Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: Sörla

Sörla saga sterka, in Fornaldar sögur Norðrlanda III, p. 408-52, https://books.google.de/books?id=mVNZAAAAcAAJ&lpg=PA100&ots=aq_6zoCkrv&dq=Fornaldar%20s%C3%B6gur%20Nordrlanda%20fyrsta%20bindi .

Works with this reference:

A156.1.

Jewels of the gods.

Brísingamen:
 Sörla 275/
 MC 120-23;
* Draupnir:
 MC 266.

A282.

Wind-god.

cf. D2142.0.1;
cf. R17;
cf. V11.5;
cf. Z115.
Freyja:
 Sörla 281 (FAS I 403 ch. 8);
Freyr:
 Hallfr 45;
Njörðr:
 Ys ch. 7/
 Gylf ch. 11 (23)/
 MC 102/
 Vries 201, 253;
Odin:
 Hallfr 45/
 Nornag 59-60 ch. 5/
 Reg in BuggeE 215-16/
 MC 40/
 Saussaye 225/
 Vries 187/
 cf. Saxo lib. I c. VIII 16/
 Herrm 104;
Thor:
 Flóam ch. 21/
 Hallfr 45/
 Hell 5-6 ch. 3/
 ÓláfTr ch. 150 in FMS I 303.

B11.2.11.1.

Dragon spews venom.

cf. B776;
cf. F582.2.
(y.) Bósa 58;
GHrólf 339 ch. 33;
Gylf ch. 37 (51)/
MC 340;
Íven X 24;
ÓláfTr ch. 33 in Hkr I 317/
MC 229;
Saxo lib. II c. I 2-3;
SigrgFr 89 ch. 13;
SörlaSt. 424 ch. 8;
Völs ch. 18;
Yngv 14, 41-42;
(y.) ÖOdd 118;
cf. VilhSj 16 ch. 7:
 sword poisoned from serpent's nest/
 »ormabæli«.

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.

B557.

Unusual animal as riding-horse.

cf. A136;
F989.4.
elephant:
 (y.) Bósa 88 ch. 6/
 SörlaSt 422 ch. 8/
 Yngv 38/
 Þiðr I 225, II 282 (cf. 389);
dromedary:
 VilhSj 90, 118, 120 ch. 39, 55, 56/
 Amb, ed. 1886 ch. 28;
»nomokey«:
 Amb, ed. 1898, 152 ch. 29;
camel:
 Ector ch. 5, 8, 9, 12;
»hyrela-allra dýra grimmast«
 Ector ch. 20 (11 in GKS);
goat:
 ÓláfH ch. 20 in FMS IV 35 (Skj I 190).

B571.3.

Animals fight together with their master.

cf. B268;
B335;
F531.8.2.
HrólfKr 60 ch. 23;
GHrólf 295 ch. 21 ff.;
Þiðr I 185-86;
Sigþ ch. 19;
Ector ch. 11;
Kirial 18;
VilhSj 25 ch. 12;
horse:
 Mágus 16, 19, 37 ch. 10, 19;
horse and lion:
 VilhSj 25, 33, 45-48, 58 ch. 12, 17, 21, 25;
lion (cf. B443):
 SörlaSt 440-41 ch. 18;
hawk:
 HrólfKr ch. 27, 29 (FAS I 81, 89);
hawk and dog:
 Dám 77-78, 94 ch. 9, 14 (Árnason I 284-85).

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.

D185.1.

Transformation: man to fly.

cf. F531.1.8.5;
K952.2.
Loki:
Skáldsk ch. 44 (35)/
Sörla 276 (FAS I 393 ch. 2)/
Saussaye.

D185.2.

Transformation: man to flea.

Sörla 276 (FAS I 393 ch. 2) =
Flb 276.

D199.2.1.

Magician fights as dragon.

cf. D659.2.
Bósa 58, 91 ch. 14-15, 6 (FAS III 230)/
Bósa introd. lxvi: ViktorBl;
HálfdE XX 8-9 (FAS III 550);
SturlSt 613 ch. 12;
GHrólf 342 ch. 33;
SörlaSt 424 ch. 8;
Mágus 147 ch. 62;
Bæring 108, 118-19 ch. 22, 31;
Dínus 76-77;
Huld no. 4.

D630.

Transformation and disenchantment at will.

cf. D113.1;
D128;
* and, in general, references throughout D610-629, D640-659, D670-699;
F451.3.3.0.1.
Nearly all of those motifs involve the idea of voluntary transformation. In Old Icelandic the idea of people possessing a power like this is often expressed through the words »hamramr« »eigi einhamr«, »hamhleypa«, »fara hamfari«.
Eyrb ch. LXI 5;
Eg I 8, III 18-20, XXVII 6, LIX 52, LXXII 11;
GullÞ ch. 14, 18;
ÁnB ch. 29;
Hávarð ch. 1;
Sturl I 5;
Ys ch. 6-1 (Odin);
Hóam ch. 16;
Völs ch. 9;
Bósa 25, 84 ch. 8, 6 (FAS III 210);
ÞorstVík 390, 395 ch. 3, 5;
GHrólf 241 ch. 2;
SörlaSt 426 ch. 10;
HálfdBr 573 n. ch. 6;
BárðSn 11, 14, 18 ch. 5, 8, 9;
OrmSt 521, 522, 524;
ÞórðarH 95 ch. 3;
HálfdE ch. 8;
Sigþ ch. 25;
SkáldH 18 ch. 6;
Vald 63 ch. 1;
Mágus ch. 61.
cf. StrömbäckSejd 21 (ad Ls 24), 160 ff. ch. IV »Sejd och hamskifte«;
Reuschel 114;
Schlauch 124;
MC 46;
Saussaye 298f.

