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Kárr the Old

Detto anche: Kárr inn gamli, Kar the Old
Folklore e mitiNon mortoSi muove appenaMedioevo

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

⚔️ Combatterlo
Prima attestazione
1300
Grettis saga, chapter 18; the saga reached its present form in the 14th century
Origine
Norse (Icelandic saga)
Norvegia, Islanda
Cosa lo causa
Altro
A dead man who goes on occupying his barrow and defending his grave goods.
Come lo si diventa
Buried in a mound with his wealth, he persists there as its guardian.
Come si muove
Si muove appena
Stays in his mound and seizes Grettir when the hero breaks in for the treasure.
Intelligenza
Un po' di intelligenza
Punti deboli
  • beheading with the sword Jökulsnautr

Quando è comparso per la prima volta?

Mondo antico
Medioevo
Dal 1500 al 1899
Dal 1900 al 1967
Dal 1968 al 1999
Dal 2000 al 2009
Dal 2010 a oggi
1300

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

appunti sul campo

Cosa dicono le fonti

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

Fonti

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

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Folklore delle stesse terre

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

Stessa epoca: Medioevo

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