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Illustration of Kárr the Old
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Kárr the Old

Tamén chamado: Kárr inn gamli, Kar the Old
Folclore e mitoMorto viventeApenas se moveIdade Media

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

Á batalla!
Primeiro rexistro
1300
Grettis saga, chapter 18; the saga reached its present form in the 14th century
Orixe
Norse (Icelandic saga)
Noruega, Islandia
Que o causa
Outro
A dead man who goes on occupying his barrow and defending his grave goods.
Como te convertes nun
Buried in a mound with his wealth, he persists there as its guardian.
Como se move
Apenas se move
Stays in his mound and seizes Grettir when the hero breaks in for the treasure.
Intelixencia
Algo de intelixencia
Puntos débiles
  • beheading with the sword Jökulsnautr

Cando apareceu por primeira vez?

Mundo antigoIdade MediaDe 1500 a 1899De 1900 a 1967De 1968 a 1999De 2000 a 2009De 2010 ata hoxe1300

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

notas de campo

O que din as fontes

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

Fontes

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

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