Þráinn

Ook bekend as: Thrain, Thráinn

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Þráinn is the barrow-dwelling undead king of Hrómundar saga Gripssonar. Once a ruler in Gaul, he sits in his mound with the sword Mistilteinn until Hrómundr climbs in, wrestles him and burns the body. The tale was already being told as entertainment in 12th-century Iceland, which makes it one of the oldest datable draugr fights in the record.1 2

Veg daarteen

Eerste opgeteken

1119

A saga of Hrómundr was reportedly recited at a wedding at Reykjahólar in 1119; the story survives through the 14th-century Griplur rímur and later prose

Oorsprong

Norse (Icelandic legendary saga)

Ysland

Wat dit veroorsaak

Towery

A sorcerer-king who took his powers with him into the barrow.

Hoe jy een word

A king of Valland (Gaul) turned witch-king, entombed in a barrow.

Hoe dit beweeg

Beweeg skaars

Remains in his barrow and grapples with the hero who breaks in.

Intelligensie

Slim

Swak plekke

being out-wrestled
burning the body

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1119

A saga of Hrómundr was reportedly recited at a wedding at Reykjahólar in 1119; the story survives through the 14th-century Griplur rímur and later prose

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