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PI 6. End of king's reign. Cf. F571.5-6.
P16.1. King retires from the world (becomes hermit, swineherd). Cf. V476. Fidr II
395-98; JarlmH 43 ch. 24.
PI 6.2. King must resign if maimed.
P16.2.1. King must resign if he begets natural son. SamsF 33 ch. 17.
PI 6.3. King killed when old.
P16.3.1. Old king attacked. Sogubr 25 ch. 10 (FAS I 388); Vols ch. 1, 11-12 (ib.
117); Herv 39-40 (ib. 449-50); HrolfKr 26-27 ch. 8 (ib. ch. 11); ForstVIk 386
ch. 2; GHrélf 259-60 ch. 8; ÅsmK 467-68 ch. 3; ÅsmVik 34-36 ch. 16-19; Fi5r
II 84-85; HéøinH 7 ch. 3; Kongab 30, 31; HålfdB 1 ch. 1; Villif 26 ch. 13; Yigk
ch. 4 ff.; Saxo lib. IV ch. IV 1.
P16.3.1.1. Attempt to kill old king by suffocating him in bathroom. He prefers to die
in battie. Cf. M161.6; S113.2. Sogubr 15 ch. 7 (FAS I 377); Stark 81-82 ch. 24;
cf. Saxo lib. III c. III 7.
P16.3.2. King too old to fight goes himself into his grave mound. HromGr 369 ch. 4;
cf. Forstil 197 ch. 12 (Agåi) and Eg ch. 3 = HaraldHårf ch. 8 in Hkr 1106, ch. 6
in FMS X 186 (Herlaugr).
P16.4. Persons buried with dead king (queeri). Cf. V67. Guør I p. 246 and SgF III
47, 70 = Vols ch. 33: thralls; Herv (only) in FAS I 489, 508-09; HrolfKr ch.
52 in FAS I 109; GHrolf 246 ch. 3; BårøSn 38 ch. 18; Saxo lib. V c. XI 1.
PI 6.4.1. Suttee. Wife burned with dead king. Cf. T81; T211. Cf. OddClåfTr ch. 2
(= FMS X 220) and in Flb I 88; cf. Herrm 94 ad Saxo lib. I c. VIII 4.
P16.4.2.* Horse burned or buried with dead king. Cf. V67.5. Gylf ch. 8 (15), 34 (49):
Baldr; Sogubr ch. 9 (FAS I 387); Saxo lib. VIII c. V 1.
P16.6. Kings worshippedafter their death. 6låfs b- Geirstaøaålfs ch. 2 in FMS X 212;
Herv 1,89 (FAS I 411).
PI 7. Succession to the throne.
P17.0.2. Son succeeds father as king. Sogubr 14 ch. 5 (FAS I 376); Herv 84, 140
(ib. 489); IllGr 659 ch. 6; HrolfG 9 ch. 4 (ib. III 70); EgÅsm VIII 10 (ib. 380);
HålfdE X-XI (ib. 532-33); Gautr 11, 35-36, 60-61 ch. 2, 9 (ib. 14, 39-40); Alafl
XIX 1; HringH 29 ch. 12; SamsF 33 ch. 17; HringT 12. Etc.
P17.0.2.1. At son's wedding king names him as successor. Herv in FAS I 444.
P17.3. Dying king names successor. HrolfG 8-9 ch. 4 (FAS III 69-70): Youngest
son.
P17.5. Brothers rule jointly. Saxo lib. II c. V 2, cf. HrolfKr ch. 5 (FAS I 16).
PI 7.8. Kingship given to younger brother. HrolfG 8-9 ch. 4 (FAS III 69-70).
PI 7.9. Natural son succeeds to the throne.
P17.9.1. Natural son is refused kingship and half heritage. Herv 86-88 (FAS I 491 ff.):
only a third of the heritage is offered.
P17.10. Three sons get each a kingship, but the youngest the most important in the
home country. Ålafl XIX 2-4.
P17.ll. Slayer of king marries widow (or daughtef) and inherits kingdom. Cf. T141.1.
B6sa 61 ch. 16 (FAS III 232); HålfdE III 1-6 (ib. 522); Amb 42 ch. 9; Saxo lib.
III c. VI 5, cf. lib. IV c. I 16 and II 4; lib. VII c. IX 5, Herrm 248 ff.
P18. Marriage of kings.