Creator.
Show referencesWind-god.
Show referencesDragon spews venom.
Show referencesHelmet renders invisible.
Show referencesMagician.
Show referencesFinns (or Fins or »Bjarmar«) as magicians.
Show referencesBlood (in dream) as omen of killing.
Show referencesBad dream as evil omen.
Show referencesMagician shoots an arrow of each finger against enemy.
Show referencesStorm produced by magic.
Show referencesReturn from dead to give counsel.
Show referencesFight of revenant with living person.
Show referencesThe soul as a guardian spirit, »fylgja«, »hamingja«, »(spá)dís«.
Show referencesGiant with iron bar as weapon.
Show referencesIdentification by ring.
Show referencesDecision by single combat or holmgang of who is to marry girl.
Show referencesOrdeal by hot iron.
Show referencesHolmgang. Single combat on an island.
Show referencesWisdom (knowledge) from dream.
Show referencesVictim burned in his own house.
Show referencesMan falls into sacrificial grave prepared for others. Rich man orders poor people to dig a grave in order to bury them all in it as sacrifice to avert famine. But a Christian frees them and promises those who become Christian a living. The rich man falls in the grave and dies.
Show referencesGods in disguise visit mortals.
Show referencesDisguise with hood dropping low over the face.
Show referencesVows taken as an old Norse custom at festivals, especially at Yule time.
Show referencesVow not to shave or cut hair until a certain time.
Show referencesOld woman, »völva«, as prophet.
Show referencesFoster-father as constant helper.
Show references»Publication of slaying«. Heads of slain enemies displayed.
Show referencesThreat of hanging.
Show referencesEscape from ship by jumping into the sea.
Show referencesMutilation: putting out eyes.
Show references»Blood-eagle« cut on man's back by flaying and salting.
Show referencesChildless couple promise child to the devil if they may only may have one.
Show referencesWooing by emissary.
Show referencesWorship of wooden idols, »skurðgoð«, »trémenn«.
Show referencesOx (bull) as sacrifice.
Show referencesHorse as sacrifice.
Show referencesBurial in grave-mound.
Show referencesOrnaments, weapons, etc. buried with hero.
Show referencesConversion to Christianity.
Show referencesConversion to Christianity through miracle: usually because the adversary's god turns out to be the stronger.
Show referencesChristian hero overthrows heathen idals.
Show referencesWarrior retires into monastery in his old days.
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