D812.11.

Magic object received from giant giantess).

cf. D812.8.1;
Q111.5.
KetilH 118 ch. 3 (giant);
SörlaSt 417 ch. 4;
HjÖlv 473 ch. 10;
HálfdBr 576 ch. 8;
SturlSt 621 ch. 16;
Amb ch. 28 (27);
Sigþ ch. 21;
Vald ch. 1;
Villif ch. 12;
HringH ch. 3;
Blómst 39 ch. 24 (all giantesses);
VilhSj ch. 7 (from giant as ransom).

D838.

Magic object acquired by stealing.

ring and tablecloth (magic ?):
 ÞorstB 176-79 ch. 2;
sword:
 Þiðr I 55;
cf. Brísingamen:
 Sörla 276.

D902.1.

Magic mist.

cf. D1361.1;
R236.1.
BárðSn 29 ch. 14;
HrólfKr ch. 1 (FAS I 5);
EgÁsm IX 4-6, cf. 42 n. (FAS III 382-83);
SörlaSt 410 ff., 442 ch. 2-4, 19;
Vald 60, 74 ch. 1, 3.

D905.

Magic storm (»gerningahríð«, »galdrahrið«, »kyngiveðr«).

cf. D1541;
D2141.
Eyrb XL 12-16;
Gullp ch. 3;
Bisk II 118;
Vígl 63 ch. 11;
HrólfKr ch. 34 (FAS I 108);
ÖOdd 36-39 (ch. X 1-7; FAS II 179-80, 515-16);
GrímL 144 ch. 1;
KetilH 117 ch. 3;
ÞorstVík 435 ch. 19;
HrólfG ch. 22 (FAS III 122-23);
GHrólf 279-82, 317-18 ch. 16, 28;
SörlaSt 410-16 ch. 2-4;
HjÖlv 471 ch. 9;
HalfdBr 568-71 ch. 4-5;
(y.) Bósa 94 ch. 7;
Friðþj ch. 5-6 (FAS II 72-81, 492-94);
Nornag ch. 5 in Flb I 351 (FAS I 324-25);
Helgaþ 360-61 (FMS III 137, 139);
FlóresS II 6-7;
VilhSj 10 ch. 5 (ZDPh XXVI 6);
HaraldHr 271;
Þorgr 23 ch. 5;
Kóngab 7-8, 16-17;
SkaldH 18 ch. 6;
Saxo lib. I c. VII 1;
Reuschel 111;
Dehmer 92.

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.

D1365.2.

Drink causes magic forgetfulness.

Guðr II 22-23/
Völs ch. 34 (32) =
MC 298;
Völs ch. 28 (26) =
Saussaye 143;
GHrólf 302 ch. 33;
ÞorstVík 394 ch. 5;
Sörla 279 (FAS I 400 ch. 7).

D1366.1.

Magic drink causes memory.

Hyndl 45;
Sigrdr in BuggeE 228/
Völs ch. 21 (20);
GHrólf 309 ch. 25;
Sörla 280 (FAS I 402 ch. 7).

D1382.10.

Magic garment prevents burning.

HálfdBr 576 ch. 8;
SörlaSt 415, 419 ch. 3, 5;
EgÁsm XII 12-XIII 10 (FAS III 391-93)/
cf. Lagerholm 58/
GullÞ ch. 3/
Blómst 46;
(y.) Bósa 110 ch. 11.

D1383.1.

Magic garment protects from poison.

RagnarS ch. 3 (2) (FAS I 238-39);
(y.) Bósa 110 ch. 11;
(y.) ÖOdd 119-20 (FAS II 231)/
cf. D1344.9;
GHrólf 250, 322 ff., 353 ch. 4, 30 ff., 36;
SörlaSt 415, 419 ch. 3, 5;
VilhSj ch. 30;
Sigþ ch. 21, 30.

D1384.7.

Magic ring prevents losing one's way.

SörlaSt 417 ch. 4;
GHrólf 277 ch. 15.

D1400.1.17.

Magic helmet (»ægishjálmr«).

cf. D1381.10.3.
Fáfn 16-17 in BuggeE 215, 222, 226;
Völs ch. 18;
Svarfd ch. 21;
Konr 70, 75 ch. 9-10;
ÞjJón ch. 9;
Skj II 121.
Högni has »ægishjálmr« in the eye:
Sörla 282 (FAS I 406 ch. 9);
cf. Pape 1946 156 ff.

D1500.4.1.

Magic drink causes disease.

cf. D1783.2.
ÞorstVík 394 ch. 5;
Sörla 279.

D1711.10.1.

Finns (or Fins or »Bjarmar«) as magicians.

Vatnsd ch. 10;
HaraldHárf ch. 32 in Hkr I 145;
ÓláfH ch. 9 Hkr II 12 and ch. 27, 44 in FMS IV 44, 71;
ÓláfTr ch. 204 in FMS II 167, by Odd ch. 19 (13), 45 (34);
HálfdS ch. 4 in FMS X 170;
Ágrip ch. 2 in FMS X 378;
Skj I 243;
ÖOdd 34-37 (ch. X ff.; FAS II 178-80, 241-42, 514-16);
KetilH 118 ch. 3;
HálfdE XV 8, XX 2 ff. (FAS III 540, 549);
SturlSt 613 ch. 12;
SörlaSt 445-46 ch. 20;
Andr 8;
Vries 65;
Reuschel 110;
Herrm 372/
Saxo lib. V c. XIII 1.

