Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: Vígl

Víglundar saga, ed. G. Vigfússon, in Nordiske Oldskrifter XXVII, Copenhagen 1860, p. 47-92.

Works with this reference:

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.

D1266.1.

Magic writings (runes).

cf. D45;
D1355.19;
D1365.10;
D1367.5;
D1379.2-3;
D1380.20;
D1414.2;
D1500.1.34;
D1500.3;
D1501.4;
D1545.0.1;
D1561.1.8;
D1566.2.4;
D1611.16;
F451.3.12.4;
F883.
Háv 139 ff.;
Rþ 37, 44-46;
Sigrdr 9-19 =
Völs ch. 21 (20) st. 12-19;
Guðr II 2 =
Völs ch. 35 (33);
Vatnsd XXXIV 11;
Eg XLIV 8-9, LVII 57;
Orkn ch. 58;
Krákumál st. 1 (7) in Skj I 649 (FAS I 300);
ÞorstUxaf 251 (FMS III 109; FjÍsl 442);
OrmSt 530: málajárn;
Herv 2: málasax;
HrólfKr ch. 20 (FAS I 52);
Vigl 79 ch. 17;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 24;
HeðinH ch. 4;
Ector ch. 6; MC 295-98.

D2031.6.3.

Lonesome wife scares robbers by making it appear that her husband is at home.

Vígl 59 ch. 7.

D2064.

Magic sickness.

cf. D1500.3;
D1711.12;
G263.4;
Q551.6;
T321.5.
Eyrb ch. 53 ff.;
ÞorstVík 394 ch. 5/
cf. D1365.2;
Vígl 62 ch. 11;
Yngv 27 (?);
SkáldH 24 ch. 8.

F771.3.5.

Underground house.

cf. N512;
R319.
Laxd ch. 49;
Reykd ch. 4, 28;
GíslaS ch. 23, 25, 29, 33;
Grœnlþ ch. 6;
Dropl 12-14;
Ldb ch. 276;
Fær ch. 37;
Flóam ch. 16;
HrólfKr 5 ch. 1 (FAS I 4);
Völs ch. 6 (FAS I 127);
ÖOdd 72 (ch. XXII 1 ff.);
ÞorstVík 416-19 ch. 13-14;
GHrólf 348-49 ch. 34;
SturlSt 642 ch. 25;
Þiðr I 227;
Vígl 73 ch. 16;
SigrgFr 89 ch. 13;
Mágus 13 ch. 8-10, 159 ch. 67;
GunnarK 235;
VestfjGr 168;
Saxo lib. VII c. IX 3 (Drot).

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).

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.

H335.4.1.

Suitor task: to bring enemy's head.

cf. P555.2.1.
ÁnB 348 ch. 6;
Vígl 64 ch. 12.

H1556.4.4.

Old uncle tests nephew's fidelity by sleeping with his beloved.

Vígl 84-92 ch. 21-22.

H1558.10.

Friendship kept even during sons' jealousy and enmity.

Vígl 58-74 ch. 7-16.

H1561.2.1.

Holmgang. Single combat on an island.

cf. F610.3.4.2;
H218.
Eyrb ch. 8;
BjörnHít ch. 4;
Ljósv ch. 16-17;
Korm ch. 10 =
Skj I 75-83;
Ldb ch. 51, 54, 136;
Svarfd ch. 9;
ÓláfTr ch. 264 in FMS III 20 ff., by Odd ch. 17 (11);
Herv 2, 5-14, 90, 94-101 (FAS I 412, 417-29);
ÁsmK 95-98, 99 st. 7 (FAS II 479-84, 487);
ÖOdd 100 (ch. XXIX 14; FAS II 215);
KetilH 125 ff. ch. 4, 5;
ÞorstVík 388 ff., 444 ch. 3-4, 21;
SturlSt 598-610, 612-14 ch. 6-10, 12-13;
Vígl 55 ch. 5;
Þiðr II 378;
HéðinH 6-7 ch. 3;
RémK 38-41 ch. 9;
Bæring 118-19 ch. 31;
Andr 34-39;
Saxo lib. I c. III 1, c. VIII 22, lib. III c. V 2-6, lib. IV c. IV 8-11;
cf. Heinzel 44;
Jones 1932 203-24;
Reuschel 78, 80;
Schlauch 40.

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#.

K521.4.1.1.

Girl escapes in male disguise.

cf. K1837.
cf. Vígl 59 ch. 7.

K527.

Escape by substituting another person.

GíslaS ch. 20, 26 (XIX 26-31, XXV 4);
ÓláfTr ch. 44 in FMS I 72;
Vígl 58-59 ch. 1;
Ögmundar þáttr dytts ok Gunnars h. in Flb I 335-36 (FMS II 70-72, FjÍsl 517-24);
HálfdE ch. V (FAS III 524);
Völs ch. 7 (FAS I 128);
Vilm ch. 5.;
ÁsmS 6;
Nitida 15-18 ch. 3.

