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Motif-Index of Early Icelandic Literature
F531.1.6.6. Giant (giantess) with peculiar nose. Cf. F543. BårdSn 29 ch. 14: with
bumps on, cf. Åndr 64; HjOlv 482 ch. 12: iron nose; IllGr 653-54 ch. 4: as if
storm and snow issued from »troIlkona«’s black nose; VilhSj 12 ch. 6: »nef hans
var med fjorum hlykkjum og sé nidr fyrir munninn«; Sigb 118 ch. 8: »neflauss«.
F531.1.6.6.1. Giant with crook on end of his nose. Cf. F514.4; F543.1. OOdd 47 (ch.
XII 3, FAS II 518); HålfdBr 569 ch. 4; Bæring 235 ch. 18; Saxo lib. VIII c. XV
4-5 = Herrm 599; LiestølNT 197.
F531.1.6.7 One-armed giant.
F531.1.6.7.2. Giant with six or eight arms. Herv 2, 90 (FAS I 412), Gautr 12 n.
(FAS III 15), Stark 3 ch. 1, Saxo lib. VI c. V 2 = Herrm 422, MC 277: Starkadr.
F531.1.6.7.3. Giantess with burned arms. IllGr 653 ch. 4.
F531.1.6.8. Giant'speculiar cheeks. t>orgr 24 ch. 5: one cheek red, the other black.
F531.1.6.10. Giant with unusual heart.
F531.1.6.10.1. Giant with stone heart. Cf. F531.1.2.5.
F531.1.6.11. Giant (giantess) with hump. Cf. K2271. HjOlv 482 ch. 12; I>orgr 24
ch. 5; Part 33.
F531.1.6.14. Giantess with a tail (ntany tails). Cf. G219.8.1.
F531.1.7. Color of giant.
F531.1.7.2. Black giant (giantess). Cf. F455.2.3; F527.5. OOdd 46, 47 (ch. XII 3,
FAS II 518); GrimL 149 ch. 2; Nornag 69 ch. 8 in Flb I 355 (FAS I 333); riorst-
Uxaf ib. 258 (FMS III 124, Fjl'sl 456); Sigb ch. 19-21; Bevers 235 ch. 18; Part
33; Andr 3, 4; KåraK 16, 34, 35 ch. 7, 15; Herrm 588, 593, 599; MC 276.
F531.1.8. Giant in animal form. Cf. A132; G211. EgÅsm 14II 6, XIV 4: as »hjasi«;
HjOlv 473 ch. 10 and OOdd 127 (FAS II 243) as »finngalkn«, cf. B21.1.
F531.1.8.4. Giantess in crow’s shape. Vols ch. 1.
F531.1.8.5. Giantess transforms self to fly in order to tear woman's stomach. Cf.
D185; K952.2. EgÅsm XII 9-10 (FAS III 391).
F531.1.8.6. Giant (giantess) in a gam's shape. Cf. B31.2. HjOlv 506 ch. 20; EgÅsm
I 4-II 6, XIV 4 (FAS III 365, 394); KåraK ch. 1,18.
F531.1.8.7. Giant as eagle. Cf. A1125; G351. Vafbr 37 = Gylf ch. 9 (18); Skåldsk
ch. 2-3 (56) (= Skj I 16 st. 12) and ch. 6 (57); MC 279.
F531.1.8.8. Giant (giantess) as sea-mammal. Cf. D127.3. Laxd ch. 18: seal; KetilH
116, 131 ch. 3, 5, and HjOlv 507-08 ch. 20: whale.
F531.1.9. Frost-giants. Cf. A289.1. Hym 10, MC 278, 281, Vries 363: hrfmbursar.
F531.1.10. Fire giant s. Cf. A493.
F531.1.11. Giants and giantesses dressed as human beings. Cf. Sigb 207-8 ch. 36:
Sigurdr dressed as »risi«.
F531.1.12. Giant bride's equipment. rirym 17 ff. (cf. K235.2) = MC 79; JarlmH 39 ff.
ch. 21.
F531.2. Size land strength) of giant. Eg XXV 6; Nornag 66 ch. 6 (Flb I 353, FAS I
330); SorlaSt 412 ch. 3; SturlSt 612 ch. 12; t>idr I 4, 8, 31, 35, 48, 329, 330, 331,
360, II 69-70, 240; RémK 111 ch. 21: tall men are compared to giants, »risar«
or »bursar«; MC 277.
F531.2.1. Extremely tall giant.
F531.2.1.1. Giant fifteen feet tall, with three feet between the eyes. Bevers 235 ch. 18.