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Motif-Index of Early Icelandic Literature
F420.5.1.1.1. Water-spirits save shipwreckedpeople. Cf. R138. 5>i5r II 395; FloresS
XXII 6 and 9-11.
F420.5.1.10. Water-spirits save man from drowning. F>idr II 395.
F420.5.2. Malevolent water-spirits. Grett ch. 65-66, cf. F426.
F420.5.2.1. Water-spirits lure mortal into water.
F420.5.2.1.1. Water-maiden enamors man and draws him under water. Cf. D1355.1.1.
6låfH ch. 35 in FMS IV 56 and V 162; FloresS XXII 5.
F420.5.2.7. Water-spirit turns boat in circle.
F420.5.2.7.1. Water-spirit (»vatnskrimsli«) crushes boat. HringH 5 ch. 2.
F420.5.2.7.2. Water-spirit (»trbllkona«, »margygr«) shakes ship. Cf. D1654.6; E271.1.
OOdd 42 (ch. XI 6-19, FAS II 182); KetilH 116 ch. 3; GrimL 145 ch. 1; OlåfH
ch. 35 in FMS IV 56.
F420.5.2.7.3. Water-spirit (»margygr«) wrecks ship. HHj 18-19; 6låfH ch. 23 in
Flb II 25 (= FMS V 162); ch. 35 in FMS IV 56; FloresS XXII 2-6.
F420.5.2.7.4. Water-spirit holds ship back. Cf. D2072.0.3.
F420.5.3. Other actions of water-spirits.
F420.5.3.7. Water-spirit prophesies. Cf. D1318.2.1. Ldb ch. 117; Vries 372.
F420.6. Marriage of water-spirits.
F420.6.1. Marriage or liason of mortals and water-spirits.
F420.6.1.4. Water-maiden goes to home of mortal and marries. Bæring 108 ch. 22:
»gygr« from waterfall.
F420.6.1.6. Offspring of marriage between mortal and water-spirit. OOdd 126 (FAS
II 241): frightful warrior (Ogmundr) son of king and »gygr« from waterfall;
GHrolf 241 ch. 2: magician (Grimr) perhaps son of »sjogygr«.
F426. Spirit of water-fall. Cf. Bll.3.1.1; F531.6.2.2.3; F420.6.1.4; F420.6.1.6. Grett
LXV 1-LXVI 11; Herv 2, 90 and Stark 3 ch. 1: Starkadr åludrengr; (y.) OOdd
126 (FAS II241): gygr; Bæring 108 ch. 22: queen = gygr; SamsF ch. 3,15: Kvin-
telin bjofr.
F430. Weather-spirits.
F433. Storm-spirit.
F433.1. Spirit ofsnow. Cf. Snær in Flb I 21, 24, 219 (= FAS II 3, 8, 17), Ys ch. 13,
and Saxo lib. VIII c. XI; Snjår in EgÅsm XIII 1 (FAS III 391).
F450. Underground spirits.
F451. Dwarf. Cf. F420.
F451.1. Origin of dwarf s. MC 264.
F451.1.1. Dwarf s originale from maggots in flesh of giant. Cf. F451.2.0.7. Gylf ch.
7 (14), cf. Vsp 9-10, Saussaye 318, MC 264.
F451.1.1.1. Dwarfs originate from the biood and bones of giant. Vsp 9 = MC 264.
F451.2. Appearance of dwarf. (y.) Bosa 109 ch. 11: »lågvaxinn«; GHrolf 307, 309,
315-16 ch. 25, 28: small, thick, and black; borstB 179 ch. 2: »syndist t>orsteini
kjaptrinn snuinn ut at eyranu, en odrumegin nefit nidr at kjaptinum«; t>idr I
35: small body and low leggs; Sigb ch. 7 (= ZDPh XXVI 10—11): »mannsmynd;
bat var litlimastort ok hendr fotsidar, en fotleggirnir stuttir, svd at eigi våru
bverrar handar«; ViktorBl 18 ch. 6: »hann var fotlågr ok skammhryggjadr,
middigr ok mjog baraxladr, handsidr ok hofudmikill«; bjJon 16-18, 31-33
(10-11, 20-21) ch. 6, 14: »låg, ok skammt upp klofin, stuttleit ok nasabrott«.