[All]: A hero’s acquisition of a name designating his special attributes is a frequent motif in legendary sagas and in heroic poetry; cf. Fáfn 1-2. All the fornaldarsaga heroes from the family of the Hrafnistumenn (Ketill hœngr ‘Salmon’, Grímr loðinkinni ‘Hairy-cheek’ and Án bógsveigir ‘Bow-bender’) acquire nicknames of this kind, in Ketill’s and Án’s cases deriving from one of their famous exploits.