Þráinn

Kallas även: Thrain, Thráinn

Folktro och myterOdödRör sig knapptSvartkonstMedeltiden

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

⚔️ Slåss mot den

Först belagd

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

Ursprung

Norse (Icelandic legendary saga)

Island

Vad som orsakar det

Svartkonst

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

Hur man blir en

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

Hur den rör sig

Rör sig knappt

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

Intelligens

Smart

Svaga punkter

being out-wrestled
burning the body

När dök den upp första gången?

Antiken

Medeltiden

1500 till 1899

1900 till 1967

1968 till 1999

2000 till 2009

2010 till idag

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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