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Bibliography for: RagnarL

Ragnars saga loðbrókar, ed. Magnus Olsen for Samfund til Udgivelse af gammel nordisk Litteratur 1906-08.

Works with this reference:

B11.1.3.1.1.

Dragon develops from small worm placed on gold.

Bósa 62 ch. 16
RagnarL ch. 2 (1);
cf. RagnarS 458 ch. 1 (FAS I 346);
cf. Saxo lib. VII ch. VI 2, lib. IX c. IV 5.

B11.2.1.1.

Dragon as modified serpent.

Bósa 63 ch. 16;
Gríp 11/
Skáldsk ch. 48 (39)/
Völs ch. 14;
Konr 63-64 ch. 6;
Nornag 57 ff. ch. 4-5 (FAS I 322);
RagnarL ch. 2 (1) - 3 (2);
Saxo lib. II c. I 2-3;
SigrgFr 89 ch. 13;
Yngv 21;
Þiðr I 196, 308.

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.

B11.6.7.

Dragon eats an ox at every meal.

(y.) Bósa 62 ch. 16;
RagnarL ch. 2 (1).

B11.11.

Fight with dragon.

Andr 74;
BjörnHít ch. 5 (Boers' ed. 12);
Blómst 41-42 ch. 25;
Ector ch. 10;
Fáfn;
FlóresS XIX 7;
GHrólf 339 ch. 33;
Gríp 11-13 (= Völs ch. 18);
GullÞ 11-12 ch. 4;
Háttalykill ed. Skj I A 512, B 487;
KetilH 111 ch. 1;
Konr 63-64 ch. 6-7;
Njála CXIX 46;
Nornag 65;
RagnarL ch. 3 (2)/
RagnarS 458 (FAS I 239, 346);
Saxo lib. II c. I 2-3, lib. VI c. IV 10, lib. VII c. VI 2, lib. VIII c. XV 9, lib. IX c. I 2, IV 5/
Herrm 128, 407, 602, 634.
SigrgFr 89 ch. 13 (ZDPh XXVI 16);
Sigþ ch. 17;
Skáldsk ch. 48 (39);
Skj I B 292;
SnE Prol. ch. 3;
SörlaSt 424 ch. 8;
ViktorBl (in Jiriczek's introd. to Bósa lxvi);
VilhSj ch. 13;
Yngv 14, 21-23, 41-43;
(y.) ÖOdd 119;
Þiðr I 196, 308, II 271-75;
cf. Heinzel 53.

B11.11.4.

Dragon fight in order to free princess.

cf. R111.1.3.
(y.) Bósa 63;
Saxo lib. VII c. VI 2, lib. IX c. IV/
Herrm 634
Skjöld ch. 27 (28)/
RagnarL ch. 2 (1)/
RagnarS 458 (FAS I 239, 346).

B122.1.1.

Birds tell a secret.

BuggeE 225-26 =
Völs ch. 19 (20);
RagnarL 134 ch. 9 (8).

B741.3.

Cow whose bellowing defeats army.

RagnarL ch. 9 (8) ff. (FAS I 254)/
cf. Skjöld ch. 27 (28).

C101.

Sex tabu broken: child born without bones.

RagnarL ch. 6-7 (5-6).

C117.

Nuptial tabu.

RagnarL ch. 6 (5);
Saxo lib. IX c. XI 2-4.

D1056.

Magic shirt.

cf. D1344.9;
D1382.6;
D1384.4.1;
D1402.5.
ÖOdd 72-77, 80-81 (ch. XXII, XXIX 6; FAS II 198-202, 529-31);
RagnarL 156 ch. 15 (14) (FAS I 279-82).
cf. Holtsmark 1954 104-08.

D1344.9.1.

