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Illustration of Kárr the Old
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Kárr the Old

Einnig kallaður: Kárr inn gamli, Kar the Old
Þjóðtrú og goðsagnirÓdauðurHreyfist varlaMiðaldir

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

⚔️ Berjast við hann
Fyrst skráður
1300
Grettis saga, chapter 18; the saga reached its present form in the 14th century
Uppruni
Norse (Icelandic saga)
Noregur, Ísland
Hvað veldur því
Annað
A dead man who goes on occupying his barrow and defending his grave goods.
Hvernig maður verður einn
Buried in a mound with his wealth, he persists there as its guardian.
Hvernig hann hreyfist
Hreyfist varla
Stays in his mound and seizes Grettir when the hero breaks in for the treasure.
Greind
Nokkur greind
Veikir blettir
  • beheading with the sword Jökulsnautr

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1300

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

vettvangsglósur

Hvað heimildir segja

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

Heimildir

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

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Þjóðtrú frá sömu löndum

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

Sama tímabil: Miðaldir

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