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Bibliography for: KáraK

Sagan af Kára Kárasyni, Reykjavík 1886.

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B11.11.6.

Dragon fight in order to free lion.

Ector ch. 10;
Íven X 24 ff.;
KáraK 40-41 ch. 18
Konr 66-67 ch. 8;
Sigþ 141-43 ch. 16;
VilhSj 26-27 ch. 13;
Þiðr II 361.

B31.2.

The bird Gam.

cf. D199.5;
cf. F531.1.8.6;
cf. G211.9;
cf. R138.2.
As ogre with iron beak and claws:
 ÖOdd 118-20 (FAS II 230)/
 Bósa 28 ff., 89 ff., 108-13 (FAS III 210-13, 233)/
 Part 33/
 cf. SturlSt 612 ch. 12:
 »líkari gammsklóm enn manna nöglum«;
Flies with human being:
 ÖOdd 120 (FAS II 231-32)/
 EgÁsm II 3-4/
 FlóresS XXI 2-10/
 KáraK ch. 1, 18;
Gam's egg:
 Bósa 20, 62, 104 (FAS III 207 ch. 6 ff., 233 ch. 10)/
 cf. Nerman 1953;
Gam in prince's banner:
 Kirial 16.

D812.12.

Magic object received from dwarf.

cf. D817.1.1;
D853.
ÞorstVík 396-98 ch. 5-6;
(y.) Bósa 110 ch. 11;
Sigþ ch. 31;
ViktorBl/
cf. Bósa introd. lxvi/
ZDPh XXVI 12;
Amb ch. 23, 28-30 (27-29);
ÞjJón ch. 6;
KáraK 63-64 ch. 31.

D817.1.1.

Magic object received from dwarf in return for rescue of child or kindness to child.

cf. D812.12;
F337.1.
(y.) Bósa 109-11 ch. 11;
EgÁsm XI 6-9 (FAS III 388-89)/
cf. introd. xxxv-vii;
ÞorstVík 447 ch. 22;
ÞorstB 180 ch. 3;
Amb ch. 19-20;
Ector ch. 7-8;
cf. KáraK 21 ch. 9 (cf. ch. 13, 14 ff.).

D825.

Magic object received from maiden.

tent:
 HjÖlv 468 ch. 7;
shield:
 HrómGr 373 ch. 6;
ring:
 Marteini ch. 9/
 (y.) Bósa 115 ch. 12;
sword:
 Álafl VII 8/
 Saxo lib. II c. II 7, lib. II c. IV 2;
KáraK 60-61 ch. 30.

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.

D1335.2.

Magic strength-giving drink.

Völs ch. 21 (20) (= Sigrdr 5);
GHrólf 312-13, 335-36 ch. 27, 33;
SturlSt 605 ch. 9;
VilhSj ch. 30;
Vald 64 ch. 1;
Vígk 8 ch. 2;
in magic drinking horn:
 KáraK 8-9 ch. 4;
ESveinsson 1929 xxxiii.

D1355.2.

Magic love-philtre.

HaraldHárf ch. 24 in Hkr I 133 =
Ágrip ch. 3 in FMS X 379;
Dínus 42-44;
KáraK 63 ch. 31;
Saxo lib. V c. I 8, 10 and III 30, 31;
Hb 168 l. 18-20/
cf. Reichborn-Kjennerud 1934 147.

D1355.4.

Ring (or stone in it) produces love.

cf. D1355.20.
Þiðr II 112-19, 148;
Sigþ ch. 21, 34-36;
JarlmH ch. 5 5, 8;
KáraK 69 ch. 33.

D1602.6.

Self-returning spear.

KáraK 65 ch. 31.

D1653.1.2.

Unerring spear.

SturlSt 621 ch. 16;
EgÁsm X 16 (FAS III 387);
ÚlfU ch. 3 (cf. ZDPh XXVI 24 and C432.1);
Úlf 159, 214;
KáraK 65 ch. 31.

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.

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.

F271.4.2.

