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"Parallels and Analogues to the Death of Qrvar Odd," by Alexander H. Krappe, from the journal Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 17, No. 1 (February, 1942), pp. 20-35, in 17 searchable pdf pages. The author examines folk-motifs relating to an Icelandic tale in which the hero unsuccessfully tries to avoid his fate. Internet Archive has other works by the distinguished folklorist."The individual motives referred to are the following: (1) A person is told that he will die by the agency of an animal or even a lifeless object, whereupon he takes all possible precautions to nullify the prophecy; but the latter is fulfilled nevertheless. (2) A prophecy exists to the effect that the hero will die by the  agency of another man; that man is slain, but the prophecy is fulfilled nonetheless. (3) A prophecy is made to the effect that the hero will die by the agency of an apparently innocuous object; the hero is inclined to laugh it off, considering its fulfillment impossible, but the misfortune predicted comes to pass. (4) The hero, mindful of the prophecy but certain of the impossibility of its being realized, scorns it, when the seemingly impossible happens, and he is slain after all."

Chủ đề: Folklore, Motifs, Fate, Destiny, Iceland, Icelandic, Epics, Sagas, Myths, Mythology, Magic, Magical, Supernatural, Divination

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