K913.1.

Disguised shipwrecked admitted to the king's house kill him at Yule feast in revenge for murder.

cf. K1831.1.
GHrólf 262-65 ch. 9;
HálfdE VII-VIII, XIII (FAS III 528-31, 536-38), introd. 23-24;
Vígl 83 ch. 20.

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.

K1372.

Woman engaged to marry by trick.

Ys ch. 37;
GunnlO ch. 4 (V 15-16);
Gautr 46-49, 66-71 ch. 11, 5 (FAS III 50-53);
Vígl 67-68 ch. 13;
NikL 11 ff. ch. 6-7;
Saxo lib. V c. III 15/
cf. T55.8.

K1831.

Service under a false name.

ÖOdd 118 ff., 139 ff. (ch. XXXVII; FAS II 541 ff.);
Þiðr I 144, 155, 225 ff., 236 ff.;
Vígl 79, 83 ch. 18, 20;
ÁsmVík 18-32, 36-42 ch. 10, 14, 19, 22;
JarlmH 29-42 ch. 15-23.

M121.

Vow not to shave or cut hair until a certain time.

Eg III 1 =
HaraldHárf ch. 4 and 23 in Hkr I 103, 130, ch. 2 in Fsk 15 =
ÓláfTr ch. 1 in FMS I 3, ch. 455, 459 in Flb I 566, 569;
HálfdE ch. 6 in FMS X 175 (as curse by Dofri);
Vígl 76 ch. 17;
cf. Bugge 1917 166 ff.;
Konow 1913 1-25;
ESveinsson 1929 xxiv.

M158.

Vow never to refuse food to any man.

Vígl 74 ch. 16.

M201.5.

Covenant confirmed by marriage.

Jómsv ch. 23, 29 (19, 26);
Fær ch. 41;
Styrbjarnar þáttr in FMS V 247;
Völs ch. 28 (26)/
cf. Þiðr II 39-41;
Herv 52-53, 128 (FAS I 462);
FundNo in Flb I 220 (FAS II 20);
Friðþj V 1 (FAS II 70, 491);
Gautr 48, 71 ch. 11 (FAS III 52-53);
HálfdE XV 1-7, XXI 2 (FAS III 539, 551);
HrólfG 46 ch. 28 (FAS III 139 ch. 20);
(y.) Bósa 74 ch. 3 (failed attempt);
Vígl 80, 91 ch. 18, 21;
VilhSj 94 ch. 40;
Sigþ 217 ch. 39;
SaulusN 25 ch. 11;
Saxo lib. VIII c. X 9.

N681.

Husband (lover) arrives home just as wife (mistrees) is to marry another.

cf. K1551.1;
T102.
Vígl 53-56 ch. 4-5;
Saxo lib. I c. IV 15 =
Herrm 81.

P230.1.

Mother prefers son, father daughter.

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

P232.1.

Wicked mother and her sons do everything to prevent daughter's marriage with beloved.

cf. P253.7.
Vígl 56 ff. ch. 6-22.

P233.2.

Young hero rebuked by his father.

Band ch. 1;
GHrólf 312 ch. 27;
KetilH 109-12 ch.1;
Vígl 68 ch. 13.

P271.4.

Living king's or nobleman's son as foster-son of his father's friend; considered an honor for the foster-father.

cf. M201.6;
P274.1;
P281.1;
P293.1.
Eyrb I 2;
Herv 48-49, 115 ff. (FAS I 444 ff.);
GHrólf 351 ch. 36;
ÖOdd 4-7 (ch. I 7-8 and 13; FAS II 163-64, 505);
HrólfG 7-8, 76 ch. 4, 45 (FAS III 65-66, 187);
ÁsmK 83 ch. 2 (FAS II 467);
HálfH II 2, IX 2 (FAS II 26, 35);
Þiðr I 34, II 86;
Vígl 51 ch. 3;
JarlmH 1-3, 43 ch. 1-3, 24;
SigrgV 127-28 ff.;
Sigþ ch. 2, 14-15;
NikL 3-4 ch. 1;
SamsF ch. 1;
Ector ch. 7, 20 (11);
cf. Herrm 79-80/
Saxo lib. I c. IV 1.

P274.1.

Love between foster-sister and foster-brother.

GunnlO ch. 5 ff.;
Friðþj I-II (FAS II 64-66, 488-89);
ÁsmK 85 ch. 5 (FAS II 470-71);
Vígl 57 ch. 6;
FlóresS XX 3-5;
HringT 9-12;
Nitida ch. 1 ff.;
Saxo lib. I c. IV 1, lib. III c. II 2/
cf. Herrm. 80.

P320.

