Þráinn

Aussi appelé: Thrain, Thráinn

Folklore et mythesMort-vivantBouge à peineSorcellerieMoyen Âge

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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Première mention

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

Origine

Norse (Icelandic legendary saga)

Islande

Ce qui le provoque

Sorcellerie

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

Comment on en devient un

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

Comment il se déplace

Bouge à peine

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

Intelligence

Malin

Points faibles

being out-wrestled
burning the body

Quand est-il apparu pour la première fois ?

Monde antique

Moyen Âge

1500 à 1899

1900 à 1967

1968 à 1999

2000 à 2009

2010 à aujourd'hui

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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