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Motif-Index of Early Icelandic Literature
A284. God of thunder. Saussaye 236, MC 68, Vries 213, 228: Thor (cf. K235, 2 and
4; K1321.3.1); Vries 314: Fjorgynn?
A289. Other weather-gods.
A289.1. Frost-god. Cf. F531.1.9. Cf. king Snær in Flb I 21, 219 (FAS II 3-5, 17-21)
= Snio in Saxo lib. VIII c. XI = Herrm 580.
A300-399. GODS OF THE UNDERWORLD
A310. God of the world of the dead. Cf. A487; E481.1; F167.9; V64. Saxo lib. II
c. VII 22; Saussaye 227, Vries 175: Odin.
A310.1. Goddess of world of the dead. Cf. A123.6; A671. Vols ch. 18 (<BuggeE 223):
»En bu, Fåfnir, ligg i fjorbrotum, bar er bik Hel hafi«; Gylf ch. 19-20 (34), 13 (24):
Hel, Freyja. Cf. KrappeÉtudes 45; Saussaye 276, 280, MC 303: Freyja, Hel.
A310.2. God of the slain. MC 44: Odin, 121: Odin and Freyja.
A310.3. God of the hanged. MC 43: Odin, cf. Vries 148-49, J162.
A400-499. GODS OF THE EARTH
A400. God of earth.
A400.1. Goddess of earth. MC 194; Vries 212, 328, 334.
A401. Mother Earth. SnEProl ch. 1; MC 194; Vries 103.
A410. Local gods.
A417. Gods of the Quarters. Cf. A665.2.1.2.
A420. God of water. MC 167: Mimir.
A421. Sea-god. Cf. D2151. MC 102,171, Vries 253, 365: Njordr, Ægir.
A421.1. Sea-goddess. Reg in BuggeE 212 = Vols ch. 14; Fridbj VI 13 (FAS II
78, 493), MC 190, Vries 365: Rån.
A423. Waves as giris, daughters or widows of the sea-god. Vegt 12; HHu I 29; S61
79; Skåldsk ch. 34 (25), 42 (33); Herv 72, 77, 132, 136 (FAS I 479, 481-82). Cf.
Vries 255; MC 190.
A430. God of vegetation.
A431. God of fertility. Cf. A473. Vries 170, 187, 201: Odin, 228: Thor, 244: Baldr,
253: Njordr, 256: Freyr, 270: Fjolnir, 280: Byggvir, Beyla, 294: Ullr, 312: Lodurr;
Ys ch. 9-11: Njordr, Freyr, Fjolnir; Saussaye 252: Freyr.
A431.1. Goddess of fertility. Vries 314: Fjorgyn, 324, 326: Frigg, e.g. Vols ch. 1,
Freyja etc., MC 122.
A450. God of trades and professions.
A452. God of hunting. Gylf ch. 17 (30), Skåldsk ch. 22 (14), Vries 289, 293: Ullr.
A452.1. Goddess of hunting. Gylf ch. 12 (23), Vries 254, 335: Skadi.
A454. God of healing. Cf. Saxo lib. III c. IV 5, lib. IX c. IV 12: Odin-Rostar.
A454.1. Goddess of healing. Gylf ch. 22 (35), MC 186, Vries 328: Eir. Cf. Fåfn 12-13;
Fjolsv 40.
A459. God of trades and professions - miscellaneous.
A459.1. God or goddess of skiing (or snow-shoes). MC 105; Vries 294: Skadi; MC
156, Vries 293-94: Ullr; Hversu Noregr byggdist, in Flb I 21-22 (FAS II 3-4):
I>orri, cf. Vries 295 n. 3.