Hospitality.

cf. P411.4.
ÁsmK 90-91 ch. 6 (FAS II 475);
EgÁsm V 14 ff. (FAS III 373 ff.);
Vígl 74-75 ch. 16;
FlóresS IV 1-5.

P555.2.1.1.

»Publication of slaying«. Heads of slain enemies displayed.

cf. H901.1;
Q421.1.
Grett ch. 83;
Fóstbr ch. 17-18;
HÞór ch. 15;
BjörnHít ch. 32;
Knytl ch. 119;
HaraldHárf ch. 22 in Hkr I 130 =
ÓláfTr ch. 95 in FMS I 194;
ÓláfTr ch. 49 in Hkr I 354-55;
HaraldH ch. 49 in Hkr III 145;
Sturl I 305, II 55;
Ys ch, 4;
Harð ch. 38;
Vígl 64 ch. 12;
ÖOdd 176 (FAS II 285);
SigrgFr 97-98 ch. 15;
Vilm 180-81 ch. 18;
HringH 33 ch. 14;
Þiðr II 202-06;
Bevers 211 ch. 3;
Breta in Hb 235;
Saxo lib. XV c. III 13, lib. IX c. IV 27;
cf. Schlauch# 83.

Q45.4.

Revenge given up as reward for hospitality.

Vígl 74-75, 83-34 ch. 16, 20;
Þiðr II 203-05.

R18.

Abduction by rejected sailor.

HjÖlv 505-08 ch. 19-20;
Yngv 1-3;
Vígl 55 ch. 5;
ÁsmS 11-14;
Þiðr I 65-70, II 78-83, 96-104;
SigFót 1002;
VilhSj 76-83, ch. 31-33 ff.;
FlóresS 127-33 ch. IV-VI (cf. introd. lxxiii: from Trójumannasaga);
HringH 12 ch. 5;
SaulusN 28-39 ch. 14-16;
ViktorBl 38, ch. 12;
Nitida 16, ch. 3;
Úlf 199-209;
NikL 45-47 ch. 13.

R31.

Light extinguished and woman stolen.

cf. K1371.
ÞorstVík 457 ch. 25;
SigFót 1004;
Vígl 55 ch. 5.

R138.

Rescue from shipwreck.

Ldb ch. 213;
ÖOdd 117 (ch. XXXIII 8; FAS II 538);
HrólfG 33-34 ch. 21 (FAS III 119-20);
HálfdBr 567-72 ch. 4-5;
Vígl 74-75 ch. 16;
Finnb ch. 10;
Þiðr Il 287-89;
FlóresS XX 3 =
Lagerholm 154;
Stark 26 ch. 8;
KáraK 38, 46-47, 57 ch. 17, 22, 28;
Kóngab 7-8, 17;
Bæring 92-93 ch. 10;
ParmesL 16, 23 ch. 8, 10;
Bragð 47 ch. 1;
cf. giantess wrestles with hero in order to warn him after shipwreck:
 ÞorstVík 435 ch. 19.

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.

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.

T52.

Bride purchased.

cf. T136.4.
HálfH XVI st. 59 (FAS II 53-54);
Saxo lib. V c. VIII 1, 3 =
Herrm 354;
cf. HrólfG 74 ch. 44;
Vígl 55 ch. 5;
Völs ch. 12, 13, 29 (27), 31 (29), 40 (38);
SturlSt 640 ch. 24;
Fritzner II 746:
 »mundr«;
Neckel 1932 198 ff., 388 ff.;
Krause 197 ff.;
Weinhold 1882 I 320 ff.

T61.4.5.

Betrothal by gold ring.

cf. H82.4;
T456.1.
Flóam ch. 18;
Vígl 68 ch. 13;
HéðinH 4 ch. 2;
ÁsmVík 6 ch. 2;
cf. Weinhold 1882 I 343;
Bósa 23 ch. 7 (FAS III 209);
gold ring as payment for girl's favors:
 EgÁsm V 12 (FAS III 372).

T131.1.2.1.

Girl must marry father's choice.

Þiðr II 113-14;
Vígl 58, 76 ch. 6, 17 ch. 70, 81 ch. 14, 19;
HaraldH 266.

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.

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.

W27.

Gratitude.

ÞorstVík 418-19 ch. 14;
GHrólf 347-50 ch. 34-35;
Vígl 79-80, 85 ch. 18, 21.

W181.

Jealousy.

cf. H911;
T257.
Völs ch. 1, 3-5;
HrólfKr 4, 28-29 ch. 1, 10 (FAS I 4, 28-29);
Friðþj I 7, II 2-3 (FAS II 64-65, 489);
EgÁsm XII 5(FAS III 390);
Vígl 59-62 ch. 8-10;
ÞorstUxaf 261-62 (FMS III 131-33; FjÍsl 462-64).