D1812.5.1.2.

Bad dream as evil omen.

cf. D1812.5.1.1.3.
Vegt in BuggeE 135 and Gylf ch. 33 (49)/
cf. Saxo lib. III c. III 7 =
Herrm 233/
Vries 234, 242;
Atlam 10-12, 24-28/
cf. Völs ch. 36 (34), 37 (35);
Laxd ch. 31;
ÓláfTr ch. 48-49 in Hkr I 350, 354, by Odd ch. 21 (15);
MagnúsErl ch. 32 in Hkr III 478;
Sturl I 474, 494, 517-24, II 243-45, 293, 323;
Sögubr ch. 2, 3 (FAS I 367, 371-73);
HrólfKr 15 ch. 4 (FAS I 14);
Herv 8, 95 (FAS I 420, 517);
HálfH XI 3, XV st. 40-46 (FAS II 40-43, 47);
ÁnB 353 ch. 6;
HrómGr 373, 377 ch. 6, 9;
ÞorstVík 413 ch. 12;
HrólfG ch. 8, 11 (FAS III 77-79, 95, 117);
GHrólf 312-13 ch. 27;
HálfdBr 560-61 ch. 1;
Sörla 280 (FAS I 402 ch. 7);
Harðar ch. 31;
Þiðr II 283-84;
SígFót 1004;
Þorgr 7 ch. 1;
Úlf 183-85;
Villif ch. 33, 38;
Ector ch. 1;
Dám ch.11;
Vilm ch. 8;
HeðinH ch. 8;
SigrgV ch. 9;
Hell ch. 25;
Bæring 86, 122 ch. 3, 33;
ParmesL ch. 5, 9;
AtlaÓ ch. 9, 14.

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.

D2031.1.2.

People swim in imaginary rising river.

SörlaSt 443 ch. 19;
cf. EgÁsm XII 11 and Lagerholm's note.

D2031.6.4.

Pursuers confused in other ways by magic illusion.

Ldb ch. 276 and n.;
Njála ch. 12;
ÓláfTr ch. 63 in Hkr I 376/
cf. StrömbäckSejd 46;
ÞorvV in Flb I 270-71 (FMS I 273);
Bisk I 600-02, II 134;
Harðar ch. 26;
GHrólf 317 ch. 28;
SörlaSt 442-43 ch. 19;
HringH 271.

D2072.1.

Magic paralysis by evil eye.

Sörla 282 (FAS I 406 ch. 9)
cf. Saxo lib. VII c. XI 8-9.

D2074.

Attracking by magic.

cf. D1420;
E380.
HálfdBr 569 ch. 4/
cf. StrömbäckSejd 104;
SörlaSt 416 ch. 4;
Huld no. 16.

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.

D2142.1.

Wind produced by magic.

Markús:
 MagnúsErl ch. 17 in Hkr III 456, ch. 9 in FMS VII 301;
ÖOdd 18-25, 46-47, 106, 123 (ch. IV 3-V 4, XII 6, XIII 2-3, FAS II 170-72, 186, 222, 236, 509-10);
GrímL 152 ch. 2;
SturlSt 619-20, 626, 630 ch. 16, 18;
IllGr 658-59 ch. 6;
HrólfG ch. 21 (FAS III 145);
Sörla 281 (FAS I 403 ch. 8).

D2143.3.

Fog produced by magic.

cf. D1540.1.
Njála ch. 12;
ÓláfTr ch. 63 in Hkr I 376/
cf. StrömbäckSejd 46;
HrólfKr 6 ch. 1 (FAS I 5);
SörlaSt 410, 442-43 ch.

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.

F347.

Fairy adviser.

Sörla 278 (FAS I 398 ch. 5-8) (Göndul a fairy?);
Ector ch. 10;
ParmesL 20 ch. 9.

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«.

F451.10.3.

Dwarf in love with other supernatural beings.

Alv in BuggeE 129 ff.;
Freyja:
 Sörla 275 (FAS I 391-92 ch. 1).

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.

F531.2.

Size (and strenght) of giant.

Eg XXV 6;
Nornag 66 ch. 6 (Flb I 353, FAS I 330);
SörlaSt 412 ch. 3;
SturlSt 612 ch. 12;
Þiðr I 4, 8, 31, 35, 48, 329, 330, 331, 360, II 69-30, 240;
tall men are compared to giants, »risar« or »þursar«:
 RémK 111 ch. 21;
MC 277.

F531.3.5.4.

Giantess steps so heavily during fighting that she sinks into the earth to the knees.

SörlaSt 414, 423 ch. 3, 8.

F531.3.8.1.

Giant's snoring as thunder or storm.

Gylf ch. 27-28 (45) =
MC 92;
SörlaSt 412 ch. 3;
Þiðr I 361.

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.

F531.6.5.4.

Giants as controllers of the elements.

cf. A197;
D2140.
ÖOdd 46-47 (ch. XII 6, FAS II 184, 519);
give fair wind:
 SturlSt 619-20 ch. 16;
HálfdBr 569-71 ch. 4-5;
SörlaSt 410-12 ch. 2-4;
EgÁsm IX 6 ff.;
giant ogres profit of their control over the elements to attrack victims:
 VilhSj in ZDPh XXVI 6-7;
Hell 3-4 ch. 1;
MC 75, 276.

