Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: HálfdE

Hálfdanar saga Eysteinssonar, ed. F. R. Schröder in Altnordische Sagabibliothek XV 1917 (Fornaldar sögur Norðrlanda III p. 519-58 (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«.

A672.

Stygian river. River in lower world.

cf. E481.2.1;
cf. F141.
Gylf ch. 34 (49);
Saxo lib. I c. VIII 14/
Herrm 102;
Saussaye 350;
Vries 394;
MC 330.
cf. ad HálfdE XVIII 7 (ASB XV 33).

B11.1.3.

Dragon from transformed man lying on his treasures.

cf. B11.6.2.
Fáfnir:
Nornag 57 ch. 4 (Flb I 350, FAS I 322)/
Völs ch. 14;
GullÞ ch. 3, 20;
HálfdE XXVI 12;
Yngv 14 ch. 7.
cf. Gautr 45, 67 ch. 11 (FAS III 49).

B11.3.1.2.

Dragon's home beneath waterfall.

cf. F426.
HálfdE XXVI 12;
GullÞ ch. 4;
cf. ESveinsson 1929.

B11.4.1.

Flying dragon, »flugdreki«.

cf. B11.6.8.
Níðhöggr:
 Vsp 66 (62, 59)/
 MC 319, 345/
 cf. A671.2.5/
 cf. A878.3.1;
BjörnHít ch. 5 (Bœrs ed. 12);
(y.) Bósa 58-59 ch. 14-15 (FAS III 230-31);
Ector ch. 10;
FlóresS XIX 6-7 and XX 7;
GHrólf 339, 342 ch. 33;
GullÞ ch. 3, 20;
HálfdE XX 8-9, XXVI 12 (FAS III 550, 558);
KetilH 111 ch. 1;
Konr 63-64 ch. 6-7;
Njála CXIX 46;
Sigþ ch. 13 and 16-17;
Vald 74 ch. 3;
VilhSj 26 ch. 13;
Yngv 14, 41-43;
Þiðr I 196, 334, II 359 ff.;
cf. Saxo lib. VIII c. XV 9/
Herrm 602.

B11.6.2.

Dragon guards treasure.

Blómst 42 ch. 25;
Ector ch. 8;
Fáfn/
Gríp 13/
Skáldsk ch. 48 (39)/
Völs ch. 14, 18;
GullÞ ch. 3;
HálfdE XXVI 12;
Nornag 57 ch. 4;
RagnarL ch. 2 (1) (FAS I 238);
Saxo lib. II c. I 2-3.
SigrgFr 89 ch. 13;
Sigþ 146 ch. 17;
Skj I 487;
VilhSj 27 ch. 13;
Yngv 21-23;
Þorsteins þáttr forvitna in Flb III 432 (FjÍsl 416);
cf. Strömbäck 1955 95-101.

B16.1.4.1.

Giant (hero) devastating boar.

ÓláfH in FMS V 162;
Þiðr I 339-40, II 265-66;
HrólfKr 86 ch. 28 (FAS I 88), 103 ch. 33 (FAS I 105);
HálfdE XVII 8-10 (FAS III 545);
Vilm ch. 7, 18;
Bevers 215-16 ch. 6.

B151.1.6.

Dog indicates road to be taken.

HálfdE XVI 14 ff.;
(y.) Bósa 110-11 ch. 11;
BárðSn ch. 21;
Rittershaus 1902 158.

B153.1.

Dog indicates other hidden objects.

boat:
HálfdE XVIII 7 (FAS III 547).

B268.2.1.

War-dogs.

cf. B17.1.2.
HrólfKr 86 ch. 28 (FAS I 87-88);
HálfdE XVI 10 - XX 6;
(y.) Bósa 129-30 ch. 16;
BárðSn ch. 13;
Þiðr I 268-69;
ViktorBl/
cf. Jiriczek's intr. to Bósa lxvi;
Saxo lib. VI c. II 1-10.

B315.

Animal helpful after being conquered.

HálfdE XVIII 5/
cf. Schröder's introd. 34-35/
Kölbing's note to Íven X 30;
ÁsmFl 173.

B575.1.

