Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: Skírn

Skírnismál, in Sophus Bugge's edition of Sæmundar Edda, https://archive.org/details/norrnfornkviisl00eddagoog , p. 90-96.

Works with this reference:

A157.5.

God's sword.

Gylf ch. 23 (37) (cf. D1601.4.1)/
Skírn 8-9 (cf. D1601.4.1).

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).

A165.

Attendants and servants of the gods.

Beyla:
 Ls in BuggeE 113/
 Vries 280;
Byggvir:
 Ls in BuggeE 113/
 Vries 280;
Eldir:
 Ls in BuggeE 113;
Fimafengr:
 Ls in BuggeE 113;
Fulla:
 Grm in BuggeE 76/
 Gylf ch. 22 (35);
Ganglati:
 Gylf ch. 20 (34);
Ganglöt:
 Gylf ch. 20 (34);
Gná:
 Gylf ch. 22 (35);
Loki:
 Þrym in BuggeE 124;
Röskva:
 Gylf ch. 26 (44)/
 Vries 217;
Skírnir:
 Skírn in BuggeE 90/
 Gylf ch. 21 (33);
Þjálfi:
 Gylf ch. 26 (44)/
 Vries 217.

A671.5.

Gate around hell.

cf. F776.2.
valgrind:
 Fjölsv 26/
 Ls 63/
 Skírn 35;
nágrindr:
 Grm 22;
þrymgjöll:
 Fjölsv 10;
helgrindr:
 Gylf ch. 34 (49)/
 Herv 25 (= Skj II 266);
MC 130;
Vries 400.

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.

D1310.1.

Magic seat gives omniscience.

cf. D1733.4.
Grm in BuggeE 76;
Skírn in BuggeE 90;
Gylf ch. 6 (9), 9 (17), 23 (37), 36 (50);
Hliðskjálf:
 Saussaye 286.

D1355.7.

Apple produces love.

cf. Skírn 19;
Þiðr II 115;
Dínus 46-48.

D1355.19.

Magic writings, »rúnar«, produce love.

cf. D1900.
Skírn 36;
Eg LXXII 11-17, LXXVI 3;
Völs ch. 21 (20) st. 10 (= Sigrdr 9);
ÞorstVík 434 ch. 18;
SturlSt 634-35 ch. 22;
cf. DgF no. 6, 73-81;
Saxo lib. III c. IV 4 =
Herrm 239;
MC 298,
Vries 190.

D1456.2.1.

Magic ring multiplies wealth.

Draupnir:
 Skírn 21/
 Skáldsk ch. 44 (35)/
 Vries 189/
 MC 66;
ÞjJón ch. 9;
Gering I 21647.

D1601.4.1

Automatic sword.

Skírn 8-9 =
Gylf ch. 23 (37);
Leyen 41;
MC 109;
cf. A157.5.

F531.1.0.1.1.

Beautiful giantess.

cf. G229.5.
Gerðr:
 Skírn/
 cf. Saussaye 329;
BárðSn 29 ch. 14;
HálfdBr 590 n. ch. 17;
Vald 57-58 ch. 1.

F531.1.2.2.2.

Three-headed giant.

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

F531.6.7.1.1.

Giants have animals.

cf. F531.4.11.
dogs:
 Skírn 11;
dogs, horses:
 Þrym 6;
cattle:
 Þrym 24;
horse:
 Skáldsk ch. 25 (17);
goats:
 EgÁsm IX 7.

F813.1.1.

Golden apple.

Skírn 19-20 =
MC 111.

G353.2.

Eagle as ogre.

cf. F531.1.8.7.
Vsp 50;
Skírn 27;
KetilH 136 ch. 5;
ÞorstB 179 ch. 3.

H331.1.5.

Suitor contest: riding through fire.

cf. D1380.1.
Skírn 9, 17;
Skáldsk ch. 49 (41) =
Völs ch. 29 (27), cf. ch. 21 (20).

H1220.

Quests voluntarily undertaken.

Þrym;
Skírn;
Þiðr I 107 ff.

H1301.

Quest for the most beautiful of women.

cf. Skírn 90.

T15.

Love at first sight.

Skírn 90;
HálfdBr 585 ch. 14;
HálfdE VIII 14 (FAS III 531);
Þiðr II 52-60, 106;
Vígl 53 ch. 4;
FlóresS IV 5-8, XI 3-6;
HaraldHr 265 ff.;
NikL 31 ch. 10;
Gibbon 25 ch. 6;
Mágus 172 ch. 77.

T16.1.

Man falls in love by the sight of woman's white arms.

Skírn 6 =
MC 110 f.

T24.1.

Love-sickness.

Skírn in BuggeE 90 =
MC 110;
HrólfKr 29-30 ch. 10-11 (FAS I ch. 13-14);
GHrólf 300 ch. 23;
Ívars þáttr Ingimundarsonar in FMS VII 103-06 (Msk 354-55; FjÍsl 176);
Þiðr 147-49;
JarlmH 36 ch. 19;
FlóresB VI 1 ff.;
FlóresS V 5-10;
SigrgV 132-33 ch. 7;
RémK 12 ch. 5 ff.;
Gering I 288;
Saxo lib. III c. II 12 =
Herrm 228.

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.

T70.

The scorned lover.

cf. F610.3.4.2.1;
K1210;
R111.1.9;
T311;
T322.
Skírn 25;
Ragnhildr ríka
 HaraldHárf ch. 8 in FMS X 194;
ÞorstVík 385 ch. 2;
cf. Schlauch 92-93.

Z71.6.

Formulistic number: nine.

cf. A651.3.1.1;
P251.6.5;
P252.5.
Vsp 2, 56 (53) =
Gylf ch. 38 (51, MC 341);
Háv 138, 140;
Hyndl 35;
Vkv 3;
Sigrdr 22-33;
Fjölsv 26, 38;
Skírn 39, 41 =
Gylf ch. 23 (37);
HHj 17, 29, 173;
HHu II 194;
Gylf ch. 12 (23), 15 (27, MC 153), 34 (49);
Skáldsk ch. 6 (57), 16 (8), 24 (16), 81 (64 =
FAS II 9, MC 112;
Sól 51, 79;
Skj I 201.
ÞorstVík 404-5 ch. 9;
EiríkR ch. 4;
Herv 84 ch. 10 (FAS I 488);
Amb 180 ch. 39 (38);
Saxo lib. VI c. VII 2;
* etc.

Z71.7.

Formulistic number: eleven.

cf. P251.6.6.
eleven apples:
 Skírn 19-20.