Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

Bibliography for: Íven

Ívens saga, ed. E. Kölbing in Altnordische Sagabibliothek VII (1898).

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B11.2.11.

Fire-breathing dragon.

cf. B742.
(y.) Bósa 92 ch. 6/
cf. introd. lxvi;
Bæring 108 ch. 22;
Íven X 24.

B11.2.11.1.

Dragon spews venom.

cf. B776;
cf. F582.2.
(y.) Bósa 58;
GHrólf 339 ch. 33;
Gylf ch. 37 (51)/
MC 340;
Íven X 24;
ÓláfTr ch. 33 in Hkr I 317/
MC 229;
Saxo lib. II c. I 2-3;
SigrgFr 89 ch. 13;
SörlaSt. 424 ch. 8;
Völs ch. 18;
Yngv 14, 41-42;
(y.) ÖOdd 118;
cf. VilhSj 16 ch. 7:
 sword poisoned from serpent's nest/
 »ormabæli«.

B11.11.6.

Dragon fight in order to free lion.

Ector ch. 10;
Íven X 24 ff.;
KáraK 40-41 ch. 18
Konr 66-67 ch. 8;
Sigþ 141-43 ch. 16;
VilhSj 26-27 ch. 13;
Þiðr II 361.

B301.3.

Faithful animal plans suicide, when it thinks master dead.

Íven X 35.

B315.

Animal helpful after being conquered.

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

B431.2.

Helpful lion.

cf. B520;
B571.3.
Íven ch. 10 ff.;
Konr 66-67 ch. 8, cf. intr. cli;
VilhSj 27 ch. 13 ff.;
Ector ch. 10.

B520.

Animals save person's life.

cf. B401;
B431.2.
horse:
 GHrólf 313 ch. 27;
lion:
 Íven V 34, XII 13, XIII 21 ff.

B736.

Animal sheds tears.

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

D1361.17.

Magic ring readers invisible.

Íven III 45;
Sigþ 192 ch. 31;
ÞjJón 29-30 (19) ch. 13.

D1500.1.19.

Magic healing salve.

Álafl XIV 9-10, 109;
Íven IX 22;
Amb ch. 15-16;
Ector ch. 8.

D1541.1.3.

Magic fountain causes storm (rain).

Íven II 24 ff., III 11, VIII 6, XVI 2 ff.

F514.4.

Person with crook(s) on end of the nose.

cf. F531.1.6.6.1.
Íven II 15;
Heimslýsing in Hb 166;
Bæring 98 ch. 16-18:
 »krocar ij þottv vera á nefi hans«.

F527.3.

Blue man, Old Norse »blámaðr«.

MagnúsS ch. 6, 21 in Hkr III 274, 294;
Kjaln ch. 15;
Finnb ch. 16;
HrómGr 367 ch. 2;
SörlaSt 411 ch. 2;
HjÖlv 457-58, 466-67, 501-02 ch. 3, 4, 7, 16;
SturlSt 612 ch. 12;
Sigþ 177, 252 ch. 27, 54;
SigrgFr 70 ch. 8;
Þorgr 8 ch. 1;
Vilm 173 ch. 15;
ÁsmS fol. 8 a-h;
Úlf 210;
HringH 44 ch. 18;
Kóngab 18-20;
HéðinH 9-10 ch. 5;
Íven ch. II 15-16, III 11;
Kirial 32 (cf. F531);
ÞjJón 44 (30) ch. 19;
NikL 30-33 ch. 10;
Konr 62-63 ch. 6;
GunnarK 243;
Bæring 98-100 ch. 16-18;
Ector ch. 14;
KáraK 19-21 ch. 9;
Fertram ch. 4-5;
Andr 60;
Mágus ch. 60.

F527.5.

Black man.

cf. F455.2.3;
F531.1.7.2;
F610.3.2;
G219.7.
MagnúsS ch. 6, 21 in Hkr III;
Orkn ch. 88;
HálfH XVII (FAS II 59-60);
ÖOdd 88 (ch. XXVI 5, FAS II 534, cf. 207);
GunnarK 243/
cf. Andrews 1913 612;
The Icelandic »blámaðr« (F527.3) is in reality black and thus described:
 HjÖlv 501 ch. 16/
 Sigþ 177, 252 ch. 27, 54/
 Íven ch. II 15-16, III 11.

F531.4.8.

Giant has stone (as) boat.

ÖOdd 118 (FAS II 231);
Íven XIII 13;
SigrgFr 87 ch. 12;
Kóngab 24;
Vald 65-66 ch. 1;
cf. stone or iron boat:
 LiestølNT 198.

F875.

Iron bands around heart to keep it from breaking. When master is disenchanted they snap one by one.

cf. F610.6.1.
cf. iron bands around knight as penance snap one by one as sign of forgiveness:
 ÓláfH in FMS V 225;
Gering I 132.

F1041.8.9.

Madness from regret that knight has forsaken his wife.

Íven IX 7 ff.

H218.

Trial by combat.

cf. H331.2.
Eg LXV 14 ff.;
Vatnsd ch. 33;
Íven X 45 ff., XII, XIII 13;
Vilm ch. 12;
Saxo lib. V c. V 6 =
Herrm 347.

H240.

Other tests of truth.

cf. D1316 ff. *.
HaraldG ch. 14 in FMS VII 195 =
MagnúsBl ch. 11 in Hkr III 338:
heat as proof of God's grace?
Gering I 49, 127:
miracles as tokens of forgiveness;
Gering I 41: other miracles.

N738.1.

Uncle and nephew unwittingly about to kill one another.

Íven ch. 15.

Q414.

Punishment: burning alive.

cf. K812;
S112.
HrólfKr 83 ch. 28 (FAS I ch. 41);
SturlSt 638 ch. 22;
Úlf 140 (threat);
Íven XII 19;
Flov 159 ch. 23.

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.

R11.1.

Princess (maiden) abducted by monster (ogre, giant).

Gautr 12-13 ch. 3 (FAS III 15-16);
EgÁsm I 4-11 6 (FAS III 365-67);
VilhSj 118 ch. 55;
Sigþ 220-28 ch. 40-42;
Þorgr 22-31 ch. 5;
galdrakonungr:
 Kóngab 8, 47-48 ff.;
Bevers ch. 24-28;
Íven X 62 ff.;
Ector ch. 10;
KáraK 3, 39 ch. 1, 18;
Huld no. 4;
Saxo lib. I c. IV 1, lib. VII c. IV 3;
Schlauch 145, 155.

R111.1.4.

Rescue of princess (maiden) from giant (»tröll«).

HálfdBr 570-72 ch. 5;
EgÁsm ch. XV-XVI (FAS III 396-402);
Sigþ 221-28 ch. 41-42;
Íven XI-XIII;
HringH 56-58 ch. 23;
Þorgr 22-31 ch. 5;
KáraK 36 ff. ch. 16-18 (cf. 64 ch. 31-32);
Ector ch. 10;
Saxo lib. I c. IV 2, lib. VII c. IV 2-3;
Schlauch 104.

T68.

Princess offered as prize.

cf. H331;
Q112.0.4.
EgÁsm II 5 (FAS III 360; HálfdE IV 1-2, V 2 (FAS III 523);
GHrólf 267-68, 274 ch. 11, 15;
Íven XIII 11.

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.