Wild animals kept as dogs.

cf. A165.2.1.1.1;
F531.4.11.2.
boat:
 HálfdE ch. 16-17 (FAS III 542-47);
cf. Vilm ch. 7, 18.

C436.

Tabu: disclosing own identity. A supernatural person must not tell who he is.

VilhSj 12 ch. 6.
Nor do the heroes of the Fornaldarsagas like to tell their name e.g.:
ÖOdd 18, 159 (ch. XL 9);
GHrólf 269-71 ch. 12-13;
HálfdE XIII 3 (FAS III 537);
(y.) Bósa 88 ch. 6;
Þiðr I 316-17, II 4-11, 347-51.
* cf. Wolff 1941;
Meier 1934 1 ff.;
Vald 56 ch. 1;
cf. Fáfn in BuggeE 219/
Trolldom 145;
Vries 48;
Kersbergen 144.

D127.3.

Transformation: man to whale (»hvalr«, »hrosshvalr«).

cf. F531.1.8.8.
ÓláfH ch. 33 in Hkr I 316/
Knytl ch. 3;
HálfdE ch. XX 3-4 (FAS III 549);
GHrólf 318 ch. 28;
Sigþ ch. 25;
Fertram ch. 12.
cf. StrömbäckSejd 95.

D199.2.1.

Magician fights as dragon.

cf. D659.2.
Bósa 58, 91 ch. 14-15, 6 (FAS III 230)/
Bósa introd. lxvi: ViktorBl;
HálfdE XX 8-9 (FAS III 550);
SturlSt 613 ch. 12;
GHrólf 342 ch. 33;
SörlaSt 424 ch. 8;
Mágus 147 ch. 62;
Bæring 108, 118-19 ch. 22, 31;
Dínus 76-77;
Huld no. 4.

D630.

Transformation and disenchantment at will.

cf. D113.1;
D128;
* and, in general, references throughout D610-629, D640-659, D670-699;
F451.3.3.0.1.
Nearly all of those motifs involve the idea of voluntary transformation. In Old Icelandic the idea of people possessing a power like this is often expressed through the words »hamramr« »eigi einhamr«, »hamhleypa«, »fara hamfari«.
Eyrb ch. LXI 5;
Eg I 8, III 18-20, XXVII 6, LIX 52, LXXII 11;
GullÞ ch. 14, 18;
ÁnB ch. 29;
Hávarð ch. 1;
Sturl I 5;
Ys ch. 6-1 (Odin);
Hóam ch. 16;
Völs ch. 9;
Bósa 25, 84 ch. 8, 6 (FAS III 210);
ÞorstVík 390, 395 ch. 3, 5;
GHrólf 241 ch. 2;
SörlaSt 426 ch. 10;
HálfdBr 573 n. ch. 6;
BárðSn 11, 14, 18 ch. 5, 8, 9;
OrmSt 521, 522, 524;
ÞórðarH 95 ch. 3;
HálfdE ch. 8;
Sigþ ch. 25;
SkáldH 18 ch. 6;
Vald 63 ch. 1;
Mágus ch. 61.
cf. StrömbäckSejd 21 (ad Ls 24), 160 ff. ch. IV »Sejd och hamskifte«;
Reuschel 114;
Schlauch 124;
MC 46;
Saussaye 298f.

D659.2.

Transformation to animals to fight.

cf. D651;
G211.9;
G225.5.
HálfdE XX 3-4, 8-9 (FAS III 549-50);
SturlSt 613 ch. 12;
Fertram ch. 12;
all the references to D112.1 *;
D113.2;
D114.3.2;
D127.5;
D133.2;
D141;
D152.3;
D191;
D199.2.1.

D817.

Magic object received from grateful person.

Nornag ch. 2 in Flb I 347 (FAS I 316);
HálfdE XVI 12 (FAS III 543);
GHrólf 277 ch. 15;
Amb ch. 23;
HringH ch. 2-3;
Sigþ ch. 21;
Saxo lib. II c. IV 2.

D1364.29.

Touch of (magic?) glove and ring causes sleep.

HálfdE VIII 14 (FAS III 531)/
cf. Schröder's introduction 26-27.

D1381.6.

