Medieval Scandinavian Motif Database

cf. D113.1;
D128;
* and, in general, references throughout D610-629, D640-659, D670-699;
F451.3.3.0.1.
Nearly all of those motifs involve the idea of voluntary transformation. In Old Icelandic the idea of people possessing a power like this is often expressed through the words »hamramr« »eigi einhamr«, »hamhleypa«, »fara hamfari«.
Eyrb ch. LXI 5;
Eg I 8, III 18-20, XXVII 6, LIX 52, LXXII 11;
GullÞ ch. 14, 18;
ÁnB ch. 29;
Hávarð ch. 1;
Sturl I 5;
Ys ch. 6-1 (Odin);
Hóam ch. 16;
Völs ch. 9;
Bósa 25, 84 ch. 8, 6 (FAS III 210);
ÞorstVík 390, 395 ch. 3, 5;
GHrólf 241 ch. 2;
SörlaSt 426 ch. 10;
HálfdBr 573 n. ch. 6;
BárðSn 11, 14, 18 ch. 5, 8, 9;
OrmSt 521, 522, 524;
ÞórðarH 95 ch. 3;
HálfdE ch. 8;
Sigþ ch. 25;
SkáldH 18 ch. 6;
Vald 63 ch. 1;
Mágus ch. 61.
cf. StrömbäckSejd 21 (ad Ls 24), 160 ff. ch. IV »Sejd och hamskifte«;
Reuschel 114;
Schlauch 124;
MC 46;
Saussaye 298f.

cf. E373.2;
E461.2;
N511.1.1.
sword:
 Grett ch. 18;
 ÞorstUxaf 253-55 (FMS III 114-19);
the sword Skefilsnautr:
 Reykd ch. 19;
Hrólfs sword Sköfnungr and Hjalti's axe (cf. note in HrólfKr in FAS I 109):
 ÞórðarH ch. 3 and Ldb ch. 221;
drinking horn (cf. F352):
 ÞorstB 189, 196-98 ch. 8, 12-13;
ring, knife, bell:
 ÓláfH ch. 16 in FMS IV 27 =
 Óláfs þáttr Geirstaðaálfs ch. 3-4 in FMS X 215;
the sword Tyrfingr:
 Herv 14 ff.;
ring, ornament, Mistilteinn:
 HrómGr 368-71 ch. 4;
Angrvaðill:
 ÞorstVík 409 ch. 10;
Sótanautr:
 Harð ch. 15;
weapons:
 ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 14.

cf. D1500.1.2.
Laxd LVII 13;
ÞórðarH 62-63, ed. 1860 102 ch. 8;
GHrólf 244, 307 ch. 3, 25:
»lífsteinn«.

Dáinsleif:
 Skáldsk ch. 62 (49);
Tyrfingr:
 Herv 3, 92-93 (FAS I 414 ff.);
Böðvar's sword:
 HrólfKr 60 ch. 23 (FAS I 61);
MC 267, 268;
cf. Sköfnungr:
 ÞórðarH 55 ch. 17.

cf. D113.2.
Njála XXIII 9;
Harð ch. 31 (30);
Sturl II 150;
ÞórðarH 17 ch. 6;
Völs ch. 36 (34) <
Atlam 17-18;
Sögubr ch. 2 (FAS I 367);
ÞorstVík 413 ch. 12;
ÖOdd 22-23 (ch. V 2-3, FAS II 172-73, 510);
HrólfG 12-13, 21 ch. 8, 11 (FAS III 77-78, 95);
ÞorstUxaf 253 (FMS III 113; FjÍsl 446-47);
all in dream:
 ÞorstS 227.

Njála LXII 5-9;
GíslaS XIV 7/
cf. XXXII 11 (ch. 33);
Dropl ch. 10;
ÞórðarH 17, 37 ch. 6, 12;
Harð ch. 31 (30);
ÞorstVík 413 ch. 12;
HrólfG 12-13, 21 ch. 8, 11 (FAS III 77-78, 95);
Úlf 184;
SigFót 1004;
all in dream:
 Þorgr 7 ch. 1.

cf. F527.5.
ÞorstVík 391 ch. 3;
HálfdBr 561 ch. 1;
HjÖlv 457-58, 466-67 ch. 3-4, 7;
SturlSt 612 ch. 12;
Vilm ch. 15;
cf. ÁsmVík 20 ch. 11;
ÚlfU ch. 3;
ÞórðarH 95 ch. 3.

