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Motif-Index of Early Icelandic Literature
N700-799. ACCIDENTAL ENCOUNTERS
N710. Accidental meeting of hero and heroine.
N711. King (prince) accident ally finds maiden and marries her. Cf. T30. Gautr 5-7
ch. 1-2.
N711.1. King (prince) finds maiden in woods (trees) and marries her. Vols ch. 25
(24); OOdd 72 ff. (ch. XXII ff.; FAS II 198, 528); HéøinH 8 ch. 4; Yald 61-62
ch. 1.
N711.4. Prince sees maiden at church and is enamored. Cf. Kør II 51.
N718. Accidental meeting with the son of the only person who can overcome curse on
hero. HaraldHr 268.
N730. Accidental reunion of families.
N731. Unexpected meeting of father and son.
N731.2. Father-son combat. Neither knows who the other is. Cf. J675.1; N338.3;
N349.2. ÅnB 357-59 ch. 7; Kør II 347-51; Gibbon ch. 23; Saxo lib. VII c. IX
12-16. Cf. L.Wolff »Das jiingere Hildebrandslied«, in Hessische Bl. f. Volksk.
XXXIX 54-63; Schlauch 113.
N733. Accidental meeting of brothers. Blomst 37-44 ch. 24-25.
N733.1. Brothers unwittingly fight each other. HålfdE 107 ff.; Schlauch 116.
N733.2. Brother unwittingly kills halfbrother in fight. Cf. S73.1. ÅsmK 98-100 ch. 8
(FAS II 484-87).
N738. Accidental meeting of nephew and uncle. (y.) Bosa 84 ch. 6, cf. introd. lxvii
with reference to EorstVik 445-46 ch. 6; AtlaO 13-14 ch. 10; Kør.gab 16-17,
18-20; Sagan af Marteini målara 10 ch. 3.
N738.1. Uncle and nephew unwittingly about to kill one another. Iven ch. 15.
N760. Other accidental encounters.
N762. Person accidentally met unexpectedly knows the other's name. Cf. C436. OOdd
72-73 (XXII 3); Ålafl 90 ch. 5; Kør II 4. Cf. Sigb ch. 24.
N770. Experience leading to adventures.
N771. King (prince) lost on hunt has adventures. Cf. G405; H1222. Gautr 2-3 (50-51)
ch. 1 (FAS III 4-5); EgÅsm VI 5 (ib. 374). Cf. Sorla 278 (ib. I 398); VilhSj ch.
3-10;Huldno. 2; Breta sogurch. 10 in Hb 247; Saxo lib. III c. 114 = Herrm218.
N771.1. King on hunt is taken prisoner. Kør II 120-40.
N771.2. Giris going in the wood for nuts have adventures. HålfH XVI 3, XVII 3 (FAS
II 51, 59); EgÅsm I 3 (ib. III 365): are abducted.
N774. Adventures from pursuing enchanted animal (hind, boar, bird). Herv 92 (FAS
I 414); GHrolf 273-77, 283-84 ch. 15-16; HjOlv 471 ch. 9; EgÅsm VI 2-5, cf. n.
(ib. III 374); Kør II 292-94; SigrgV ch. 5; HringH 11-13 ch. 5; Fertramch. 2;
SamsF ch. 10; Part 3 ff.; Gibbon ch. 1; cf. FFC 83 xxxiii; Reuschel 111.
N774.2. Adventures from seeking (lost) domestic beast. Vilm 152 ff. ch. 8: goat.
N785. Adventures from seeking water. Cf. Hl 138. HålfH V 6 (FAS 1129); PorstUxaf
257-58, cf. Binns in the Viking Society’s Saga-Book XIV 52; SigrgFr 81 ch. 11.
N800-899. HELPERS
N810. Supernatural helpers.
N810.1. Invisible guardians. Cf. E748. Bisk II 175-76.