Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: Skjöld

Skjöldunga saga, ed. Axel Olrik in AarbNO 1894, p. 83 ff. and Jakob Benediktsson in Bibliotheca Arnamagnæana IX (1950), p. 331 ff. (same chapters).

Works with this reference:

A1101.1.1.

Reign of peace and justice (under certain king).

Grotta in BuggeE 324-25/
Skáldsk ch. 53 (43);
HHu I 13;
Saxo lib. V c. XII and XV 2/
Herrm 377;
Skjöld ch. 3;
Ys ch. 9-11;
Vries 261.

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).

B741.3.

Cow whose bellowing defeats army.

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

D113.1.1.

Werewolf.

cf. B29.5;
D621.1.1.
cf. the surname Úlf(s)hamr:
 Herv 156 (FAS I 509)/
 Skjöld 121/
 Sörla 279/
 ÞorstB 197 ch. 12/
 Úlfh ch. 1-3;
Trolldom 103 ff.

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.

E155.1.

Slain warriors revive nightly.

cf. A169.2;
E50.
Skáldsk ch. 62 (50) =
Saxo lib. V c. IX =
Herrm 364;
Skj I 74;
Skjöld ch. 12;
HrólfKr 103 ch. 33 (FAS I 105-6);
Sörla 276-83 (FAS I 394-407 ch. 2-9);
GHrólf 337-38 ch. 32-33;
Kóngab 14-15;
Fertram ch. 14/
cf. Jiriczek 1894 23.

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).

E481.3.1.

Abode of the dead in hills, barrows.

cf. F451.4.1.9;
F455.1;
V1.6.1.1; V61.8.
HHu II 42;
Njála LXXVIII 10-12;
Skjöld ch. 7;
Herv 17, 103 (FAS I 432 ff.; Skj II A 245 ff.).

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.

F610.3.1.

Invulnerable berserk.

cf. D1840.
Grett II 6;
Skjöld 128;
HrólfKr 45 ch. 15 (FAS I ch. 22);
Ys ch. 6;
SörlaSt 423 ch. 8;
HálfdB 12-13 ch. 8;
GHrólf 255, 285-86 ch. 6, 17;
HrólfG 26, 28, 31 ch. 16, 17, 20 (FAS III 106-07, 110, 132);
ÖOdd 90-91 (ch. XXVI 6; FAS II 207, 534);
FlóresS XII 16, XVII 4;
Ector ch. 9, 14;
HringH 32-33 ch. 14;
Bragð 53 ch. 5.

F610.3.3.

Twelve berserks.

cf. F610.3.4.1.
Eg IX 3;
Svarfd ch. 7;
HálfdS ch. 5 in Hkr I;
Skjöld ch. 8-9, 12;
Skáldsk ch. 55 (44) =
HrólfKr 44 ff., 72 ff., 98 ch. 24, 32;
GrímL 148 ch. 2-3;
ÖOdd 94 ff. (ch. XXVIII-XXXI);
Gautr 32-33 ch. 7 (FAS III 36-37);
HrólfG 31 ch. 20 ff. (FAS III 116 ff.);
Friðþj ch. 3 in FAS II 495;
FlóresS XII 16;
Andr 4;
Mágus ch. 60;
Villif 14-15, 23, 26, 37 ch. 6, 12, 13, 17;
Saxo lib. VII c. II 7-11.

F771.6.

Phantom house: disappears at dawn.

Gylf ch. 42 (54);
Skjöld ch. 12.

F965.2.

Sun darkened at death of holy person.

ÓláfH ch. 226 in Hkr II 487, 491/
cf. LiestølSF 60 ff.;
Bisk I 432;
Skjöld ch. 3.

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.

J445.2.