Magic shirt (cloak, armor) gives invulnerability.

cf. D1056;
D1381;
F821.1.3.
Skáldsk 55 (44);
Ldb ch. 27, 125 (52 n.);
Eyrb XVIII 21;
Vatnsd XIX 2;
Njála CLV 22;
GullÞ ch. 3;
Sturl I 363;
ÓláfH ch. 193, 228 in Hkr II 1, ch. 182 in FMS V 42 (cf. F821.1.3);
Herv 11, 99;
Völs ch. 44 (42);
RagnarL ch. 3 (2), 15 (14);
RagnarS ch. 1 (FAS I 346);
(y.) ÖOdd 101, 119-20, 129, 133 (ch. XXIX 14, FAS II 215, 231, 245, 351);
(y.) Bósa 110 ch. 11;
EgÁsm XV 3 (FAS III 397);
HrómGr 375 ch. 7;
GHrólf 250, 256, 279, 322 ch. 4, 6, 16, 30;
SörlaSt 415, 419, 439 ch. 3, 5, 18;
SturlSt 606 ch. 9;
HálfdBr 576, 587 ch. 8, 11;
ÞorstB 180 ch. 3;
ÁsmVík 25-26, 32-33 ch. 14, 15;
SigrgFr 105 ch. 16;
VilhSj 14-15 ch. 7;
ÚlfU ch. 1;
Amb 172 ch. 36 (35);
Konr 61 ch. 6;
Bæring 119 ch. 31;
Ector ch. 2;
HringH 6 ch. 2;
Kóngab 5, 11, 14 ff.;
Andr 37-38;
Saxo lib. II c. IV 2, lib. III c. II 10 and III 4, lib. IV c. X 3
Herrm 219, 315;
cf. Lagerholm 69 n.

D1472.1.4.

Vegetable supporting life without other food.

cf. D983.3;
D1389.12;
D1500.1.4.
RagnarL ch. 1 =
Völs ch. 45 (43).

D1812.5.1.23.

Man killed by accident when ship is pushed into the sea taken as an evil omen.

RagnarL ch. 10 (9) (FAS I 260).

D1825.1.

Second sight. Power to see future happening.

cf. D1812.
RagnarL 128-29 ch. 6 (5) (FAS I 250);
Bósa 25 ch. 8 (FAS III 210);
Þiðr I 320;
EiríkR ch. 4;
cf. Lid 1935 13;
GrønbechVFO IV 127.

D2091.4.

Magic causes enemies to fight among selves.

Skáldsk ch. 6 (57);
RagnarL 148 ch. 8, 12 (11) (FAS I 255, 271);
VilhSj 68 ch. 27. cf. Saxo lib. V c. III 35.

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.

E182.

Dead body incorruptible.

cf. D1585;
D2167.
Hrappr:
 Laxd XXIV 28;
Klaufi:
 Svarfd ch. 32;
Ívarr:
 RagnarL ch. 18 (19) (FAS I 294);
Óláfr helgi:
 Skj I 244, 300/
 ÓláfH ch. 244-45 in Hkr II 517, ch. 228-29 in FMS V 105 ff./
 HaraldH ch. 25, 80 in Hkr III 112, 193;
Knútr helgi:
 Knytl ch. 77;
Ingimundr prestr:
 Sturl I 153, Bisk I 435.
cf. Frotho:
 Saxo lib. V c. XVI 3.

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.

F541.1.4.

Serpent-eye.

Vkv 17;
RagnarL ch. 9 (8) (FAS I 257-58 ch. 8);
Skjöld ch. 27 (28);
cf. Saxo lib. IX c. IV 12;
Reichborn-Kjennerud 1924 14-15.

F555.3.1.

Nude woman clothed in own hair.

RagnarL ch. 5 (4)/
cf. H1054.

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.

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.

F633.

Mighty drinker.

cf. A133.1;
H31.8;
H1142.
Þrym 25 =
MC 88;
Gylf ch. 31 (46) =
MC 93;
Eg XLIV 4-12, LXXI 18-21;
RagnarL ch. 19 (20) (FAS I 295-96);
ÖOdd 157-69 (ch. XL, FAS II 270-80).
cf. Friðþj ch. 3 in FAS II 495/
Grundriss' III 452:
»drekka víti sitt«.

F821.1.3.

Dress of raw fur. Cat-fur, mouse-fur, or other undressed fur.

cf. D1381.3.
HaraldHárf in FMS V 179;
ÓláfH ch. 193, 228 in Hkr II 440-41, 492, ch. 182 in FMS V 42;
RagnarL ch. 3 (2).

