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Motif-Index of Early Icelandic Literature
G269.8. Skip wrecked by witch. Cf. F420.5.2.7.3.
G270. Witch overcome or escaped. Cf. Q422; Q451.6.2.
G271. Witch exorcised. Cf. D2176.
G271.2. Witch exorcised by use of religious ceremony, object, or charm.
G271.2.1. Sign of the cross marked on bewitched object breaks witch spell. ÅsmFl
175, cf. 174-76: »rista reita«, draw magic lines around the house of witch.
G271.2.2. Witch exorcised by holy water. Sturl I 230 = Bisk I 464. Cf. OlåfTr ch.
213 in FMS II 189, by Odd ch. 60 (48): of trolls.
G273. Witch rendered powerless.
G273.1. Witch powerless when one makes sign of cross. Cf. G271.2.1.
G273.1.1. Witch powerless from lightbeam sent by saint. ForstUxaf 259 (FMS III
128).
G273.5. Witches powerless at crossroads.
G273.5.1. Witch burned by furrows drawn round her home. ÅsmFl 174-76.
G275. Witch (giantess) defeated. Cf. G500; Q422. Floam ch. 24: hånd cut off »troll-
kona«.
G275.3. Witch burned. Cf. Q414.0.10. Vsp 21; cf. Ålafl XVII 10-21: saved from
being bumed.
G275.4. Seven-headed witch defeated by throwing egg at each head.
G275.4.1. Witch killed, as egg with her soul is crushed against her forehead. (y.)
Bosa 113 ch. 12, cf. E711.1.
G275.8. Hero kills witch. Cf. G500.1; G512.7; H1562.8. Gullb ch. 17; HrolfG 54-55
ch. 32 (FAS III 155-56); BårSSn 17 ch. 9 and 34-35 ch. 16; IllGr 650 ch. 2;
Fridbj VIII 1 (FAS II 84); t-orstUxaf 256 (FMS III 129); OrmSt ib. 530 (FMS
III 224, Fjfsl 218): back broken; I>iSr I 37, II 325-26: cut in two pieces; HrolfKr
58-59, 107 ch. 22, 34 (FAS I 60, 109); GrimL 146 ch. 1; SigrgFr 83 ch. 11;
SturlSt 622 ch. 16; GunnarK 241; KåraK 66 ch. 32: in various other ways.
G275.9. Fighting and wrestling with witch. Cf. G500.1; H1562.8. Grett LXV 1-10;
GrimL 148 ch. 1; SorlaSt 413-14 ch. 3; HjOlv 482-86 ch. 12; HålfdBr 570-73
ch. 4-6; IllGr 650 ch. 2; Bosa 28-29, 108, 113-14 ch. 8, 10, 12; UorstUxaf 259-60
(FMS III 127-29); OrmSt 530 (ib. 224, Fjfsl 217-18); BårdSn 17 ch. 9; JarlmH
41-42 ch. 23; Fidr I 36-37; SigrgFr 83 ch. 11; Sigb ch. 19; Vilm 180-81 ch. 18;
ÅsmFl 178; GunnarK 241; OlfU ch. 1; Fertram ch. 2; KåraK 11-12 ch. 5.
G275.10. Witch as participator in battie. Cf. B268.4. HjOlv 480-86, 507-08 ch. 12,
20; OOdd 135 (FAS II 254-55); Fertram in ZDPh XXVI.
G280. Witches - miscellaneous motifs. Cf. E784; M301. HaraldH ch. 80-81 in Hkr
III 193-95 = FMS VI 402-05: »trollkona« as ill-omen.
G283. Witches have control over weather. Cf. D2140. Eyrb XL 12-13; Laxd ch. 35;
Reykd ch. 14; HrolfKr 102-03 ch. 33 (FAS I 105); Fridbj V, VI (FAS II 72 ff.,
492 ff.); IllGr 658-59 ch. 6; MC 283.
G284. Witch as helper. Vols ch. 28 (26), 29 (27), 44 (42); Bosa 6-7, 77 ch. 2, 4 (FAS
III 196); EgÅsm V 10 ff.; f-orgr 23-30 ch. 5; Amb 44 ch. 9.
G286. Initiation into witchcraft. Vols ch. 29 (27); Bosa 6-7 ch. 2 (FAS III 196):
refused.
G300-399. OTHER OGRES
G300. Other ogres.
G303. Devil. Cf. C12; D1810.2; M210.