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P251.5.3. Hostile brothers. Cf. F1041.16.10; S73.1. Vsp 45; Ys ch. 19 and 21; Mag-
nusS ch. 21 in Hkr III = SigJors ch. 26 in FMS VII 119; t>orstØxaf 254 (FMS
III 116-19); Yngv 4, 25-26.
P251.5.4. Two brothers as contrasts. Grett XIV 1-2; Hreiøars t- heimska = HaraldH
ch. 26 ff. in FMS VI 200-218 (Msk 124-37; Fjfsl 144-62): HreiOarr-Pordr;
Herv 34-36, 115-17 (FAS I 444-48): Heiørekr-Angantyr; HrolfKr 3-4, 17 ch.
1, 4 (FAS I 3-4, 16): Hålfdan-Froøi, Hroarr-Helgi; HrolfG 6-7 ch. 3 (FAS III
63): Ketill-Hrolfr; Sigt ch. 2 ff.: Vilhjålmur-Hålfdan; Amb 12 ch. 2: Sigurøur
-Ambales. Cf. LiestølUpph 94; H. Koht: The Old Norse Sagas, Oslo 1931, p.
28-29; Kersbergen 113-17.
P251.6. Several brothers.
P251.6.1. Three brothers. Cf. Z71.1. Floam ch. 1: Hallsteinn, Hersteinn, Holmsteinn;
HrolfKr 35, 54 ch. 14, 20 (FAS I 35, 54-55): Svipdagr, Beigaør, Hvitserkr;
HålfdE I 6 (ib. III 520): Ølfkell, Ulfarr, Ølfr; OOdd 121-24 (ib. II 232-38):
giants; Gautr 11 ch. 3 (ib. III 14 ff.): Hertjofr, GeirJjjofr, Friøtjbfr; f>iør II
43-47: Hertegn, Herburt, Tistram; FloresS 132-33 ch. VI: Felix, Fenix, Ajax;
Saxo lib. Vc. 13: Grep.
P251.6.4. Eight brothers. HålfH XV 1-4 (FAS II 47-51): killed after quarrel with
their father.
P251.6.5. Nine brothers. Cf. Z71.6. HromGr 365 ch. 1; Frå Fornjoti in Flb I 24-25
(FAS II 9).
P251.6.6. Eleven brothers. Cf. 7.11.1. Kør I 319, 355 ff., II 110: king Isung’s sons.
P251.6.7. Twelve brothers. Cf. F610.3.3; F610.3.4.1; Z71.8. Ølf 129 ff., 206 ch. 1 ff.
P252. Sisters.
P252.1. Two sisters.
P252.1.1. Sister kills sister. Cf. S34. EgÅsm XII 5 (FAS III 390).
P252.3. Seven sisters. Cf. Z71.5. Hårb 18; IllGr 656 ch. 5.
P252.4. Eight sisters. Helreiø 6.
P252.5. Nine sisters. Cf. Z71.6. HjOlv 482 ch. 12; Fiør I 175 ff. = II 60; Skåldsk
ch. 42 (33), 77 (61): the nine daughters of Rån, cf. A423.
P252.6. Ten sisters. EirikR ch. 4; ØlfØ ch. 3-4.
P252.7. Eighteen sisters kill one another. EgÅsm XII 1—4 (FAS III 389-90), cf. T92.8.
P253. Sister and brother. Cf. R156.
P253.0.2. One sister and two brothers. HrolfKr 3 ch. 1 (FAS I 3); HålfdBr 559 ch. 1;
Friøbj I 1 (FAS II 63, 488).
P253.0.3. One sister and three (Jour) brothers. t>iør I 322-23, 351; Sigt ch. 2; Mågus
8 ch. 5.
P253.0.4. One sister and ten brothers. Vols ch. 2.
P253.3. Brother chosen rather than husband or son. Only one can be saved; he alone
is irreplaceable. Cf. Vols ch. 5 ff.
P253.5. Sister avenges brothers’ death. Akv 15, Atlam 34 ff. = Vols ch. 7 ff.
P253.6. Sister warns brothers. Cf. R158. Akv 1-8, Atlam 1 ff. = Vols ch. 5, 35 (33);
HrolfKr 88-89 ch. 29 (FAS I 90-91): Guørån, Yrsa.
P253.7. Brothers persecute sister's lover and are in return killed by him. Cf. P232.1.
Friøtj XII 16 (FAS II 99, 502).