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Motif-Index of Early Icelandic Literature
M146. Vow to marry a certain woman. HHj p. 171, 176; Ldb ch. 6 (= OlåfTr ch. 116
in FMS I 237); Floam ch. 2; Svarfd ch. 19; Herv 5, 94 (FAS I 417-18, 515-16);
Vols ch. 25 (24); HålfdE VIII 10-15 (FAS III 530-31); KetilH 125 ch. 4; Fridbj
V 8; E>i6r II 38—39; bjjon 12 ch. 3; Gibbon 25-26 ch. 6; Mågus 156 ch. 66.
M149. Vow s concerning sex - miscellaneous.
M149.1. Lovers' vow only to marry each other. Cl. T61.2. Vols ch. 22 (21), 29 (27),
31 (29): Sigurbr and Brynhildr; f>i<3r II 56-57: Herburt and Hildr; ÅsmS f. 7v;
HéåinH 4 ch. 2.
M149.2. Vow to die rather than marry unwelcome suitor. Cf. Rlll.1.9; T326. GHrolf
246 ch. 3; I>orstVik 432 ch. 17; JarlmH 12 ch. 8. Cf. Gudr II27 = Vols ch. 34 (32).
M149.3. Vow to kill more successful rival. Cl. H335.4.3; T92.9. HålfH XVI 1 (FAS
II 51); HringH 26 ch. 11 (cf. 32 ch. 14 ff.).
M149.7. Vow only to marry daughter to the man who kills snake by her house. RagnarL
ch. 2 (1); RagnarS ch. 1; Bosa 62 ch. 16 (FAS I 238, 346, III 233).
M150. Other vows and oaths.
M151. Vow not to eat before hearing of adventure.
M151.6. Vow not to eat or drink before knowing if king is alive. HrolfG 66 ch. 39
(FAS III 164).
M152. Vow not to go to bed with wife till enemy is killed. GHrolf 297 ch. 22.
M152.1. Vow not to kiss anybody until father is revenged. Flov 149 ch. 20.
M152.2. Vow not to sit on father's high-seat until he is revenged. Herv 84, 140 (FAS
I 489).
M155. Vow to perform act of prowess. Cf. H1229.1; M119.3. Sturl II 43; Har5 32;
Svarfd ch. 19; Ys ch. 36; Saxo lib. II c. VII 7, lib. VIII c. XIV 1-2.
M155.2. Vow to find vanished sister. Cf. H1385.6. Flb I 219 (= FAS II 17).
M155.3. Vow never to flee from fire or weapon. HrolfKr 83 ch. 28 (FAS I 84);
Vols ch. 5 (ib. 123); cf. borst Vik 448 ch. 25; HrolfG 61-62 ch. 36 (ib. III 169
ch. 29).
Ml 58. Vow never to refuse food to any man. Vigl 74 ch. 16.
M161. Vow never to flee in fear of death.
M161.1. Vow to attack (kill) the enemy or die. (y.) Bosa 85 ch. 6; Villif 64 ch. 28;
HringH 36 ch. 14.
M161.2. Vow to revenge (king, friends, father) or die. Cf. P310.2. HrolfKr 85 ch. 28
(FAS I 86); RémK 221 ch. 42; Sagan af Marteini målara 22 ch. 9. Cf. HrolfG
65 ch. 39 (ib. III 163).
M161.3. Vow to live and die with the king. HrolfKr 106 ch. 34 (FAS I 108); SorlaSt
447 ch. 23; RémK 10, 37, 278-79, 282 ch. 3, 8, 56, 57; Saxo lib. II c. VII 7 and
28. Cf. HålfH ch. 17 st. 57 (FAS II 53).
M161.4. Vow rather to die (on a spear) than to accept grace. RagnarL ch. 10 (9)
(FAS I 262-63) and 203 st. 11 (Skj II B 254); RagnarS ch. 2 (FAS I 348-49);
SorlaSt 430 ch. 11. Cf. FriObj VII 5 (ib. II 83, 496); EgÅsm XVI 8 (ib. III 402);
FloresS XII 9-10 and XXIV 3-XXVI 2 included the note; Mågus, ed. 1858, p.
128 ch. 51.
M161.5. Rather die than go in the enemy's service. Cf. R74. Sverr in Flb II 571;
borstVik 431 ch. 17; SturlSt 601, 608-09 ch. 7, 10.
M161.6. Rather die in battie than in bed. Cf. P16.3.1.1. JarlmH 21 ch. 12; cf. HålfH
XI 1 (FAS II 38); MC 305 ff.