F899.1.

Extraordinary standard.

cf. D1400.1.16;
Q222.6.
HaraldH ch. 22 in Hkr III 105;
ÓláfTr ch. 186 in Flb I 227;
cf. RagnarL ch. 19 (20) st. 35 (Skj II 260, FAS I 297)/
Herrm 638.

F960.2.5.1.

Earthquake when good man is murdered.

Völs ch. 45 (43) (FAS I 232) =
RagnarL ch. 1.

F960.2.5.3.

Earthquake at dragon's death.

RagnarL ch. 3 (2) (FAS I 239);
SigrgFr 88 ch. 12;
FlóresS XX 14.

F983.

Extraordinary growth of animal.

RagnarL ch. 2 (1).

F1041.9.3.

Illness from shame of enemies' scorn.

RagnarL ch. 13 (12) (FAS I 274).

F1041.11.2.

Man turns pale, red, blue, etc. from emotion or strain.

cf. T24.5.
RagnarL ch. 16 (FAS I 284-86);
Þiðr II 380;
Tóka 136 (FMS V 301);
SaulusN (FjórarR) 57 ch. 10.

F1041.21.1.1.

Tears of blood from excessive grief.

RagnarL 140-42 ch. 10 (9) (FAS I 262-64, Skj II B 254-55);
RagnarS ch. 2 in Hb 460 (FAS I 348-49).

F1041.21.5.

Men senseless from grief at hearing of father's death: one doesn't feel that he cuts himself with his knife (spear); the other presses dice so that he bleeds.

RagnarL ch. 16 (FAS I 284-86) =
Saxo lib. IX c. V 2-3/
Herrm 655.

H82.

Identifying tokens sent with messenger. Usually a ring.

cf. H94.
RagnarL;
RagnarS;
AtlaÓ;
HrafnþH (cf. H94);
HálfdB 9, 11 ch. 5, 7;
ÞórNef 90 (FMS IV 176, FjÍsl 347).

H94.

Identification by ring.

cf. H61.3;
H82;
H253.
Laxd ch. 20-21, 26;
Hávarð ch. 14;
ÓláfH ch. 69 in Hkr II 106;
ÓláfTr ch. 62, 193, 270 in FMS I 113, II 129, III 35, by Odd ch. 33 (25), 78 (65);
ÞorstUxaf 256 (FMS III 120, FjÍsl 452);
Fær ch. 40;
HrólfKr ch. 20-22 (FAS I 52-59);
RagnarL ch. 10 (9) (FAS I 262-64, Skj II 254-55);
RagnarS 460 ch. 2 (FAS I 348-49);
ÞorstVík 423 ch. 15;
Nornag 67 ch. 7 (Flb I 354, FAS I 331);
Gautr 54 n. ch. 1 (FAS III 9 n.), cf. introd. xxii;
ÁnB 359 ch. 7;
SturlSt 604 ch. 9;
HrafnþH 112 (FjÍsl 136);
SigrgFr 102 ch. 15;
VilhSj 42-50 ch. 20-22;
AtlaÓ 4 ch. 4;
HringH 17, 25 ch. 7, 11;
Villif 24-25, 29-30 ch. 12, 14;
ÁsmS fol. 9;
Fertram ch. 11;
Vald 71-72 ch. 2;
SkáldH 16-17 ch. 5.

H101.

Identification by broken weapon.

RagnarL 118-21 ch. 3 (2)-4 (3) (FAS I 239-42).

H252.

Act of truth.

Frey's image disappeared and found in predicted place:
 Ldb ch. 226;
Kráka promises that her unborn son will have a serpent in his eye as proof that she speaks the truth:
 RagnarL ch. 9 (8) (FAS I 257);
cf. F541.1.4.

H335.3.4.

Suitor task: to kill treasure-guarding snake lying around the princess's chamber.

RagnarL ch. 2 (1)-4 (3) (FAS I 238-42);
RagnarS 458 ch. 1 (FAS I 346);
Bósa 62-63 ch. 16 (FAS III 233);
cf. GrønbechVFO IV 126.