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.

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.

F565.2.

Remarkably strong women.

cf. T58;
T311.
Sturl I 112;
Sörla 275 (FAS I 391 ch. 1-2).

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.

F610.3.4.2.1.

Berserk killed in combat about maiden.

cf. F531.5.7.1;
G550;
H217.2;
H335.4.4;
R111.1.9.
GíslaS I 6-10;
Eg LXIV 12-48;
Dropl ch. 15;
VígaGlúm ch. 4;
GullÞ ch. 6;
Grett XL 2-7;
Ldb ch. 371;
Svarfd ch. 7;
Flóam ch. 15-16;
RagnarS 466 ch. 5 (FAS I 358);
Herv 5-14, 94-101 (FAS I 417-29, 515-17);
ÖOdd 94 ff. (ch. XXVIII-XXXI, FAS II 210 ff.);
GrímL 153-55 ch. 3;
ÞorstVík 393 ch. 4;
HrólfG 56-58 ch. 34 (FAS III 160-63);
(y.) Bósa 83-93 ch. 6, introd. lxiv-vii;
SörlaSt 420-25 ch. 7-9;
SturlSt 599-605 ch. 7-8;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 12-13;
ÞórðarH 95-96 ch. 3-4;
JarlmH 10-19 ch. 6-9;
ÁsmVík 20 ff. ch. 11, 13-14;
SigrgV ch. 6-11;
Vilm ch. 15;
Villif 26-27 ch. 13;
Stark 79 ch. 23;
ÚlfU ch. 2;
Ector ch. 6;
Blómst 28 ch. 18;
Fastus 9-15 ch. 4-5;
Andr 3 ff.;
Saxo lib. I c. IV 2 (and lib. VI c. VII);
cf. Dünninger 1932 31 ff. ad GHrólf;
Dehmer 86-91;
Schlauch 104-06;
Reuschel 89, 100.

F610.7.

Strong man is so heavy that no horse can carry him all day.

cf. F681.9.
HrólfG 10 ch. 6 (FAS III 74);
SörlaSt 409 ch. 1;
Ector ch. 20.

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.

F614.6.1.

Strong man throws man back and breaks his bones (legs).

Hreiþh in Msk 133 (FMS VI 212, FjÍsl 156);
SörlaSt 422 ch. 8;
Vígk 18 ch. 5;
Blómst 39-40 ch. 24.

F730.

Extraordinary islands.

cf. E481.2.
Óskópnir, Úskaptr:
 Fáfn 14-15 =
 Völs ch. 18;
blámen's home:
 SörlaSt 410 ch. 2 (cf. F527.3).

F832.2.

Extraordinarily big lance.

six (or twelve, fifteen) yards:
 SörlaSt 422 ch. 8;
thirteen yards:
 SalusN 78 ch. 31;
thirteen yards, penetrates three yards into the earth and breaks:
 Bæring 111 ch. 26;
ten yards:
 Mágus 42 ch. 22, 133 ch. 55.

F833.5.

Sword cuts everything.

Reg 215 =
Völs ch. 15;
HaraldHárf ch. 40 in Hkr I 159: Kvernbítr;
Herv 11, 99 (FAS I 425, 426 n.);
Nornag 57 ch. 4 (FAS I 322, Flb I 350);
ÖOdd 90-91, 129, 188 (ch. XXVI 8, FAS II 208, 245, 296, 534-35);
ÞorstVík 436 ch. 19;
ÁsmK 82, 98 ch. 1, 7 (FAS II 464-65, 483-84);
EgÁsm III 3, XVI 5 (FAS III 368, 401-02);
HálfdE XXVI 5 (FAS III 556-57);
SörlaSt 415, 419 ch. 3, 5;
HrólfG 41 ch. 26 (FAS III 132)/
GHrólf 323, 354 ch. 30, 36/
BárðSn 39, 42 ch. 18, 20/
Vígk 12 ch. 4:
 »sem í vatn brygði«
Mímungr:
 Þiðr I 97 ff., II 18, 32, cf. I 97 ff.;
Blómst 19, 39 ch. 10, 24;
Huld no. 7.

F841.

Extraordinary boat (ship).

cf. D1121;
D1123.
Sörla 271 (FAS I 395-96 ch. 4);
Gnoð:
 EgÁsm XVIII 8-9 (FAS III 406-07);
Raknarsslóði:
 HálfdE XXVI 2. (FAS III 556);
HrólfG 30 ch. 19 (FAS III 113 ch. 15);
SörlaSt 426-27;
FrForn, FundNo in Flb I 22, 221 (FAS II 5, 21);
Sigþ ch. 24;
NikL 8 ch. 4.

F942.1.1.

Ground opens to hide fugitive (magician).

EiríkR 233 ch. 12;
ÖOdd 136 (FAS II 256);
(y.) Bósa 90 ch. 6;
ÞorstVík 390, 421 ch. 3, 15;
GHrólf 330, 339, 343-44, 346 ch. 31, 33;
SörlaSt 440, 444, 446 ch. 8, 20;
HjÖlv 471 ch. 8;
ÁsmK 82-83 ch. 1;
ÞorstB 196 ch. 12;
ÞorlJ 214, Ísl. Fornsögur III (1883) 128 (FMS III 101, Skj I A 143, B 134);
cf. LiestølNT 50.

F1041.1.2.2.

