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Þórólfr bægifótr

Kallas även: Thorolf Twist-Foot, Thorolf Lame-foot, Thorolf Halt-foot
Folktro och myterOdödVarierarMedeltiden

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

Slåss mot den
Först belagd
1260
Eyrbyggja saga, written in the mid- or late 13th century
Ursprung
Norse (Icelandic saga)
Island
Vad som orsakar det
Övrigt
A violent old man will not lie still after death; the saga offers no further explanation.
Hur man blir en
He dies sitting upright in his seat, a posture the sagas treat as a sign that the dead will walk.
Hur den rör sig
Varierar
Leaves his cairn and ravages the district around Þórsnes for most of a year.
Intelligens
Viss intelligens
Svaga punkter
  • reburial on a remote hillside behind a high stone wall
  • burning the body

När dök den upp första gången?

AntikenMedeltiden1500 till 18991900 till 19671968 till 19992000 till 20092010 till idag1260

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

fältanteckningar

Vad källorna säger

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

Skulle du hinna undan?

Hastighetsklass utifrån hur källorna beskriver den (varierar), inte en mätning.

Du, gående cirka 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Du, joggande cirka 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Þórólfr bægifótr cirka 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
En vältränad vuxen i full sprint cirka 24 km/h (15 mph)
En snabb cyklist cirka 37 km/h (23 mph)

Källor

  1. Eyrbyggja saga - Wikipedia
  2. Draugr - Wikipedia

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