Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: ÁsmFl

Söguþáttr Ásmundar flagðagæfu, in Íslenzkar þjóðsögur og æfintýri I 171-79, http://baekur.is/bok/000197672/Islenzkar_thjodsogur_og .

Works with this reference:

B315.

Animal helpful after being conquered.

HálfdE XVIII 5/
cf. Schröder's introd. 34-35/
Kölbing's note to Íven X 30;
ÁsmFl 173.

D1469.5.

Worshipped sex organ of horse provides money, etc.

ÁsmFl 176-78/
cf. Völsa-þáttr in Flb II 331-36 =
Vigfússon 1860 l33-38;
Vries 41, 98, 282.

E431.13.

Corpse burned to prevent return.

cf. E431.9;
E446.2;
G275.3.
EríkR 216 ch. 6;
ÖOdd 130 (FAS II 246);
HálfdE XVII 5, 11 (FAS III 545, 546);
ÞorstVík 403 ch. 8;
Álafl XVI 4;
Sigþ 251 ch. 53;
ÞorstUxaf 260 (FMS III 129);
ÁsmFl 173;
ÚlfU ch. 4;
KáraK 12, 36, 66 ch. 5, 32;
Stark 21 ch. 6;
Bragð 49 ch. 2;
Andr 56, 69.

E711.7.

Soul in stone.

cf. F451.4.1.10.
Ásmund's mother dies as he happens to cleave her »fjörsteinn«:
 ÁsmFl 172.

F531.1.0.2.

Hideous giant (giantess).

IllGr 653 ch. 4;
HjÖlv 471 ch. 9;
BárðSn 27 ch. 14-16;
Þiðr I 360-66;
VilhSj 12 ch. 6;
Sigþ ch. 8;
Þorgr 24 ch. 5;
Bevers 235 ch. 18;
giant-girl:
 Vald ch. 1 (ZDPh XXVI 9);
ÁsmFl I 171;
Part 33.

F531.3.13.1.

Giant carries prodigious hunting prey (bear, whales).

HálfdE ch. XVII 15 (FAS III 546);
ÞorstVík 425 ch. 15;
ÁsmFl 172;
Stark 20 ch. 6;
Fertram ch. 10.
cf. Boberg 1945 4 ad DgF 18.

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.

F531.6.16.2.

Giant's animals help him in fight.

cf. B571.3.
dog and wild boar:
 HálfdE XVII 1-XVIII 7 (FAS III 544-47);
dog:
 ÁsmFl 174-76;
 ÞorstVík 423 ch. 15;
cf. pigs:
 Blómst 38 ch. 24.

F610.3.5.

Competition with berserks in their particular sports: walk through fire, etc.

cf. F1041.8.6;
H1542.
ÓláfTr ch. 216 in FMS II 205-6;
Njála CIII 2-11 =
Kristni II 7-8, IX 14-16 =
Flb I 269 =
Þorv 269/
cf. V331.1;
ÁsmFl 175-76.

F611.3.3.

Strong hero tests weapon.

cf. F610.8.
Svarfd ch. 2;
ÖOdd 148-51 (ch. XXXVIII, FAS II 264, 543);
SturlSt 606 ch. 9;
ÁsmFl 172;
ÁsmK 81-82 ch. 1 (FAS II 464-65);
Saxo lib. IV c. IV 6/
cf. Herrm 305.

F824.

Extraordinary armor.

cf. D1101.
Þiðr I 178, II 363-65;
ÁsmFl 172;
Fertram ch. 3.

F998.

Combat with horse's sex organ.

cf. D1469.5.
ÁsmFl 178.

G271.2.1.

Sign of the cross marked on bewitched object breaks witch spell.

ÁsmFl 175, cf. 174-76:
 »rista reita«, draw magic lines around the house of witch.

G273.5.1.

Witch burned by furrows drawn round her home.

ÁsmFl 174-76.

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.

G530.2.

Help from ogre's daughter (or son).

