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Motif-Index of Early Icelandic Literature
H332.3. Suitor test: duel with father-in-law. Konr 80-81 ch. 10; Andr 70: king will
only give his daughter to the one who vanquishes him.
H335. Tasks assigned suitors. Bride as prize for accomplishment. Cf. H933.2; T68.1.
GHrolf 274, 285 ch. 15, 17; SigrgFr 78-107 ch. 9-16; Schlauch 104.
H335.0.1. Bride helps suitor perform his tasks. Cf. G530.2. HjOlv 498 ch. 15; f>i6r
I 230-32.
H335.1. Suitor task: avenging bride's father's death before marriage. GHrolf 314, 349
ch. 27, 34.
H335.3. Suitor task: killing ferocious animal. Cf. H1154; H1161; T68.2.
H335.3.4. Suitor task: to kill treasure-guarding snake lying around the princess’s cham-
ber. RagnarL ch. 2 (l)-4 (3) (FAS I 238-42); RagnarS 458 ch. 1 (FAS I 346);
Bosa 62-63 ch. 16 (FAS III 233); cf. Grør.bechVFO IV 126.
H335.3.7. Suitor task: to kill other monsters. Kirial 11-12: homocentaurus; Ector
ch. 7-8, 20: snake on treasure, and ch. 9: wild she-wolf.
H335.4. Suitor task: to defeat enemies. Cf. T104. Herv 41, 120 (FAS I 451); OOdd
172 ff. (ch. XLI ff., FAS II 282-93, 553-56); cf. HålfdE IV 1-2 and V 2 (FAS III
523). Cf. Ålafl ch. VI-VIII.
H335.4.1. Suitor task: to bring enemy's head. Cf. P555.2.1. ÅnB 348 ch. 6; Vigl 64
ch. 12.
H335.4.3. Suitor task: to kill all earlier suitors. Cf. T92; M149.3. Vols ch. 29 (27),
31 (29).
H335.4.4. Suitor task: to kill (defeat) unwelcome suitor. Cf. F610.3.4.2.1; K310;
T75.6; TI04. Floam ch. 15; Ålafl VII 1-VIII 1; SigrgV ch. 6-11; HéOinH
9-11 ch. 5; HringH 51-52 ch. 21; Saxo lib. VIII c. XI 7-11 = Herrm 530.
H336. Suitors assigned quests. Cf. H1200. GHrolf 274 ch. 15; Konr 68-82 ch. 9-10.
H345. Suitor test: overcoming princess in strength. Cf. T58.
H346. Princess given to man who can heal her.
H346.1. Maiden queen promises herself to the man who heals her husband and kills his
bewitcher. Ålafl ch. 15-16.
H359. Other suitor tests.
H359.2. Suitor test: clearing land. Eyrb XXVIII 14-16.
H360. Bride test.
H383. Bride test: domestic skiil.
H383.2. Bride test: cloth-working.
H383.2.2. Bride test: weaving magic cloth, sewing magic shirt. EgÅsm XIV 4 ff. (FAS
III 394-97).
H383.4. Bride test: cooking.
H383.4.1. Bride test: ale brewing. HålfH I 5-6 (FAS II 25-26).
H388. Bride test: wisdom (cleverness). Cf. H1187.
H400. Chastity test.
H410. Chastity test by magic objects or ordeals.
H411. Magic object points out unchaste woman. Gering 28: gold floats on water.
H425. Tests for cuckolds.