ZombieWiki
Zombie Wiki / Alle Zombies / Folklore und Mythen
Illustration of Kárr the Old
Original AI-made illustration based on the descriptions in the sources. Not an official design.
Akte Nr. 028 von 446

Kárr the Old

Auch bekannt als: Kárr inn gamli, Kar the Old
Folklore und MythenUntotBewegt sich kaumMittelalter

Kárr the Old is the barrow-dweller the young Grettir robs during his first voyage to Norway. He is a textbook haugbúi: he does not roam, but when the mound is broken open he grapples with the intruder until Grettir throws him and strikes off his head. The scene set the pattern for the 'hero versus tomb guardian' fight that fantasy fiction and games still reuse.123

⚔️ Gegen ihn kämpfen
Erstmals belegt
1300
Grettis saga, chapter 18; the saga reached its present form in the 14th century
Herkunft
Norse (Icelandic saga)
Norwegen, Island
Was es auslöst
Sonstige
A dead man who goes on occupying his barrow and defending his grave goods.
Wie man einer wird
Buried in a mound with his wealth, he persists there as its guardian.
Wie er sich bewegt
Bewegt sich kaum
Stays in his mound and seizes Grettir when the hero breaks in for the treasure.
Intelligenz
Etwas Intelligenz
Schwachstellen
  • beheading with the sword Jökulsnautr

Wann tauchte er zuerst auf?

Antike
Mittelalter
1500 bis 1899
1900 bis 1967
1968 bis 1999
2000 bis 2009
2010 bis heute
1300

Grettis saga, chapter 18; the saga reached its present form in the 14th century

Feldnotizen

Was die Quellen sagen

1

One of the few saga dead explicitly called a draugr in the text123

2

His barrow in Norway stinks horribly123

3

The fight is a long wrestling match in which each is forced to his knees in turn123

4

Grettir carries off the hoard, including an heirloom sword123

5

The episode was retold by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter as the Conan story 'The Thing in the Crypt'123

Quellen

  1. Grettis saga - Wikipedia
  2. Draugr - Wikipedia
  3. Viking zombies and how to kill them - University of Liverpool News

Jeder Fakt auf dieser Seite stammt aus diesen Quellen, in eigenen Worten geschrieben. Fehler entdeckt? Schreib uns an hello@zombiewiki.app.

Folklore aus denselben Ländern

DraugrNorse, 1250GlámrNorse (Icelandic saga), 1300AsvithNorse (Danish chronicle and Icelandic saga), 1200Deacon of MyrkáIcelandic, 1860GjengangerScandinavianHaugbúiNorse, 1250

Gleiche Epoche: Mittelalter

VetalaHindu (Indian), 1070Revenant (medieval England)Medieval English, 1100UpiórSlavic, 1100Berwick revenantMedieval English / Scottish borders, 1198Buckinghamshire revenantMedieval English, 1198Byland Abbey revenantsMedieval English, 1400