Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: HálfH

Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka, ed. A. Le Roy Andrews in Altnordische Sagabibliothek XIV 1909 (Fornaldar sögur Norðrlanda II p. 23-60 (https://books.google.de/books?id=UFNZAAAAcAAJ&lpg=PR1&ots=LxTeJZLyKL&dq=Fornaldar%20s%C3%B6gur%20Nordrlanda%20annat%20bindi ), Sophus Bugge: Norrøne Skrifter 1863 p. 1-44).

Works with this reference:

A123.7.2.

Black god (goddess).

cf. A310.1.
Gylf ch. 20 (34):
 »blá hálf, en hálf með hörundar lit«;
Andr 54/
Bósa 113 ch. 12/
Eyrb LXIII 47/
GHrólf 300 ch. 23/
Grett XXXII 18/
HeðinH 9 ch. 5/
JarlmH 14 ch. 10/
Njála CXVI 17/
ÓláfH in Flb II 136 (FMS V 301)/
SturlSt 612, 627 ch. 12, 18/
ÞorstB in FMS III 189:
 »blár sem Hel«;
HálfH ch. 17 (FAS II 60):
 »heljar-skínn«;
MC 304.

B82.

Merman.

HálfH 82 ch. 7 (cf. D1318.2.1).

B134.3.

Dog as animal of warning.

cf. D1812.5.1.12.
HálfH VIII 2 (FAS II 33).

D1318.2.1.

Laughing fish reveals unjust judgment.

cf. F420.5.3.7.
HálfH VII 3-4 (FAS II 31-32);
cf. Krappe 1930b 401-5;
Krappe 1929a 340-61;
ESveinsson 1929 type 805 (803).

D1812.0.4.

Foreknowledge of unhappiness of son or sons.

HálfH VI 2 (FAS II 30);
Álafl I 1-7;
Mágus 19 ch. 10 (cf. introd. xcv).

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.

D2072.0.3.

Ship held back by magic.

cf. E271.1;
F420.5.2.7.
HálfH VI 5 (FAS II 30).

D2122.

Journey with magical speed.

Ys ch. 7;
ÖOdd 123 (FAS II 236):
»öll lönd ok fjöll hlaupa, sem sé ær, en skipit mun søkkva«;
KetilH 129-30 ch. 5;
cf. Reg in BuggeE 215-16 =
Völs ch. 17 (FAS I 157);
Nornag 59-60 ch. 5 (FAS I 324-25);
HálfH X 9 (FAS II 37);
Bósa 8-9, 81, ch. 3, 5 (FAS III 197).

E366.

Return from dead to give counsel.

cf. E323.3.
MagnúsG ch. 27 in Hkr III 47 =
Geisli in Skj I 434, 441;
ÓláfH ch. 37 in FMS IV 58 =
ÓláfTr ch. 272 in FMS III 48;
ÓláfTr ch. 128, 227, 264 in FMS I 254, II 229 (= Flb I 439), III 22;
EiríkR ch. 63;
Hemings þáttr ch. 18 in Hb 336-37;
Þorsteins s. Síðuhallssonar in Austf 229;
GullÞ ch. 3;
HálfH ch. 15 (FAS II 49);
Bisk II 165-66: always in dream/
cf. F1068.5, J157;
Klare 7 ff.

E545.0.1.

Words uttered from the tomb.

Njála ch. 78;
HálfH II 4 (FAS II 26-27).

E748.

The soul as a guardian spirit, »fylgja«, »hamingja«, »(spá)dís«.

cf. E720.1;
F494.1;
M301.13;
N810.1;
V1.2.3.
Njála XCVI 4, CLVII 27 ff.;
Eg XLIV 1 ff.;
Ldb ch. 329;
ÓláfTr ch. 57 in FMS I 96, by Odd ch. 3;
Þiðranda þáttr in Flb I 420 (= ÓláfTr ch. 215 in FMS II 194-95, cf. Strömbäck 1949);
Saga skálda Haralds konungs hárfagra ch. 2 in FMS III 75;
HrafnH 116-19 (FjÍsl 140-43);
HálfH XV st. 39-40 (FAS II 47);
Hallfr l28;
RagnarL 144 ch. 10 (9) st. 19 (FAS I 267, Skj II 256 st. 9);
HrólfKr 6 ch. 2 (FAS I 6);
ÞorstVík 448 ch. 22;
SturlSt 637 ch. 22;
NikL 35 ch. 10;
cf. Olrik-E 181 ff.;
Vries 34, 77, 167, 348;
Klare 1933 3 ff.;
Kersbergen 151.

