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Illustration of Kárr the Old
Original AI-made illustration based on the descriptions in the sources. Not an official design.
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Kárr the Old

Ikwabizwa ngokuba: Kárr inn gamli, Kar the Old
Iintsomi zemveli namabali amanduloIvuswe ekufeniPhantse ayihambiAmaxesha Aphakathi

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

Yiphose edabini
Yabhalwa okokuqala
1300
Grettis saga, chapter 18; the saga reached its present form in the 14th century
Imvelaphi
Norse (Icelandic saga)
INorway, IIceland
Oko kuyibangelayo
Okunye
A dead man who goes on occupying his barrow and defending his grave goods.
Indlela umntu aba yiyo ngayo
Buried in a mound with his wealth, he persists there as its guardian.
Indlela ehamba ngayo
Phantse ayihambi
Stays in his mound and seizes Grettir when the hero breaks in for the treasure.
Ubukrelekrele
Ubukrelekrele obuthile
Iindawo ezibuthathaka
  • beheading with the sword Jökulsnautr

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Ihlabathi lamanduloAmaxesha Aphakathi1500 ukuya ku-18991900 ukuya ku-19671968 ukuya ku-19992000 ukuya ku-20092010 ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje1300

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

amanqaku ophando

Oko kuthethwa yimithombo

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

Imithombo

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

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Iintsomi zemveli ezivela kumazwe afanayo

DraugrNorse, 1250GlámrNorse (Icelandic saga), 1300AsvithNorse (Danish chronicle and Icelandic saga), 1200Deacon of MyrkáIcelandic, 1860GjengangerScandinavianHaugbúiNorse, 1250

Ixesha elinye: Amaxesha Aphakathi

VetalaHindu (Indian), 1070Revenant (medieval England)Medieval English, 1100UpiórSlavic, 1100Berwick revenantMedieval English / Scottish borders, 1198Buckinghamshire revenantMedieval English, 1198Byland Abbey revenantsMedieval English, 1400
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