Woman dies on hearing of her husband's death.

cf. T211.2.
Nanna:
 Gylf ch. 33 (49);
Þýri:
 OddÓláfTr ch. 76 (64);
Ingibjörg:
 Herv 14, 101 (FAS I 429, 517)/
 ÖOdd 101 (ch. XXXI 5; FAS II 23);
Hálfdan's wife:
 SörlaSt 433 ch. 14;
Ekka's wife:
 Þiðr II 60;
Matthildr:
 Mágus 148 ch. 62/
cf. F1041.21.7.

F1041.21.7.

Swooning from grief.

SörlaSt 434 ch. 15;
HjÖlv 505 ch. 19;
HálfdE IX 3 (FAS III 532);
Vígl 64, 73 ch. 11, 15;
ÁsmS 11b-h;
Þiðr I 187;
HaraldHr 268;
Bevers 234 ch. 16;
cf. Signý:
 HrólfKr 12 ch. 3 (FAS I 11).

G11.3.

Cannibal witch.

ÓláfH ch. 141 in Hkr II 335, ch. 137 in FMS IV 339;
giantess cooks human flesh and horse meat:
 SörlaSt 412 ch. 3;
HálfdBr 569 ch. 4.

G125.

Fire-spewing giantess.

SörlaSt 413-14 ch. 3;
OrmSt 521 (FMS III 214);
cf. Bósa 6-7 ch. 2.

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.

G405.1.

Men in driving boat (ship) fall into ogre's power.

cf. G121;
G501;
G511.
HálfdBr 569-71 ch. 4-5;
SörlaSt 410-17 ch. 2-4;
Part 32-39;
cf. OrmSt 526-31.

H217.1.

Decision of victory by single combat or holmgang between army-leaders.

Sörla 281 (FAS I 404 ch. 8);
ÞorstVík 444 ch. 21;
EgÁsm IV 5-12 (FAS III 369-70);
Sigþ ch. 38;
Þiðr II 356-57;
HringH 37-38 ch. 16;
Villif 36 ch. 16;
Mágus 131 ch. 52;
Bæring 118-19 ch. 31;
Bevers 262 ch. 34;
SigFót 1003;
RémK 176-87 ch. 32-34;
Nitida 34-35 ch. 5;
cf. Grett ch. 43;
ÁsmK 92-93 ch. 7 (FAS II 476-77).

H1151.15.

Task: Healing goddess Freyja's necklace.

Sörla 275-76 (FAS I 391-94 ch. 1-2) =
MC 123.

H1381.5.

Hero seeks his equal.

Sörla 278-79 (FAS I 398-99 ch. 5-6).

H1561.2.

Single combat to prove valor.

cf. H217-18 *;
H331.2;
H1149.3;
H1166.
Þórr and Hrungnir:
 Skáldsk ch. 25 (17)/
 cf. F. R. Schröder in PBB LI 33-35/
 SchneiderWais 1952;
Gautr 20-21 ch. 4 (FAS III 23-24);
EgÁsm IV 6-12 (FAS III 369-70);
SörlaSt 449-50 ch. 25;
HálfdB 6-10 ch. 5;
Þiðr I 41-43, 134, 160-73, 175-86, II 1-37, 395-97;
RémK 65-72 ch. 15-16.

H1573.3.

Power of Christianity tested.

cf. M425;
V331.1.
ÞorstB 183-95 ch. 5-11;
Sörla 276-83 (FAS I 394-407 ch. 2-9);
BárðSn 39-44 ch. 18-21.

J155.7.

Knowledge from mysterious women met in the forest.

Sörla 278 (FAS I 398-99);
Úlfh ch. 4;
Vilm ch. 8, 14, 19, 23;
Saxo lib. III c. II 4 =
Herrm 218 ff., 230.

K959.4.

Murder from behind.

Skáldsk ch. 5 (57)/
cf. Q412;
Uppl 457 ch. 2 (FAS II 105; SRD II 269) =
Hkr I 81-83,
HistNor 103;
Fær ch. 43, 103;
ÖOdd 70-71 (ch. XXI 2-3, FAS II 197, 528);
SörlaSt 446 ch. 20;
ÁnB 345, 348 ch. 5, 6;
HrólfG 29 ch. 18 (FAS III 111-12);
Vígl 69-72 ch. 13, 15;
Þiðr II 266.

K1093.

Goddess arouses heroes' jealousy and eternal fighting.

Sörla 278 (FAS I 398 ch. 5 ff.) =
Saxo lib. V c. IX =
Herrm 361.

K2356.

Women throw ashes in eyes of attacking soldiers, so that they are defeated.

cf. Orkn ch. 88;
IngaK ch. 17 in Hkr III 372;
boiling tar thrown over attackers:
 SörlaSt 446 ch. 21.

L225.

Hero refuses reward.

Sörla 425 ch. 9/
cf. T72.

M161.3.

Vow to live and die with the king.

HrólfKr 106 ch. 34 (FAS I 108);
SörlaSt 447 ch. 23;
RémK 10, 37, 278-79, 282 ch. 3, 8, 56, 57;
Saxo lib. II c. VII 7, 28;
cf. HálfH ch. 17 st. 57 (FAS II 53).

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.

M411.4.1.

Curse by a god.

Odin curses Heðinn and Högni to eternal fighting (E155.1):
 Sörla 276-83 (FAS I 394-407).

M420.

Enduring and overcoming curses.

cf. F316.2;
N718.
cf. curse overcome by Christian:
 Sörla 276-83 (FAS I 394-407 ch. 2-9).

N187.

Hero fails to meet the man he seeks, though they are close to one another.