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.

F531.6.2.1.

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.

F610.4.2.

Man with twelve men's strength.

HrólfKr 100 ch. 33 (FAS I 102);
HálfH X 10 (FAS II 37);
HálfdE II 5 (FAS III 521);
Bósa 53 ch. 13 (FAS 226);
Þiðr I 223;
FlóresS XII 3.

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.

G269.4.1.

Curse by other angry ogres or ogress.

Nornag 69-74 ch. 8 (Flb I 355, FAS I 333);
HálfH V 7-10;
VestfjGr 168-70;
Álafl IV.

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.

G584.

Ogre polluting the wells driven away by shooting.

HálfH V 7-10 (FAS II 28-29).

H38.3.

Slave recognized on his conversation, habits, and character.

Friðþj VI 9 (FAS II 76, 493);
HálfH XVII (FAS II 59-60);
HálfdE II 6 (FAS III 521).

H41.

Recognition of royalty by personal characteristics or traits.

cf. H71.
SigJórs ch. 9 in FMS VII 87;
Sverr ch. 53 in Flb II 587;
HálfH ch. 17 (FAS II 59-60);
HálfdE II 6 (FAS III 521).

H41.5.

Unknown prince shows his kingly qualities in dealing with his playmates.

Ldb ch. 164/
cf. Skj I 5;
ÓláfTr ch. 46 in FMS I 78;
OddÓláfTr ch. 8;
ÓláfH ch. 76 in Hkr II 132, ch. 74 in FMS IV 153;
Sturl I 2;
HálfH ch. XVII (FAS II 59-60).

H383.4.1.

Bride test: ale brewing.

HálfH I 5-6 (FAS II 25-26).

H1289.2.

Quest to Bjarmaland.

cf. H945.2.
HálfH V 3-11 (FAS II 28-30);
Bósa 20-33, 104-16 ch. 6-9, 10-12 (FAS III 207-15);
HálfdE ch. XXII-IV (FAS III 552-55);
ÖOdd 174-87 (ch. XLII ff.; FAS II 282-93, 553-56);
Kóngab 21-36;
Saxo lib. V c. XIII 1-3, lib. VIII c. XIV 2, lib. IX c. IV 23;
Reuschel 110.

H1392.1.

Quest for gold (ring, etc.) from a grave mound.

cf. D1507.8.
GullÞ 12 ch. 4;
Harð ch. 39;
HálfH V 5 (FAS# II 28).

H1561.2.

Test of strength: lifting stone (fireplace, etc.).

cf. F624.
Grett XVI 18;
Bisk I 640;
Finnb ch. 36;
HálfH X 3 (FAS II 36), cf. XVI st. 57-58;
Bjarkarímur IV 31/
cf. HrólfKr 135-36;
FlóresS 122 ch. I 5/
cf. Bjarnason 1905 134;
Elgqvist 1928 71 ff.

J652.

Inattention to warnings.

Atlam 13 ff., 39 ff. =
Völs ch. 5, 35 (37);
HálfH XI 3 (FAS II 38-43).

J2051.

Wise man short-sightedly scorned for his advice.

cf. P251.4.
HálfH XI 3 (FAS II 38-43);
Þiðr II 282-84.

K776.

Capture by intoxication (or narcotic).

HálfH ch. XI-XIII;
GHrólf 270-71 ch. 13;
HaraldHr 267-68.

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.

K1514.

Adulteress gets rid of husband while she entertains lover.

HálfH VIII 4 (FAS II 34).

K1815.0.1.

Disguise with hood dropping low over the face.

cf. K1811.
ÓláfTr ch. 64 in Hkr I 377, by Odd ch. 17 (11);
ÓláfH in Flb II 134 (= FMS V 171);
Völs ch. 3, 45 (43) =
RagnarL ch. 1 (43), 19 (20);
HrómGr 367 ch. 2;
Friðþj XI (FAS II 90-94, 499-500);
ÖOdd 139 ff. (ch. XXXVI-XL; FAS II 540-51);
HálfdE VII 3;
GHrólf 292-94 ch. 20;
Þiðr II 94;
JarlmH 25-27 ch. 14;
Stark 78 ch. 23;
Gering I 205;
Saxo lib. III c. IV 1, lib. VI c. VI 3;
cf. the Odin-names Höttr and Siðhöttr:
 Heinzel 231/
 HálfH I 3/
 BuggeE 76;
MC 43.

