Black god (goddess).
Show referencesLaughing fish reveals unjust judgment.
Show referencesBad dream as evil omen.
Show referencesReturn from dead to give counsel.
Show referencesThe soul as a guardian spirit, »fylgja«, »hamingja«, »(spá)dís«.
Show referencesBlack man.
Show referencesGiants live in mountains or caves.
Show referencesHero's precocious strength.
Show referencesTest of strength: lifting stone (fireplace, etc.).
Show referencesEnemies invited to banquet (visit) and killed.
Show referencesVictim burned in his own house.
Show referencesDisguise with hood dropping low over the face.
Show referencesTreacherous queen lures her husband into then and betrays him to hostile king. He is hung up between two fires, but his second wife cuts the strings so that he falls down and kills his enemy and takes his kingdom back.
Show referencesTwo brothers follow and help each other on piracy, etc.
Show referencesLiving king's or nobleman's son as foster-son of his father's friend; considered an honor for the foster-father.
Show referencesWounded hero finds shelter and is cured in peasant's house.
Show referencesPunishment: king hung between two fires.
Show referencesPrisoners taken in war (enemy's messengers) hanged.
Show referencesMutilation: putting out eyes.
Show referencesBurial in grave-mound.
Show referencesMunificent monarch.
Show referencesFormulistic number: twelve.
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