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Kárr the Old

Ook wel genoemd: Kárr inn gamli, Kar the Old
Folklore en mythenOndoodBeweegt amperMiddeleeuwen

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

⚔️ Vecht ertegen
Eerst vastgelegd
1300
Grettis saga, chapter 18; the saga reached its present form in the 14th century
Herkomst
Norse (Icelandic saga)
Noorwegen, IJsland
Wat het veroorzaakt
Overig
A dead man who goes on occupying his barrow and defending his grave goods.
Hoe je er een wordt
Buried in a mound with his wealth, he persists there as its guardian.
Hoe hij beweegt
Beweegt amper
Stays in his mound and seizes Grettir when the hero breaks in for the treasure.
Intelligentie
Enige intelligentie
Zwakke plekken
  • beheading with the sword Jökulsnautr

Wanneer verscheen hij voor het eerst?

Oudheid
Middeleeuwen
1500 tot 1899
1900 tot 1967
1968 tot 1999
2000 tot 2009
2010 tot nu
1300

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

veldnotities

Wat de bronnen zeggen

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

Bronnen

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

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Folklore uit dezelfde landen

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

Zelfde tijdperk: Middeleeuwen

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