Following the Formula in Beowulf, Örvar-Odds saga, and Tolkien; .

1.       Chapter 1: Beowulf and Formula

1.1   Formula and Formulaic System

1.2   Action-Pattern, Theme, Type-Scene, Motif

1.3   Structural Repetition

1.4   Story-Pattern, Tale-type

2.       Chapter 2: The Half-Line Formula: weox under wolcnum (8a)

2.1   The Critical Background

2.2   Reading weox under wolcnum (8a)

2.3   Old Saxon: uuânum undar uuolcnun

2.4   Conclusion

3.1 Reading Fitt 1

3.2 Conclusion

4.1   Background

4.2   Reading the Sigemund-Heremod Digression

4.3   Under harne stan (887b)

4.4   The Charter Evidence

4.5   Conclusion

5.       Chapter 5: The Folktale Formula: Beowulf and Örvar-Odds saga

5.1 The Development and Survival of Örvar-Odds saga

5.2 The Structure of Örvar-Odds saga

5.3 Genealogy

5.4 Örvar-Odds saga and Beowulf

5.5 The Five Fights

5.6 Conclusion

6.       Chapter 6: The Formula Reformulated: Sellic Spell and The Hobbit

6.1   Sellic Spell

6.2   The Hobbit: Introduction

6.3   The Hobbit: Formula and Structure

6.4   The Hobbit: Theme

6.5   The Hobbit: Digressions and Episodes

6.6   The Hobbit: Story-Pattern

6.7   Conclusion