Fairies skillful as weavers.

VilhSj 20 ch. 9;
SamsF ch. 15;
KáraK 62 ch. 30.

F451.3.4.1.

Dwarfs as artificers.

cf. F531.6.6.
Fjölsv 33-34;
Tosti leads the building of a new castle:
 Amb 170 ch. 35 (34 in the Reyk. ed.);
twelve dwarfs build king's castle:
 JarlmH 26 ch. 14/
 KáraK 63 ch. 31.

F451.3.4.2.

Dwarfs as smiths.

cf. D1181;
F451.3.2.1.1;
F451.5.1.3;
M414.5.
Hyndl 7;
Gylf ch. 44 (35);
Skáldsk ch. 44 (35), 62 (50);
GíslaS II ch. 2 in ÍslF 9, ed. 1929 76;
Regin in BuggeE 215 =
Völs ch. 15;
Nornag 57, 59 ch. 4-5 (Flb I 350-51, FAS I 322-23);
OÖdd 24-25, 100 (ch. VI 1-2, XXIX 13, FAS II 173, 215, 511);
ÁsmK 81, 95, ch. 1, 8 (FAS II 464-66, 480);
Sörla 275 (FAS I 391-92 ch. 1; MC 123);
(y.) Bósa 109-11 ch. 11;
EgÁsm III 3, XVII 6 (FAS III 368, 403);
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 12 and introd. to Bósa lxvi;
Þiðr I 34-36, 73-81, 113, 179-81;
Mágus 17, 24-25 ch. 10, 13-14;
Sigþ 139-40 ch. 16;
VilhSj ch. 7;
SigrgV 118 ch. 2;
Fertram 730 ch. 6 (ZDPh XXVI 14);
Ector ch. 2, 6;
ParmesL 20 ch. 9;
Þorgr 27 ch. 5;
ÞjJón 33 (21-22) ch. 13;
Vilm 154 ch. 8;
KáraK 80 ch. 39;
Andr 19;
Huld no. 7;
cf. Leyen 57;
Vries 212, 302.

F451.4.1.12.

Dwarfs live in stones.

cf. E481.3.2;
F451.3.2.1.1.
Alv 3;
Vsp 48;
Gylf ch. 7 (14);
Ys ch. 12;
Bisk II 78 (7);
Harð ch. 38;
ÁnB 327 ch. 1;
ÞorstVík 446 ch. 22;
(y.) Bósa 86, 109-11 ch. 6, 11;
Kristni ch. 2 =
ÞorvV in FMS I 261;
Sörla 275 (= FAS I 391 ch. 1);
ÞorstB 179 ch. 3;
Villif 29 ch.14;
Vilm 11 ch. 7;
ÞjJón 16, 31 (10, 20) ch. 6, 14;
Ector ch. 7;
Andr 19;
SamsF ch. 11;
KáraK 21, 61-62 ch. 9, 30-31;
cf. Fritzner I 274:
 »Dvergasteinn«.

F451.5.1.

Helpful dwarfs.

cf. D812.12;
D817.1.1;
P271.3.
EgÁsm XVII 6 (FAS III 403);
Koðrán's »spámaðr«:
 Kristni II 2-3/
 ÞorvV in FMS I 261-64 (FjÍsl 483-87);
(y.) Bósa 86, 92-93, 109-14, 137-38 ch. 6-7, 11-12, 18;
Sindri rescues from prison:
 ÞorstVík 396-98, 457 ch. 5-6. 25;
Möndull gives advice, etc.:
 GHrólf 315-16 ch. 28;
dwarf hides abducted girl:
 SamsF ch. 10-13;
Svamr brings ring back to its owner (cf. F451.5.2.2), helps building causeway, etc.:
 ÞjJón 32 (21) ch. 13;
Tosti helps in war:
 Amb 146-56 ch. 28-30 (27-29 in Reyk. ed.);
Dínus (or Dímus) helps in fight:
 ViktorBl in Bósa intr. lxv and ZDPh XXVI 12: ;
dwarfs show beautiful queen and help to gain her:
 Gibbon ch. 3 ff./
 Nitiða ch. 4 ff.;
KáraK 21, 61, 71, 80 ch. 9, 30-31, 35, 39.

