Þráinn

Detto anche: Thrain, Thráinn

Folklore e mitiNon mortoSi muove appenaStregoneriaMedioevo

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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Prima attestazione

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)

Islanda

Cosa lo causa

Stregoneria

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

Come lo si diventa

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

Come si muove

Si muove appena

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

Intelligenza

Furbo

Punti deboli

being out-wrestled
burning the body

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

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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