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Þórólfr bægifótr

Også kalt: Thorolf Twist-Foot, Thorolf Lame-foot, Thorolf Halt-foot
Folketro og myterUdødVariererMiddelalderen

Þórólfr bægifótr is the great contagious revenant of Eyrbyggja saga. After his death the valley empties: animals go mad, a shepherd is found with every bone broken, and his victims join his company. His son Arnkel reburies the corpse on a hillside behind a high wall, and it is later burned. The pattern of an undecayed corpse, spreading death and escalating disposal anticipates the vampire panics of five centuries later.12

Kjemp mot den
Først nevnt
1260
Eyrbyggja saga, written in the mid- or late 13th century
Opprinnelse
Norse (Icelandic saga)
Island
Hva som forårsaker det
Annet
A violent old man will not lie still after death; the saga offers no further explanation.
Hvordan man blir en
He dies sitting upright in his seat, a posture the sagas treat as a sign that the dead will walk.
Hvordan den beveger seg
Varierer
Leaves his cairn and ravages the district around Þórsnes for most of a year.
Intelligens
Litt intelligens
Svake punkter
  • reburial on a remote hillside behind a high stone wall
  • burning the body

Når dukket den opp første gang?

AntikkenMiddelalderen1500 til 18991900 til 19671968 til 19992000 til 20092010 til i dag1260

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

feltnotater

Hva kildene sier

1

Father of the chieftain Arnkel, who has to bury him twice12

2

A shepherd is found near his cairn coal-black with every bone broken12

3

Birds that land on his grave drop dead and the farm oxen are ridden to death12

4

Those he kills are seen walking with him, so the haunting spreads12

5

After the corpse is finally burned he is said to return once more in the form of a bull12

Ville du kommet deg unna?

Fartsklasse ut fra hvordan kildene beskriver den (varierer), ikke en måling.

Du, gående omtrent 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Du, joggende omtrent 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Þórólfr bægifótr omtrent 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
En spreke voksen i full sprint omtrent 24 km/h (15 mph)
En rask syklist omtrent 37 km/h (23 mph)

Kilder

  1. Eyrbyggja saga - Wikipedia
  2. Draugr - Wikipedia

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