Stepson cursed to stick in grave mound till pretty girl wants to substitute for him.
Show referencesMagic shirt (cloak, armor) gives invulnerability.
Show referencesHelmet renders invisible.
Show referencesFuture revealed in dream.
Show referencesBad dream as evil omen.
Show referencesMagic invulnerability.
Show referencesTrolls are usually ugly, hideous, big, and strong.
Show referencesBlue man, Old Norse »blámaðr«.
Show referencesGiant with iron club (gadclub) as weapon.
Show referencesAmazons. Woman warriors. Icelandic: »skjaldmær«.
Show referencesBerserk killed in combat about maiden.
Show referencesHero's precocious strength.
Show referencesFighting and wrestling with witch.
Show referencesFoolish marriage of old man and young girl.
Show referencesKing given sleeping potion and then beheaded in his bed by his wife.
Show referencesCurse: when brothers' swords bite the very best they will all be killed by a single man.
Show referencesThree brothers.
Show referencesCombatants become sworn brethren.
Show referencesWounded hero finds shelter and is cured in peasant's house.
Show referencesThreat of hanging.
Show referencesAbduction by rejected sailor.
Show referencesWarriors fiee after their chief's death.
Show referencesPrincess rescued from giant's cave where she is fettered to a chair by the hair.
Show referencesEscape from ship by jumping into the sea.
Show referencesCruel stepmother.
Show referencesFratricide.
Show referencesPrisoners taken in war (enemy's messengers) hanged.
Show referencesMurder by cutting adversary in two.
Show referencesMutilation: cutting off hands (arms).
Show referencesMutilation: cutting off legs (feet).
Show referencesBrother's consent for sister's marriage needed.
Show referencesMarriage by drinking festival, »drekka brúðlaup«.
Show referencesWedding feast.
Show referencesParting gifts after wedding.
Show referencesBurial in grave-mound.
Show referencesDrinking festival in memory of the dead, »drekka erfi«.
Show referencesFormulistic number: twelve.
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