cf. F531.5.7.1;
G550;
H217.2;
H335.4.4;
R111.1.9.
GíslaS I 6-10;
Eg LXIV 12-48;
Dropl ch. 15;
VígaGlúm ch. 4;
GullÞ ch. 6;
Grett XL 2-7;
Ldb ch. 371;
Svarfd ch. 7;
Flóam ch. 15-16;
RagnarS 466 ch. 5 (FAS I 358);
Herv 5-14, 94-101 (FAS I 417-29, 515-17);
ÖOdd 94 ff. (ch. XXVIII-XXXI, FAS II 210 ff.);
GrímL 153-55 ch. 3;
ÞorstVík 393 ch. 4;
HrólfG 56-58 ch. 34 (FAS III 160-63);
(y.) Bósa 83-93 ch. 6, introd. lxiv-vii;
SörlaSt 420-25 ch. 7-9;
SturlSt 599-605 ch. 7-8;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 12-13;
ÞórðarH 95-96 ch. 3-4;
JarlmH 10-19 ch. 6-9;
ÁsmVík 20 ff. ch. 11, 13-14;
SigrgV ch. 6-11;
Vilm ch. 15;
Villif 26-27 ch. 13;
Stark 79 ch. 23;
ÚlfU ch. 2;
Ector ch. 6;
Blómst 28 ch. 18;
Fastus 9-15 ch. 4-5;
Andr 3 ff.;
Saxo lib. I c. IV 2 (and lib. VI c. VII);
cf. Dünninger 1932 31 ff. ad GHrólf;
Dehmer 86-91;
Schlauch 104-06;
Reuschel 89, 100.

cf. T585.
Hero remarkably strong already one day old:
 HHu I st. 6;
twelve months old:
 Þiðr I 303;
three years old:
 ÖOdd 126-27 (FAS II 241-43);
seven years old:
 ÖOdd 126-27 (FAS II 241)/
 ÞorstUxaf 252 (FMS III 113)/
 OrmSt 521 (FMS III 205);
nine years old:
 Flóam ch. 11/
 ÁnB 327 ch. 1/
 Yngv 6/
 Þiðr I 73, 305, 308;
ten years old:
 ÖOdd 133 (FAS II 251-52);
twelve years old:
 SnE Prol. ch. 3/
 HálfdS ch. 5/
 HaraldHárf ch. 32 in Hkr I 90, 144/
 Eyrb XLIV 11/
 Eg XI 12/
 Laxd XVI 21, LIX 5/
 GunnlO 59 ch.4 (V 7)/
 Band 295/
 HrólfKr 27-28, 54 ch. 9, 20 (FAS I ch. 12, 28)/
 Herv 147 (FAS I 496; Skj II A 254)/
 RagnarS ch. 5 (FAS I 358)/
 HálfH X 1 (cf. 3), XVI st. 68 (FAS II 35, 56)/
 ÖOdd 9 (ch. I 18; FAS II 506)/
 ÁnB 327 ch. 1/
 HjÖlv 459 ch. 4/
 HálfdBr 568 ch. 4/
 EgÁsm VI 2, 6, IX (FAS III 374, 375, 382)/
 cf. Lagerholm 41 n./
 BárðSn 1, 19 ch. 1, 10/
 ÞórðarH 96 ch. 4/
 Þiðr I 32, 73-74, 133-34, II 84, 323/
 OrmSt 521/
 ÞorstUxaf 256 (FMS III 120; FjÍsl 452)/
 FlóresS XXI 12/
 Kirial 92/
 NikL 4 ch. 1/
 HringT 9-11/
 KáraK 56 ch. 28/
 Stark 5, 8 ch. 1, 3/
 Herrm 69;
thirteen years old:
 HálfH IX 3 (FAS II 35)/
 BárðSn 2 ch. 1/
 FlóresS XXII 15;
fourteen years old:
 Bósa 7-8, 78-80 ch. 3, 4 (FAS III 196-97)/
 Kirial 92/
 Villif 4-5 ch. 3;
fifteen years old:
 HHu I 10/
 Flóam ch. 6, 9, 12/
 Hrómundar þáttr halta 312 ch. 5 in ÍslF/
 Völs ch. 8 (BuggeE 180)/
 Sögubr 13 ch. 4 (FAS I 374)/
 RagnarL 119, 196 ch. 3 (2) st. 1 (FAS I 240)/
 Skj II B 251;
 ÖOdd 9 (ch. I 18; FAS II 506);
 ÞorstVík 388 ch. 2;
 SörlaSt 409, 428 ch. 1, 11;
 HjÖlv 454 ch. 1;
 Þiðr I 74;
 ÁsmVík 9, 40 ch. 5, 20;
 VilhSj 5 ch. 2;
 SigrgV ch. 19;
 ÁsmS 5b-v;
 FlóresS XX 5 154;
 Villif 21 ch. 12;
 SamsF ch. 18;
 ÞjJón 1 ch. 1;
 Andr 2;
 Saxo lib. I c. III 1, lib. VII c. X 11 =
 Herrm 69;
sixteen years old:
 Flóam ch. 12;
 Villif 4-5 ch. 3;
 GunnarK 242;
 ParmesL 4 ch. 2;
 Mars 4 ch. 2;
eighteen years old:
 Flóam ch. 2;
 ÁnB 327 ch. 2;
 Dám 54 ch. 3;
nineteen years old:
 Úlf 137;
twenty years old:
 ParmesL 4-5 ch. 2-3;
 Vígk ch. 2.

