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Draugr appear as an enemies in the 2021 early access game Valheim, where they take the more recent, seaweed version of the Draug. The Draugr is one of the Norse myth units of the New Gods Pack: Freyr DLC of 2024 video game Age of Mythology: Retold, associated to the god Ullr, fighting with bows and arrows.
Grettis Saga. The Story of Grettir the Strong, translated from the Icelandic. London: F. S. Ellis. Baring-Gould, Sabine (1889). Grettir the Outlaw: A Story of Iceland. New York: Burt [Retold for a young audience] The Saga of Grettir the Strong. Translated by George Ainslie Hight. J. M. Dent. 1914. Foote, Peter, ed. (1972). Saga of Grettir the ...
One story involves a man of "evil conduct" absconding from justice, who fled from York and made the ill-fated choice to get married. Becoming jealous of his wife, he hid in the rafters of his bedroom and caught her in an act of infidelity with a local young man, but then accidentally fell to the floor mortally wounding himself, and died a few ...
In Old Swedish, the corresponding word is varþer; in modern Swedish vård.The belief in this type of guardian spirits remained strong in Scandinavian folklore up until the last centuries and continues to be found in northern faith based religions today.
Þráinn, who had become a draugr (living dead), was sitting inside. No one but Hrómundr dared to enter. No one but Hrómundr dared to enter. After a long and fierce fight, he defeated Þráinn and took his treasure, especially his sword, with which Þráinn had killed four hundred and twenty men, including the Swedish king Semingr.
(A dictionary of Norse mythology.) Mirachandra (2006). Treasure of Norse Mythology Volume I ISBN 978-3-922800-99-6. Motz, Lotte (1996). The King, the Champion and the Sorcerer: A Study in Germanic Myth. Wien: Fassbaender. ISBN 3-900538-57-3. O'Donoghue, Heather (2007). From Asgard to Valhalla: the remarkable history of the Norse myths. London ...
Draugr – Norse Variations: Aptgangr (“one who walks after death”), Aptrgangr, Barrow Dweller, Gronnskjegg, Haubui, Haugbui (“Sleeper in the Mound”) Has two main versions land and sea. [ 19 ]
Norse mythology, stories of the Norse deities, is preserved in Eddic poetry and in Snorri Sturluson's guide for skalds, the Poetic Edda. Depictions of some of these stories can be found on picture stones in Gotland and in other visual records including some early Christian crosses, which attests to how widely known they were. [ 108 ]