
HrólfG 63-68 ch. 38 (FAS III 172-74);
Yngv 4-5;
Þiðr II 193-206;
FlóresS XXI 11-23;
SigFót 1005-06;
Amb 64 ff. ch. 12;
Flov 150-55, 195-97 ch. 21-22, 15.

R169.5.

Hero rescued by friend.

HrólfG 71-73 ch. 41-42 (FAS III 181-84 ch. 34-36);
Þiðr I 261-72;
SaulusN 28-56 ch. 14-22;
JarlmH 41 ch. 23;
Kóngab 12, 16.

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.

S139.1.

Murder by twisting out intestines.

cf. F531.1.8.5;
F959.4.
Njála CLVII 25;
GíslaS ch. 36 (XXXV 7)/
cf. Prinz 1935 119;
GullÞ ch.15;
OrmSt 527 (FMS III 217-18; FjÍsl 212-15);
Svarfd ch. 5;
Herv in FAS I 507-08;
Sögubr 23 ch. 9 (FAS I 386);
EgÁsm XIII 6;
ÞorstVík 452 ch. 23;
GHrólf 328 ch. 31;
SturlSt 643-44 ch. 26;
Bósa 59 ch. 14 (FAS III 231);
GHrólf 356 ch. 36;
HrólfG 45-46 ch. 28 (FAS 137- 38);
Amb 148-50 ch. 29 (28);
SkáldH 28 ch. 9;
Vígk 14 ch. 4;
Blómst 40 ch. 24;
Stark 11 ch. 3;
Saxo lib. XII ch. IV 2, cf. lib. VI c. VII 9.

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.

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.

T52.

Bride purchased.

cf. T136.4.
HálfH XVI st. 59 (FAS II 53-54);
Saxo lib. V c. VIII 1, 3 =
Herrm 354;
cf. HrólfG 74 ch. 44;
Vígl 55 ch. 5;
Völs ch. 12, 13, 29 (27), 31 (29), 40 (38);
SturlSt 640 ch. 24;
Fritzner II 746:
 »mundr«;
Neckel 1932 198 ff., 388 ff.;
Krause 197 ff.;
Weinhold 1882 I 320 ff.

T52.4.

Dowry given at marriage of daughter.

HrólfG 74 ch. 44 (FAS III 185), etc.;
Neckel 1932 198 ff., 388 ff.;
Krause 197 ff.;
Weinhold 1882 I 320 ff.

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 *.

T92.10.

Rival in love killed.

cf. H335.4.3;
M149.3.
Kjaln ch. 8;
Völs ch. 10;
HrólfKr 32-34 ch. 12 (FAS I ch. 16);
HálfH III 1-2 (FAS II 27);
HrólfG 5-6 ch. 2 (FAS III 61-62);
EgÁsm XII 1-4 (FAS III 389-90);
Vilm ch. 5;
Dám 85-88 ch. 12;
cf. K1931.11;
ÁsmVík 7 ch. 3.

T92.13.

Older warrior preferred as suitor.

Völs ch. 11;
ÁsmK 85-86 ch. 5 (FAS II 471);
HrólfG 3-5 ch. 2 (FAS III 60);
cf. Olrik 1892b 51.

T104.1.

Rejected suitor wages war.

cf. H335.4.4.
Völs ch. 11-12;
SturlSt 637, 645-46 ch. 23, 27-28;
HrólfG 31-32, 38-40, 59-60 ch. 20-21, 24-25, 35 (FAS III 115-17, 127-30, 166-67);
HálfdE XV 2-5 (FAS 539-40);
Þiðr I 57-62, II 87-93;
Sigþ 180-210 ch. 29-36;
SigFót 1004-06;
FlóresS XI-XVIII;
ÁsmS 5-8;
Kirial 4-6, 80 ff;
cf. Upphaf Gregorii in FMS VII 357.

T131.0.1.1.

Father promises that girl may wed only man of her choice.

Herv 7, 95 (FAS I 419, 516);
Völs ch. 29 (27);
ÞorstVík 433-34 ch. 18;
KetilH 125 ch. 4-5;
HrólfG 4 ch. 2 (FAS III 59-60);
Þiðr I 65 (II 96-97);
FlóresS III 8, X 5-6;
RémK 328 ch. 63 (cf. 156 ch. 27);
Dám 69, 72 ch. 6-7.

T135.6.

