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Þórgunna

Aussi appelé: Thorgunna
Folklore et mythesMort-vivantTraîne la patteMoyen Âge

Þórgunna is the unusual saga corpse that rises to help rather than to kill. During an overnight halt on the way to her burial, her body gets up, lays the table and cooks a meal for the bearers, then vanishes when the farmer speaks to her. The scene is eerie rather than violent, but it opens the chain of deaths at Fróðá. It shows the saga dead as people with unfinished business and the physical means to settle it.12

L'affronter
Première mention
1260
Eyrbyggja saga, written in the mid- or late 13th century
Origine
Norse (Icelandic saga)
Islande
Ce qui le provoque
Autre
Her dying instructions are only partly carried out, and her corpse acts on its own behalf on the way to burial.
Comment on en devient un
A wealthy seafaring woman who asks to be buried at Skálholt and to have her bedding burned; the bedding is kept.
Comment il se déplace
Traîne la patte
The corpse gets up during an overnight halt, walks into the kitchen and prepares a meal.
Intelligence
Un peu d'intelligence
Points faibles
  • burial in the place she asked for
  • holy water sprinkled on the food she prepared

Quand est-il apparu pour la première fois ?

Monde antiqueMoyen Âge1500 à 18991900 à 19671968 à 19992000 à 20092010 à aujourd'hui1260

Eyrbyggja saga, written in the mid- or late 13th century

notes de terrain

Ce que disent les sources

1

She leaves her wealth to the church12

2

The party carrying her coffin stops overnight at a farm near Skálholt12

3

In the night she is found, dead and naked, laying the table and cooking a meal12

4

The food is eaten without harm once it has been blessed12

5

After burial at Skálholt she does not walk again, but the deaths at Fróðá follow from her unburned bedding12

Pourriez-vous le distancer ?

Classe de vitesse d'après la description des sources (traîne la patte), pas une mesure.

Þórgunna environ 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
Vous, en marchant environ 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Vous, en jogging environ 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Un adulte en forme qui sprinte environ 24 km/h (15 mph)
Un cycliste rapide environ 37 km/h (23 mph)

Sources

  1. Eyrbyggja saga - Wikipedia
  2. Draugr - Wikipedia

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