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Motif-Index of Early Icelandic Literature
F516.2. People with many arms. Cf. F531.1.6.7.2.
F517. Person unusual as to his legs.
F517.0.1. Person with one leg. EirikR ch. 12; VilhSj ch. 25: »og var neøan sem keralds-
botn«; Heimslysing in Hb 166.
F517.1. Person unusual as to his feet. Cf. F551.
F517.1.4. Person with claws on the feet. SigrgFr 70 ch. 8; Heimslysing l.c.
F518. Persons with tails. Cf. G219.8.1.
F527. Person of unusual color. Heimslysing in Hb 154: white men grow black when
older.
F527.1. Red person.
F527.1.1. Red knight. Cf. K2265. Cf. Rauør as name of the king’s counselor in
Ålafl XII 7 ff.
F527.3. Blue man, Old Norse »bldmadr«. MagnusS ch. 6, 21 in Hkr III 274, 294;
Kjaln ch. 15; Finnb ch. 16; HromGr 367 ch. 2; SorlaSt 411 ch. 2; HjOlv 457-58,
466-67, 501-02 ch. 3,4,7,16; SturlSt 612ch. 12; Sigb 177, 252 ch. 27, 54; SigrgFr
70 ch. 8; Forgr 8 ch. 1; Vilm 173 ch. 15; ÅsmS fol. 8 a-h; Ulf 210;; HringH
44 ch. 18; Kongab 18-20; HéøinH 9-10 ch. 5; fven ch. II 15-16 and III 11;
Kirial 32 (see F531); FjJon 44 (30) ch. 19; NikL 30-33 ch. 10; Konr 62-63
ch. 6; GunnarK 243; Bæring 98-100 ch. 16-18; Ector ch. 14; KåraK 19-21 ch. 9;
Fertram ch. 4-5; Andr 60; Mågus ch. 60.
F527.5. Black man. Cf. F455.2.3; F531.1.7.2; F610.3.2; G219.7. MagnusS ch. 6, 21
in Hkr III; Orkn ch. 88; HålfH XVII (FAS II 59-60); OOdd 88 (ch. XXVI 5,
FAS II 534, cf. 207); GunnarK p. 243, cf. Modern Philology X 612.
The Icelandic »blåmaør« (F527.3) is in reality black and thus described in
HjOlv 501 ch. 16, Sigb, and fven 1. c.
F527.6. Half red and half blue strong man. HålfdBr 561 ch. 1.
F527.6.1.* Half white and halfred man. »hinn Hålfliti Ma6r« in Mågus 34-38 ch. 19
(ch. 44^19).
F529. Other monstrous persons.
F529.7. Boneless person. Cf. C101.
F530. Exceptionally large or small men.
F531. Giant. A person of enormous size. Herv 1, 89-90; Yngv 34: »cikoples« (cf.
F531.1.1.1.1); Kirial 32: »risar oc blåmenn« in enemy’s army; Heimslysing in
Hb 157; Huld no. 14; Mågus 28 ch. 15: Viøfdrull »7 alna hår«.
F531.1. Appearance of giant. Cf. F531.4.7.1. HrolfG 34 ch. 22 (FAS III121); Grimnir
is not particularly ugly, but »storskorinn i andliti«, cf. ForstUxaf 258 (FMS III
124).
F531.1.0.1. Beauty of giant.
F531.1.0.1.1. Beautifulgiantess. Cf. G229.5. Gerør in Skim, cf. Saussaye 329; BårøSn
29 ch. 14; HålfdBr 590 n. ch. 17; Vald 57-58 ch. 1.
F531.1.0.2. Hideous giant {giantess). IllGr 653 ch. 4; HjOlv 471 ch. 9; BårøSn 27
ch. 14-16; Fiør I 360-66; VilhSj 12 ch. 6; Sigb ch. 8; Forgr 24 ch. 5; Bevers 235
ch. 18; Vald ch. 1 (ZDPh XXVI 9): giant-girl; ÅsmFl I 171; Part 33.
F531.1.1. Ey es of giant.
F531.1.1.1. Giant with one eye in middle of forehead. Cf. G213.1. Cf. Fiør I 343, II
302 about Hogni.