![]() swollen to the size of an ox," and his body was so heavy that it could not be raised without levers. Thorolf of Eyrbyggja Saga was "uncorrupted, and with an ugly look about him. The draugr's ability to increase its size also increased its weight, and the body of the draugr was described as being extremely heavy. ![]() They are undead Vikings that retain some semblance of intelligence, and who delight in the suffering that they cause. ![]() ĭraugr possess superhuman strength, can increase their size at will, and carry the unmistakable stench of decay. The Gaelic word dréag or driug meaning "portent, meteor" is borrowed from either the Old English or the Old Norse word. The Old English cognate was dréag ("apparition, ghost"). As the graves of important men often contained a good amount of wealth, the draugr jealously guards his treasures, even after death. Draugar were believed to live in the graves of the dead, with a draugr being the animated body of the dead. The original Norse meaning of the word is ghost, and older literature makes clear distinctions between sea-draug and land-draug. (June 2011)Ī draugr, draug or ( Icelandic) draugur (original Old Norse plural draugar, as used here, not "draugrs"), or draugen ( Norwegian, Swedish and Danish, meaning " the draug"), also known as aptrgangr ("afturgöngur" in modern Icelandic) (literally "again-walker", or "one who walks after death") is an undead creature from Norse mythology. The discussion page may contain suggestions. Free use from nasjonalmuseet.This article may need to be rewritten entirely to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards. Sources: Draugen – hevneren fra havet, Tore Skoglund 1992 Picture used: Theodor Kittelsen. Dark shadows looming around, cold winds reaching your bones, steps around you and knocking. Many stories of people that either robbed the draug of their chance of eternal rest, or their belongings are told, where the vengeful creature would follow them until they got their belongings back, or forever if the sin was great enough. But the man walked around long after that and felt like there was a dark shadow that followed him wherever he went. When he returned to his senses and returned in some days, he saw that the undertows had taken it, and it was never seen again. And it is something everyone knows, because sea corpses can be maimed by the rough waters and similar, so it isn’t fun to work with. He went over, and did find a corpse from the sea, that he did, but he let it lay there. They got some white canvas to wrap the body up in, and had it placed in the graveyard, then they said the Lord’s prayer over it – and all was good and well.īut another man that had seen a weak light in the bay somewhere, had not fared as well. Yes, it was like he had thought – laying there was a sea corpse that had drifted unto land. The day after, when it was day and light had returned, he got with him a man and went there. Then he saw such a strange light in a bay. However, what would happen then if you left them instead to be taken by the sea again?Ī man came walking in the deep darkness one evening. Some stories that leaves no doubt though, is those of people being able to burry the dead in time, and they do not return as a Draug. Many theorize if it was widely thought it was the dead that returned as draugen, or if it was just a personification of one creature that roamed the sea.
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