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V17.3. Sacrifice to get help in danger. Sacrifice for victory. Cf. Jomsvikingadråpa ed.
Skj II 7, 6låfTr ch. 42 in Hkr I 337, ch. 90 in FMS I 174 (Flb I 191 ch. 154), by
Odd ch. 18 (12), Jomsv ch. 44 (34), and Saxo lib. X c. IV 2: Erlingr; Orkn ch. 8;
EgÅsm VIII 5 (FAS III 379); Bæring 99-100 ch. 17. Cf. Vries 145, 169: sacrifice
for victory.
V17.4. Sacrifice for good weather. Cf. S264.1; V12.2.
VI 7.4.1. Sacrifice to get snow and good conditions for skiing. Hversu Noregr byggOist,
in Flb I 21 (FAS II 3).
V17.5. Sacrifice to get knowledge.
VI7.5.1. Sacrifice to find out where abducted daughter is. Fundinn Noregr in Flb I
219 (FAS II 17).
V17.6. Sacrifice in order that king may live 300 years. Skåldsk ch. 81 (64) = Flb I
24 (FAS II 8): Hålfdan gamli, cf. M360.
V20. Confession of sins.
V21. Confession brings forgiveness of sin.
V21.7.* Confession brings healing. Bisk I 121; cf. suppl. to OlåfH in FMS V 218-19.
V29. Confession - miscellaneous motifs.
V29.1. Search for confessor. Great sinner sent from one confessor to another. All
say that his sins are too great for forgiveness. Finally he succeeds. Gering 131,
II 19-23: Aarne 756 C.
V30. Sacrament.
V32. Host miraculously given when it is refused a man by the priest. Bisk II 229 =
Gering I 92.
V39. Sacrament - miscellaneous motifs.
V39.2. Wicked woman unable to endure presence of host at mass. Cf. F302.6.
V40. Mass.
V41. Masses work miracles. Bisk II 137-38: kills fox, »melrakki«.
V50. Prayer.
V52. Miraculous power of prayer. Cf. D1766.1; D2140.1; D443.2; G303.16.2. OlåfTr
ch. 106 in FMS I 227, by Odd ch. 30 (21), cf. R315.2; OlåfH ch. 179 in Hkr II
416; HaraldH ch. 56 in Hkr III 152.
V52.3. Prayer before battie brings victory. Brag6 53 ch. 5.
V52.4. Objects supplied through prayer. Cf. D1766.1.8; D2105.
V52.8. Prayer brings death to enemy. Flov 194 ch. 13.
V60. Funeral rites. Cf. E400-599.
V61. Various ways of disposing of dead. Cf. E430. Weinhold 474 ff.
V61.1. Deadplaced on boat. Sinfj in BuggeE 202 = Vols ch. 10; Gylf ch. 33 (49) =
MC 130: Baldr; Laxd ch. 7; Svarfd ch. 26; Ldb ch. 122, 164; Ys ch. 23; ÅnB
354 ch. 6; BårOSn 38, 42 ch. 18, 20; Mågus 33-34 ch. 18; Saxo lib. III c. II 11
lib. V c. VIII1 (Frotho’s law), lib. VIII c. V 1; Vries 28; Weinhold 478-80,483-84.’
V61.2. Dead burned on pyre. Cf. E431.13; E446.2; P16.4; T211.2. Prologus to Hkr;
Ys ch. 8 ff.; Helreid, SgF III 66-70, and GuOrunarhvot 20 in SæmE 258 ff., Vols
ch. 33 and Nornag 69 ch. 8 (FAS I 333, Flb I 355); RagnarL ch. 18 (19); Saxo lib.
III c. II 11, lib. V c. VIII 1. Cf. Vries 16 ff., 26, 29; Weinhold 480 ff.