cf. D838.5;
D1081;
D1402.7;
D1645.4;
F948.4;
F997.
Eg ch. 61;
Reykd ch. 19;
Völs ch. 3, 8;
Álafl XVI 22;
(y.) Bósa 111 ch. 11;
the sun must not shine on the hill of Sköfnungr, nor must women look at it drawn:
 ÞórðarH 62-63 (cf. 102 ch. 8);
D1653.1.1.1;
Þiðr I 35-36, 40, 97-102, 179-80, 222, 314-15, 345, 355, II 278, 294;
RémK 30-31 ch. 8;
Korm ch. 9;
Fastus 7 ch. 2;
Andr 40;
Løvi:
 Saxo lib. II c. VI 11.

Skálda in Hb 453;
ÖOdd 102 st. 17 (ch. XXX 5, FAS II 217);
HálfdE XVI 12 (FAS III 543);
SturlSt 608-09, 614-15 ch. 10, 13;
ÞórðarH 95-96 ch. 3-4;
Amb 146 ch. 28 (27);
Bæring 111 ch. 24;
Sigþ 139 ch. 16.

Akv 41/
Atlam 42-43 =
Völs ch. 8, 40 (38)/
Þiðr II 319;
Ldb ch. 6, 8, 12, 20, 79, 174, 264;
Njála CXXIX ff.;
Eg LXXVII 8;
Grett VII 6;
GíslaS III 3-6;
Band XII;
GullÞ ch. 10, 18;
Dropl ch.1;
HÞór ch. 9;
Ys ch. 14, 31, 36, 39, 40, 43;
HálfdS ch. 5 in Hkr I;
HaraldHárf ch. 2, 12, 34, 36 in Hkr I;
ÓláfTr ch. 43, 62 in Hkr I, ch. 4 in FMS IV 26;
IngaK ch. 6, by Odd ch. 58 (46);
ÓláfH ch. 169 in Hkr II, ch. 14 in FMS IV 26;
IngaK ch. 6, in FMS VII 214;
MagnúsErl ch. 11 in FMS VII 303, ch. 17, 19 in Hkr III;
Orkn ch. 28, 29, 35, 66, 73, 78, 84, 103, 113 ( 331);
Sturl I 192, 202, 238, 305-06, 401, II 189, 282;
þáttr frá Sigurði slefu in Flb I 20 (FMS III 87);
ÞorstUxaf in Flb I 255 (FMS III 119-20);
Þorsteins þáttr tjaldstœðings in Flb III 434-35 (FjÍsl 435);
Þorsteins draumr Síðu-Hallssonar in Austf 221;
Bisk I 664;
Herv 156, 160-61 (FAS I 509, 512 n.);
RagnarS 467 ch. 5 (FAS I 359);
HrólfKr 4, 14-17, 86 ch. 1, 3-4, 28 (FAS I ch. 1, 4-5, 43-44);
HálfH III 2. XII 37-46 (FAS II 27, 43-44);
Gautr 12-13 ch. 3 (FAS III 15-16);
HrólfG 70-72 ch. 42-43 (FAS III 181-84);
Friðþj V 9 (FAS II 72, 492);
GrímL 156 ch. 4;
ÁnB 342, 360-61 ch. 5, 7;
ÞorstVík 410, 432 ch. 11, 17;
GHrólf 312 ch. 27;
HálfdBr 584 ch. 13;
SturlSt 615-16 ch. 14 (prevented);
BárðSn 4, 19 ch. 2, 10;
Þiðr I 14-15;
ÞórðarH 98 ch. 6;
ÁsmS 13-14;
Hell 15-16, 45 ch. 9, 23;
FlóresS XXI ch. 22 163;
Amb 162-68 ch. 34 (33);
HaraldHr 267, 271;
AtlaÓ 15-16 ch. 12;
Stark 6-7, 51 ch. 2, 18;
Huld# no. 16.

