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Kárr the Old

Також відомий як: Kárr inn gamli, Kar the Old
Фольклор і міфиНежитьЛедве рухаєтьсяСередньовіччя

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

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Перша згадка
1300
Grettis saga, chapter 18; the saga reached its present form in the 14th century
Походження
Norse (Icelandic saga)
Норвегія, Ісландія
Що його викликає
Інше
A dead man who goes on occupying his barrow and defending his grave goods.
Як стати одним із них
Buried in a mound with his wealth, he persists there as its guardian.
Як він рухається
Ледве рухається
Stays in his mound and seizes Grettir when the hero breaks in for the treasure.
Розум
Трохи розуму
Слабкі місця
  • beheading with the sword Jökulsnautr

Коли він з'явився вперше?

Давній світ
Середньовіччя
1500–1899
1900–1967
1968–1999
2000–2009
2010 і донині
1300

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

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Що кажуть джерела

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

Джерела

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

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