Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: Árnason

Jón Árnason: Íslenzkar þjóðsögur og æfintýri I-II, Leipzig 1862-64. Vol. 1: http://baekur.is/bok/000197672/Islenzkar_thjodsogur_og / Vol. 2: http://baekur.is/is/bok/000197670/2/316/Islenzkar_thjodsogur_og_Bindi_2 .

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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).

F531.5.1.

Giant friendly to man.

cf. D812.11;
F531.5.7.0.3;
F531.6.1.2;
G530;
H1239.5;
N812;
R138.
Ldb ch. 375 (cf. K170.1);
Grett LVII 6-10 (cf. LXI 10-13, LXII 1-14);
ÖOdd 46-47, 124-25 (ch. XII 6; FAS II 184-86, 237-39, 519-20);
GrímL 149-50 ch. 2;
ÞorstVík 435 ch. 19;
BárðSn 12 ff. ch. 6, 8, 9;
Þorgr 23-27 ch. 5;
Árnason I 167.

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.

H1561.2.

Test of strength: lifting stone (fireplace, etc.).

cf. F624.
Grett XVI 18;
Bisk I 640;
Finnb ch. 36;
HálfH X 3 (FAS II 36), cf. XVI st. 57-58;
Bjarkarímur IV 31/
cf. HrólfKr 135-36;
FlóresS 122 ch. I 5/
cf. Bjarnason 1905 134;
Elgqvist 1928 71 ff.

K1883.2.

Objects attacked under the illusion that they are men.

Dínus 33-35;
Árnason II 204/
cf. KrappeÉtudes 128 ff.

N513.1.

Man jumps into the sea, river or waterfall with his treasure (chests).

cf. R216.1.
Vatnsd XXVIII 1-13;
GullÞ ch. 20;
HálfdE XXVI 10-12 (FAS III 557-58)/
cf. introd. 48-52;
Búi:
 OddÓláfTr ch. 18 (12)/
 ÓláfTr ch. 41 in Hkr I 333, ch. 90 in FMS I 178/
 Jómsv ch. 46 (34)/
 Fær ch. 26/
 Skj I 538, II 8;
 cf. Malone 1942/
 Árnason I 148;
 Strömbäck 1955, 95-101.

R111.2.3.

Princess rescued from giant's cave where she is fettered to a chair by the hair.

cf. R111.1.7.
HálfdBr 570-72 ch. 5;
BárðSn 31 ch. 15;
ÚlfU ch. 4;
Andr 56;
Árnason II 263, 358, 456, 461, 477;
Rittershaus 1902 233;
Saxo lib. VII c. IV 2-3.