Stone necklace protects from attack.

Heiðarvíga ch. 23, 30;
HálfdE XVI 13, XVII 2, XX 5 (FAS III 543-44, 549) cf. 120-21;
Villif 22 ch. 12.

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.

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.

D1711.10.1.

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

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

D2086.3.

Weapons magically blown out of enemies' handy.

HálfdE ch. 5 (FAS III 549);
(y.) Bósa 98 ch. 8;
HrómGr 375 ch. 7;
GHrólf 244 ch. 3;
Úlf 223.

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.

E431.9.

Ashes of dead thrown on water to prevent return.

cf. E431.13.
Eyrb LXIII 6;
Laxd XXIV 29;
HálfdE 13 ch. 8;
JónL 10/
cf. Jiriczek 1894 17.

E431.9.2.

Corpses thrown in water to prevent return.

HálfdBr 575 ch. 7;
(in order) that they may not hurt through »fjölkyngi«:
 ÖOdd 34-35 (FAS II 178, 514, ch. VIII 6);
Vilm 176 ch. 16;
HálfdE XVIII 4 (FAS III 547).

E431.13.

Corpse burned to prevent return.

cf. E431.9;
E446.2;
G275.3.
EríkR 216 ch. 6;
ÖOdd 130 (FAS II 246);
HálfdE XVII 5, 11 (FAS III 545, 546);
ÞorstVík 403 ch. 8;
Álafl XVI 4;
Sigþ 251 ch. 53;
ÞorstUxaf 260 (FMS III 129);
ÁsmFl 173;
ÚlfU ch. 4;
KáraK 12, 36, 66 ch. 5, 32;
Stark 21 ch. 6;
Bragð 49 ch. 2;
Andr 56, 69.

E446.3.

Ghost laid by decapitating body.

cf. E431.7.2.
Flóam ch. 13;
ÓláfH ch. 16 in FMS IV 31 =
Óláfs þáttr Geixstaðaálfs ch. 4 in FMS X 211;
EgÁsm VII 14 (FAS III 378);
HálfdE XVII 11 (FAS III 546);
HrómGr 371 ch. 4;
Saxo lib. I c.VII 3, lib. V c. XI 4 =
Herrm 109, 368.

E461.

Fight of revenant with living person.

Laxd ch. 17, 24;
Eyrb ch. 53;
Grett ch. 35;
Flóam ch. 13;
Skjöld ch. 7;
HálfdE XVII 5 (FAS III 544-45);
Huld no. 23;
in church where the living person thought to be safe from pursuing ghost, but ghost inside opens the church-door to the pursuer:
 Gering I 236-39;
Dehmer 39;
Vries 29;
Ranke 1951 147 n.
cf. Freyr and Gunnarr helmingr:
 ÓláfTr ch. 174 in Flb I 338 (FMS II 75).

F143.

Wood at borders of otherworld.

between Denmark and Húnaland:
 Þiðr II 92;
between Svíþjóð en mikla and giants' land:
 Álafl XVII 3.
cf. HálfdE XVI 8-XVIII 7 (FAS III 542-47).

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).

F531.3.8.3.

Homecoming giant heard far away.

BárðSn 32 ch. 15;
HálfdE XVII 7 (FAS III 545);
Álafl V 10-11;
Þorgr 24 ch. 5;
Blómst 38 ch. 24;
Bragð 48 ch. 2;
cf. Hym 10.

F531.3.13.1.

Giant carries prodigious hunting prey (bear, whales).

HálfdE ch. XVII 15 (FAS III 546);
ÞorstVík 425 ch. 15;
ÁsmFl 172;
Stark 20 ch. 6;
Fertram ch. 10.
cf. Boberg 1945 4 ad DgF 18.

F531.6.1.1.

Sons of God and daughters of men.

cf. A112.4.
cf. Svaði son of Ása-Þórr:
 HálfdE ch. 26 (FAS III 556).

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.

F531.6.16.2.

Giant's animals help him in fight.

cf. B571.3.
dog and wild boar:
 HálfdE XVII 1-XVIII 7 (FAS III 544-47);
dog:
 ÁsmFl 174-76;
 ÞorstVík 423 ch. 15;
cf. pigs:
 Blómst 38 ch. 24.

