Bibliotheca Arnamagnæana - 01.06.1966, Blaðsíða 241

S. Unnatural Cruelty
237
S123. Burial alive.
S123.2. Burial of living husband or wife with dead spouse.
5123.2.1. Burial of living man with dead blood-brother. EgÅsm VI 9-10, cf. Lager-
holm’s introd. xxiv-xxix; Saxo lib. V c. XI 1 = Herrm 367, cf. E461.2.
5123.4. Avenger plans to let king starve in mountain chamber. t>i(3r II 369: Attila.
5123.5. Burial alive of maiden to keep her safe from rival. Cf. R53. Dam 97 ch. 14.
S131. Murder by drowning. Skåldsk ch. 5 (57); Laxd XXXVII 36; MagniisErl ch. 20
in Hkr III 460, ch. 12 in FMS VII 303; Sturl II 54; GHrolf 257 ch. 6.
S135. Murder by springing bent tree. Man bound to it is torn to pieces. Cf. Eymundar
t>. ch. 9 in FMS V 286; Saxo lib. VII c. IX 7 = Herrm 505.
5139. Miscellaneous cruel murders. Cf. G519.5.
5139.1. Murder by twisting out intestines. Cf. F531.1.8.5; F959.4. Njåla CLVII 25;
GislaS ch. 36 (XXXV 7), cf. Prinz 119; GullF ch. 15; OrmSt 527 (FMS III217-18;
Fjlsl 212-15); Svarfd ch. 5; Herv in FAS I 507-08; Sogubr 23 ch. 9 (FAS I 386);
EgÅsm XIII 6; ForstVik 452 ch. 23; GHrolf 328 ch. 31; SturlSt 643-44 ch. 26;
Bosa 59 ch. 14 (FAS III 231); GHrolf 356 ch. 36; HrolfG 45-46 ch. 28 (ib. 137-
38); Amb 148-50 ch. 29 (28); SkåldH 28 ch. 9; Vlgk 14 ch. 4; Blomst 40 ch. 24;
Stark 11 ch. 3; Saxo lib. XII c. IV 2, cf. lib. VI c. VII 9.
5139.2. Slain person dismembered. Cf. Q416. Sol 23; IngaK ch. 12 in Hkr III, ch.
13 in FMS VII 227.
5139.2.1. Head of murdered man displayed before his own house.
5139.2.1.1. Head of murdered man taken along as trophy. Cf. P555.2.1.1.
S139.2.2. Other indignities to corpse.
5139.2.2.1. Heads of slain enemies impaled on stakes. Cf. H901.1.
5139.5. Murder by cutting off uvula. 6låfTr ch. 266 in FMS III 31.
5139.6. Murder by tearing out heart. Cf. Q469.6; SI 11.8.
S139.8. Murder by biting the throat. Cf. G262.1. Eg ch. 65; Finnb ch. 29; Har6
ch. 39; GHrolf 331, 341, 345 ch. 31, 33; EgÅsm IV 10 (FAS III 370); SorlaSt
450 ch. 25; Ålafl XVI 3; UlfU ch. 4; Vigk 15 ch. 4. Cf. VilhSj 112 ch. 51.
5140. Cruel abandonments and exposures.
5140.1. Abandonment of aged. Cf. SI 10.1.
5141. Exposure in boat. Cf. Q466.
5141.1. Man springs ashore and pushes companion in boat out to sea. Grm in BuggeE
75 = MC 176; ÅsmVik 7 ch. 3.
5142. Person thrown into the water and abandoned. Cf. Sigb 171 ch. 25, and R216.1.
5143. Abandonment in forest. FjJon 29-31 (18-20) ch. 12-13.
S143.3. Mutilated man on horseback chased into the forest. Cf. HålfdBr 587-88 ch. 15.
5145. Abandonment on an island. Skåldsk ch. 5 (57); ÅsmVik 15 ch. 8.
5146. Abandonment in pit. Cf. Q465.
5160. Mutilations.
5160.1. Self-mutilation. Cf. Q522. ForstB 184 ch. 5; Sturl I 288.
5161. Mutilation: cutting off hånds (arms). Eyrb XVIII 16, XX 1, XXIII 6, LXII
6; Grett IV 9, XXIII 3, XXIV 4, LXV 5; Njåla LXIII 20, LXXII 9, CXLVI
16, CL 18, CLVII 22; Reykd ch. 13, 23; GullF ch. 15; 6låfH ch. 233 in Hkr II,