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Kárr the Old

También llamado: Kárr inn gamli, Kar the Old
Folclore y mitosNo muertoApenas se mueveEdad Media

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

⚔️ Combatirlo
Primer registro
1300
Grettis saga, chapter 18; the saga reached its present form in the 14th century
Origen
Norse (Icelandic saga)
Noruega, Islandia
Qué lo causa
Otro
A dead man who goes on occupying his barrow and defending his grave goods.
Cómo te conviertes en uno
Buried in a mound with his wealth, he persists there as its guardian.
Cómo se mueve
Apenas se mueve
Stays in his mound and seizes Grettir when the hero breaks in for the treasure.
Inteligencia
Algo de inteligencia
Puntos débiles
  • beheading with the sword Jökulsnautr

¿Cuándo apareció por primera vez?

Mundo antiguo
Edad Media
De 1500 a 1899
De 1900 a 1967
De 1968 a 1999
De 2000 a 2009
De 2010 a hoy
1300

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

notas de campo

Qué dicen las fuentes

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

Fuentes

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

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Misma época: Edad Media

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