Þráinn

Også kalt: Thrain, Thráinn

Folketro og myterUdødBeveger seg knaptTrolldomMiddelalderen

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

⚔️ Kjemp mot den

Først nevnt

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

Opprinnelse

Norse (Icelandic legendary saga)

Island

Hva som forårsaker det

Trolldom

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

Hvordan man blir en

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

Hvordan den beveger seg

Beveger seg knapt

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

Intelligens

Smart

Svake punkter

being out-wrestled
burning the body

Når dukket den opp første gang?

Antikken

Middelalderen

1500 til 1899

1900 til 1967

1968 til 1999

2000 til 2009

2010 til i dag

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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