Foolish marriage of old man and young girl.

cf. K2213.12.
Skjöld 132 ch. 27: Sigvardus Ring;
HrólfKr 47-48 ch. 17 (FAS I 47-48): Hringr in Norway;
Völs ch. 11, 42 (40): Sigmundr and Jörmunrekr;
Gautr 72 ch. 6 (only in L);
HrólfG 3-5 ch. 2 (FAS III 58-61);
GHrólf 314 ch. 27;
SturlSt 596 ch. 5;
Friðþj ch. 8 ff. (FAS II 84 ff., 496 ff.);
Vígl 84-90 ch. 20;
Kóngab 32;
Úlf 142-50;
Bevers 209-12 ch. 1-4;
cf. HrólfKr 97 ch. 32 (FAS I 99);
Gould 1922#.

K1218.1.7.

Importunate suitor has his head shaved and tarred and is put into sack and returned to his men.

Helgi:
 HrólfKr 19 ch. 6/
 Skjöld ch. 11;
cf. ViktorBl 36-37 ch. 12.

K1292.

Hostile brother-in-law made king's inferior by being tricked to hold his sword while the king arranges his breeches belt. (Old custom).

HrólfKr 46 ch. 16 (FAS I 46-47) =
Skjöld ch. 13/
cf. Saxo lib. II c. VIII 4 =
Herrm 197-98.

K2357.15.

Capture by hiding warriors in baskets on back of oxen driven into enemy's camp on pretense that food is brought.

cf. HrólfKr 98 ch. 32 =
Skjöld 119 ch. 12/
Saxo lib. II c. VII 1-2 =
Herrm 182;
Saxo lib. IX c. IV 29;
Mágus 159 ch. 68.

L111.2.

Foundling hero.

cf. N861;
R131.
ÓláfTr ch. 61 in FMS I 112 (Skjöld 26);
Orkn 329 (Flb II 529);
ÞorstUxaf 252 (FMS III 112);
Álafl II 2-III 3;
FlóresS XXI 11;
SigrgV ch. 17;
SamsF ch. 17-21.

M113.1.

Oath taken on sword.

cf. Herrm 197 ad Skjöld 119 ch. 13,
Saxo lib. II c. VIII 3.

N365.2.

Unwitting father-daughter incest.

Helgi-Yrsa:
 HrólfKr 23 ch. 7 (FAS I 23 ch. 9)/
 Skjöld ch. 11/
 Ys ch. 29/
 Saxo lib. II c. V 4.

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.

P10.

Kings.

cf. D1711.7;
H1381.3.11;
K1812;
N836;
P30.1;
Q91.3;
T64.
Rþ/
cf. A1653;
descent of kings from Freyr:
 Ys ch. 10/
cf. Vries 118;
Danr had king as valet and two earls as grooms:
 Skjöld ch. 7;
Konungs skuggsjá 94-289.

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.

Q475.

Tar and feathers as punishment.

Skjöld ch. 11;
HrólfKr 19 ch. 6 (FAS I ch. 7);
ÁnB 342 ch. 4;
Sigþ 127 ch. 10;
Hávarð ch. 21;
ViktorBl 36 ch. 12.

R231.

Obstacle flight - Atlanta type. Objects are thrown back which the pursuer stops to pick up while the fugitive escapes.

cf. D672;
G610.
Skáldsk ch. 55 (44) =
Ys ch. 29/
HrólfKr 90-92 ch. 45 (FAS I 92)/
Skjöld ch. 12;
(y.) ÖOdd 136 (FAS II 255);
Yngv 13, 37 (cf. D981.1);
Álafl V 7-19;
Saxo lib. II c. III 2 and VI 7 =
Herrm 127, 167.

S175.

Horses mutilated: tails cut off and manes torn off with the skin in ordder to humiliate their owner.

Skjöld ch. 12 =
HrólfKr 78-79, 88 ch. 27,29 (FAS I 90).

T75.

Man scorned by his beloved (or her father).

Almost all items to T311.2 *.
cf. H901;
K1210;
L431;
R18;
T92.9;
T141.
HrólfKr 17-20 ch. 6 (FAS I ch. 7) =
Skjöld ch. 11;
GHrólf 299 ch. 23;
SturlSt 595 ch. 3;
HjÖlv 489 ch. 14;
Þiðr I 49-56, II 71-83;
Sigþ 123-29, 238-39 ch. 10, 48;
ViktorBl 36-37 ch. 12;
cf. Háv 101 =
K525.6.

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.