H1054.

Task: coming neither naked nor clad.

RagnarL ch. 5 (4) (FAS I 245-47)/
cf. VriesFFC 1928 73.

H1061.

Task: coming neither with nor without a companion. (Comes with an animal).

RagnarL ch. 5 (4) (FAS I 245-47)/
cf. VriesFFC 1928 73.

H1063.

Task: coming neither hungry nor satiated.

RagnarL ch. 5 (4) (FAS I 245-47)/
cf. VriesFFC 1928 73.

H1506.

Endurance test: hero maintains silence in the snake pit.

RagnarL ch. 15 (FAS I 280-81).

H1583.1.

Time measured by worn iron shoes.

Skjöld 135 ch. 27 (28);
RagnarL ch. 14 (13) (FAS I 276-77);
Nornag 75-76 ch. 8 (Flb I 355-56, FAS I 338);
cf. BárðSn 40-41 ch. 19;
Sahlgren 1940 35.

J1111.

Clever girl.

RagnarL ch. 5 (4) (FAS I 245-47)/
cf. VriesFFC 1928#.

K515.2.

Girl escapes by hiding in huge harp.

cf. D1231.
Völs ch. 45 (43) =
RagnarL ch. 1;
Bósa 48 ch. 3 (FAS III 224).

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.

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.

K1821.7.

Beautiful woman in hideous disguise.

Völs ch. 45 (43) =
RagnarL ch. 1 (43);
Mágus 2 ch. 2, ed. 1858 9-10 ch. 4.

K2369.2.

Division of warriors hidden in pit on battlefield (or in the wood). Emerge during battle.

Sverr ch. 15 in FMS VIII 38;
RagnarL ch. 10 (9) (FAS I 260-61);
Herv 49-51, 125-28 (FAS I 459-61);
HringH 6-7, 54-55 ch. 3, 22;
Saxo lib. VIII c. VII 3.

L111.2.5.

Heroine found in harp.

RagnarL ch. 1.

L113.2.1.

Heroine as goatherd.

RagnarL ch. 6 (5) (FAS I 248);
Saxo lib. VII c. IV 4.

L124.1.

Child silent till seventh year.

Sigþ ch. 2;
Herrm 298;
cf. silent child:
 Vatnsd ch. 1-2/
 Vápnf ch. 1/
 Grett XIV 2, 24/
 Völs ch. 45 (43) =
 RagnarL ch. 1 (Áslaug).

M149.7.

Vow only to marry daughter to the man who kills snake by her house.

RagnarL ch. 2 (1);
RagnarS ch. 1;
Bósa 62 ch. 16 (FAS I 238, 346, III 233).

M161.4.

Vow rather to die (on a spear) than to accept grace.

RagnarL ch. 10 (9) (FAS I 262-63), 203 st. 11 (Skj II B 254);
RagnarS ch. 2 (FAS I 348-49);
SörlaSt 430 ch. 11;
cf. Friðþj VII 5 (FAS II 83, 496);
EgÁsm XVI 8 (FAS III 402);
FlóresS XII 9-10, XXIV 3-XXVI 2;
Mágus ed. 1858, 128 ch. 51.

M411.11.

Curse by girl in revenge of the murdering of her foster-father.

RagnarL ch. 6.

P14.3.

King playing chess when important news arrive.

RagnarL 161-62 ch. 16;
Saxo lib. IX c. V 1-3.

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.

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.

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.

P282.

Stepmother.

cf. S31.
RagnarL ch. 10 (9) (FAS I 264);
HaraldHr 268;
Saxo lib. V c. III 34.

P282.2.

Stepmother mourns her stepson's death, not her own son's.

RagnarL ch. 10 (9).

P322.2.

Guest in disguise or under false name (»Gestr«);

cf. K1831.
RagnarL 171 ch. 19 (20);
Nornag 47-52 ch. 1-2 in Flb I 347-49 (FAS I 313-18);
SturlSt 634-35, 641 ch. 22, 25;
BárðSn 23-25 ch. 11-12;
NikL 25 ch. 9 ff.;
ÞjJón ch. 2 ff.

