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Motif-Index of Early Icelandic Literature
R165. Rescue by saint. Cf. E366; R121.6. Geisli st. 28 and 54 in Skj B I 434, 441 =
MagnusG ch. 27-28 in Hkr III 47-49; HåkonH ch. 21 ib. 430; Knyti ch. 22;
Bisk I 210-12, 672; BårSSn 43 ch. 20.
RI 65.2. Innocently hanged person saved by saint. Suppl. to OlåfH in FMS V 211.
R169. Other rescuers. Cf. R222.
R169.4. Hero rescued by servant. Cf. P361.
RI 69.4.2. Rescue of king's children by faithful servant (earl). HålfdBr 564-66 ch. 3;
HrolfKr ch. 1 ff., cf. Saxo lib. VII c. I 4.
R169.5. Hero rescued by friend. HrolfG 71-73 ch. 41-42 (FAS III181-84 ch. 34-36);
FiSr I 261-72; SaulusN 28-56 ch. 14-22; JarlmH 41 ch. 23; Kongab 12, 16.
R169.ll. Unknown helper(s) emerge(s) in the last moment and turn(s) out later to
be well known. Cf. R222. HålfdE XIII (FAS III 536) and introd. 23-24; SorlaSt
426 ch. 11; HjOlv 461 ch. 5; GHrolf 320-21, 340 ch. 29, 33; ÅsmVik 24-32 ch.
13-14 (cf. F610.3.4.2.1); BårSSn 31-36 ch. 15-16; HringH 24-25 ch. 10; Atla6
13-14 ch. 10; Bæring 111-13 ch. 24-27; RémK 155 ff. ch. 27-35; Fertram ch. 12.
RI69.14. Wounded hero restored in peasant's house. Cf. P411.4; R131.6. OddOlåfTr
ch. 80; Andr 16 ff.
R170. Rescue - miscellaneous motifs.
RI 75. Rescue at the stake. Ålafl XVII 10-21; Bevers 240-41 ch. 20. Cf. HålfH VIII
6 and introd. 18 (FAS II 34).
RI 91. King (prince) returns home (from exile) and rescues his native country. Amb
162 ch. 34 ff. = Saxo lib. III c. VI 22-25; Bæring 114-20 ch. 28-31.
R200-299. ESCAPES AND PURSUITS
R210. Escapes. Cf. D1611; K500.
R211. Escape from prison. Cf. D2165. Bisk II 108; HarS ch. 17; OOdd 108-11 (ch.
XXXII7); EgÅsm VIII5-9, cf. Ulf 227; JarlmH 41 ch. 23; Saxo lib. I c. VI7-9 =
Herrm 101.
R211.2. Captive bores way out of prison. Cf. R211.
R211.7. Escape from pit of snakes by means of rope. Cf. Q465. FloresS XXI 11-23;
Bevers 226 ch. 14. Cf. Gering I 232-34: escape from cleft by means of rope made
from one’s own clothes and tossed upward to faithful servant; cf. Kl871.1.
R212. Escape from grave.
R212.1. Man buried alive with king escapes from the tomb. Cf. S123.2.1.
R212.2. Man buried alive with beloved escapes, as thieves break open the tomb. Gering
I 234-36, II 174 = Antiqu. Tidsskrift 1849-51 p. 225.
R216. Escape from ship while captors quarrel.
R216.1. Escape from ship by jumping into the sea. Cf. N513.1. Grett ch. 38, 65; Sturl
II 219; Gullf> ch. 15; Skj I 44, 138, 175; OlåfTr ch. 186, 256 in FMS II117, III
9, ch. 111 in Hkr I 453, by Odd ch. 21 (15), 59 (47), 73-74 (61-62); Halldors ]?.
Sn. in FMS III 158; MagnusBl ch. 14 in Hkr III 343, ch. 18 in FMS VII 202 =
IngaK ch. 11 in Hkr III 364; Orkn ch. 40, 48; Fær ch. 54, 57; HarS ch. 38;
BårSSn 40 ch. 18; OOdd 31, 108-09, 134 (ch. VII 10, XXXII 1-5; FAS II 224,
252, 513, 536); ÅnB 355-56 ch. 7; I>orstVik 403, 450-51 ch. 8, 23; GHrolf 261-62
ch. 8; HjOlv 463 ch. 5; HrolfG 26, 29 ch. 16, 18 (FAS III 107, 111); Bosa 59 ch.
14 (ib. 231); HålfdE XIII 7 (ib. 537); EgÅsm XVIII 10 (ib. 406-07); SorlaSt 431
ch. 12; HjOlv 463 ch. 5; BårSSn 40 ch. 18; UlfU ch. 4.