SörlaSt 436 ch. 16.

N203.

Lucky person. Some people, especially heroes, as Hrólf Kráki and Óláfr, usually have luck.

cf. A185.
ÓláfH ch. 27 in FMS IV 44;
Herv in FAS I 447;
HrólfKr 88-89 ch. 29 (FAS I 90);
Sörla 276, 282 (FAS I 394, 406 ch. 2, 9);
Gautr 44, 46, 66, 68 ch. 11 (FAS III 48, 50);
GHrólf 335 ch. 32;
ÞorstB 183-84, 187 ch. 5, 7;
ÁsmFl 174;
Konr 62, 68, 80 ch. 6, 8, 10;
cf. GrønbechVFO I:
 »Lykkemand og niding«.

N538.2.

Treasure from defeated giant (or giant's wife).

cf. F531.6.7.
Grett LXVI 1-11;
HálfdE XXI 5;
SörlaSt 415-17 ch. 4;
Sigþ 140, 250-51 ch. 16, 53;
Þiðr I 364-70;
HringH 54-56 ch. 22.

N771.

King (prince) lost on hunt has adventures.

cf. G405;
H1222.
Gautr 2-3 (50-51) ch. 1 (FAS III 4-5);
EgÁsm VI 5 (FAS III 374);
cf. Sörla 278 (FAS I 398);
VilhSj ch. 3-10;
Huld no. 2;
Breta ch. 10 in Hb 247;
Saxo lib. III c. II 4 =
Herrm 218.

N812.2.

Giantess as foster-mother and helper of hero.

GrímL 149 ch. 2 ff.;
SörlaSt 415, 441-42, 451 ch. 3, 18, 26;
HálfdBr 570-79, 583-85, 589 ch. 4-8, 12-13, 17;
IllGr 653-54 ch. 4;
Saxo lib. I c. V 1-VI 6/
cf. Herrm 98.

N812.3.

Grateful giantess as helper.

cf. F531.5.7.1.2;
G530.2;
T91.1.
SörlaSt 417 ff. ch. 5 ff.;
Sigþ ch. 20-21, 25;
Amb 112, 114, 126-28,146,178 ch. 19, 23, 28 (27),
38 (37);
HringH 6-9 ch. 3-4;
Fertram ch. 3-9;
ÚlfU ch. 1-4.

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.

P311.1.

Combatants become sworn brethren.

cf. P310.5.
Vatnsd VII 20-22;
Sörla 277-79 (FAS I 397, 399 ch. 4, 6);
HrólfG 20 ch. 10 (FAS III 93-94);
ÖOdd 62-65 (ch. XVIII 7, FAS II 193-94, 525);
HjÖlv 455 ch. 2;
HálfdE XXI 2;
ÞorstVík 400-02, 440, 444-45 ch. 7, 20, 21;
SörlaSt 450 ch. 25-26;
SturlSt 615 ch. 13;
EgÁsm IV 12, VI 9-10, cf. introd. xxiv-xxix (FAS III 370, 375-76);
Þiðr I 43, 173, 192 (ff.), II 35;
Sigþ ch. 28, 39;
SigFót 1003-04;
Úlf 141, 180 ff.;
Villif 34 ch. 16;
Vilm 170 ch. 13;
HéðinH 6-7 ch. 3;
Þorgr 17 ch. 3;
Vald 72 ch. 2;
Kirial 6, 82, 99-100;
cf. RémK 5-9, 70-72 ch. 1-3, 16;
Mágus ch. 46;
Andr 38, 43;
Saxo lib. I c. VI 7, lib. VI c. II 10 =
Herrm 99 ff.

Q413.0.1.

Threat of hanging.

cf. Q413.5.1.
Atlam 33/
Hamð 21 =
Völs ch. 37 (35), 42 (40);
ÓláfH ch. 172 in Hkr II 397;
ÓláfTr ch. 173 Flb I 337 (FMS II 72);
Herv 36, 51, 127;
ÁnB 339 ch. 4;
HrómGr 379 ch. 9;
GHrólf 297 ch. 22;
HjÖlv 490,496 ch. 14;
SörlaSt 439 ch. 17;
Bósa 13, 97, 117 ch. 4, 8, 13;
Þiðr I 111, 161, 167, 177, 205, 291, II 99, 172;
Bevers 227 ch. 14;
Amb 18, 68 ch. 4, 12;
HaraldHr 268;
Úlf 190;
Andr# 2, * etc.

Q413.5.

Hanging as Punishment for impudence.

SörlaSt 439 ch. 17;
HjÖlv 490 ch. 14;
IllGr 659 ch. 6;
Þiðr I 161, 167, 205, II 95.

Q463.

Spiked-cask punishment.

Sörla 280 (FAS I 401-02 ch. 7).

R10.1.

Princess (maiden) abducted.

cf. K235.5.1;
K788;
K1371;
N425;
N771.2.
HHj 172;
Eg ch. 32;
HálfdS ch. 5 in Hkr I 91;
HaraldHárf ch. 32 in Hkr I 147;
Fær ch. 15;
Sörla 279-82 (FAS I 400-05 ch. 7-8);
RagnarS 467 ch. 5 (FAS I 359-60);
Herv 1-2 (and 90), 4 (and 93), 44, 47, 124 (FAS I 412-13, 415, 455);
Bósa 25-63, 107-37 ch. 8-16, 10-17 (FAS III 210-34);
HverN in Flb I 22 (FAS II 4);
FundNo in Flb I 220 (FAS II 20);
ÁsmK 83-84 ch. 3 (FAS II 468);
SturlSt 634-38 ch. 22;
ÞorstVík 384, 397 ch. 1, 6;
Stark 4-5, 6 ch. 1, 2;
Þiðr II 82-83;
BárðSn 1, 31 ch. 1, 15;
Íven XI 3;
FlóresS IV ff.;
SamsF ch. 4-5;
NikL 41-43 ch. 11;
Bevers 246-48 ch. 24-26;
ÁsmS 11-14;
Saxo lib. VIII c. XI 1-2;
Schlauch 104;
Krause# 157-59.

