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draugr and him
In legends the hero would often have to wrestle the draugr back to his grave, thereby defeating him, since weapons would do no good.
But, though the draugr usually presages death, there is an amusing account in Northern Norway of a Nordlending who managed to outwit him:

draugr and is
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 creation of a draugr is not exactly clear, but in the Eyrbyggja saga, a shepherd is killed by a draugr and rises the next night as one himself.
The draugr is also often shown as haunting its living family.
Although iron could injure a draugr, as is the case with many supernatural creatures, it would not be sufficient to stop it.
The preferred method is to cut off the draugr's head, burn the body, and dump the ashes in the sea ; the emphasis being on making absolutely sure the draugr was dead and gone.
This desire for the friendship experienced in life is one example of the manifestation of this aspect of the draugr.
A variation of the draugr is the haugbui.
One of the best-known draugr in the modern world is Glámr, who was defeated by the hero of the Grettis Saga.
A somewhat ambivalent, alternative view of the draugr is presented by the example of Gunnar in Njál's saga:
In the Eyrbyggja Saga a shepherd is assaulted by a blue-black draugr.
In more recent folklore, the draugr is often identified with the spirits of mariners drowned at sea.
* The draugr is the inspiration for the main character in the webcomic " Draugr " by Patrick Grant.
* The draugr is also one of the inspirations behind " Serpent's Mound " by Ceri Norman.
* The villain Surt, in the Norse-inspired novel " The Sword and the Satchel " by Elizabeth Boyer, is a draugr.
He is also courageous ; he takes on and defeats the draugr Glámr, an undead being that is, in a sense, a corporeal ghost, strong and formidable.
The saga is about Hrómundr serving king Óláf Warrior-King ( Óláfr konungr liði ) and Hrómund's battles with the berserker Hröngvið and as well as the undead witch-king Þráinn, a draugr ( he was a former king of Gaul, Valland ).

draugr and by
Animals feeding near the grave of a draugr may be driven mad by the creature's influence.

draugr and author
The modern and popular connection between the draugr and the sea can be traced back to the author Jonas Lie and the story-teller Regine Nordmann, as well as the drawings of Theodor Kittelsen, who spent some years living in Svolvær.

draugr and .
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.
The draugr's ability to increase its size also increased its weight, and the body of the draugr was described as being extremely heavy.
Among the creatures that a draugr may turn into are a seal, a great flayed bull, a grey horse with a broken back but no ears or tail, and a cat that would sit upon a sleeper's chest and grow steadily heavier until the victim suffocated.
While the draugr certainly preferred to be active during the night, it did not appear to be vulnerable to sunlight like some other revenants.
The resting place of the draugr was a tomb that served much as a workable home for the creature.
The motivation of the actions of a draugr was primarily jealousy and greed.
The greed of a draugr causes it to viciously attack any would-be grave robbers, but the draugr also expresses an innate jealousy of the living, stemming from a longing for the things of the life it once had.
The words " dragon " and " draugr " are not linguistically related.
The shepherd rises the next night as a draugr.
A recorded legend from Trøndelag tells how a corpse lying on a beach became the object of a quarrel between the two types of draugr.

curses and him
Outside, the old man, beyond all the curses of the spirits his daughter bore, went to her and twisted the gnarled talons of his fingers in her hair and turned her and pushed her rudely ahead of him into the trees where the moon sent out a thousand arms.
However, Caligula is shown in a later episode to confess to his uncle Claudius that he killed his father in revenge for trying to discipline him, by working on his father's superstitions ( planting various ' curses ' around his father's residence ) and eventually frightening him to death-therefore, Piso and Plancina were technically innocent ( Zeus, by Jove!
He stands over Butterfly, shouting his curses at her, when Pinkerton intervenes to stop him.
Pinkerton watches Butterfly, as she watches him, but her happiness is tempered, as " still the angry voice curses me.
Théoden offers Gríma clemency, but when he tries to accept, Saruman curses him and knocks him down.
When Agrippa reached the commandment of that “ you may not put a foreigner over you ” as king, his eyes ran with tears, but they said to him, “ Don ’ t fear, Agrippa, you are our brother, you are our brother !” The king would read from up through the shema (), and then the portion regarding tithes (), the portion of the king (), and the blessings and curses ().
Face to face, Dunson curses him and threatens to kill him when next they meet.
Angry that his son did not love him enough to take care of him, he curses both Eteocles and his brother, condemning both to sudden deaths.
Humbaba curses them both and Gilgamesh dispatches him with a blow to the neck.
He also curses the trapper and Shamhat for removing him from the wild.
Before her death, Clytemnestra curses Orestes and the Erinyes or Furies, whose duty it is to punish any violation of the ties of family piety, come to torment him.
The " demon " who inhabits the image appears, but Patrick curses him and casts him to hell.
* Wolfgang Hohlbein: Die Prophezeihung ( The Prophecy ), in which Echnaton is killed by Ay and curses him into eternal life until a prophecy is fulfilled.
Apparently the emperor believed Libo was cursing him, a common practice, as many written curses have been found in sacred springs.
Bill curses Munny before the latter finishes him with a final gunshot.
When he denies having a woman in Iceland, she curses him so that he is unable to consummate his marriage.
Hearing this, Oedipus curses both of his sons for not treating him well, contrasting them with his devoted daughters.
Public opinion approved his conduct as patriotic ; but the curses of his mother and the indignation of some of his kinsfolk drove him into retirement for twenty years.
* In White Wolf Publishing's Vampire: The Masquerade RPG, an altered version of Cain's story, sees Cain ( e ) visited by three angels on separate occasions while wandering the earth, each of whom ask that he repent for his sins, and each of whom curses him ( and all his Progeny ) when he refuses.
Those curses being: weakness to fire and sunlight, a need to drink of the blood of man, and an inner beast to forever torment him from within, thus making him the Progenitor of all Vampire kind, known among themselves as Cainites.

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