It’s said that when they do this, they leave a gift of some sort on the bedside table so when the victim awakes, they know the Draugen had been there invading their dreams. In cat form, the Draugen would sit on its victim’s chest getting progressively heavier until the victim was crushed to death.Īnother attribute these monsters had was the ability to invade a person’s dreams. (Artwork right by Theodor Kittelson 1887.) When shape-shifting, the creature usually turns the following: a seal, a “great flayed bull”, a gray horse without ears or tail, or a cat.ĭraugen usually visited their victims during the night, tormenting some while killing others. In addition to all these other tricks, a Draugen can shape-shift, control the weather, and foretell the future. Legend says the Draugen also drove animals mad, sometimes riding or chasing livestock until they dropped dead from fright as well as exhaustion.
Enlarging themselves so they can eat their enemy whole.Tearing their enemy apart and eating them.Enlarging themselves so they can crush an enemy.The Draugen may be “undead” but they certainly seem to make the most of their time “born again.” Besides guarding their treasure, the Draugen are known to commit the following: Part of the legend says they can turn into a puff of smoke and “swim through rock” thus allowing them to move above ground.
You may be wondering how they ever get out of their graves. Some accounts say that Draugen will also frighten and harass living people as well as exact revenge on those who wronged them during their real lifetime. It’s said they are still somewhat intelligent, at least enough to guard their treasure. (Artwork above left by Theodor Kittelson 1887.) Some sagas describe the creatures as having blue skin, while others say it was pale as a corpse. They smell horrible due to the fact that their bodies are partially decayed. Their bodies are said to be blackened and swollen with decay so they look frightful. Once alive again, the Draugen exhibit superhuman strength and when they want, they can increase their size and weight at will. In some cases, chieftains were buried with their entire Viking ship! So in the context of the Scandinavian cultures, this makes sense. An interesting aside to this, Vikings of any social standing were buried with some treasure that they attained while alive. Legend says they live in their graves so as to guard the treasure they were buried with. So at first blush, the Draugen seem more like vampires or zombies than ghosts because they retain their bodies and can use them. Draugar die a “second death” as Chester Gould calls it, when their bodies decay, are burned, dismembered, or otherwise destroyed.” However, though the dead might live again, they could also die gain. These reanimated individuals were known as draugar. “The will appears to be strong, strong enough to draw the hugr back to one’s body. Smith Remley called The Function of the Living Dead in Medieval Norse and Celtic Literature, he describes the creature:
They jealously guard whatever treasures they were buried with, wreak havoc on people who wronged them in life, and generally terrorize the neighborhood. Scandinavian cultures are familiar with the dreaded beast, but is it a Vampire? A Zombie? A Ghost? CryptoVille investigates!ĭraugen are the spirits of the dead come back to life through use of their corpses. People may summon a Ghost from its gave by using a spell plus a special wooden stick engraved with rune.Its BIG, it’s BAD, and it’s UGLY! This monster from the frozen North is called the Draugen. He would often come to her home around night to read and before sunrise, he then clean up Frida’s room in gratitude for her taking good care of his beloved novel. They’re known to seek personal items which belonged to them and had cherished when alive like Craigie Williams, his favourite book being an adventure novel called The Legend of Great King Condon one copy the book somehow ended up with Frida. Ghosts can absorb anything into their body including objects and even living humans. They appear to float in midair, Ghosts also phase through any solid matter although evidently their bones can not. Once dead, Ghosts are transparent paranormal creatures they carry their skeletal remains inside themselves, while possessing a glowing yellowish-green skull with small black eyes. Guglows Cemetery within the city of Trolberg. Ghosts are undead spirits of humans which have departed, where they reside in St.
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