R74.

Defeated warriors go into the conqueror's service.

cf. M161.5.
Njála CLIII 16;
Vatnsd ch. V 20;
HrólfG 45-46 ch. 28 (FAS III 137-38);
HálfdE XV 1-7 (FAS III 539-40);
EgÁsm V 2 (FAS III 370-71);
(y.) Bósa 93, 95 ch. 7;
ÖOdd 112-13 (ch. XXXII, FAS II 226, 537);
ÁnB 360 n. ch. 7;
PorstVík 442 ch. 20;
GHrólf 269 ch. 12;
SörlaSt 438 ch. 16;
SigrgFr 14 ch. 9;
HringH 45, 52 ch. 19, 21;
Kóngab 46-47;
Amb 40, 136, 156, 174 ch. 9, 25, 30 (29), 36 (35);
Ector ch. 9.

R75.2.1.

Warriors fiee after their chief's death.

GHrólf 245, 288, 343, 356 ch. 3, 18, 33, 36;
SörlaSt 431, 446 ch. 12, 20;
(y.) Bósa 123 ch. 15;
HálfdE V 12, XX 10, XXVI 9 (FAS 111 525, 550, 557);
ÁsmVík 26 ch. 14;
Þiðr II 182, 215;
Villif (31) 34, 88 ch. 15, 41;
Úlf 158, 173;
Amb 38 ch. 8;
SaulusN 45 ch. 17;
RémK 112, 292 ch. 21, 58;
cf. stop fighting:
 HaraldHr 268.

R169.11.

Unknown helper(s) emerge(s) in the last moment and turn(s) out later to be well known.

cf. R222.
HálfdE XIII (FAS III 536), introd. 23-24;
SörlaSt 426 ch. 11;
HjÖlv 461 ch. 5;
GHrólf 320-21, 340 ch. 29, 33;
ÁsmVík 24-32 ch. 13-14 (cf. F610.3.4.2.1);
BárðSn 31-36 ch. 15-16;
HringH 24-25 ch. 10;
AtlaÓ 13-14 ch. 10;
Bæring 111-13 ch. 24-27;
RémK 155 ff. ch. 27-35;
Fertram ch. 12.

R216.1.

Escape from ship by jumping into the sea.

cf. N513.1.
Grett ch. 38, 65;
Sturl II 219;
GullÞ ch. 15;
Skj I 44, 138, 175;
ÓláfTr ch. 186, 256 in FMS II 117, III 9, ch. 111 in Hkr I 453, by Odd ch. 21 (15), 59 (47), 73-74 (61-62);
HallþSn in FMS III 158;
MagnúsBl ch. 14 in Hkr III 343, ch. 18 in FMS VII 202 =
IngaK ch. 11 in Hkr III 364;
Orkn ch. 40, 48;
Fær ch. 54, 57;
Harð ch. 38;
BárðSn 40 ch. 18;
ÖOdd 31, 108-09, 134 (ch. VII 10, XXXII 1-5; FAS II 224, 252, 513, 536);
ÁnB 355-56 ch. 7;
ÞorstVík 403, 450-51 ch. 8, 23;
GHrólf 261-62 ch. 8;
HjÖlv 463 ch. 5;
HrólfG 26, 29 ch. 16, 18 (FAS III 107, 111);
Bósa 59 ch. 14 (FAS III 231);
HálfdE XIII 7 (FAS III 537);
EgÁsm XVIII 10 (FAS III 406-07);
SörlaSt 431 ch. 12;
HjÖlv 463 ch. 5;
BárðSn 40 ch. 18;
ÚlfU ch. 4.

R236.4.

Fugitive has magic wind against him, pursuer with him (caused by goddess).

cf. D2142.
Sörla 281 (FAS 1 403 ch. 8).

S139.8.

Murder by biting the throat.

cf. G262.1.
Eg ch. 65;
Finnb ch. 29;
Harð ch. 39;
GHrólf 331, 341, 345 ch. 31, 33;
EgÁsm IV 10 (FAS III 370);
SörlaSt 450 ch. 25;
Álafl XVI 3;
ÚlfU ch. 4;
Vígk 15 ch. 4;
cf. VilhSj 112 ch. 51.

S166.1.

Mutilation: beard torn off with the skin (and cheeks).

ÖOdd 136 (FAS II 256);
(y.) Bósa 90 ch. 6;
SörlaSt 423-24 ch. 8;
Þiðr II 54;
OrmSt 530 (FMS III 224; FjÍsl 218);
Amb 126 ch. 23.

S166.4.

Mutilation: cheeks cut off.

cf. S166.1;
S166.2.
Sturl I 483;
SörlaSt 418 ch. 5;
HálfdE XX 8 (FAS III 550);
EgÁsm XIII 5 (FAS III 392);
Andr 63.

S168.