F610.3.

Warrior of special strength (berserk).

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

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.

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.

F661.

Skillful marksman.

cf. D2091.14;
H31.8;
H331.4;
H1592.
ÓláfH ch. 21 in Hkr II 28;
ÓláfTr ch. 251 in FMS II 320-21, by Odd ch. 72-73 (60-61) =
Saxo lib. X c. XII 4;
ÁnB 357 ch. 7, etc.;
ÖOdd 148-51 (ch. XXXVIII, FAS II 266-67);
HálfdE VII 8-9 (FAS III 529);
Amb 154 ch. 30 (29);
cf. Weinhold 301.

F833.3.1.

Sword as mirror.

HálfdE XVI 12 (FAS III 543).

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.

F833.6.

Sword with poisoned edge.

Skálda in Hb 453;
ÖOdd 102 st. 17 (ch. XXX 5, FAS II 217);
HálfdE XVI 12 (FAS III 543);
SturlSt 608-09, 614-15 ch. 10, 13;
ÞórðarH 95-96 ch. 3-4;
Amb 146 ch. 28 (27);
Bæring 111 ch. 24;
Sigþ 139 ch. 16.

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.

F931.5.

Extraordinary ship-wrecking in calm weather.

Gautr 12-13 ch. 3 (FAS III 16);
FlóresS ch. 9;
perhaps HálfdE XX 10 (FAS III 550);
Þiðr II 163.

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).

G249.4.

Witch (ogre) returns late home and leaves early.

Álafl V 10-11;
HálfdE XVII-XVIII 7.

G316.

Giant robber with club (dog).

cf. F531.4.5.3.
Vatnsd III ff., XLI ff.;
ÞorstVík 423 ch. 15;
HálfdE XVI 8-XVIII 7;
Álafl XVII 3-5;
HringH 6-9 ch. 2-3;
VestfjGr 168-70.

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).

H114.

Identification by glove.

HálfdE XIX 5 (FAS III 548).

H322.4.

Suitor test: bringing maiden's lost shoe.

cf. H36.1.
Vilm ch. 8, 23/
cf. HálfdE introd. 84.

H335.4.

Suitor task: to defeat enemies.

cf. T104.
Herv 41, 120 (FAS I 451);
ÖOdd 172 ff. (ch. XLI ff., FAS II 282-93, 553-56);
cf. HálfdE IV 1-2, V 2 (FAS III 523);
cf. Álafl ch. VI-VIII.

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.

H1385.3.

Quest for vanished wife (mistress).

Vkv;
HálfdE VIII 10-15, X, XIV (FAS III 531 ff.);
FlóresB ch. X ff.;
JarlmH 28-44 ch. 15-24.

K521.4.3.

Escape in humble disguise.

cf. K1815.
HálfdE V 14, XXIV 1 (FAS III 525, 554);
Bevers 212-14 ch. 4;
Amb 80-90 ch. 14.

K527.

Escape by substituting another person.

GíslaS ch. 20, 26 (XIX 26-31, XXV 4);
ÓláfTr ch. 44 in FMS I 72;
Vígl 58-59 ch. 1;
Ögmundar þáttr dytts ok Gunnars h. in Flb I 335-36 (FMS II 70-72, FjÍsl 517-24);
HálfdE ch. V (FAS III 524);
Völs ch. 7 (FAS I 128);
Vilm ch. 5.;
ÁsmS 6;
Nitida 15-18 ch. 3.

K912.1.

Giant's (giantess's) head cut of as he (she) looks out.

HálfdE XVII 2-4 (FAS III 544);
KetilH 115 ch. 2;
VilhSj 123 ch. 57;
cf. ÁsmFl 172-73;
Grœnl 266 ch. 8.

K913.1.

Disguised shipwrecked admitted to the king's house kill him at Yule feast in revenge for murder.

cf. K1831.1.
GHrólf 262-65 ch. 9;
HálfdE VII-VIII, XIII (FAS III 528-31, 536-38), introd. 23-24;
Vígl 83 ch. 20.

K959.2.

Murder in one's sleep.

