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Motif-Index of Early Icelandic Literature
E700-799. THE SOUL
Cf. Klare 1. c.; K. Ranke in FFC 140 p. 21 ff.
E710. External soul.
E711. Soul kept in object. Cf. C. W. v. Sydow in Da. Studier 1915 p. 125 ff. ad Hym
29-33.
E711.1. Soul in egg. Cf. G275.4.1. (y.) Bosa 108-13 ch. 10-12, cf. Jiriczek in ZDPh
XXVI 23; SigrgFr 48 ch. 2.
E711.2. Soul in plant. Cf. BPIII441: in the mistletoe of the Baldrlegend, cf. M341.2.1.
E711.7. Soul in stone. Cf. F451.4.1.10. ÅsmFl 172: Åsmund’s mother dies as he
happens to cleave her »fjorsteinn«.
E714. Soul {or life) kept in special part of body.
E714.1. Soul {life) in the biood. Cf. E761.1.
E714.4. Soul {life) in the heart.
E714.4.1. Eaten heart gives one the owner's qualities. Cf. D551.3. Ys ch. 34; HrolfKr
69 ch. 23 (FAS I ch. 35); VilhSj 119-20 ch. 56; DrJ6n 13 ch. 4; Saxo lib. I c.
VI 7 = Herrm 101.
E720. Soul leaves or enters the body.
E720.1. Souls of human beings seen in dream: as »fylgja«or »hamingja«. Cf. D1810.12;
E731-738; E748. Njåla XXIII 12; VigaGlum ch. 9, 19; Bisk II 230; Sogubr 6
ch. 2 (FAS I 367); Vols ch. 37 (35); SturlSt 637-38 ch. 22; Draumr borstems
SløuHallssonar in AustfS 233 ff.; MC 233 ff.
E721. Soul journeys from the body.
E721.1. Soul wanders from body in sleep. MagnusG in Flb III 330.
E730. Soul in animal form. Cf. D100; Trolldom 76 ff.
E731. Soul in form of mammal.
E731.1. Soul inform of dog. Cf. D141. Njåla XXIII 9: in dream.
E731.8. Soul in form of bear. Cf. D113.2. Njåla XXIII 9; HarS ch. 31 (30); Sturl
II 150; bérSarH 17 ch. 6; Vols ch. 36 (34) < Atlam 17-18; Sogubr ch. 2 (FAS
I 367); I>orstVik 413 ch. 12; OOdd 22-23 (ch. V 2-3, FAS II 172-73, 510);
HrolfG 12-13, 21 ch. 8, 11 (FAS III 77-78, 95); borstUxaf 253 (FMS III 113;
Fjfsl 446-47); borsteins s. Slduhallssonar in AustfS 227: all in dream.
E731.9. Soul inform ofwolf. Njåla LXII 5-9; GislaS XIV 7, cf. XXXII 11 (ch. 33);
Dropl ch. 10; borOarH 17, 37 ch. 6, 12; Hard ch. 31 (30); borstVik 413 ch. 12;
HrolfG 12-13, 21 ch. 8, 11 (FAS III 77-78, 95); Ulf 184; SigFot 1004; borgr 7
ch. 1: all in dream.
E731.10. Soul in form of fox. borstVik 413 ch. 12: in dream.
E731.ll. Soul in form of lion. HrolfG 12, 21 ch. 8, 11 (FAS III 77, 95); borgr 7
ch. 1; Bæring 86 ch. 3: all in dream.
E731.12. Soul in form of hog. Cf. D136. HrolfG 21 ch. 11 (FAS III 95 ch. 12): in
dream.
E731.13. Soul in form of buli. Cf. D133. Ljosv ch. 16 (26): in dream.
E731.14. Soul in form of deer. Cf. A661.1.0.4. OddUlåfTr ch. 45 (34), cf. FMS II
176; Sogubr ch. 2 (FAS I 367).
E732. Soul in form of bird. Bisk I 436, II 13: heilagr andi. Cf. Sverr ch. 2 in Flb II
536; GislaS XXXIII 1-6; Sogubr 10-12 ch. 3 (FAS I 371); Herv 8, 95 (FAS I
420, 517): in dream.