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.

F527.3.

Blue man, Old Norse »blámaðr«.

MagnúsS ch. 6, 21 in Hkr III 274, 294;
Kjaln ch. 15;
Finnb ch. 16;
HrómGr 367 ch. 2;
SörlaSt 411 ch. 2;
HjÖlv 457-58, 466-67, 501-02 ch. 3, 4, 7, 16;
SturlSt 612 ch. 12;
Sigþ 177, 252 ch. 27, 54;
SigrgFr 70 ch. 8;
Þorgr 8 ch. 1;
Vilm 173 ch. 15;
ÁsmS fol. 8 a-h;
Úlf 210;
HringH 44 ch. 18;
Kóngab 18-20;
HéðinH 9-10 ch. 5;
Íven ch. II 15-16, III 11;
Kirial 32 (cf. F531);
ÞjJón 44 (30) ch. 19;
NikL 30-33 ch. 10;
Konr 62-63 ch. 6;
GunnarK 243;
Bæring 98-100 ch. 16-18;
Ector ch. 14;
KáraK 19-21 ch. 9;
Fertram ch. 4-5;
Andr 60;
Mágus ch. 60.

F531.1.2.2.2.

Three-headed giant.

Skírn 31 =
MC 111;
HálfdBr 574-75 ch. 7;
KáraK 35 ch. 15.

F531.1.6.3.2.

Giant without hair.

VilhSj 12 ch. 6;
Sigþ 118 ch. 8:
 »hárlítill«;
Part 33;
KáraK 50 ch. 25;
ÚlfU ch. 2.

F531.1.7.2.

Black giant (giantess).

cf. F455.2.3;
F527.5.
ÖOdd 46, 47 (ch. XII 3, FAS II 518);
GrímL 149 ch. 2;
Nornag 69 ch. 8 in Flb I 355 (FAS I 333);
ÞorstUxaf in Flb I 258 (FMS III 124, FjÍsl 456);
Sigþ ch. 19-21;
Bevers 235 ch. 18;
Part 33;
Andr 3, 4;
KáraK 16, 34, 35 ch. 7, 15;
Herrm 588, 593, 599;
MC 276.

F531.1.8.6.

Giant (giantess) in a gam's shape.

cf. B31.2.
HjÖlv 506 ch. 20;
EgÁsm I 4-II 6, XIV 4 (FAS III 365, 394);
KáraK ch. 1, 18.

F531.3.13.

Giant (giantess) carries prodigious burden.

cf. F331.5.1.1;
F631.
Grett ch. LXII 7;
Flóam ch. 24;
giantess runs uphill with man:
 ÞorstVík 438 ch. 19;
HálfdBr 577 ch. 9;
KáraK 14 ch. 6.

F531.4.5.1.

Giant with iron club (gadclub) as weapon.

GHrólf 322 ch. 30;
SigrgFr 87-88 ch. 12;
Þorgr 8 ch. 1;
HringH 36 ch. 15;
HéðinH 14, 16 ch. 7, 8;
Bevers 235-36 ch. 18;
Ector ch. 8, 14;
Fertram ch. 9 (ZDPh XXVI 23);
KáraK 13 ch. 6;
ÚlfU ch. 2;
Andr# 20.

F531.4.10.

Giant's enormous bed.

Þorgr 24 ch. 5;
cf. KáraK 15 ch. 7.

F531.5.7.1.2.

Giantess daughter of giant and abducted maiden (therefore helps hero).

cf. G530;
N812.3.
HálfdBr 572 ff. ch. 6-7;
IllGr 654 ch. 4;
ÞorstB 194-96 ch. 11-12;
Álafl V 3;
OrmSt 529;
Vald 76 ch. 3;
KáraK 64 ch. 31.