Skáldsk ch. 50, 51 (41, 42);
GíslaS ch. 16;
Dropl ch. 13/
cf. LiestølUpph 151-52;
Herv 140 ch. 16 (FAS I 488);
Völs ch. 32 (30), 45 (43) =
RagnarL 113-14 ch. 1;
HálfdE VIII-IX (FAS III 531);
ÖOdd 127 (FAS II 242);
Úlfh ch. 1;
Vilm ch. 5;
Stark 7 ch. 3.

K1223.5.

King's daughter (maiden queen) deceives king (lover) by substituting her maid.

HálfdE V 5 (FAS III 524);
Vilm ch. 5 ff.;
Fastus 15 ch. 6;
Nitida 15-18 ch. 3;
Tristrams saga.

K1772.

Pretended anger.

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

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.

K1837.4.

Girl in man's clothes avenges her father.

HálfdE VIII 11-14 (FAS III 530-31).

K1845.

Substitute in battle.

HálfdE V 1-20 (FAS III 523-26);
GHrólf 286-88 ch. l8;
VilhSj 98-117 ch. 43-54.

L131.

Hearth abode of unpromising hero.

Ldb 128 n.;
Kjaln ch. 7;
Svarfd ch. 1;
Gautr 15, 26-27, 37, 60-61, 62 ch. 4, 6, 3, 9 (FAS III 18, 30, 41);
ÁnB 327 ch. 1;
KetilH 109 ff. ch. 1-2;
Amb 72-74 ch. 13;
Þiðr I 210;
Kóngab 2-3;
Vígk ch. 2;
ÁsmFl 171;
KáraK 6 ch. 3-4;
Stark 8 ch. 3;
Mágus 143 ch. 60;
cf. Schröder's introd. to HálfdE 82-83;
ESveinsson 1929 xlii.

M121.

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

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

M146.

Vow to marry a certain woman.

HHj 171, 176;
Ldb ch. 6 (= ÓláfTr ch. 116 in FMS I 237);
Flóam ch. 2;
Svarfd ch. 19;
Herv 5, 94 (FAS I 417-18, 515-16);
Völs ch. 25 (24);
HálfdE VIII 10-15 (FAS III 530-31);
KetilH 125 ch. 4;
Friðþj V 8;
Þiðr II 38-39;
ÞjJón 12 ch. 3;
Gibbon 25-26 ch. 6;
Mágus 156 ch. 66.

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.

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.

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.

N101.

Inexorable fate.

Skj I 90;
Völs ch. 32 (30), 35 (33), 37 (35);
HrólfKr 105 ch. 33 (FAS I 107);
ÖOdd 192-95 (ch. XLVI);
HálfdE XXIV 3 (FAS III 554);
Þiðr II 252, 254;
Amb ch. 2;
Vries 166;
Schlauch 88;
Wirth 1940.

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.

N513.1.

Man jumps into the sea, river or waterfall with his treasure (chests).

cf. R216.1.
Vatnsd XXVIII 1-13;
GullÞ ch. 20;
HálfdE XXVI 10-12 (FAS III 557-58)/
cf. introd. 48-52;
Búi:
 OddÓláfTr ch. 18 (12)/
 ÓláfTr ch. 41 in Hkr I 333, ch. 90 in FMS I 178/
 Jómsv ch. 46 (34)/
 Fær ch. 26/
 Skj I 538, II 8;
 cf. Malone 1942/
 Árnason I 148;
 Strömbäck 1955, 95-101.

N538.2.

Treasure from defeated giant (or giant's wife).

cf. F531.6.7.
Grett LXVI 1-11;
HálfdE XXI 5;
SörlaSt 415-17 ch. 4;
Sigþ 140, 250-51 ch. 16, 53;
Þiðr I 364-70;
HringH 54-56 ch. 22.

N733.1.

Brothers unwittingly fight each other.

HálfdE 107 ff.;
Schlauch 116.

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.

P17.11.

Slayer of king marries widow (or daughter) and inherits kingdom.

cf. T141.1.
Bósa 61 ch. 16 (FAS III 232);
HálfdE III 1-6 (FAS III 522);
Amb 42 ch. 9;
Saxo lib. III c.VI 5/
cf. lib. IV c. I 16, c. II 4/
lib. VII c. IX 5/
Herrm 248 ff.