K1921.3.

Queen changes her own ugly twins for slave's pretty son. Later recognizes the better character of the twins, and changes back again.

Ldb ch. 162/
cf. Skj I 5;
Sturl I 2;
HálfH ch. 17 (FAS II 59-60)/
cf. introd 36-67.

K2213.15.

Treacherous queen lures her husband into then and betrays him to hostile king. He is hung up between two fires, but his second wife cuts the strings so that he falls down and kills his enemy and takes his kingdom back.

HálfH VIII 4-9 (FAS II 34-35).

K2213.16.

Wife betrays husband in revenge for his once having taken a second wife.

HálfH VIII 4-9 (FAS II 34-35), cf. introd. 17-18.

M149.3.

Vow to kill more successful rival.

cf. H335.4.3;
T92.9.
HálfH XVI 1 (FAS II 51);
HringH 26 ch. 11 (cf. 32 ch. 14 ff.).

M161.3.

Vow to live and die with the king.

HrólfKr 106 ch. 34 (FAS I 108);
SörlaSt 447 ch. 23;
RémK 10, 37, 278-79, 282 ch. 3, 8, 56, 57;
Saxo lib. II c. VII 7, 28;
cf. HálfH ch. 17 st. 57 (FAS II 53).

M161.6.

Rather die in battle than in bed.

cf. P16.3.1.1.
JarlmH 21 ch. 12;
cf. HálfH XI 1 (FAS II 38);
MC 305 ff.

M301.15.

Mountain in human shape prophesies whole family's death.

HálfH VI 4, cf. VIII (FAS II 30, 33-35).

M340.

Unfavorable prophecies.

cf. M301.16.
shipwreck:
 Bisk I 774;
HálfH V 9 (FAS II 29);
threat that Mímir as dog is going to eat his brother's serpenthead:
 Þiðr I 314;
Attila is going to live on barley-bread and water:
 Þiðr II 369.

M340.2.

Forced prophecies are unfavorable.

HálfH VII 1-6;
Þiðr II 285;
Saxo lib. I c. VI 3.

M341.2.23.

Prophecy: death by hanging.

cf. N334.2.
HálfH I 6, VI 4 (FAS II 26, 30);
Álafl XI 5, VIII 5, XI 4.

N384.5.

Queen dies from fright for evil prophecy.

HálfH VI 5-6 (FAS II 30).

N511.1.1.

Treasure buried in graves (grave mounds).

cf. D838.5;
N571;
V67.1.
Flóam ch. 12;
Skjöld ch. 7;
GullÞ 9-12 ch. 3-4 =
HálfdE XXVI 14 (FAS III 558);
HálfH V 5 (FAS II 28);
ÖOdd 29-31 (ch. VII 7-10; FAS II 176 ff.);
HrómGr 367-68 ch. 3;
GHrólf 348 ch. 34;
Andr 79, 84;
Saxo lib. III c. III 7-8.

N531.

Treasure discovered through dream.

cf. J157.
Skarðsárbók, suppl. to Ldb. ed. Íslendinga sögur I 326, Origines Islandicae I 272 ff./
cf. HálfH 76 n.;
ÓláfH ch. 16 in FMS IV 27 =
Óláfs þáttr Geirstaðaálfs ch. 3 in FMS X 212-15;
DrJón 8-10 ch. 2-3.

N771.2.

Girls going in the wood for nuts have adventures.

HálfH XVI 3, XVII 3 (FAS II 51, 59);
are abducted:
 EgÁsm I 3 (FAS III 365).

N785.

Adventures from seeking water.

cf. H1138.
HálfH V 6 (FAS II 29);
ÞorstUxaf 257-58/
cf. Binns 1953 52;
SigrgFr 81 ch. 11.

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.

P251.6.4.

Eight brothers.

killed after quarrel with their father:
 HálfH XV 1-4 (FAS II 47-51).

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.

P271.6.

Foster-children return foster-father's love; avenge him, etc.