Marriage by drinking festival, »drekka brúðlaup«.

cf. V65.3.
RagnarL ch. 6 (5) (FAS I 250);
Völs ch. 28 (26), 29 (27), 34 (32) (FAS I 188, 210);
HrólfKr 18 ch. 6 (FAS I ch. 7);
Herv in FAS I 455;
Gautr 34 ch. 8 (FAS III 38);
Bósa 44-47, 76, 125-28, 131, 137 ch. 13, 3, 16, 18 (FAS III 221-23 ch. 13);
HálfdE VI 8, XXIV 4 (FAS III 528, 554);
HrólfG 5, 6, 75 ch. 2, 45 (FAS III 61, 187);
ÖOdd 82-83, 186-87 (FAS II 203 (532), 293 (556); ch. XXIV 11, XLIV 11);
EgÁsm XII 8, XVIII 5 (FAS III 391, 405);
BárðSn 33 ch. 15;
SigFót 1001-02;
Álafl XVI 11-21;
JarlmH 24-26, 42-43 ch. 13, 14, 24;
ÁsmVík 32 ch. 15;
ÁsmS 13;
Amb 62, 70 ch. 12;
HéðinH 9 ch. 4;
Úlf 181;
SaulusN 48-49 ch. 20;
cf. Krause 215 ff.

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.

T311.4.

Maiden queen prefers to fight instead of marrying. She usually scorns or even kills her suitors or sets them difficult tasks.

cf. F565;
H933.2;
L431.
Völs ch. 25 (24);
Bósa 68-76 ch. 2-3, cf. introd. iii;
HrólfG 10 ff. ch. 6-9 (FAS III 68-69, 80-86);
Álafl VI 2-VIII 2;
FlóresS XXVI 11-XXVII 2;
SigrgFr 49-63 ch. 3-6;
Sigþ 102 ch. 3;
NikL 31 ch. 10;
ViktorBl 36, ch. 12;
Nitida 18 ch. 3;
Gibbon 23 ch. 6;
Wahlgren 10 ff.;
Saxo lib. IV c. I 12/
cf. Herrm 292;
Reuschel 91.

T465.

Bestiality. Intercourse of a human being and an animal.

cf. B601;
D1901;
K2115.
HrólfG 40-41 ch. 26 (FAS III 130-32)/
cf. introd. xx-xxi/
Gautr 35 ch. 8 (FAS III 39);
Hrólf Kr 73 ch. 24 (FAS I 74):
 »merarson«;
Hollander 1923 133.

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.

V69.1.

All dead are buried after battle.

Sigrdr 33;
Bósa 14 ch. 5 (FAS III 201);
HrólfG 46 ch. 28 (FAS III 139);
Yngv 27, 41;
cf. Dropl ch. 6;
Saxo lib. IV c. I, lib. V c. VIII 1, lib. VI c. IX 19.

W10.

Kindness.

cf. P320;
Q40.
Völs ch. 15;
Friðþj 3 ch. I 4 (FAS II 63);
HrólfG 6 ch. 3 (FAS III 63);
Bósa 14 ch. 5, 104 ch. 10 (FAS III 201);
FlóresS 125, 126 ch. III 4, 10;
SigrgFr 44 ch. 2.

W11.

Generosity.

HrólfG 45-46, 52, 56 ch. 28, 31, 33 (FAS III 137-38, 151, 159 ch. 20, 26);
HálfdE ch. XVI-XXI (FAS III 541-52);
Þiðr I 369-70, II 11-13;
RémK 112 ch. 21;
HringH 46-47 ch. 19;
Sigþ 215-17 ch. 39.

W11.2.

Munificent monarch.

HrólfKr 43, 46 ch. 15, 16 (FAS I 43, 46)/
cf. Herrm 200 n.;
Völs ch. 23 (22) (FAS I 174);
Nornag 55-56 ch. 3 (FAS I 321 = Flb I 349);
HálfH ch. V 3 (FAS II 28);
HrólfG 9 ch. 4 (FAS III 72 ch. 5);
Bósa 77 ch. 4;
GHrólf 291 ch. 19;
IllGr 648 ch. 1;
Yngv 9-11;
Þiðr I 224, 234, II 85, 89;
Brandsþ in FMS VI 348 (FjÍsl 12);
SigrgFr 41 ch. 1;
Álafl 120 ch. XIX 4-5;
FlóresS 123 ch. II 2-4;
RémK 280, 371 ch. 57, 72;
Gering I 61;
Saxo lib. I c. III 2, lib. VI c. IV 14, lib. VIII c. XVI 1-2, * etc.

W32.

Bravery.

cf. H32;
H1561;
Q82.
KetilH 118 ch. 3;
ÞorstVík 457 ch. 25;
HrólfG 61-62 ch. 36 (FAS III 169 ch. 29);
ÞorstSkelk in Flb I 437 (FMS III 202-03);
cf. Böðvarr stables his horse in Hleiðargarðr without permission:
 HrólfKr 65 ch. 23 (FAS I 66);
during the fight Hrólfr is »svá glaðr sem þá er hann drakk öl fosterst«:
 HrólfKr 100 ch. 33 (FAS I 102).

W157.

Dishonesty.

HrólfKr 91 ch. 30 (FAS I 93)/
HrólfG 24 ch. 14 (FAS III 102):
 »klámhögg«/
 cf. Saxo lib. II c. VII 7, lib. VI c. VI 3-12/
 Herrm 447;
HrólfG ch. 13 in FAS III 101-02:
 »hin mesta klæki at særa kvennmann með vopnum«;
RémK 187, 191-94 ch. 34, 35.

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.