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L. Reversal of Fortune
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LI 13.6. Smith as hero. Vkv, I>i5r I 73 ff., 114 ff.: Volundr-Velent.
LI 14. Hero of unpromising habits. Cf. K2378.5. Fi5r I 209-21.
L114.1. Lazy hero. SturlSt 594-95 ch. 3; ÅnB 110 ch. 1; Gautr 26-27, 60-61 ch. 6,
3 (FAS III 30); GHrolf 256 ch. 6; Amb 12, 72-74 ch. 2, 13; Kongab 2-6.
L114.3. Unruly hero. Grett; Amb 12, 72-74 ch. 2, 13.
L121. Stupid hero. ÅnB 326, 331 ch. 1, 3; Gautr 15 ch. 4 (FAS III 18); Vilm ch.
10; Arm ch. 12; Andr 7; Dehmer 6.
LI24. Dumb hero.
L124.1. Child silent till seventh year. SigJj ch. 2; Herrm 298. Cf. Vatnsd ch. 1-2,
Våpnf ch. 1, Grett XIV 2, 24, Vols ch. 45 (43) = RagnarL ch. 1 (Åslaug): silent
child.
L124.2. Silent hero. HrolfG 6 ch. 3 (FAS III 63); I>i8r I 332; Stark 22 ch. 7; Sigt
ch. 16; Saxo lib. IV c. III 1, cf. Herrm 298.
L130. Abode of unpromising hero (heroine).
LI 31. Heartli abode of unpromising hero. Ldb 128 n.; Kjaln ch. 7; Svarfd ch. 1;
Gautr 15, 26-27, 37, 60-61, 62 ch. 4, 6, 3, 9 (FAS III 18, 30, 41); ÅnB 327 ch. 1;
KetilH 109 ff. ch. 1-2; Amb 72-74 ch. 13; Fi8r I 210; Kongab 2-3; Vigk ch.
2; ÅsmFl 171; KåraK 6 ch. 3—4; Stark 8 ch. 3; Mågus 143 ch. 60. Cf. Schroder’s
introd. to HålfdE 82-83; Einar Ol. Sveinsson in FFC 83 xlii.
L133. Unpromising son leaves his home and goes into the world. Cf. F612.2. HrolfKr
35-36 ch. 14 (FAS I 35-36); Sigt ch. 2, 15; Vilm ch. 8-9.
L140. The unpromising surpasses the promising. Cf. SigJors ch. 42 in FMS VII
156-59 = Jofraskinna in Hkr III 510-11.
L142. Pupil surpasses master. Gering I 256-66.
LI 54. Scorning stops when it turns out that the scorned has saved the king by fighting
alone against four. Forstems t- AustfirSings in Fjlsl 410-14.
LI 56. Unpromising hero kills those who scorn him. Hreidars t- heimska in Msk 132-33
(FMS VI 212-13; Fjlsl 155-57); Fi6r II 43-45; AtlaO 1-5 ch. 1-3; Kongab 2-6.
L200-299. MODESTY BRINGS REWARD
L210. Modest choice hest. HjOlv 477-79 ch. 10-11.
L220. Modest request hest.
L225. Hero refuses reward. Sorla 425 ch. 9, cf. T72.
L300-399. TRIUMPH OF THE WEAK
L310. Weak overcomes strong in conflict.
L311. Weak (small) hero overcomes large fighter. Cf. L140; P233.3.1. HjOlv 461-63
ch. 5; ForstB 182, 194-95 ch. 5, 11: as »bæarbarn«, cf. »kogurbarn« in OOdd
120 (FAS II 232), and ib. 130 ff. (274 ff.); Fi6r II 382-83; Saxo lib. IV c. IV,
cf. Herrm 296 ff. and A. Stender-Petersen in Acta Jutlandica VI (1934) 166 ff.
L400-499. PRIDE BROUGHT LOW
L410. Proud ruler (deity) humbled.
L411. Proud king displaced by angel. (King in the bath). While the king is in the
bath (or hunting) an angel in his form takes his place. The king is repulsed on
all sides until he repents of his haughtiness. Gering I 136 ff.: count; Aarne 757.