Háv 110;
Akv 30;
Eyrb IV 7, XVI 8;
Dropl ch. 6;
VígaGlúm ch. 25;
Úlfljótslög in Hb ch. 268;
in Sturlubók ch. 68 in Ldb 139 n. and 55 n.,
Kjaln ch. 2;
ÞorstUxaf 249 (FMS III 105-06, FjÍsl 439);
ÞórðarH 94 ch. 1;
Vries 116;
cf. Magoun 1949 277-93;
Holtsmark 1941 1 ff.

country cursed and blessed:
 ÞórðarH 99 ch. 7.

cf. D525;
T75.2.1.
ÞórðarH 99 ch. 7.

cf. N591.
Laxd ch. 57 ›
ÞórðarH 62-63, ed. 1860 102 ch. 8;
Úlf 145-46;
Bragð 49 ch. 2;
cf. on swords (cf. F451.5.2.13):
 Schlauch 131 n.

cf. P251.3.1;
P312.2.
GullÞ ch. 2;
ÞórðarH 29 ch. 10;
ÖOdd 126, 129, 132 (FAS II 240, 245, 250);
ÞorstVík 410, 422 ch. 11, 15;
Þiðr II 225, 244-45;
Stark 41 ch. 12.

Eyrb XVIII 16, XX 1, XXIII 6, LXII 6;
Grett IV 9, XXIII 3, XXIV 4, LXV 5;
Njála LXIII 20, LXXII 9, CXLVI 16, CL 18, CLVII 22;
Reykd ch. 13, 23;
GullÞ ch. 15;
ÓláfH ch. 233 in Hkr II, ch. 73 in FMS IV 151;
IngaK ch. 7 in Hkr III, ch. 8 in FMS VII 217· Sturl I 203, 279, 288, II 35, 39, 181;
Bisk I 64;
ÞorstUxaf 255 (FMS III 118; FjÍsl 450);
HrómH 414 (FMS III 150; FjÍsl 162; ÍslF VIII 314 ch. 5);
RagnarS 467 ch. 5 (FAS I 359);
Sögubr 23 ch. 9 (FAS I 385);
HálfdE XX 2 (FAS III 549);
EgÁsm III 3, XI 3-8 (FAS III 368, 38-89);
ÞorstVík 456 ch. 25;
HjÖlv 481, 484 ch. 12;
Þiðr I 27, II 215, 283;
ÞórðarH 103 ch. 8;
FlóresS VIII 6, XIII 8;
Amb 156, 182 ch. 30 (29), 39 (38);
Vald 62 ch. 1;
Vígk 13 ch. 4;
FlóresB XXIII 5;
ÚlfU ch. 4;
GunnarK 245;
Andr 77, 81.

cf. G512.6;
S161.2.
Njála V 15, XLV 14, LXXII 8, LXXXII 21, XCIX 4, CXXIX 14, CXLVI23, CLI 12-13;
Dropl ch. 15;
VígaGlúm ch. 4;
Eyrb XVIII 21, 27, XLV 12;
Eg XLV 6, LXIV 43;
Reykd ch. 13;
Heiðarvíga ch. 30;
GullÞ ch. 18-19;
GunnlO 102 ch. 12 (22 and XVI 9);
Laxd XLIX 16;
Ldb ch. 200, 209;
Bisk I 64, 674;
Grett II 7, XII 11, XLIII 7;
ÓláfH ch. 228 in Hkr II 493, ch. 73 in FMS IV 151;
MagnúsS ch. 31 in Hkr III 310;
Sturl I 203, 288, 315, 317, 358, 363, 398, 441, II 34, 129, 184, 201, 219;
Fær ch. 18, 54;
Flóam ch. 17;
HaraldG ch. 9 in FMS VII 185;
Gautr 21 ch. 4 (FAS III 24);
Bósa 60 ch. 15 (FAS III 231);
GrímL 154 ch. 3;
KetilH 126 ch. 4;
GHrólf 303-04, 328, 329, 343, 344 ch. 24, 31, 33;
BárðSn 35 ch. 16;
ÞorstUxaf 251 (FMS III 110-11, FjÍsl 443);
Harð ch. 39;
Þiðr II 28;
FlóresB XXIII 5;
ÞórðarH 96-97 ch. 3-4;
Sigþ 179 ch. 28;
VilhSj 35, 102, 107, 116 ch. 18, 44, 48, 53;
Hell 50 ch. 27, 28;
Vald 62 ch. 1;
HringH 8, 11, 42 ch. 3, 4, 17;
Úlf 172, 216;
Ector ch. 9;
GunnarK 238, 245;
Andr 77;
Saxo lib. VIII c. X 9, cf. lib. I c. VIII 4;cf. the sword-name Fótbítr:
 Laxd ch. XXIX ff./
 Dropl ch. 13/
 Vápnf ch. 2;
the sword-name Leggbítr:
 MagnúsB ch. 35 in FMS VII 69, ch. 24-25 in Hkr III 263;
 Liestøl Upph 154.