P23.2.

Queen persuades husband to claim her father's kingdom after his death.

HálfdE XI 2-5 (FAS III 533).

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.

P27.2.

King mourns so much at wife's death that he goes on piracy (every summer afterward).

RagnarL ch. 4 (3) (FAS I 242-43);
HálfdE I 5 (FAS III 520), cf. 92 n.

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.

P251.6.1.

Three brothers.

cf. Z71.1.
Hallsteinn, Hersteinn, Hólmsteinn:
 Flóam ch. 1;
Svipdagr, Beigaðr, Hvítserkr:
 HrólfKr 35, 54 ch. 14. 20_(FAS I 35, 54-55);
Úlfkell, Úlfarr, Úlfr:
 HálfdE I 6 (FAS III 520);
giants:
 ÖOdd 121-24 (FAS II 232-38);
Herþjófr, Geirþjófr, Friðþjófr:
 Gautr 11 ch. 3 (FAS III 14 ff.);
Herþegn, Herburt, Tistram:
 Þiðr II 43-47;
Felix, Fenix, Ajax:
 FlóresS 132-33 ch. VI;
Grep:
 Saxo lib. V c. I 3.

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.

P311.

Sworn brethren.

Eg XXV 25;
Flóam ch. 2;
GullÞ ch. 2;
Völs ch. 28 (26);
HálfdE XXI 2 (FAS III 551);
(y.) ÖOdd 125-28 (FAS II 240-44);
ÞorstVík 395 ch. 5;
SturlSt 594, 606 ch. 1, 9;
IllGr 660 ch. 6;
Álafl XVI 5-21;
Þiðr I 143-44, II 39-41;
VilhSj 94 ch. 40;
Sigþ 164 ch. 23;
ViktorBl ch. 3;
SaulusN ch. 11;
Kóngab 35;
Þorgr 10, 24, 34 ch. 2, 4, 5;
Hell 8 ch. 5;
HéðinH 19 ch. 10.

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.

P320.1.

Hospitality for a whole winter (by king or nobleman usual in old Scandinavia).

cf. H1219.7;
P337.
OrmSt in Flb I 531 (FMS III 219, FjÍsl 219-20);
Tóka 135-37 (FMS V 299-302);
Sneglu in Flb III 416-17 (FMS VI 361, FjÍsl 281);
Finnb ch. 19;
HrólfKr 43-44 ch. 15 (FAS I 44);
GHrólf 262-65, 321 ch. 9, 29;
HálfdE VII-VIII (FAS III 528-31);
EgÁsm II 7-9 (FAS III 367);
Yngv 15-16, 17-18;
ÁsmS 11-12;
ÞjJón ch. 2;
Kóngab 22-23;
HéðinH 10 ch. 5;
Þorgr ch. 2;
Gibbon 33 ch. 7;
RémK 53 ch. 14.

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.

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.

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).

Q111.3.

Riches as reward for help against robbers.

HálfdE XVI 15 (FAS III 544).

Q411.6.

Death as punishment for murder.

HálfdE VIII-IX (FAS III 528-32);
Þiðr II 369-74.

R54.

Hero locked up while his father is murdered.

HálfdE IX 1-2 (FAS III 531-32).

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.

R74.2.

Defeated enemy's son turns conqueror's man.

Eg VIII 2;
HálfdE XXII (2-) 3 (FAS III 552);
cf. Neckel 1917 423.

R75.2.1.

Warriors fiee after their chief's death.

GHrólf 245, 288, 343, 356 ch. 3, 18, 33, 36;
SörlaSt 431, 446 ch. 12, 20;
(y.) Bósa 123 ch. 15;
HálfdE V 12, XX 10, XXVI 9 (FAS 111 525, 550, 557);
ÁsmVík 26 ch. 14;
Þiðr II 182, 215;
Villif (31) 34, 88 ch. 15, 41;
Úlf 158, 173;
Amb 38 ch. 8;
SaulusN 45 ch. 17;
RémK 112, 292 ch. 21, 58;
cf. stop fighting:
 HaraldHr 268.

