P. 358, II, 505 b, III, 505 b. More cases in ‘Fairy Births and Human
Midwives,’ E. S. Hartland, The Archæological Review, IV, 328 ff.
The elf-woman’s daughter has lain on the floor nineteen days in travail,
for she cannot be delivered unless a mortal man lay hands upon her.
Hrólfr is lured to the elf-woman’s hall for this purpose. Göngu-Hrólfs
Saga, c. 15, Rafn, Fornaldar Sögur, III, 276, Ásmundarson,
Fornaldarsögur Norðrlanda, III, 174, 175. (G. L. K.)