Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: Vígk

Sagan af Vígkæni kúahirði, Reykjavík 1886.

Works with this reference:

B360.

Animal grateful for rescue from peril of death.

lion sheds tears:
 Vígk ch. 6.

B736.

Animal sheds tears.

Íven ch. 10;
VilhSj 61 ch. 25;
Vígk 20 ch. 6.

D1181.

Magic needle (»dvergasmíði«).

becomes spear that kills the man it is directed against:
 Vígk 5 ch. 2 ff.;
compressible spear:
 cf. SturlSt 625 ch. 17.

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.

D2087.3.1.

Cow and cowherd disappear every New Year's night.

Vígk ch. 1.

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.

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.

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.

H217.2.

Decision by single combat or holmgang of who is to marry girl.

cf. F610.3.4.2.1 ;
H1561.2.1;
R111.1.9;
T151.1.
Sól 14 in BuggeE 359;
GunnlO 92 ch. 11 (22 in SUGNL, XIV 21-XVI ed. Mogk);
GíslaS II 13-25;
Reykd ch. 13;
ÓláfTr ch. 32 in Hkr, ch. 80 in FMS I 150, by Odd ch. 17 (11);
ÖOdd 100 (XXIX 14; FAS II 215);
FundNo in Flb I 220 (FAS II 20);
KetilH 125, 132, 136 ch. 4, 5;
ÞorstVík 388, 430 ch. 3-4, 16;
GHrólf 246-47 ch. 3 ff.;
HjÖlv 463-69 ch. 6-7;
SturlSt 598-610 ch. 6-10;
SigFót 1003-04;
Vígl 55 ch. 5;
Kjaln ch. 9;
Hell 52-53 ch. 30;
HálfdB 3 ch. 2;
HéðinH ch. 5;
RémK 38-41 ch. 9;
Vilm ch. 21;
Vígk ch. 1, 8;
Stark 4 ch. 1;
Part 21 ff.;
Gibbon ch. 7, 9;
Saxo lib. I c. III 3.

L113.1.6.

Cowherd hero.

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.

M208.

Price set on one's head.

Njála LXXXVII 41;
ÞorstVík 439 ch. 19;
Þiðr II 320 (307);
ÁnB 342 ch. 5;
Álafl IX 3 =
Lagerholm 100;
AtlaÓ 5 ch. 4;
Vígk 14 ch. 4.

P16.3.1.

Old king attacked.

Sögubr 25 ch. 10 (FAS I 388);
Völs ch. 1, 11-12 (FAS I 117);
Herv 39-40 (FAS I 449-50);
HrólfKr 26-27 ch. 8 (FAS I ch. 11);
ÞorstVík 386 ch. 2;
GHrólf 259-60 ch. 8;
ÁsmK 467-68 ch. 3;
ÁsmVík 34-36 ch. 16-19;
Þiðr II 84-85;
HéðinH 7 ch. 3;
Kóngab 30, 31;
HálfdB 1 ch. 1;
Villif 26 ch. 13;
Vígk ch. 4 ff.;
Saxo lib. IV ch. IV 1.

P230.1.

Mother prefers son, father daughter.

Vígl 57 ch. 6 ff.;
ÁsmFl 171;
Vígk ch. 2.

Q413.5.1.

Impudent suitor or his messenger hanged or threatened with hanging.

SturlSt 639 ch. 23;
Þiðr II 166-67, 168;
SigrgV 131 ch. 6;
FlóresS XXVII 7;
Amb 68 ch. 12;
Vígk 19 ch. 5.

R111.1.9.

