Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: Hárb

Hárbarðsljóð, in Sophus Bugge's edition of Sæmundar Edda, https://archive.org/details/norrnfornkviisl00eddagoog , p. 97-104.

Works with this reference:

A164.6.

God as lover of giantess.

cf. A188;
cf. F531.6.1.1.
Billing's mær:
 cf. Háv st. 96-102;
Gunnlöð:
 cf. Háv st. 104-10/
Hárb 18;
Skáldsk ch. 6 (57);
Gylf ch. 23 (37)/
Skírn;
Thor and Odin:
 EgÁsm XII 5-6, XIII 10 (FAS III 390, 393).

A672.1.

Ferryman on river in lower world.

cf. E481.2.2;
cf. F90.
Odin:
Sinfj in BuggeE 202/
MC 45/
cf. Hárb.;
Guthmundus:
Saxo lib. VIII c. XIV 11, 19/
Herrm 597/
MC 321.

A763.

Stars from objects thrown into sky.

Sparks:
Gylf ch. 5 (8);
Giant's eyes:
Hárb 19/
Skáldsk ch. 4 (56);
Giant's toe:
Skáldsk ch. 26 (17)/
Skj I 4/
 cf. KrappeÉtudes 79;
MC 325-26, 328;
Vries 221-22.

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.

D1811.

Magic wisdom.

cf. D1610.5.
Vsp 1, 28;
Háv 104, 161;
Hárb 44;
Vegt;
Vafþr.

F531.1.2.5.

Giant with stone head (and heart).

Hárb 15 =
Skáldsk ch. 25 (17)/
MC 83, 279.

F531.3.2.

Giant (giantess) throws a great rock.

Hárb 29;
Grotta 12;
ÖOdd 40-45 (ch. XI 1-6, FAS II 181-84, 517);
ÚlfU ch. 3.

F531.5.2.

Man mistakes giant's glove for house.

Ls 60, 62;
Gylf ch. 27 (45);
cf. Hárb 26;
Vries 226.

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.

F531.6.2.3.

Giants (tröll) live in the east.

Vsp 40;
Hárb 1, 23, 29;
Hym 36;
Ls 60;
Skáldsk ch. 25 (17), 42 (33);
MC 81;
cf. in Sweden:
Ys ch. 1.

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.

G241.

Witch rides.

cf. A136.1;
E262;
F455.3.3.
Háv 155:
 »túnriður«;
Harb 20:
 »myrkriður«;
HHj 15/
Eyrb XVI 5-6:
 »kveldriða«;
Njála CXXV 7/
KetilH 131 ch. 5:
 »gandreið«;
cf. Vries 65;
Reuschel 109;
Dehmer 103;
Schlauch 13;
Trolldom 100 ff.;
MC 300.

H507.

Wit combat. Test in repartee.

Alv;
Hárb;
Gylf ch. 3 ff.;
MagnúsS ch. 21 in Hkr III 291 ff.;
ÖOdd 159-67 (ch. XL 10-20 st. 31-55, FAS II 271-30);
Saxo lib. I c. IV 3-10, lib. V c. III 2-5, 10, 16-18 =
Herrm 388 ff.;
Heinzel 192;
Reuschel 64.

H1021.1.

Task: making a rope of sand.

cf. Hárb 18;
Liungman 1955 18.

P252.3.

Seven sisters.

cf. Z71.5.
Hárb 18;
IllGr 656 ch. 5.

P552.3.2.

A wedge-shaped column in the form of a hog's snow.

Sögubr ch. 8 =
Saxo lib. I c. VIII 16, lib. VII c. X 6, lib. VIII c. IV 3, 8;
Konungs skuggsjá 153;
cf. Herrm 103, 524 ff.;
Fritzner I 714:
 »harnall«;
Fritzner III 624:
 »svínfylkja«;
Harbitz 1939 139-55.