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Motif-Index of Early Icelandic Literature
N475.2. Secret reason why hero does not want to eat the food of foreign king overheard
by eavesdropper. Amb 136 ch. 25, cf. F647.
N482. Secret learned by torture. Cf. Grm p. 76.
N500-599. TREASURE TROVE
N500. Treasure trove. Cf. Q413.7.
N510. Where treasure is found.
N511. Treasure in ground. Cf. F752. Ys ch. 7.
N511.1. Treasure buried by men. Ys ch. 26; EirfkR 213 ch. 5; Dr Jon 8 ch. 2; Andr
79, 84; Saxo lib. V c. II 5.
N511.1.0.1. Treasure buried by dying man. Cf. N513.2.
N511.1.1. Treasure buried in graves (grave mounds). Cf. D838.5; N571; V67.1. Floam
ch. 12; Skjold ch. 7; Gulll> 9-12 ch. 3-1 = HålfdE XXVI 14 (FAS III 558);
HålfH V 5 (FAS II 28); OOdd 29-31 (ch. VII 7-10; FAS II 176 ff.); HromGr
367-68 ch. 3; GHrolf 348 ch. 34; Andr 79, 84; Saxo lib. III c. III 7-8.
N511.2. Natural underground treasure. Gullb 13 ch. 4.
N512. Treasure in underground chamber (cavern). bidr I 364-70, II 326, 369-74.
N513. Treasure hidden under the water. Reg = Vols ch. 14: Andvari’s gold; Akv 27
= Vols ch. 39 (37): Ringold; Eg LXXXV 17-21; Grett LXVI 1-11.
N513.1. Man jumps into the sea, river or waterfall with his treasure (chests). Cf.
R216.1. Vatnsd XXVIII 1-13; Gullb ch. 20; HålfdE XXVI 10-12 (FAS III 557
-58), cf. introd. 48-52; OddOlåfTr ch. 18 (12), 6låfTr ch. 41 in Hkr I 333, ch. 90
in FMS I 178, Jomsv ch. 46 (34), Fær ch. 26, and Skj I 538, II 8: Bui. Cf. K. Ma-
lone in Univ. of Illinois Studies in Language and Lit. XXIX: 1 (1942) ad Åmason
1148; Dag Strombåck in Svenska Landsmål h. 267, Upps. 1955, p. 95-101.
N513.2. Sword hidden under water. Cf. T645.1. ÅsmK 83, 88-89 ch. 1, 5 (FAS II
466, 473-74); bidr I 78: Vadi, 125, 128, 132: Velent, II 397: bidrikr; cf. Herrm
306 ad Saxo lib. IV c. IV 7; Kongab 5, 46: dying man hides his sword in the river
for his son.
N514. Treasure hidden in religions shrine.
N514.1. Treasure hidden in sanctuary. OddOlåfTr ch. 15: in Thor’s sanctuary; OlåfH
ch. 36 in FMS IV 57: »i blothaugi einum«; ch. 133 in Hkr II 293 ff. and ch. 129
in FMS IV 299 ff.: in Jomali’s sanctuary; Bosa 25-35 ch. 8-9: ib.
N521. Treasure left in stick. Mågus 158 ch. 67: food; Saxo lib. III c. VI 21-22 =
Herrm 268: gold.
N525. Treasure found in chest (kettle, cask). BårdSn 40 ch. 18.
N530. Discovery of treasure.
N531. Treasure discovered through dream. Cf. J157. Skardsårbok, suppl. to Ldb, ed.
fsl. sogur I 326, Origines Isl. I 272 ff., cf. HålfH 76 n.; OlåfH ch. 16 in FMS IV
27 = Olåfs b- Geirstadaålfs ch. 3 in FMS X 212-15; DrJon 8-10 ch. 2-3.
N532. Light indicates hidden treasure. Eg LXXXV 17-21; Gullb 12 ch. 3; Herv 17
-33, 102-13 (FAS I 432-42); DrJon 8-10 ch. 2-3.
N532.1. Half-moon close to the earth indicates hidden treasure. Yngv 14.
N535. Treasure indicated by statue (stone) with inscription. Cf. Gering I 25: cross sign
on the floor.