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.

R154.3.

Daughter rescuea father.

cf. foster-father:
 HálfdE V 15 (FAS III 525).

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.

R220.

Nights.

cf. K636;
P231.8.
HálfdE XXI 3 (FAS III 551):
 »ekki mun þat duga, renna ok aptr at sjáu.«

R242.

Flight carrying friend (girl) on back.

Jómsv ch. 12;
HálfdE ch. V 13 (FAS III 525);
JarlmH 41 ch. 23;
Kóngab 12-13.

S73.1.

Fratricide.

cf. K867.1;
N733.2;
P251.4.1;
Q211.9.
HHu I 36, 41;
Vsp 45;
Vsp 32/
Vegt =
Gylf ch. 33 (49);
Saxo lib. III c. I-IV =
Herrm 201 ff./
MC 129;
Baldr-Höðr:
 Vries 234/
 cf. K863;
Suppl. to ÓláfH in FMS V 224;
Sigurðr-Haraldr:
 MagnúsS ch. 16 in Hkr III 345;
Heiðrekr-Angantýr:
 Herv 34-36, 115-17 (FAS I 448; Skj I 276);
Hrœrekr-Helgi:
 Sögubr 8 ch. 2 (FAS I 369);
Úlfkell-Úlfarr
 HálfdE XI 6-8 (FAS III 534);
ÖOdd 120-37 (ch. XXXIV-V; FAS II 539-40): Vilhjálmr-Knútr;
Bruni-Gusi:
 KetilH 122 ch. 3;
Tistram-Herþegn:
 Þiðr II 43-47;
Eirekr-Alrekr:
 Gautr 33-34 ch. 7 (FAS III 37-38) =
 Saxo lib. V c. X 1-2;
 HálfdB 10 ch. 6.

S111.8.

Murder by feeding poisonous snake.

cf. murder by worm running down intestines and tearing out heart:
 HálfdE XX 4 (FAS III 549);
ÓláfTr ch. 80 in Hkr I 400, ch. 211 in FMS III 79 (Flb I 395), by Odd ch. 56 (43).

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.

S161.1.

Mutilation: cutting off fingers.

Sturl I 29;
HálfdE XVIII 1 (FAS III 546);
EgÁsm XIII 7 (FAS III 393);
Gering I 44.

S162.3.

Mutilation: cutting off toes.

HálfdE XIII 6-7 (FAS III 537);
SamsF ch. 12.

S164.

Mutilation: knocking out teeth.

Nornag 66 ch. 5 (FAS I 330-31; Flb I 354);
SturlSt 631 ch. 19;
HálfdE V 10-12, XVIII 2-3 (FAS III 525, 546-47);
Bósa 48, 58 ch. 13, 14 (FAS III 230);
Friðþj IX 7;
ÞorstB ch. 6, 9 in FMS III 186, 192;
Þiðr II 380;
FlóresS XVIII 4.

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).

S166.4.

Mutilation: cheeks cut off.

cf. S166.1;
S166.2.
Sturl I 483;
SörlaSt 418 ch. 5;
HálfdE XX 8 (FAS III 550);
EgÁsm XIII 5 (FAS III 392);
Andr 63.

S166.5.

Mutilation: chin (and lips) cut off.

cf. S166.2.
Sturl I 483;
GullÞ ch. 17;
HálfdE V 10-12 (FAS III 525);
Bósa 57 ch. 14 (FAS III 230);
Vilm 174 ch. 15.

S168.

Mutilation: tearing off ears.

cf. Q451.6.
Sverr in Flb II 576;
GullÞ ch. 17;
HálfdE V 10 (FAS III 525);
SörlaSt 423 n., 423-24 ch. 8;
HálfdBr 587 ch. 15;
Bósa 57, 90 ch. 14, 6 (FAS III 229);
EgÁsm VII 13, X 13, XIII 4 (FAS 378, 386, 392);
Karla# 443.

S172.