RagnarL ch. 1 ff.;
HálfH III 3-5 (FAS II 27);
SörlaSt 448-49 ch. 24;
Þiðr II 143-44.

P281.1.

Stepfather as foster-father.

cf. P271.4.
HálfH IX 2 (FAS II 35).

P411.3.

Wounded hero finds shelter and is cured in peasant's house.

cf. R169.14.
Fóstbr ch. 23;
Njála LXXXVII 33 ff.;
ÓláfH ch. 216 in FMS V 87;
HaraldH ch. 1 in Hkr III 75;
Hemings þáttr ch. 23 in Hb 347;
HrólfKr 3-8, 75 ch. 1-2, 26 ff. (FAS I ch. 1, 46);
HálfH XIV 3-4 (FAS II 46);
HálfdE XIV 1-2 (FAS III 538-39);
HálfdBr 564-67 ch. 3;
ÁnB 340, 356 ch. 4, 7;
HrómGr 376 ch. 8;
Helga þáttr ok Úlfs in Flb III 458;
Villif 60 ch. 27;
FlóresS XX 16.

Q113.1.

Appointment to earldom as reward for good advice.

HálfH I 4 (FAS II 25);
Gautr 49 ch. 11 (FAS III 53);
DrJón 21.

Q114.2.

Gifts as reward for gifts.

Gautr 37 ff., 62 ff. ch. 9-11, 3 (FAS III 39 ff.);
HálfH VII 6 (FAS II 33);
Auðunar þáttr in HaraldH in Flb III 410-15 (ch. 72 in FMS VI 297 ff.; FjÍsl 1 ff.).

Q414.5.

Punishment: king hung between two fires.

Grm 1-2/
cf. Krappe 1933 136-45;
HálfH VIII 5-7 (FAS II 34), introd. 18;
ÞjJón 27 (18) 60 (42) ch. 11, 26.

Q467.3.

Punishment: drowning in swamp.

HálfH VIII 9 89 (FAS II 35);
ÖOdd 174 (FAS II 283 ch. XLII 5).

Q491.

Indignity to corpse as punishment.

cf. Q421.1;
S139.2.
IngaK ch. 13 in FMS VII 227;
corpse in the gallows:
 HálfH VIII 7 (FAS II 34).

R153.3.

Father rescues son(s).

HálfH XIV 1-2 (FAS II 46);
HálfdBr 565 ch. 3;
FlóresS XXIII-IV.

R175.

Rescue at the stake.

Álafl XVII 10-21;
Bevers 240-41 ch. 20;
cf. HálfH VIII 6, introd. 18 (FAS II 34).

S32.

Cruel stepfather.

HálfH XI-XIII (FAS II 37-46).

S113.1.2.

Prisoners taken in war (enemy's messengers) hanged.

Skj I 139, 361, 461;
MagnúsB ch. 6 in Hkr III 241;
IngaK ch. 12 in Hkr III 367;
MagnúsB ch. 7 in FMS VII 14;
HaraldG ch. 9 in FMS VII 186;
IngaK ch. 13 in FMS VII 227;
MagnúsErl ch. 10 in FMS VII 301;
Suppl. to ÓláfH in FMS V 190;
Ys ch.23, 24;
HálfH VIII 7 (FAS II 34);
Yngv 10;
Þiðr I 27, II 80, 172;
SigrgFr 72 ch. 9;
Amb 20, 38-40, 162 ch. 5, 8, 33;
HringH 45 ch. 19;
Úlf 190, 222, 226;
Saxo lib. VIII c. X 9.

S165.

Mutilation: putting out eyes.

cf. Q451.7.
Skj I 340, 345, 442;
Hallfr 71;
ÓláfH ch. 75 in Hkr II 130, ch. 73 and 261 in FMS IV 151, V 151;
ÓláfTr ch. 172 in FMS II 62;
HaraldH ch. 14 in Hkr III 95;
MagnúsBl ch. 8 in Hkr III 327;
Sturl I 42, 485;
HaraldG ch. 9, 15 in FMS VII 185, 196;
Knytl ch. 100;
Orkn ch. 111;
HrólfKr 41 ch. 14 (FAS I 41);
RagnarS ch. 12 (11) (FAS I 271);
HálfH V 7-9 (FAS II 28-29);
HálfdE XVIII 4 (FAS III 547);
GHrólf 331 ch. 31;
HálfdBr 587 ch. 15;
EgÁsm XIII 4-7;
ÖOdd 42, 47, 129, 181 (ch. XI 7-9, XLIII 7);
Yngv 4;
Þiðr I 343, II 109;
cf. FlóresS XXIII 11;
HringH 15-16, 18-20 ch. 6, 9;
Amb# 154-56 ch. 30 (29).