Q465.1.

Throwing into pit of snakes as punishment.

cf. S146.
Háttalykill ed. Skj I 489;
Sig III 59/
Oddr 28-29/
Akv 31/
Atlam 59/
Guðrúnarhvöt 17 in BuggeE 257, 280, 289, 301, 314 =
Völs ch. 39 (37)/
Skáldsk ch. 51 (42);
HaraldH in Msk 80;
Skjöld ch. 27 (28);
Krákumal st. 26-27 (FAS I 309-10, Skj I 655);
RagnarL ch. 15 (FAS I 281-82; Skj II 558);
Þiðr II 314;
Sigþ 187 ch. 30;
FlóresS XXI 13-23/
cf. introd. lxxviii;
Bevers 224-26 ch. 11-14;
Saxo lib. IX c. IV 38-39, lib. XI c. III/
cf. Herrm 651.

Q556.

Curse as punishment.

HHu II 31-33;
GíslaS ch. 18;
Ys ch. 13;
RagnarL 128 ch. 6 (5) (FAS I 249).

R5.2.

Hero captured by being pressed between shields from all sides: »at honum váru bornir skildir«.

Herv in FAS I 461;
RagnarL 157-59 ch. 15 (FAS I 281-82);
HrólfG 62 ch. 36 (FAS III 170 ch. 30);
(y.) Bósa 98 ch. 8;
ÞorstVík 456 ch. 25;
Sigþ 186, 250 ch. 30, 53;
VilhSj 82 ch. 33;
SigFót 1004;
FlóresS XVlI 1-2.

S116.

Murder by crushing.

cf. F624.8;
Q412.
RagnarL ch. 12 (11) (FAS I 272).

S166.6.

»Blood-eagle« cut on man's back by flaying and salting.

Skj I 232: Knútsdrapa ca. 1038;
Reg 26 =
ÓláfTr ch. 286 in Flb I 352 =
Nornag 64 ch. 4 (FAS I 328);
HaraldHárf ch. 30 in Hkr I 141;
Orkn ch. 8;
OrmSt 531 (FMS III 225);
RagnarL ch. 17 (18) (FAS I 292);
RagnarS 463 ch. 3 (FAS I 354);
Sigþ 127 ch. 10 (owl instead of eagle);
Saxo lib. IX c. V 5 =
Herrn 656;
cf. Vries 131.

T50.1.

Girl carefully guarded from suitors.

cf. R53.3;
T97.
RagnarL ch. 2 (1) (FAS I 237);
Friðþj III 7 (FAS II 68, 490 ch. 2);
HrólfG ch. 21 in FAS III 141, 142;
SörlaSt 408 ch. 1;
HjÖlv 489 ch. 14;
HálfdBr 559, 578 ch. 1, 9;
SturlSt 634 ch. 22;
Vígl 48 ch. 2;
Þiðr I 65, II 96;
JarlmH ch. 1;
Þorgr 6-9 ch. 1;
Vilm 144-45 ch. 3;
Vígk I ch. 1;
NikL 4 ch. 2;
cf. Panzer 1901 213 fg.

T51.

Wooing by emissary.

Skírn =
MC 111;
HHj 171;
Gylf ch. 19 (33);
Knytl ch. 88;
ÓláfH ch. 91-92 in Hkr II 176 ff.;
ÓláfTr ch. 193 in FMS II 128, by Odd ch. 33 (25);
HaraldHárf ch. 3 in Hkr I 101;
Ys ch. 48;
HrólfKr 47 ch. 17 (FAS I ch. 24);
RagnarL ch. 5 (4) (FAS I 245);
Sögubr 3-6 ch. 1 (FAS I 363-66);
HrólfG 38 ch. 24 (FAS III 127-28);
GHrólf 267-68 ch. 11;
SturlSt 634, 638-39 ch. 22, 23;
Þiðr I 49-56 (II 71-83), 57-62 (II 87-91), 62-70 (II 94-105), 282-85, II 38-40, 47-60, 111-12, 157, 275-79;
Harð ch. 5;
JarlmH 4-19 ch. 4-19;
ÁsmS 1-2;
SigrgV ch. 7, 22;
SaulusN 85-89 ch. 33;
NikL 7-17 ch. 4-7 (cf. K1372);
Mágus 1-2, 8-9;
Kirial 2-4, 77-80;
Saxo lib. III c. II 8, lib. IV c. I 12, lib. V c. I 6-10, III 23, lib. VI c. IV 13, lib. VIII c. IX 1 etc.;
cf. Reuschel 94-95.

