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Z. Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
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Z212.* Heroes descend from gods. Cf. Al 80. Skåldsk ch. 53 (43), 81 (64); Vols ch. 1;
RagnarL ch. 9 (8) st. 6 (FAS I 258; Skj II A234, B253); HålfdB 5 ch. 4; HålfdE
I 1 (FAS III 519); Saxo lib. III c. IV 1, lib. IV c. VID 1.
Z300-399. UNIQUE EXCEPTIONS
Z300. Unique exceptions. Cf. C600; D1380.1; M411.9.
Z310. Unique vulnerability. Cf. Dl 840.
Z311. Achilles heel. Invulnerability except in one spot. KetilH 123 ch. 3 and GrimL
143 ch. 1: invulnerable hairy cheek; ForstUxaf 258 (FMS III 125; Fjfsl 457)
naked spot under the arm of hairy giantess, cf. Binns in the Viking Society’s
Saga-Book XIV 53; I>idr I 312-13, 345, 355, II 32, 259, 266: Sigurdr.
Z312. Unique deadly weapon. Fjolsv 25-26: Lævateinn; MC 129: mistletoe, cf.
M341.2.1; Njåla XXX 21, cf. StombackSejd 102, 76; KetilH 132, 139 ch. 5;
I>orstVik 391 ch. 3; HålfdBr 574-75 ch. 7; Vilm 156, 175 ch. 9, 16; JarlmH 40
ch. 22; Sigt 166 ch. 24; E>idr II 32; Saxo lib. I c. IV 2, lib. III c. II 5-6, cf. Herrm
220-21; MC 132.
Z312.2. Giant ogre can be killed only with his own sword. Cf. Dl381.3.1; G519.2.
EgÅsm XV 18 (FAS III 400); HrolfG 33, 36-37 ch. 21, 23 (ib. 119-21, 125);
HjOlv 472-73 ch. 9; HålfdBr 570-73 ch. 4-6; ForstUxaf 258 (FMS III 125);
JarlmH in ZDPh XXVI 6; Amb 126 ch. 23; Ector ch. 5; HédinH 14, 16 ch. 7,
8 (club); Bragd 48 ch. 2; Herrm 220 and n. ad Saxo lib. III c. II.
Z313. Vulnerability only by one person. UlfU 786, cf. ZDPh XXVI 5.
Z313.1. Only one person can overtake hero. GHrdlf 247 ch. 3, cf. StrombackSejd 103.
Z314. Sword which will break in only one peril. Cf. M441.1.
Z350. Other unique exceptions.
Z351. Only one person refuses to weep at hero's death. Cf. Gylf ch. 35 (49) = BuggeE
331, MC 131, Vries 235: t>okk.
Z358.* Only one person able to drink of horn. ForstB 194, 196 ch. 10, 12.
Z370. * Only rest so long as the cuckoo is silent, or as a song may be sung. Skåldsk ch.
53 (43) = Grotta in BuggeE 325.