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Illustration of Kárr the Old
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Kárr the Old

A tún ń pè é ní: Kárr inn gamli, Kar the Old
Ìtàn àtẹnudẹ́nu àti àròsọÒkúKò fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ rìnSáà Àárín

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

⚔️ Bá a jà
Ìgbà àkọ́kọ́ tí a kọ sílẹ̀
1300
Grettis saga, chapter 18; the saga reached its present form in the 14th century
Orírun
Norse (Icelandic saga)
Norway, Iceland
Ohun tó fà á
Òmíràn
A dead man who goes on occupying his barrow and defending his grave goods.
Bí o ṣe di ọ̀kan
Buried in a mound with his wealth, he persists there as its guardian.
Bí ó ṣe ń rìn
Kò fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ rìn
Stays in his mound and seizes Grettir when the hero breaks in for the treasure.
Làákàyè
Làákàyè díẹ̀
Àwọn ibi tó lẹ̀
  • beheading with the sword Jökulsnautr

Ìgbà wo ló kọ́kọ́ farahàn?

Ayé àtijọ́
Sáà Àárín
1500 sí 1899
1900 sí 1967
1968 sí 1999
2000 sí 2009
2010 títí di òní
1300

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

àkọsílẹ̀ pápá

Ohun tí àwọn orísun sọ

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

Àwọn orísun

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

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