T121.8.

King (rich man) weds common girl.

cf. T91.6.2.
RagnarL ch. 5 (4);
ÁsmS 8 a-h.

T133.4.

Bridegroom and his men come for the bride.

HrólfKr 29-30 ch. 11 (FAS I ch. 14);
Völs ch. 3-4 (FAS I 120 ff.);
RagnarL ch. 4 (3) (FAS I 242);
BárðSn 22 ch. 10;
Þiðr II 278-79, 368;
Amb 14 ch. 3;
RémK 366-70 ch. 72.

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.

T136.1.

Wedding feast.

RagnarS 467 ch. 5 (FAS I 360);
Sögubr 5 ch. 1 (FAS I 366);
HjÖlv 458 ch. 3;
KetilH 124 ch. 4;
SigrgV ch. 12, 22;
Vilm 193, 199 ch. 22, 24;
Kirial 10, 85-88, 90-91;
Dám 103 ch. 16.
The feast lasts many days:
 Völs 146-47 ch. 29 (27);
five days:
 Þiðr II 36-38;
seven days:
 RagnarL 121 ch. 4 (3) (FAS I 242);
 Þiðr II 105;
 ÁsmVík 43 ch. 22;
 Álafl XVIII 1-4;
twelve days:
 Sigþ 233 ch. 46;
fourteen days or half a month:
 HálfdBr 586, 590 ch. 14, 17;
 HrólfG ch. 14 in FAS III 105;
 ÁsmVík 32 ch. 15;
 Vald 77 ch. 3;
 HéðinH 9 ch. 4;
 Þorgr 33 ch. 5;
 Úlf 271;
 SaulusN 89 ch. 34;
 ÞjJón 52-53 (36) ch. 20;
 RémK 346-60 ch. 69-70;
 Part 45;
twenty days:
 Herv in FAS I 455;
three weeks:
 Bósa 131 ch. 16;
one month:
 HrólfG 25 ch. 15;
 Bósa 61 ch. 16 (FAS III 232);
 VilhSj 123-24 ch. 58;
 HringH 31 ch. 8;
 Vald 77 ch. 3;
 Þorgr 31, 32 ch. 5;
two months:
 Kóngab 48-50.

T165.

Girl may remain virgin for three days after marriage.

cf. T151.3.
RagnarL 129 ch. 6 (5) st. 6 (FAS I 250;
Skj II 253);
Saxo lib. IX c. XI 2-4.

T481.7.

Woman advises husband to kill guest: else she will make him chase husband and marry her instead.

Völs ch. 45 (43) =
RagnarL 113-14 ch. 1 (43).

V0.

Religious services, »blót«.

cf. E748;
S260.
cf. Ys ch. 8;
Sögubr 25 ch. 10 (FAS I 388);
HverN in Flb I 21-22 (FAS II 3-4);
FundNo in Flb I 219 (FAS II 17);
Herv 160 (FAS I 512 n.);
RagnarL ch. 7 (6) (FAS I 250; Skj II B 253);
HrólfKr 35 ch. 13 (FAS I ch. 17);
Friðþj II 7 (FAS II 64, 491);
ÞorvV in Flb I 270 (FMS I 267-68, FjÍsl 490-91);
Sörla 275 (FAS I 391);
GrønbechVFO IV 127 ff.

V1.8.1.

Cow worship.

ÓláfTr in Flb I 375 (FMS II ch. 197, by Odd ch. 43 (33));
RagnarL. ch. 8 (7)- 10 (9)/
cf. B741.3.

V1.11.3.

