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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

Ibuye libizwe: Kárr inn gamli, Kar the Old
Amasiko nezinganekwaneAbangafiKunyakaza kancane kakhuluEzikhathini Eziphakathi

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

⚔️ Lwa nayo
Kuqoshwe kuqala
1300
Grettis saga, chapter 18; the saga reached its present form in the 14th century
Imvelaphi
Norse (Icelandic saga)
I-Norway, I-Iceland
Okuyibangela
Okunye
A dead man who goes on occupying his barrow and defending his grave goods.
Indlela oba ngayo yinye
Buried in a mound with his wealth, he persists there as its guardian.
Indlela inyakaza ngayo
Kunyakaza kancane kakhulu
Stays in his mound and seizes Grettir when the hero breaks in for the treasure.
Ubuhlakani
Ubuhlakani obuthile
Izindawo ezibuthaka
  • beheading with the sword Jökulsnautr

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

amanothi ensimini

Okushiwo yimithombo

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

Imithombo

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

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Amasiko avela emazweni afanayo

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

Inkathi efanayo: Ezikhathini Eziphakathi

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