Flying dragon, »flugdreki«.
Show referencesFight with dragon.
Show referencesThe bird Gam.
Show referencesMagic storm (»gerningahríð«, »galdrahrið«, »kyngiveðr«).
Show referencesInvulnerable berserk.
Show referencesTwelve berserks.
Show referencesHero's precocious strength.
Show referencesMen go mad in battle.
Show referencesIdentification between lovers by matching claw and leg of dragon.
Show referencesSuitor test: bringing leg that fits into dragonclaw, left by the beloved of the princess.
Show referencesTests of valor: tournament.
Show referencesTest of strength: lifting stone (fireplace, etc.).
Show referencesVictim burned in his own house.
Show referencesKing is superior to all in strength, beauty, largeness, etc., and usually has victory.
Show referencesThree brothers.
Show referencesKing's son falsely accuses foster-brother of attempt to seduce his sister.
Show referencesWounded hero finds shelter and is cured in peasant's house.
Show referencesThrowing into pit of snakes as punishment.
Show referencesHero captured by being pressed between shields from all sides: »at honum váru bornir skildir«.
Show referencesPrincess (maiden) abducted.
Show referencesAbduction by rejected sailor.
Show referencesPrincess (maiden) rescued from undesired suitor.
Show referencesRescue from shipwreck.
Show referencesMutilation: cutting off hands (arms).
Show referencesMutilation: putting out eyes.
Show referencesLove-sickness.
Show referencesKing likes his daughter so much that he does not want to marry her to anyone.
Show referencesRejected suitor wages war.
Show referencesMaiden queen prefers to fight instead of marrying. She usually scorns or even kills her suitors or sets them difficult tasks.
Show referencesMunificent monarch.
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