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Motif-Index of Early Icelandic Literature
F571.6. King so old that he cannot get on hor seback without help. Fridbj III 8 (FAS
II 68).
F571.7. Person hundreds of years oid. Nornag 78 ch. 11 (FAS I 342); Skåldsk ch. 81
(64) (= Frå Fornjoti in FAS II 8, and OOdd 197 (ch. XLVI 11, FAS II 559; cf.
M321)): 300 years old; Sogubr 15 ch. 7 (FAS 1377) and f>idr II359: Haraldr Hildi-
tonn and Hildibrandr 150 years old; Herv 114: Godmundr »skorti ei um hundrud
vetra«; Mågus 28 ch. 15 (ch. 35) ff.; Gering I 211: 200 years old. Cf. Herrm 587;
Fr. Panzer: Zur Erz. v. Nomagest, in Festgabe Gustav Ehrismann 1925, 27;
StrombåckSejd 89-90.
F582. Poison damsel.
F582.2. Man spews venom. Cf. Bl 1.2.11.1; F1041.16.1. GHrolf 332 ff. ch. 31, 33;
Bæring 119 ch. 31.
F596. Extraordinarily slow person. HrolfG 6-7, 11 ch. 2, 6 (FAS III 63, 75).
F600-699. PERSONS W1TH EXTRAORDINARY POWERS
F600. Person with extraordinary powers.
F601. Extraordinary companions. SigrgFr ch. 8 ff.
F610. Remarkably strong man. (Strong John). Cf. D1711.8; T58. HrolfKr 54 ch. 20
(FAS I 55); Fridbj ch. VI 18 (ib. II 81, 494); OOdd XXIII 1, XXXI 2 (ib. 199,
222-23, 529); GHrolf 272 ch. 14; HjOlv 509-16 ch. 21-22; ForstB 188 ch. 7;
Fidr I 206, 223; Finnb ch. 1 ff.; Amb 92-96 ch. 15; Saxo lib. VI c. V ff.: Star-
catherus; Reuschel 106; Dehmer 3.
F610.3. Warrior of special strength (Berserk). Cf. F1041.8.6; P233.3; Q431.14. Gylf
ch. 33 (49); Eg ch. 1; Svarfd ch. 7; VigaGlum ch. 6, 22; Gullb ch. 3; HaraldHårf
ch. 9, 12, 18 in Hkr I; Ys ch. 6; HrdlfKr 36 ch. 14 ff.; Sogubr 17 ch. 8 (FAS I
379); OOdd 66-67 (ch. XIX, FAS II 194-95, 526); HålfdE XII 3 (FAS III 534);
GHrdlf 322, 326-27, 330 ch. 30, 31; HromGr 368 ch. 4; Fidr I 36; Fertram ch.
4-5; Saxo lib. VII c. II 7-11 etc. Cf. Vries 142; Maurer II 101-19; H. Guntert:
Ober altisl. Berserkergeschichten, in Beilage zum Jahresbericht des Heidelberger
Gymn. 1912; Reuschel 68.
F610.3.1. Invulnerable berserk. Cf. Dl 840. Grett II 6; Skjold 128; HrolfKr 45 ch.
15 (FAS I ch. 22); Ys ch. 6; SorlaSt 423 ch. 8; HålfdB 12-13 ch. 8; GHrolf 255,
285-86 ch. 6, 17; HrolfG 26, 28, 31 ch. 16, 17, 20 (FAS III 106-07, 110, 132);
OOdd 90-91 (ch. XXVI 6; FAS II 207, 534); FloresS XII 16, XVII 4; Ector
ch. 9, 14; HringH 32-33 ch. 14; Bragd 53 ch. 5.
F610.3.2. Black berserk. Cf. F527.5. ForstVik 391 ch. 3; HålfdBr 561 ch. 1; HjOlv
457-58, 466-67 ch. 3^4, 7; SturlSt 612 ch. 12; Vilm ch. 15; cf. ÅsmVik 20 ch.
11; UlfU ch. 3; FordarH 95 ch. 3.
F610.3.3. Twelve berserks. See also F610.3.4.1. Eg IX 3; Svarfd ch. 7; HålfdSv ch.
5 in Hkr I; Skjold ch. 8-9, 12; Skåldsk ch. 55 (44) = HrdlfKr 44 ff., 72 ff., 98
ch. 24, 32; GrimL 148 ch. 2-3; OOdd 94 ff. (ch. XXVIII-XXXI); Gautr 32-33
ch. 7 (FAS III 36-37); HrolfG 31 ch. 20 ff. (FAS III 116 ff.); Fridbj ch. 3 in FAS
II 495; FloresS XII 16; Andr 4; Mågus ch. 60; Villif 14-15, 23, 26, 37 ch. 6, 12,
13, 17; Saxo lib. VII c. II 7-11.
F610.3.3.1. Two berserk(-brother)s. Heidarviga ch. 3-4 and Eyrb ch. 28, cf. Liestøl-
Upph 41; Grett XIX 4; Ldb ch. 26; EgÅsm VII 3 ff. (FAS III 376); ForvV in
Flb I 269; KåraK 22-25 ch. 10; Stark 79 ch. 23; Fastus 3 ch. 1; Reuschel 72.
F610.3.4. Fighting with berserks. Ldb ch. 26; SnEProl ch. 3; HålfdS ch. 5 in Hkr I;
HjOlv 466-67, 473 ch. 7, 10; ÅsmK 95-99 ch. 7 (FAS II 479-84, 487); OOdd
65-67, 78-79 (ch. XIX, XXIII 6-7, FAS II 194-95, 200, 526-27, 530): with 5
berserks; Forgr 11 ch. 2: with 4; Andr 60: with 8; Fastus 3-6 ch. 1; Stark 55-63
ch. 20 f- Saxo lib. VI c. VII: with 9 berserks.