S211.

Child sold (promised) to devil (Odin).

cf. HálfH I 3-7 (FAS II 26)/
ESveinsson 1929 xxxiii;
Herrm 428 n. /
Saxo lib. VI c. V 6-7.

S262.3.

Sacrificial victim chosen by lot.

cf. N126;
S264.1.
Jómsv ch. 44 (34);
Herv 42, 120-21 (FAS I 452);
HálfH XII (FAS II 38);
Gautr 28 ch. 7 (FAS III 31-32) =
Saxo lib. VI c. V 7/
Herrm 427/
MC 52;
Saxo lib. VIII c. XIV 5 =
Herrm 586.

S264.1.

Man thrown overboard to placate storm.

Flóam ch. 28;
HálfH XI 1 (FAS II 38);
cf. Ljósv ch. 18 (27).

T11.1.

Love from mere mention or description.

HálfH I 1-6 (FAS II 25);
Clári III;
SigrgV 132 ch. 7.

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.

T69.4.

Bashful suitor directs his wooing to an oak.

cf. H13;
K649.6.
HálfH XVI 1-5 (FAS II 57-58).

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.

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.

T145.3.

Competition in ale-brewing between king's two wives.

HálfH I 5 (FAS II 25-26)/
cf. H383.4.1.

T581.1.

Birth of child in forest.

HálfH II 2 (FAS II 26);
Þiðr I 300.

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.

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.

W33.

Heroism.

hero dies laughing:
 Akv 24/
 Atlam 65 >
 Völs ch. 39 (37)/
 HálfH XIII 2 st. 37 (FAS II 46)/
 Saxo lib. II c. VI 10;
smiles at lost foot:
 Sturl I 441/
 cf. Ranke 1951 286;
ÓláfH ch. 218 in FMS V 93, ch. 234 in Hkr II 504;
tears himself arrow or spear out of the heart
 HrómH 414 (FMS III 150; FjÍsl 171).

Z71.8.

Formulistic number: twelve.

cf. P251.6.7;
P475.1.
Fjölsv 34 (?);
SnE Prol. ch. 3 (4);
Gylf ch. 4 (3), 8 (15), 11 (20)/
MC 15, 322;
Ldb 35 n.;
Fær ch. 36;
Skjöld 8-9, 12;
Ys 2, 7, 11, 22;
ÓláfH ch. 94, 109, 118, 141 in Hkr II;
MagnúsG ch. 6, 28 in Hkr III;
Sturl I 4, 480, II 87, 153, 256;
Svarfd ch. 16, 26;
Herv 54-55, 129 (FAS I 463);
HrólfKr 40 ch. 14 (FAS I 40 ch. 20);
HálfH X 7 (FAS II 36);
Gautr 16-17 ch. 4 (FAS III 19-20);
EgÁsm X 18 (FAS III 387);
HálfdE XVI 9-10 (FAS III 543);
SörlaSt 411-12 ch. 2;
(y.) Bósa 87, 121 ch. 6, 14;
Finnb ch. 16-20;
Harð ch. 15, 20, 25, 27, 28;
Yngv 4;
Þiðr I 2-3, 231, 353, 356, II 1-37;
Sigþ 111 ch. 5;
JarlmH 11-12, 19-20, 25 ch. 7, 11, 14;
Amb 48 ch. 10;
SaulusN 28-31 ch. 14;
Villif 14-15, 23, 25, 26, 37, 59 ch. 6, 12, 13, 17, 27;
Þorgr 8 ch. 1;
Úlf 189 ff.;
HringH 45-46, 50-51 ch. 19, 21;
Dám 61 ch. 5;
Ector ch. 1, 9, 10;
RémK 7-11, 32, 35, 247-48, 335, 340 ch. 2-3, 8, 50, 65, 66;
Mars 5 ch. 2;
Saxo lib. VI c. II 2, lib. IX c. lV 14, XIV 9;
* etc.