Þráinn

Ook wel genoemd: Thrain, Thráinn

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Þráinn is the barrow-dwelling undead king of Hrómundar saga Gripssonar. Once a ruler in Gaul, he sits in his mound with the sword Mistilteinn until Hrómundr climbs in, wrestles him and burns the body. The tale was already being told as entertainment in 12th-century Iceland, which makes it one of the oldest datable draugr fights in the record.1 2

Vecht ertegen

Eerst vastgelegd

1119

A saga of Hrómundr was reportedly recited at a wedding at Reykjahólar in 1119; the story survives through the 14th-century Griplur rímur and later prose

Herkomst

Norse (Icelandic legendary saga)

IJsland

Wat het veroorzaakt

Hekserij

A sorcerer-king who took his powers with him into the barrow.

Hoe je er een wordt

A king of Valland (Gaul) turned witch-king, entombed in a barrow.

Hoe hij beweegt

Beweegt amper

Remains in his barrow and grapples with the hero who breaks in.

Intelligentie

Slim

Zwakke plekken

being out-wrestled
burning the body

Wanneer verscheen hij voor het eerst?

Oudheid Middeleeuwen 1500 tot 1899 1900 tot 1967 1968 tot 1999 2000 tot 2009 2010 tot nu

1119

A saga of Hrómundr was reportedly recited at a wedding at Reykjahólar in 1119; the story survives through the 14th-century Griplur rímur and later prose

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