Þráinn

Også kaldet: Thrain, Thráinn

Folketro og myterUdødBevæger sig knap nokTrolddomMiddelalderen

Þráinn is the barrow-dwelling undead king of Hrómundar saga Gripssonar. Once a ruler in Gaul, he sits in his mound with the sword Mistilteinn until Hrómundr climbs in, wrestles him and burns the body. The tale was already being told as entertainment in 12th-century Iceland, which makes it one of the oldest datable draugr fights in the record.1 2

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Først nævnt

1119

A saga of Hrómundr was reportedly recited at a wedding at Reykjahólar in 1119; the story survives through the 14th-century Griplur rímur and later prose

Oprindelse

Norse (Icelandic legendary saga)

Island

Hvad der forårsager det

Trolddom

A sorcerer-king who took his powers with him into the barrow.

Hvordan man bliver en

A king of Valland (Gaul) turned witch-king, entombed in a barrow.

Hvordan den bevæger sig

Bevæger sig knap nok

Remains in his barrow and grapples with the hero who breaks in.

Intelligens

Klog

Svage punkter

being out-wrestled
burning the body

Hvornår dukkede den op første gang?

Oldtiden

Middelalderen

1500 til 1899

1900 til 1967

1968 til 1999

2000 til 2009

2010 til i dag

1119

A saga of Hrómundr was reportedly recited at a wedding at Reykjahólar in 1119; the story survives through the 14th-century Griplur rímur and later prose

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