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Bibliography for: ÁsmK

Ásmundar saga kappabana, ed. F. Detter: Zwei fornaldarsögur, Halle 1891 (Fornaldar sögur Norðrlanda II 461-87 (https://books.google.de/books?id=UFNZAAAAcAAJ&lpg=PR1&ots=LxTeJZLyKL&dq=Fornaldar%20s%C3%B6gur%20Nordrlanda%20annat%20bindi )).

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D1653.1.1.

Infallible sword, i.e. is always victorious and bites even iron and stone, etc.

cf. F833.3.
Grásíða:
 GíslaS ch. I 12;
Tyrfingr:
 Herv 1-6, 41, 92-93 (FAS I 414-11 (n.))/
 ÖOdd 100 (ch. XXIX 13; FAS II 215);
ÁsmK 82, 95-98 ch. 1, 8-9 (FAS II 465, 480 ff.);
Angrvaðill:
 ÞorstVík 409 ch. 10;
GHrólf 239 ch. 1;
Snarvendill:
 HjÖlv 473 ch. 10;
HálfdE XVI 12 (FAS III 543);
Þiðr II 32;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 12-13;
Sigþ 116 ch. 7 (ZDPh XXVI 11), 15;
HringH ch. 3;
ÞjJón ch. 9, 21.

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.

F451.5.2.13.

Dwarfs curse weapons and treasures which they are forced to give (see F451.3.2.1.1), or which the receiver doesn't appreciate.

Völs ch. 14, 18 (Reg 5);
Herv 1-3, 92-93;
ÁsmK 82 ch. 1 (FAS II 465-66).
cf. LiestølUpph# 162.

F610.3.4.

Fighting with berserks.

Ldb ch. 26;
SnE Prol. ch. 3;
HálfdE ch. 5 in Hkr I;
HjÖlv 466-67, 473 ch. 7, 10;
ÁsmK 95-99 ch. 7 (FAS II 479-84, 487);
with 5 berserks:
 ÖOdd 65-67, 78-79 (ch. XIX, XXIII 6-7, FAS II 194-95, 200, 526-27, 530);
with 4 berserks:
 Þorgr 11 ch. 2;
with 8 berserks:
 Andr 60;
Fastus 3-6 ch. 1;
with 9 berserks:
 Stark 55-63 ch. 20 ≠
 Saxo lib. VI c. VII.

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.

F696.

Marvelous swimmer.

cf. H31.8;
H1538;
Fær ch. 32, 37-38;
ÓláfTr ch. 160, 235 in FMS II 27, 269;
SigJórs ch. 26, 48 in FMS VII 119, 165;
Finnb ch. 17;
Grett ch. 38/
cf. Dehmer 14;
HrólfKr 24-28 ch. 8-9 (FAS I 24-28);
ÁsmK 88-89 ch. 5 (FAS II 473);
ÞorstVík 427 ch. 16;
EgÁsm IX 3-4 (FAS III 382).

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.

F838.1.

Extraordinarily sharp knife.

ÁsmK 81-82 ch. 1 (FAS II 464);
Þiðr I 85-89.

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.

F1041.8.6.

Men go mad in battle.

cf. F610.3;
N349.2.
Ldb ch. 227;
Eg LXIV 29;
Heiðarvíga ch. 3-4;
Vatnsd XXX 3, XXXVII 3-7, XLVII 1-6;
Eyrb XXV 4-XXVIII;
Njála LXIV 29;
Grett XIX 4, 30, XL 6;
Svarfd ch. 7;
Ys ch. 6;
Herv 5, 9, 94, 97 (FAS I 416, 421-22, 425);
ÖOdd 97 (ch. XXVIII 8, XXIX 2, FAS II 211);
HrólfG 31, 39-40 ch. 20, 25 (FAS III 116, 128-29);
HjÖlv 466-67 ch. 7;
HálfdBr 563 ch. 2;
Bósa 87, 91 ch. 6;
Friðþj VII 4 (FAS II 82);
ÁsmK 85, 98 ch. 4, 9 (FAS II 470, 480, 482);
FlóresS XII 16;
Villif 3, 24, 42-43, 61, 63 ch. 1, 12,19, 28;
Mágus ch. 60;
Andr 11, 80;
Herrm 451 n.;
Reuschel 70;
Schlauch 105:
 »berserksgangr«.

H20.

Recognition by resemblance.

ÁsmK 92-93 ch. 7 (FAS II 477-78).

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).

H312.4.1.

Successful suitor must have the prettiest hands: not whitest, but dark with scars and gold rings.

cf. F552.3.
ÁsmK 85-86 ch. 5 (FAS II 471)/
cf. Köhler-Bolte I 90.

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.

M301.l3.

Guardian spirits, »spádísir« (cf. E748), prophesy victory.

ÁsmK 97, 99 ch. 7, st. 8 (FAS II 483, 487)/
cf. M356.1.

M356.1.

Prophecies concerning outcome of war.

victory:
 ÁsmK 97 ch. 7, 99 st. 8 (FAS II 483, 487).

M377.

Sword that is to kill one is weighted and sunk so as to avoid the prophecy.

cf. M341.2.
ÁsmK 83. 87 ch. 1, 5.

M414.5.

King cursed.

by dwarf-smiths whose work he criticised:
 ÁsmK 82 ch. 1 (FAS II 466).

N349.2.

Father kills his son in battle rage.

cf. F1041.8.6;
N338.3;
N731.2.
ÁsmK 98 ch. 8 (FAS II 484).

N513.2.

Sword hidden under water.

cf. T645.1.
ÁsmK 83, 88-89 ch. 1, 5 (FAS II 466, 473-74);
Vaði:
 Þiðr I 78;
Velent:
 Þiðr I 125, 128, 132;
Þiðrikr:
 Þiðr II 397;
cf. Herrm 306/
Saxo lib. IV c. IV 7;
dying man hides his sword in the river for his son:
 Kóngab 5, 46.

N733.2.

Brother unwitttingly kills half brother in fight.

cf. S73.1.
ÁsmK 98-100 ch. 8 (FAS II 484-87).

N854.

Peasant as helper.

ÁsmK 88-89 ch. 5 (FAS II 472-73).

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.

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.

P291.1.

Grandfather as foster-father.

ÁsmK 83 ch. 2 (FAS II 467).

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.

P447.6.

Rivaling smiths.

ÁsmK 81-82 ch. 1 (FAS II 463-66);
Saxo lib. VI c. VI.

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.

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.

T92.13.

Older warrior preferred as suitor.

Völs ch. 11;
ÁsmK 85-86 ch. 5 (FAS II 471);
HrólfG 3-5 ch. 2 (FAS III 60);
cf. Olrik 1892b 51.

T141.

Assignment of bride to another.

cf. T72.
ÁsmK 83-84 ch. 3 (FAS II 468);
HringH 30 ch. 13;
Saxo lib. I c. IV 1.

V68.3.

Dying hero wants to be buried in the clothes of his brother who killed him.

ÁsmK 99 ch. 8 (FAS II 485-86 ch. 9 st. 4).