Kjaln ch. 14 ff.;
HálfdBr 574-75 ch. 7;
HjÖlv 471-73 ch. 9;
EgÁsm V 5 ff.;
ÁsmFl 174-76;
OrmSt 530;
HringH 6-9 ch. 2-3;
Vald 58 ch. 1;
Blómst 39-41 ch. 24;
cf. ÞorstVík 430 ch. 16;
Vilm ch. 12-13.

H11.

Recognition through story-telling.

Þiðr II 385-87;
ÁsmFl 179;
Schlauch 61.

H1407.

Fear test: behaving as if enemy is coming in order to see who will flee and who will stay and fight.

Þiðr I 366-67;
ÁsmFl 173.

H1510.

Tests of power to survive. Vain attempts to kill hero.

cf. H911;
H1211.
ÁsmFl 175-76.

H1542.

Contest in enduring heat.

cf. F610.3.5;
H1199.10.
Grm 76;
HrólfKr 77-78, 82-84 ch. 26, 28 (FAS I 79, 84-89);
walk through fire and swallow red-hot nails
 ÁsmFl 175-76.

K912.1.

Giant's (giantess's) head cut of as he (she) looks out.

HálfdE XVII 2-4 (FAS III 544);
KetilH 115 ch. 2;
VilhSj 123 ch. 57;
cf. ÁsmFl 172-73;
Grœnl 266 ch. 8.

K1892.

Deception by hiding.

cf. K515.
Völs ch. 6-8;
ÞorstVík 416-19 ch. 13-14;
ÁsmFl 173.

L10.

Victorious youngest son.

FlóresS VI 6;
Álafl XIX 4;
Þiðr II 43-47;
ÁsmFl 171-72;
KáraK ch. 4 ff.;
cf. Olrik 1909 17.

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.

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«.

N339.8.1.

Accidental death of father from fall into the fire when taking down weapons for his son.

ÁsmFl 172.

P230.1.

Mother prefers son, father daughter.

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

P293.1.

Mother's brother as foster-father.

cf. P271.4.
Uppl 456 ch. 1 (FAS II 103-04; SRD II 267);
ÁsmFl I 167;
Ector ch. 7.

V1.8.2.

Horse worship.

cf. D1380.3.1;
V12.4.9.
Vatnsd XXXIV 6;
Völsa þáttr in Flb II 331-36, ÁsmFl 176ff./
cf. Heusler 1903 25 ff.;
Olrik-E 166.

V332.

Baptism of heathen.

ÞorstB 195-97 ch. 12;
Tóka 137-38 (FMS V 303);
Nornag 48, 76-78 ch. 1, 9-10 (Flb I 346, 357-58; FAS I 314, 339-41);
ÖOdd 112-14 (ch. XXXIII, FAS II 226-48, 537-38);
EiríkV 32 ch. 2 (FAS III 662-67, 671);
BárðSn 36-37 ch. 17;
ÁsmFl 176;
Part 26;
cf. Völs ch. 13;
Herv 14, 102 (FAS I 429-30, 517);
RagnarL ch. 7 (6) (FAS I 251);
ÖOdd 4-5, 126 (FAS II 162, 504; ch. I 6);
BárðSn 2, 24 ch. 1, 11;
Steins þáttr Skaptasonar in Flb II 264 (FMS IV 318; FjÍsl 315);
ÞorstTj Flb III 433 (FjÍsl 432);
Bevers 253 ch. 29;
Mars 3-4, 12 ch. 1, 4;
newborn baby is »vatni ausinn« and given name by its father:
 Vries 80.

W121.

Cowardice.

thrall cries:
 Akv 21-22;
thrall's heart trembles:
 Atlam 61 >
 Völs ch. 39 (37);
HálfdBr 564 ch. 2;
VilhSj 95-100 ch. 41-43;
test of cowardice: to hide from giant and not appear till he is killed:
 ÁsmFl 173;
cf. Völs ch. 44 (42);
the prudent is accused of cowardice:
 GHrólf 317 ch. 28.