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Motif-Index of Early Icelandic Literature
T133.1. Faithful servant accompanies bride to new home. OOdd 179 (FAS II 554);
borstVik 387-88 ch. 2.
T133.4. Bridegroom and his men come for the bride. HrolfKr 29-30 ch. 11 (FAS I ch.
14); Vols ch. 3-4 (ib. 120 ff.); RagnarL ch. 4 (3) (ib. 242); BårdSn 22 ch. 10;
bidr II 278-79, 368; Amb 14 ch. 3; RémK 366-70 ch. 72.
TI 35. Wedding ceremony.
TI 35.6. Marriage by drinking festival, »drekka brtidlaup«. Cf. V65.3. RagnarL ch. 6
(5) (FAS I 250); Vols ch. 28 (26), 29 (27), 34 (32) (ib. 188, 210); HrolfKr 18 ch. 6
(ib. ch. 7); Herv in FAS 1455; Gautr 34 ch. 8 (FAS III38); Bosa 44-47,76,125-28,
131, 137 ch. 13, 3, 16, 18 (ib. 221-23 ch. 13); HålfdE VI 8, XXIV 4 (ib. 528, 554);
HrélfG 5, 6, 75 ch. 2, 45 (ib. 61, 187); OOdd 82-83, 186-87 (ib. II 203 (532),
293 (556); ch. XXIV 11, XLIV 11); EgÅsm XII 8, XVIII 5 (ib. III 391, 405);
BårdSn 33 ch. 15; SigFot 1001-02; Ålafl XVI 11-21; JarlmH 24-26, 42-43 ch.
13, 14, 24; ÅsmVik 32 ch. 15; AsmS 13; Amb 62, 70 ch. 12; HédinH 9 ch. 4;
Ulf 181; SaulusN 4849 ch. 20. Cf. Krause 215 ff.
T135.7. The bride must have someone to give her away, usually her father or brother.
Cf. TI 31.1. IllGr 659-60 ch. 6; Ålafl XVIII1; JarlmH 42 ch. 24; etc.
T135.8. Two or more weddings at one time as the end of a tale. HålfdBr 590 ch. 17;
HrolfG 74-75 ch. 44 (FAS III 185-86 ch. 35); HålfdE XXIV 2 (ib. 554); HjOlv
517 ch. 22; SorlaSt 452 ch. 26; Vigl 80, 91 ch. 18, 21; bidr II 105; JarlmH 42-43
ch. 24; ÅsmS 14; SigrgFr 107 ch. 16; Sigi) ch. 54; ViktorBl 48 ch. 15; Vald
77 ch. 3; HringH 58-60 ch. 23-24; borgr 31 ch. 5; Kongab 20-21; KåraK
83 ch. 41; SamsF ch. 14-15, 27; Part 44-45; Blomst 44-49 ch. 26-27; Saxo lib.
V c. III 25.
TI 35.9. Wedding ceremony in church. SaulusN 59 ch. 24; RémK 366-70 ch. 72.
TI 36. Accompaniments of wedding.
T136.1. Wedding feast. RagnarS 467 ch. 5 (FAS I 360); Sogubr 5 ch. 1 (ib. 366);
HjOlv 458 ch. 3; KetilH 124 ch. 4; SigrgV ch. 12, 22; Vilm 193, 199 ch. 22, 24;
Kirial 10, 85-88, 90-91; Dam 103 ch. 16. The feast lasts many days: Vols 14647
ch. 29 (27); Ave days: bidr II 36-38; seven days: RagnarL 121 ch. 4 (3) (FAS
I 242); bidr II 105; ÅsmVik 43 ch. 22; Ålafl XVIII 1-4; twelve days: Sigf> 233
ch. 46; fourteen days or half a month: HålfdBr 586, 590 ch. 14, 17; HrolfG ch.
14 in FÅS III 105; ÅsmVik 32 ch. 15; Vald 77 ch. 3; HédinH 9 ch. 4; borgr 33
ch. 5; tJlf 271; SaulusN 89 ch. 34; bjjon 52-53 (36) ch. 20; RémK 346-60 ch.
69-70; Part 45; twenty days: Herv in FAS I 455; three weeks: Bosa 131 ch. 16;
one month: HrolfG 25 ch. 15; Bosa 61 ch. 16 (FAS III 232); VilhSj 123-24 ch.
58; HringH 31 ch. 8; Vald 77 ch. 3; borgr 31, 32 ch. 5; two months: Kongab
48-50.
TI36.3. Amusements at wedding. Sturl 118,22 ff.: »dansleikar, glimur ok sagnaskemt-
un«; SorlaSt 452 ch. 26: »me6 allskonar listiligri skemtan«; Bosa45-46,127ch.
12, 16 (FAS III 221-24): playing, esp. on harp, music; EgÅsm XV 20, XVII
10 (ib. 400, 404): song, music; storytelling; BårdSn 33 ch. 15: »knutukast«,
»glima«; bidr I 285-86, II 36: playing, singing, and »allzkonar skemtan«;
JarlmH 39-40 ch. 21-22: music; VilhSj 123-24 ch. 58: tournament; Sigj) 230
ch. 44: tournament, music; K6ngab 48-50: do.; NikL 44 ch. 12; SaulusN 57
ch. 23: music, dancing; SamsF ch. 9: »allrahanda skemtan; tafl ok burtreider,
skot ok skylmingar«; bjJon 65-66 (47) ch. 22: storytelling; RémK 349, 351 ff.
ch. 69, 72: »allra handa listir ok leikar«, toumaments and »songfæri fyrir t>eim
leikin«.
T136.3.1. Dancing at wedding. Sturl, SaulusN 1. c.; cf. Liestøl in Arv 1945, 70 ff.
T136.3.2. Marriage odes sung at wedding feast. Cf. T136.3.