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Draugr
A Norse undead revenant tied to burial mounds, greed, haunting, and bodily menace.
Legend File
A draugr is not a wispy ghost. In Old Norse saga tradition it can be a heavy, dangerous revenant, guarding treasure, swelling with unnatural force, or haunting the living from a burial mound. The fear is physical and moral at once: a bad death, bad wealth, or unresolved violence refuses to stay buried.
Source Framing
Old Norse and Icelandic saga tradition around draugar: corporeal revenants or mound-dwellers, treasure guardians, unnaturally strong haunting dead, with Grettis saga figures such as Glamr and Karr as key examples.
