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Motif-Index of Early Icelandic Literature
N143. Luck only with money that is earned honestly. horvViåf in FMS I 256 (Fjfsl
478-79).
N170. The capriciousness of luck. Vols ch. 42 (40): »valt er hamingjunni at treystast,
at eigi bresti hon«; HrolfKr 36 ch. 14 (FAS 1 36): »må bat eigi vita, fyrr en reynt
er, hvar gipta vill til snuaz«.
NI 87. Hero fails to meet the man he seeks, though they are close to one another.
SorlaSt 436 ch. 16.
N200. The good gifts of fortune.
N203. Lucky person. Some people, especially heroes, as HrolfKr and 6låfr, usually
have luck. Cf. Al 85. 6låfH ch. 27 in FMS IV 44; Herv in FAS I 447; HrolfKr
88-89 ch. 29 (FAS I 90); Sorla 276, 282 (ib. 394, 406 ch. 2, 9); Gautr 44, 46, 66,
68 ch. 11 (ib. III 48, 50); GHrolf 335 ch. 32; horstB 183-84, 187 ch. 5, 7; ÅsmFl
174; Konr 62, 68, 80 ch. 6, 8, 10. Cf. GrønbechVFO I »Lykkemand og niding«.
N211. Lost object returns to its owner.
N211.1. Lost ring found in fish.
N211.1.3. Lost sword found in fish. HromGr 374-76 ch. 7.
N300-399. UNLUCKY ACCIDENTS
N310. Accidental separations.
N317. Separation of family by shipwreck. FléresS ch. 9 ff. = Lagerholm 138.
N320. Person unwittingly killed. Cf. N657; K733.2.
N322. Eavesdropping person unwittingly killed (wounded). HjOlv 504 ch. 18; Amb
108-10 ch. 18; hjJon 34 (22) ch. 14; Saxo lib. III c. VI 13-15 = Herrm 249.
N330. Accidental killing or death. Cf. N622.
N334. Accidental fatal ending of game or joke.
N334.2. Hanging in game or jest accidentally proves fatal. Gautr 30 ch. 7 = Saxo
lib. VI c. V 6-7, Herrm 427, MC 52; cf. A. H. Krappe in Archivum Romanum
VII 470-77.
N335. Unexpected death at hånds of an animal. Cf. M341.2.5.10 and 22.
N338. Death as result of mistaken identity: wrong person killed. Mågus 37-38 ch. 19:
receiver of gift murdered because he is supposed to be the original owner.
N338.3. Son killed because mistaken for someone else. Cf. N349.2. Mågus 37-38 ch.
19 (ch. 49).
N339. Accidental death - miscellaneous.
N339.1. Man fails into jar of honey and is drowned. Cf. Ys ch. 11 (Fjolnir), and
Saxo lib. I c. VIII 27 (Hundingus); KrappeÉtudes 66 ff. and in Modern Language
Review XIX 325-34, ZDA LXXII168, and Science of Folklore, New York 1930,
325.
N339.8. Accidental death from fail on own weapon (armor). Grm p. 88.
N339.8.1. Accidental death of father from fail into the fire when taking down weapons
for his son. ÅsmFl 172.
N339.16. King mortally wounded on killed enemy's tooth. Cf. M341.2.5. HaraldHårf
ch. 22 in Hkr I 130.
N340. Hasty killing or condemnation (mistake). Cf. F1041.16.9. 6låfH in FMS V
224: knight kills mother and brother in anger.