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.

F531.6.5.3.

Giant has wound-healing balm.

cf. F451.5.1.10.
EgÁsm XIV 13-15 (FAS III 396);
ÞorstVík 438 ch. 19;
Álafl XIV 9-10;
HringH 8, 17 ch. 4, 7;
Blómst 39-41 ch. 24;
KáraK 12 ch. 5.

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.

F610.3.3.1.

Two berserks /berserk-brothers.

Heiðarvíga ch. 3-4;
Eyrb ch. 28;
cf. LiestølUpph 41;
Grett XIX 4;
Ldb ch. 26;
EgÁsm VII 3 ff. (FAS III 376);
ÞorvV in Flb I 269;
KáraK 22-25 ch. 10;
Stark 79 ch. 23;
Fastus 3 ch. 1;
Reuschel 72.

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.

F614.2.

Strong man uproots tree and uses it as weapan.

cf. F621.
Þiðr II 362;
Kóngab 3-4;
KáraK 16 ch. 7;
Saxo lib. VII c. II 9/
cf. lib. V c. XIII 4 =
Herrm 479;
DgF 191/
cf. DgF III 790-91.

F825.

Extraordinary ring.

cf. D1076;
M112;
M470;
Q91.3.
Fær ch. 33, 38;
HrólfKr 23-28 ch. 7-9 (FAS I ch. 10-12)/
cf. Schlauch 92;
HrólfKr 89-92 ch. 29-30 (FAS I ch. 44-45): Svíagríss;
Friðþj ch. 1 (FAS II 489);
EgÁsm X 12-13/
cf. G610;
ÞorstVík 390 ch. 3;
Nornag ch. 2 in Flb I 347 (FAS I 316);
Amb ch. 23;
VilhSj ch. 3 ÞjJón ch. 3;
KáraK 64 ch. 31;
Huld no. 12.

G211.9.1.

Witch in form of dragon.

cf. D199.2.
Þiðr II 271-75;
Fertram ch. 12-14, ZDPh XXVI 23;
KáraK 64 ch. 31.

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.

G275.9.

Fighting and wrestling with witch.

cf. G500.1;
H1562.8.
Grett LXV 1-10;
GrímL 148 ch. 1;
SörlaSt 413-14 ch. 3;
HjÖlv 482-86 ch. 12;
HálfdBr 570-73 ch. 4-6;
IllGr 650 ch. 2;
Bósa 28-29, 108, 113-14 ch. 8, 10, 12;
ÞorstUxaf 259-60 (FMS III 127-29);
OrmSt 530 (FMS III 224, FjÍsl 217-18);
BárðSn 17 ch. 9;
JarlmH 41-42 ch. 23;
Þiðr I 36-37;
SigrgFr 83 ch. 11;
Sigþ ch. 19;
Vilm 180-81 ch. 18;
ÁsmFl 178;
GunnarK 241;
ÚlfU ch. 1;
Fertram ch. 2;
KáraK 11-12 ch. 5.

H1219.6.

Quest assigned as result of slander.

cf. H911.
Mágus 9-10 ch. 6/
cf. introd. xcvi-vii;
KáraK 59 ch. 29 ff.

K1817.1.

Disguise as beggar.

cf. D2031.4.3;
K649.7.1;
K1315.10;
K2357.9.
Hallfr 68;
HrólfKr 21, 23 ch. 7 (FAS I 20-22);
Stark 78 ch. 23;
KáraK 66 ch. 33;
Starcatherus:
 Saxo lib. VI c. VI 3.

K2211.

Treacherous brother.

Grm 75;
KáraK 25 ff. ch. 11.

K221.

Treacherous brother-in-law.

Völs ch. 2 (FAS I 117);
HrólfKr 95 ch. 32 ff. (FAS I ch. 47 ff.);
Friðþj V 6-9 (FAS II 71-72, 491);
KáraK 59 ff. ch. 29.

L10.

Victorious youngest son.