Mutilation: tearing off ears.

cf. Q451.6.
Sverr in Flb II 576;
GullÞ ch. 17;
HálfdE V 10 (FAS III 525);
SörlaSt 423 n., 423-24 ch. 8;
HálfdBr 587 ch. 15;
Bósa 57, 90 ch. 14, 6 (FAS III 229);
EgÁsm VII 13, X 13, XIII 4 (FAS 378, 386, 392);
Karla# 443.

S173.

Mutilation: breaking (two, three) ribs.

cf. F624.3.1.
Bisk II 118;
SörlaSt 424 ch. 8;
HálfdE XII 12 (FAS III 536);
EgÁsm XII 10 (FAS III 391);
Þiðr I 362;
OrmSt 521 (FMS III 206);
FlóresS XV 2;
Bæring 89, 96 ch. 5, 14.

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.

T72.

Woman won and then scorned.

cf. T141;
T271.
Kristín
 MagnúsBl ch. 1 in Hkr III 31;
SörlaSt 425 ch. 9;
Sigþ 229 ch. 44;
Bevers 243-53 ch 26-28.

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.

T136.3.

Amusements at wedding.

Sturl I 18, 22 ff.:
 »dansleikar, glímur ok sagnaskemtuna«;
SörlaSt 452 ch. 26:
 »með allskonar listiligri skemtan«;
playing, esp. an harp, music:
 Bósa 45-46, 127 ch. 12, 16 (FAS III 221-24);
song, music; storytelling:
 EgÁsm XV 20, XVII 10 (FAS III 400, 404);
BárðSn 33 ch. 15:
 »knútukast«, »glíma«;
playing, singing, and »allzkonar skemtan«:
 Þiðr I 285-86, II 36;
music:
 JarlmH 39-40 ch. 21-22;
tournament:
 VilhSj 123-24 ch. 58;
tournament, music:
 Sigþ 230 ch. 44/
 Kóngab 48-50;
NikL 44 ch. 12;
music, dancing:
 SaulusN 57 ch. 23;
SamsF ch. 9:
 »allrahanda skemtan; tafl ok burtreider, skot ok skylmingar«;
storytelling:
 ÞjJón 65-66 (47) ch. 22;
RémK 349, 351 ff. ch. 69, 72:
 »allra handa listir ok leikar«, tournaments and »söngfæri fyrir þeim leikin«.

T455.1.

Woman sells favors to obtain a jewel.

Sörla 275 (FAS I 392 ch. 1) =
MC 123, 176.

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.

V61.8.

Burial in grave-mound.

cf. E481.3
HHu II in BuggeE 198;
Dropl ch. 11;
Eyrb ch. 37;
Laxd ch. 28;
GíslaS ch. 14;
GullÞ ch. 14;
Hell 9, 34, 35 ch. 6, 15, 16;
HrafnkelF ch. 8;
Ldb ch. 25, 38, 39, 74, 90, 92, 122, 125 (= BárðSn 13 ch. 6), 131, 134, 169, 369, 12 n., 142 n.;
Hkr Prologus;
Ys ch. 8, 23ff.;
ÞorstB 197 ch. 12;
ÞorstUxaf 214 (FMS III 101; FjÍsl 396; (Ísl. Forns III (1883) 129));
Svaða þáttr (Ísl. Forns III (1883) 436) (FMS II 195);
Ágrip ch. 6 in FMS V 384;
Svarfd ch. 7;
Flóam ch. 8, 9, 18;
ÞórðarH ch. 13, 19, 20;
Óláfs þáttr Geirstaðaálfs in FMS X 212;
ÓláfTr in Flb I 403;
Herv 14, 101 (FAS I 429, 448, 489, 499, 508-09, 517);
Sögubr 24 ch. 9 (FAS I 386-87);
Uppl 456-57 ch. 1-2 (FAS I 104-05);
Völs ch. 1 (FAS I 115), cf. 2, 84, 116;
RagnarS ch. 4, 5 in Hb 465, 467 (FAS I 356, 360);
HrólfKr 107 ch. 34 (FAS I ch. 52);
ÖOdd 16-17, 76-77, 94-95, 101, 105-06, 186-87 (ch. III 1-2, XXIII 3, XXVIII 1, XXIX 16, XXX 8, XLIV 10; FAS II 169 (508), 200 (530), 209 (535-36), 215, 221-22, 292 (556));
HálfH IV 3, VI 4 (FAS II 28, 30);
Friðþj I 8-11, XII 12 (FAS II 65, 98, 488-89);
ÁnB 340, 354 ch. 4, 6;
ÞorstVík 410 ch. 11;
GHrólf 246, 321, 332, 344, 348 ch. 3, 29, 31, 33, 34;
HjÖlv 510 ch. 21;
HálfdBr 587-88 ch. 15;
SörlaSt 433 ch. 14;
HrólfG 46 ch. 28 (FAS III 139; 71 ch. 5);
EgÁsm VI 10 ff., XII 2(FAS III 376-78, 389), cf. introd. xxv-ix;
Vígl 73-74 ch. 16;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 13-14;
HálfdB 10 ch. 6;
SkáldH 30 ch. 9;
GunnarK 245;
VestfjGr 169;
Amb 178 ch. 38 (37);
Úlfh ch. 3;
AtlaÓ 18-19 ch. 15;
Villif 85 ch. 40;
Stark 102 ch. 26;
Saxo lib. I c. VIII 17, lib. III c. III 7-8, c. IV 15, lib. IV c. II 4, lib. V c. VIII 1, etc.;
cf. Vries# 18, 26;
Weinhold 490 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.

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.