Worship of wooden idols, »skurðgoð«, »trémenn«.

cf. V356.
ÓláfTr ch. 167, 172-73, 184 in FMS II 44, 73-75 ( = Ögmundar þáttr dytts ok Gunnars helm. in Flb I 37-39; FjÍsl 519-23), 108;
ÓláfH ch. 107-09, 112 in Hkr II 219 ff., 232, ch. 107 in FMS IV 242;
Hallfr 65;
EiríkV ch. 4 in FAS III 672 (cf. Flb I 35);
Stefnis þáttr Þorgilssonar in Flb I 286-87 (FjÍsl 307-08);
Þorv in Flb I 270 (FjÍsl 490-91 and FMS I 267);
RagnarL ch. 20 (21) (FAS I 298-99, Skj II 261);
ÖOdd 115 n. (FAS II 228);
Friðþj IX 6-8 (FAS II 86-87, 497);
Bósa 29-30 ch. 8 (FAS III 213);
Flov 193 ch. 13;
Bæring 99-100 ch. 17;
Saxo lib. XIV c. XXXIX 3 465;
Vries 114, 140.

V61.2.

Dead burned on pyre.

cf. E431.13;
E446.2;
P16.4;
T211.2.
Prologus to Hkr;
Ys ch. 8 ff.;
Helreið/
SgFIII 66-70/
Guðrúnarhvöt 20 in SæmE 258 ff./
Völs ch. 33/
Nornag 69 ch. 8 (FAS I 333, Flb I 355);
RagnarL ch. 18 (19);
Saxo lib. III c. II 11, lib. V c. VIII 1;
cf. Vries 16 ff., 26, 29;
Weinhold 480 ff.

V65.2.

Drinking festival in memory of the dead, »drekka erfi«.

Sinfj in BuggeE 202,;
Atlam 75 in BuggeE 304;
Völs ch. 10, 40 (38), 43 (41);
RagnarL ch. 19 (20) (FAS I 294-95);
Herv 36, 85-88, 141-45 (FAS I 490-95);
Sögubr 14 ch. 5 (FAS I 376);
HrólfG 25 ch. 16 (FAS III 71-72, 105, 112);
ÖOdd 26, 107-08 (ch. IV, XXXI 8; FAS II 174, 223-24);
KetilH 122 ch. 3;
GHrólf 349 ch. 34;
SörlaSt 433 ch. 14;
HjÖlv 456 ch. 2;
IllGr 659 ch. 6;
Þiðr II 358;
Egils þáttr Síðu-Hallssonar ok TófaV in FMS V 327-28;
ÞorstB 183 ch. 5;
Úlf 158;
HringH 29 ch. 12;
Vilm 199 ch. 24;
NikL 3-6 ch. 1, 3;
Andr 84, 85;
Saxo lib. III c. II 11, III 1;
in family sagas as:
 Eyrb ch. 54/
 Laxd ch. 27/
 Svarfd ch. 11/
 etc./
 cf. GrønbechVFO IV 126;
Weinhold 500.

V332.

Baptism of heathen.

ÞorstB 195-97 ch. 12;
Tóka 137-38 (FMS V 303);
Nornag 48, 76-78 ch. 1, 9-10 (Flb I 346, 357-58; FAS I 314, 339-41);
ÖOdd 112-14 (ch. XXXIII, FAS II 226-48, 537-38);
EiríkV 32 ch. 2 (FAS III 662-67, 671);
BárðSn 36-37 ch. 17;
ÁsmFl 176;
Part 26;
cf. Völs ch. 13;
Herv 14, 102 (FAS I 429-30, 517);
RagnarL ch. 7 (6) (FAS I 251);
ÖOdd 4-5, 126 (FAS II 162, 504; ch. I 6);
BárðSn 2, 24 ch. 1, 11;
Steins þáttr Skaptasonar in Flb II 264 (FMS IV 318; FjÍsl 315);
ÞorstTj Flb III 433 (FjÍsl 432);
Bevers 253 ch. 29;
Mars 3-4, 12 ch. 1, 4;
newborn baby is »vatni ausinn« and given name by its father:
 Vries 80.

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.