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Illustration of Kárr the Old
Original AI-made illustration based on the descriptions in the sources. Not an official design.
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Kárr the Old

Sidoo kale loo yaqaan: Kárr inn gamli, Kar the Old
Khuraafaad iyo ugaarsiDhintaySi dhib leh ayuu u dhaqaaqaaQarniyadii dhexe

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

⚔️ Dagaal geli
Markii ugu horreysay ee la diiwaangeliyay
1300
Grettis saga, chapter 18; the saga reached its present form in the 14th century
Asal
Norse (Icelandic saga)
Norway, Iceland
Waxa sababa
Kale
A dead man who goes on occupying his barrow and defending his grave goods.
Sida aad mid u noqotid
Buried in a mound with his wealth, he persists there as its guardian.
Sida uu u dhaqaaqo
Si dhib leh ayuu u dhaqaaqaa
Stays in his mound and seizes Grettir when the hero breaks in for the treasure.
Caqli
Caqli yar
Meelaha daciifka ah
  • beheading with the sword Jökulsnautr

Goorma ayuu markii ugu horreysay soo baxay?

Adduunka hore
Qarniyadii dhexe
1500 ilaa 1899
1900 ilaa 1967
1968 ilaa 1999
2000 ilaa 2009
2010 ilaa maanta
1300

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

qoraallada goobta

Waxa ilaha yidhaahdaan

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

Ilaha

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

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Khuraafaad ka yimid dhulalkaas

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

Isla xilligaas: Qarniyadii dhexe

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