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A draugr, draug or ( Icelandic ) draugur ( original Old Norse plural draugar, as used here, not " draugrs "), or draugen ( Norwegian, Swedish and Danish, meaning " the draug "), also known as aptrganga (" afturgöngur " in modern Icelandic ) ( literally " after-walker ", or " one who walks after death ") is an undead creature from Norse mythology, a subset of Germanic mythology.

The original Norse meaning of the word is ghost, and older literature makes clear distinctions between sea-draug and land-draug.

Draugar were believed to live in the graves of the dead, with a draugr being the animated body of the dead.

As the graves of important men often contained a good amount of wealth, the draugr jealously guards his treasures, even after death.