Princess (maiden) rescued from undesired suitor.

cf. F610.3.4.2.1;
H335.4.4;
K1371.1;
Q411.2.1;
M149.2;
T320;
T104.
HHu I 18 ff. =
Völs ch. 9;
Reykd ch. 19;
VígaGlúm ch. 4;
Svarfd ch. 7;
Flóam ch. 17, 27;
HálfdE XIX-XX (FAS III 547-51);
ÁsmK 100 ch. 10 (FAS II 487);
KetilH 125-26, 132 ch. 4, 5;
ÞorstVík 388-94 ch. 2-4;
HjÖlv 465-69 ch. 6-7;
Hell 52-53 ch. 29-30;
VilhSj 30-35 ch. 15-18;
Sigþ 175-80, 251-54 ch. 27-28, 54;
JarlmH (10-19) 19-23 ch. (6-9) 11-12;
Álafl VII 1-VIII 1;
FlóresS XXVI II-XXVII 8;
HringH 50-52 ch. 21;
HringT 13-16 ch. 6;
Vilm 145-50 ch. 4-6;
Ector ch. 10-11, 21;
Nitida 19-21 ch. 3.;
RémK 155-94 ch. 27-35;
Part 29-43;
Vígk 11 ff. ch. 4;
Arm ch. 15 *;
Andr 22 ff.;
Saxo lib. VII c. XI 7-10, lib. VII c. 111;
cf. LiestølUpph 154;
Heinzel 155;
Schlauch 64, 104 ff.

S116.4.

Murder by crushing head.

Kjaln ch. 4;
ÓláfH ch. 227 in Hkr II 490;
Finnb ch. 29;
FlóresS XVIll 4;
Vígk 14 ch. 4.

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.

S139.1.

Murder by twisting out intestines.

cf. F531.1.8.5;
F959.4.
Njála CLVII 25;
GíslaS ch. 36 (XXXV 7)/
cf. Prinz 1935 119;
GullÞ ch.15;
OrmSt 527 (FMS III 217-18; FjÍsl 212-15);
Svarfd ch. 5;
Herv in FAS I 507-08;
Sögubr 23 ch. 9 (FAS I 386);
EgÁsm XIII 6;
ÞorstVík 452 ch. 23;
GHrólf 328 ch. 31;
SturlSt 643-44 ch. 26;
Bósa 59 ch. 14 (FAS III 231);
GHrólf 356 ch. 36;
HrólfG 45-46 ch. 28 (FAS 137- 38);
Amb 148-50 ch. 29 (28);
SkáldH 28 ch. 9;
Vígk 14 ch. 4;
Blómst 40 ch. 24;
Stark 11 ch. 3;
Saxo lib. XII ch. IV 2, cf. lib. VI c. VII 9.

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.

S161.

Mutilation: cutting off hands (arms).

Eyrb XVIII 16, XX 1, XXIII 6, LXII 6;
Grett IV 9, XXIII 3, XXIV 4, LXV 5;
Njála LXIII 20, LXXII 9, CXLVI 16, CL 18, CLVII 22;
Reykd ch. 13, 23;
GullÞ ch. 15;
ÓláfH ch. 233 in Hkr II, ch. 73 in FMS IV 151;
IngaK ch. 7 in Hkr III, ch. 8 in FMS VII 217· Sturl I 203, 279, 288, II 35, 39, 181;
Bisk I 64;
ÞorstUxaf 255 (FMS III 118; FjÍsl 450);
HrómH 414 (FMS III 150; FjÍsl 162; ÍslF VIII 314 ch. 5);
RagnarS 467 ch. 5 (FAS I 359);
Sögubr 23 ch. 9 (FAS I 385);
HálfdE XX 2 (FAS III 549);
EgÁsm III 3, XI 3-8 (FAS III 368, 38-89);
ÞorstVík 456 ch. 25;
HjÖlv 481, 484 ch. 12;
Þiðr I 27, II 215, 283;
ÞórðarH 103 ch. 8;
FlóresS VIII 6, XIII 8;
Amb 156, 182 ch. 30 (29), 39 (38);
Vald 62 ch. 1;
Vígk 13 ch. 4;
FlóresB XXIII 5;
ÚlfU ch. 4;
GunnarK 245;
Andr 77, 81.

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.

T104.

Foreign king wages war to enforce demand for princess in marriage.

cf. H335.4.
HálfdE XV 7-11 (FAS III 540-41);
Þorgr 6-9, 17-22 ch. 1, 4, 5;
Nitida 33-34 ch. 5;
Vígk II 1 ff. ch. 4.