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Motif-Index of Early Icelandic Literature
F652. Marvelous sense of smell. Fær ch. 37.
F660. Remarkable skili. Cf. F1071.
F661. Skillful marksman. Cf. D2091.14; H31.8; H331.4; H1592. GlåfH ch. 21 in
Hkr II 28; ClåfTr ch. 251 in FMS II 320-21, by Odd ch. 72-73 (60-61) = Saxo
lib. X c. XII4; ÅnB 357 ch. 7, etc.; OOdd 148-51 (ch. XXXVIII, FAS II 266-67);
HålfdE VII 8-9 (FAS III 529); Amb 154 ch. 30 (29). Cf. Weinhold 301.
F661.3. Skillful marksman shoots apple from man's head. Saxo lib. X c. VII 2; cf.
Hernings b- in Flb III 406; LiestølSF 45 ff.
F663. Skillful smith. Vkv; bidr I 105-6: Velent, 303: Mimir.
F680. Other marvelous powers.
F681. Marvelous runner. Cf. H1594. SigJors ch. 51 in FMS VII 169; OOdd 174
(ch. XLII 3-5, FAS II 283); JarlmH 19 ch. 11; SigFot 1001; Andr 8 ff.
F681.3. Marvelous runner swift as thought. Cf. bjålfi in Gylf ch. 30 (46-47) = MC 93.
F681.9. Man who is too heavy for any horse walks faster than horseback-riders. Cf.
F610.7. GHrolf 249 ch. 4, cf. HaraldHårf ch. 24 in Hkr I 131; Hreidars b- halta
in Msk 131-32 and FMS VI 210-11 (Fjfsl 155).
F683. Sparks come from man's feet. Cf. D2091.14.
F684. Marvelous jumper. Cf. F1071; H1199.10; R216.1. SigJors ch. 51 in FMS VII
171; Skåldsk ch. 55 (44) = HrolfKr 84 ch. 28 (FAS I 85 ch. 41); borstVfk 405-6,
426 ch. 9, 16; SigrgFr 68, 77 ch. 8, 9.
F684.1. Marvelous climber. SigrgFr 84 ch. 11.
F694. Saint passes through closed doors. Cf. D2088; D2121.12. Cf. Nornag in Flb I
346 (BuggeNS 47).
F695. Man so absorbed in thought that he does not feel burning coal. bidr II 369.
F696. Marvelous swimmer. Cf. H31.8. H1538; Fær ch. 32, 37-38; OlåfTr ch. 160,
235 in FMS II 27, 269; SigJors ch. 26, 48 in FMS VII 119, 165; Finnb ch. 17;
Grett ch. 38, cf. Dehmer 14; HrolfKr 24-28 ch. 8-9 (FAS I 24-28); ÅsmK 88-89
ch. 5 (ib. II 473); borstVik 427 ch. 16; EgÅsm IX 3-4 (ib. III 382).
F697. Marvelous ball player. Cf. H41.5; K865.
F698. Marvelous juggler. Cf. Hallfr 108, borstB 186 ch. 6 and GHrolf 311 ch. 26:
catch spear (bone) in the air and return it; Herrm 323 n. 3.
F700-899. EXTRAORDINARY PLACES AND THINGS
F700. Extraordinary places.
F702. Land of fire. Cf. A622; A1030. Gylf ch. 4-5 (Muspell) = MC 324.
F704. Land of cold and mist. Cf. A623. Saxo lib. VIII c. XIV 6 and 12, cf. Herrm
584 ff.
F706. Land of darkness. EirikV ch. 3 in Flb I 32 (FAS III 668).
F708. Countries with one conspicuous lack. Cf. Hl 138.
F708.3. Country without wine. Ector ch. 5.
F709. Other extraordinary countries. Cf. B221; D1338.7; E481; H1289.
F709.2. Country of little giris. SamsF ch. 17.
F709.3. Country of thieves and impostors. Hroa b- in Flb II 73 ff., cf. FFC 83 xxii-iii.
F710. Extraordinary bodies of water. Cf. D910.