Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: Korm

Kormáks saga, ed. Einar Ól. Sveinsson in Íslenzk fornrit VIII 1939 and Th. Möbius, Halle a. S. 1886 (same division into 21 Chapters).

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Dl500.1.2.

Sacred healing stone.

cf. D1503.14.1;
E64.15.
Korm ch. 9;
Sigþ ch. 15 (ZDPh XXVI 23);
Heimslýsing in Hb 228;
Vries 47;
Grundtvig 1878 154:
 »lífsteinn«.

F833.

Extraordinary sword.

cf. D838.5;
D1081;
D1402.7;
D1645.4;
F948.4;
F997.
Eg ch. 61;
Reykd ch. 19;
Völs ch. 3, 8;
Álafl XVI 22;
(y.) Bósa 111 ch. 11;
the sun must not shine on the hill of Sköfnungr, nor must women look at it drawn:
ÞórðarH 62-63 (cf. 102 ch. 8);
D1653.1.1.1;
Þiðr I 35-36, 40, 97-102, 179-80, 222, 314-15, 345, 355, II 278, 294;
RémK 30-31 ch. 8;
Korm ch. 9;
Fastus 7 ch. 2;
Andr 40;
Løvi:
Saxo lib. II c. VI 11.

G252.1.

Witch killed as whale. She herself is sitting at home.

cf. F420.1.1.3.
Friðþj ch. 5-6;
Korm ch. 18.

H62.1.1.

Person transformed to animal recognized by his eyes.

Skáldsk ch. 27 (18);
Eyrb XVIII 9;
Laxd ch. 18;
Korm ch. 18;
HrólfKr 50 ch. 20;
KetilH 116-17 ch. 3;
Álafl X 2.

H1561.2.1.

Holmgang. Single combat on an island.

cf. F610.3.4.2;
H218.
Eyrb ch. 8;
BjörnHít ch. 4;
Ljósv ch. 16-17;
Korm ch. 10 =
Skj I 75-83;
Ldb ch. 51, 54, 136;
Svarfd ch. 9;
ÓláfTr ch. 264 in FMS III 20 ff., by Odd ch. 17 (11);
Herv 2, 5-14, 90, 94-101 (FAS I 412, 417-29);
ÁsmK 95-98, 99 st. 7 (FAS II 479-84, 487);
ÖOdd 100 (ch. XXIX 14; FAS II 215);
KetilH 125 ff. ch. 4, 5;
ÞorstVík 388 ff., 444 ch. 3-4, 21;
SturlSt 598-610, 612-14 ch. 6-10, 12-13;
Vígl 55 ch. 5;
Þiðr II 378;
HéðinH 6-7 ch. 3;
RémK 38-41 ch. 9;
Bæring 118-19 ch. 31;
Andr 34-39;
Saxo lib. I c. III 1, c. VIII 22, lib. III c. V 2-6, lib. IV c. IV 8-11;
cf. Heinzel 44;
Jones 1932 203-24;
Reuschel 78, 80;
Schlauch 40.

K636.

Holes bored in enemies' boats prevent pursuit.

Laxd ch. XXX;
Korm 229 ch. 8;
ÓláfH ch. 108 in FMS IV 248, ch. 113 in Hkr II;
Fær ch. 56;
Bósa 47 ch. 12 (FAS III 223);
Friðþj IX 4, X 2 (FAS II 85, 88, 497, 498);
ÁnB 355 ch. 7;
JarlmH 40, 42 ch. 22, 24;
ÞjJón 46-47 (31-32) ch. 20-21;
Saxo lib. I ch. VIII 21, lib. II c. I 6, lib. V c. II 10-13, c. III 20;
Herrm 125;
Kersbergen 83-84.

M301.2.

Old woman, »völva«, as prophet.

cf. M411.5.
Vsp;
SnE Prol. ch. 3 (9-10);
Laxd ch. 76;
Vatnsd ch. 10;
GullÞ ch. 1, 19;
Korm ch. 9;
Ldb ch. 99, 226;
OddÓláfTr ch. 6 (5) (cf. ch. 57 in FMS I 96);
ÞorvV in FMS I 255-57 (FjÍsl 477-79);
EiríkR 206-09 ch. 4;
ÓláfH ch. 28 in FMS IV 46, ch. 25 in Flb I 28;
ÓláfTr ch. 46, 130 in FMS I 76, 255;
HrólfKr 5, 11-13 ch. 1, 3 (FAS I 5, 10-12);
Friðþj V 10 (FAS II 72 ff., 492);
Huld no. 1;
cf. Vries 64;
StrömbäckSejd 67 * etc.

M443.2.

Curse: continence in marriage.

cf. T315.
Korm ch. 6/
cf. StrömbäckSejd 77;
Bragð 52 ch. 4.