Þáttr af Sigurði slefu in Flb I 19-21 (FMS III 83-88) =
ÞórðarH ch. 2;
Þiðr II 158;
DgF 145.

cf. S312.3;
T645.1.
ÓláfTr ch. 1 in Hkr I 255, ch. 43 in FMS I 66;
Fær ch. 29;
ÞórðarH ch. 1;
Völs ch. 2, 12-13;
HrólfKr 27 ch. 9 (FAS I ch. 12);
SigrgV ch. 17.

cf. E481.3
HHu II in BuggeE 198;
Dropl ch. 11;
Eyrb ch. 37;
Laxd ch. 28;
GíslaS ch. 14;
GullÞ ch. 14;
Hell 9, 34, 35 ch. 6, 15, 16;
HrafnkelF ch. 8;
Ldb ch. 25, 38, 39, 74, 90, 92, 122, 125 (= BárðSn 13 ch. 6), 131, 134, 169, 369, 12 n., 142 n.;
Hkr Prologus;
Ys ch. 8, 23ff.;
ÞorstB 197 ch. 12;
ÞorstUxaf 214 (FMS III 101; FjÍsl 396; (Ísl. Forns III (1883) 129));
Svaða þáttr (Ísl. Forns III (1883) 436) (FMS II 195);
Ágrip ch. 6 in FMS V 384;
Svarfd ch. 7;
Flóam ch. 8, 9, 18;
ÞórðarH ch. 13, 19, 20;
Óláfs þáttr Geirstaðaálfs in FMS X 212;
ÓláfTr in Flb I 403;
Herv 14, 101 (FAS I 429, 448, 489, 499, 508-09, 517);
Sögubr 24 ch. 9 (FAS I 386-87);
Uppl 456-57 ch. 1-2 (FAS I 104-05);
Völs ch. 1 (FAS I 115), cf. 2, 84, 116;
RagnarS ch. 4, 5 in Hb 465, 467 (FAS I 356, 360);
HrólfKr 107 ch. 34 (FAS I ch. 52);
ÖOdd 16-17, 76-77, 94-95, 101, 105-06, 186-87 (ch. III 1-2, XXIII 3, XXVIII 1, XXIX 16, XXX 8, XLIV 10; FAS II 169 (508), 200 (530), 209 (535-36), 215, 221-22, 292 (556));
HálfH IV 3, VI 4 (FAS II 28, 30);
Friðþj I 8-11, XII 12 (FAS II 65, 98, 488-89);
ÁnB 340, 354 ch. 4, 6;
ÞorstVík 410 ch. 11;
GHrólf 246, 321, 332, 344, 348 ch. 3, 29, 31, 33, 34;
HjÖlv 510 ch. 21;
HálfdBr 587-88 ch. 15;
SörlaSt 433 ch. 14;
HrólfG 46 ch. 28 (FAS III 139; 71 ch. 5);
EgÁsm VI 10 ff., XII 2(FAS III 376-78, 389), cf. introd. xxv-ix;
Vígl 73-74 ch. 16;
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 13-14;
HálfdB 10 ch. 6;
SkáldH 30 ch. 9;
GunnarK 245;
VestfjGr 169;
Amb 178 ch. 38 (37);
Úlfh ch. 3;
AtlaÓ 18-19 ch. 15;
Villif 85 ch. 40;
Stark 102 ch. 26;
Saxo lib. I c. VIII 17, lib. III c. III 7-8, c. IV 15, lib. IV c. II 4, lib. V c. VIII 1, etc.;
cf. Vries# 18, 26;
Weinhold 490 ff.