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Draugr

In Nordic folklore, the draugr, or draug (Old Norse: draugr; Icelandic: draugur; Faroese: dreygur; Norwegian: draug, drauv; Swedish: drög, dröger; Northern Sami: rávga), is an archaic term for a malevolent revenant with varying ambiguous traits. In modern times, they are often portrayed as Norse supernatural zombies, loosely based on the draugr as…

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Draugr

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related to Troll · 17
Draugr → Danish, Examples, For, Glámr, Grettis, Götaland, Icelandic, Jakobsson, Kárr, Nordic, Norway, Norwegian, Old Norse, Rather, Sweden, Swedish, The
related to Development · 15
Draugr → Cognates, Dutch, German, Irish, Low German, Old High German, Old Persian, Old Saxon, Proto-Germanic, Proto-Indo European, Sanskrit, Swedish, The Old Norse, Trug, Welsh
related to Sámi folklore · 14
Draugr → Central Scandinavia, Cognates, In Southern Sami, Kildin Sami, Kildin Sámi, Kola Peninsula, Lule Sami, Northern Sami, Pite Sami, Proto-Norse, Russia, Southern Sami, Swedish, Sámi
related to Dictionaries · 13
Draugr → An Icelandic-English, Around, English, Guðbrandur Vigfússon, He, Icelandic, Johan Ernst Rietz's, Norwegian, Närke, Old Norse, One, Richard Cleasby, Swedish
related to Written corpus · 13
Draugr → Beings, Commentators, Gjenganger, Glámr, Grettis, Icelandic, In, Kar, Kárr, Old, Swedish, Unlike Kárr, Yet Glámr
related to Christmas culture · 12
Draugr → Although, Both, Christmas, Nordic Christmas, Northern Norway, Norway, Norwegian, Norwegian Christmas, Santa Claus, Sea, US, Wild Hunt
related to Icelandic sagas · 12
Draugr → After, After Glámr, Christmas Eve, Do, Glámr, Grettir, Grettis, He, Just, One, The Icelandic, They
related to Land draugr · 12
Draugr → Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Arne Garborg, English, Faroese, Haugtussa, Henrik Ibsen, Nordic, Norwegian, Nynorsk, Ola Raknes, Peer Gynt, The
related to Greed and bloodthirst · 11
Draugr → Any, Aran, As, Asmund, Greed, Icelandic, If, Jakobsson, The, They, When Aran
related to Mound dweller (haugbúi) · 11
Draugr → Beings, British, Danish, English, Haugbúi, It, Lincolnshire, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish, The

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also norwegian icelandic sea dead old norse mound folklore troll undead draug swedish saga draugrs one often modern ghost glámr

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Lincolnshireinstance ofThe notable difference from a draug is that a mound dweller doesn't leave its grave site and only attacks those who trespass upon their territory.Beings in British folklore0.80text
a pikeinstance ofand may turn into a big fish0.80text
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like a sealinstance ofand may turn into a big fish0.80text
The Elder Scrollsinstance ofcommonly found in fantasy fiction.Video gamesIn video game series0.80text
draugr are the undead mummified corpses of fallen warriors that inhabit the ancient burial sites of a Nordic-inspired race of maninstance ofcommonly found in fantasy fiction.Video gamesIn video game series0.80text
The Elder Scrollsinstance ofVideo gamesIn video game series0.80text
draugr are the undead mummified corpses of fallen warriors that inhabit the ancient burial sites of a Nordic-inspired race of maninstance ofVideo gamesIn video game series0.80text
Draugrhas preventionThe0.60section
Draugrhas preventionIt0.60section
Draugrhas preventionVíga-Hrappr0.60section
Draugrhas preventionJakobsson0.60section

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