Mutilation: nose cut off or crushed.

cf. Q451.5.
HálfdBr 587 ch. 15;
HálfdE XVII 11 (FAS III 546);
EgÁsm XIII 6, XVI 3 (FAS III 392-93, 400-01);
ÞorstB ch. 6, 9 in FMS III 186, 192;
BárðSn 27 ch. 13;
Vilm 174 ch. 15;
SamsF ch. 12;
Karla 443.

S173.

Mutilation: breaking (two, three) ribs.

cf. F624.3.1.
Bisk II 118;
SörlaSt 424 ch. 8;
HálfdE XII 12 (FAS III 536);
EgÁsm XII 10 (FAS III 391);
Þiðr I 362;
OrmSt 521 (FMS III 206);
FlóresS XV 2;
Bæring 89, 96 ch. 5, 14.

T15.

Love at first sight.

Skírn 90;
HálfdBr 585 ch. 14;
HálfdE VIII 14 (FAS III 531);
Þiðr II 52-60, 106;
Vígl 53 ch. 4;
FlóresS IV 5-8, XI 3-6;
HaraldHr 265 ff.;
NikL 31 ch. 10;
Gibbon 25 ch. 6;
Mágus 172 ch. 77.

T55.

Girl as wooer.

cf. H311.
HálfdE XX 12 (FAS III 551);
Yngv 15-16 (cf. 29-30, 43-46);
Bæring 97-106, 109-10, 114-15 ch. 14-19, 23, 28.

T68.

Princess offered as prize.

cf. H331;
Q112.0.4.
EgÁsm II 5 (FAS III 360; HálfdE IV 1-2, V 2 (FAS III 523);
GHrólf 267-68, 274 ch. 11, 15;
Íven XIII 11.

T104.

Foreign king wages war to enforce demand for princess in marriage.

cf. H335.4.
HálfdE XV 7-11 (FAS III 540-41);
Þorgr 6-9, 17-22 ch. 1, 4, 5;
Nitida 33-34 ch. 5;
Vígk II 1 ff. ch. 4.

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.

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.

T135.6.

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.

T136.4.2.

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.

T151.3.

Other respites from unwelcome marriage.

cf. K1771.6;
T165.
till child is born:
 HrólfKr 26-27 ch. 8 (FAS I ch. 11);
importunate lever cursed to restlessness till girl herself gives him her hand together with the ring and gloves which he robbed (cf. M455.1):
 HálfdE VIII 11-14 (FAS III 531).

V61.8.2.

Person still alive goes into his grave-mound.

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

V68.

Preparations for burial.

Vatnsd XI 2;
Völs ch. 22 (21), 40 (38)/
cf. Atlam 103;
HálfdE V 20 (FAS III 526);
EgÁsm VII 11 (FAS III 378);
Yngv 28-30;
Þiðr II 257-58, 268;
cf. Kålund 1870 367 ff.;
Lagerholm 33.

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.

Z71.1.

Formulistic number: three.

cf. A651.1.1;
P251.6.1.
Vsp 21;
Rþ 141;
Vkv;
SnE Prol. ch. 4 (10);
Gylf ch. 8 (15), 11 (20, 23);
Skáldsk ch. 55 (44);
Skjöld ch. 12;
Ys ch. 14;
Óláfs þáttr Geirstaðaálfs ch. 3 in FMS X 213;
Þiðr II 29-36;
ÖOdd 86-87 (ch. XXV 6, FAS II 205, 533);
HálfdE ch. XVI, cf. introd. § 36;
GHrólf 318 ch. 28;
Gautr 40 ff. ch. 9-11 (FAS III 44-49;
cf. Berge 1930 121;
Harð ch. 3, 15;
SigrgFr 45 ch. 2;
Villif 29 ch. 14;
Saxo lib. VIII c. XIV 17;
cf. Bock 1921 263 ff.;
Bock 1922 51 ff.;
* etc;
LiestølUpph 74-78;
Koht 1931 73, 122.

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.

Z212.

Heroes descended from gods.

cf. A180.
Skáldsk ch. 53 (43), 81 (64);
Völs ch. 1;
RagnarL ch. 9 (8) st. 6 (FAS I 258; Skj II A234, B253);
HálfdB 5 ch. 4;
HálfdE I 1 (FAS III 519);
Saxo lib. III c. IV 1, lib. IV c. VIII 1.