FlóresS VI 6;
Álafl XIX 4;
Þiðr II 43-47;
ÁsmFl 171-72;
KáraK ch. 4 ff.;
cf. Olrik 1909 17.

L112.

Future hero found on shore.

GHrólf 241 ch. 2;
Kárak 5-6 ch. 3 (i.e. his mother).

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.

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.

P271.3.

Dwarf as foster-father.

cf. F451.5.1.
(y.) Bósa 86 ch. 6;
ÞorstVík 396 ch. 5;
ÞjJón 16-18 (10-11) ch. 6 (14);
KáraK 73 ch. 35;
MC 267.

P273.

Foster-brother.

Bósi and Herrauðr
 Bósa 14 ch. 5 (FAS III 201);
Starkaðr and Víkarr:
 Gautr 13 ch. 3 (FAS III 16);
Friðþjófr, Björn, and Ásmundr:
 Friðþj I 10 (FAS II 65, 488);
Hermann and Jarlmann:
 JarlmH 1-3 ch. 1-3;
KáraK 25 ch. 10-11;
cf. Herrm 80, 100.

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.

R10.4.

Hero abducted by witch who loves him.

cf. F131.1; T91.1.
HelgaÞ 359-62 (FMS III 135 ff.);
KáraK 64 ch. 31.

R11.1.

Princess (maiden) abducted by monster (ogre, giant).

Gautr 12-13 ch. 3 (FAS III 15-16);
EgÁsm I 4-11 6 (FAS III 365-67);
VilhSj 118 ch. 55;
Sigþ 220-28 ch. 40-42;
Þorgr 22-31 ch. 5;
galdrakonungr:
 Kóngab 8, 47-48 ff.;
Bevers ch. 24-28;
Íven X 62 ff.;
Ector ch. 10;
KáraK 3, 39 ch. 1, 18;
Huld no. 4;
Saxo lib. I c. IV 1, lib. VII c. IV 3;
Schlauch 145, 155.

R111.1.4.

Rescue of princess (maiden) from giant (»tröll«).

HálfdBr 570-72 ch. 5;
EgÁsm ch. XV-XVI (FAS III 396-402);
Sigþ 221-28 ch. 41-42;
Íven XI-XIII;
HringH 56-58 ch. 23;
Þorgr 22-31 ch. 5;
KáraK 36 ff. ch. 16-18 (cf. 64 ch. 31-32);
Ector ch. 10;
Saxo lib. I c. IV 2, lib. VII c. IV 2-3;
Schlauch 104.

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.

S118.1.

Murder by cutting adversary in two.

Eyrb XLV 15;
Njála CXLVI 22;
Jómsv ch. 12;
Harð ch. 21, 36;
ÓláfH ch. 118 in Hkr II 252, ch. 211 in FMS V 80;
MagnúsBl ch. 11 in Hkr III 334, ch. 12 in FMS VII 191;
Svarfd ch. 23;
Yngv 36;
Þiðr II 338-41;
GunnarK 244, 245;
RémK 100 ch. 20;
Fertram ch. 4;
Úlf 153, 155, 157-58, 177, 190, 243;
Vígk 16 ch. 4;
KáraK 19, 24, 34 ch. 8, 10, 15;
Stark 30 ch. 9;
Andr 36, 39, 28, 61, 77;
Saxo lib. II c. VI 10, lib. IV c. IV 9-10.

T71.2.

Woman avenges scorned love.

HaraldH ch. 13 in Hkr III 94: Zóe;
HjÖlv 481, 486 ch. 12;
KáraK 25 ch. 11;
and all items ad T418 *.

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.

V70.1.

The first day of summer.

HálfdBr 576 ch. 8;
ÖOdd 124 (FAS II 237);
Friðþj XI 2 (FAS II 90);
SigrgFr 78, 79 ch. 9, 10;
Kóngab 27, 33;
KáraK 62, 70, 71, ch. 31, 34, 35;
Saga af Jökli Búasyni 81 in Kjaln;
cf. Olrik-E 608, 614 ff.