Ī more speculative case of vampirism is that of Glámr, who was asked to tend sheep for a haunted farmstead and was subsequently found dead with his neck and every bone in his body broken. Sometimes the chain of contagion becomes an outbreak, e.g., the case of Þórólfr bægifótr (Thorolf Lame-foot or Twist-Foot), and even called an "epidemic" regarding Þórgunna (Thorgunna). The focus here is not on blood-sucking, which is not attested for the draugr, but rather, contagiousness or transmittable nature of vampirism, that is to say, how a vampire begets another by turning his or her attack victim into one of his own kind. The draugr has also been conceived of as a type of " vampire" by folktale anthologist Andrew Lang in the late 1897, with the idea further pursued by more modern commentators. The draugr is a "corporeal ghost" with a physical tangible body and not an "imago", and in tales it is often delivered a "second death" by destruction of the enlivened corpse. Overall classification Ghost with physical body
Ī further caveat is that the application of the term draugr may not necessarily follow what the term might have meant in the strict sense during medieval times, but rather follow a modern definition or notion of draugr, specifically such ghostly beings (by whatever names they are called) that occur in Icelandic folktales categorized as "Draugasögur" in Jón Árnason's collection, based on the classification groundwork laid by Konrad Maurer. of aptrganga) and reimleikar (‘haunting’) in these medieval sagas are still commonly discussed as a draugr in various scholarly works, or the draugar and the haugbúar are lumped into one. īeings not specifically called draugar, but actually only referred to as aptrgǫngur (‘revenants’, pl. Yet Glámr is still routinely referred to as a draugr. Unlike Kárr inn gamli (Kar the Old) in Grettis saga, who is specifically called a draugr, Glámr the ghost in the same saga is never explicitly called a draugr in the text, though called a "troll" in it. The word is hypothetically traced to Proto-Indo European stem * dʰrowgʰos "phantom", from * dʰrewgʰ- "deceive" (see also Avestan " druj"). In Swedish, draug is a modern loanword from West Norse, as the native Swedish form drög has acquired the meaning of "a pale, ineffectual, and slow-minded person that drags himself along". Tolkien employed this term in his novels, though "barrow-wight" is actually a rendering of haugbúinn (literally the ‘howe-dweller’), otherwise translated as "barrow-dweller". The draugr was referred to as " barrow-wight" in the 1869 translation of Grettis saga, long before J. Often the draugr is regarded not so much as a ghost but a revenant, i.e., the reanimated of the deceased inside the burial mound (as in the example of Kárr inn gamli in Grettis saga). Old Norse draugr is defined as "a ghost, spirit, esp. They are revenants, or animated corpses with a corporeal body, rather than ghosts which possess intangible spiritual bodies. Its name stems from the Norse word for “ghost.” The references to Scandinavian culture and literature earned the developers financial support of the Norwegian Film Institute.Draugar live in their graves or royal palaces, often guarding treasure buried with them in their burial mound. Misc.ĭraug (from Norwegian, plural: Draugen) is an undead being from Norse mythology.
The visuals of Draugen are atmospheric and impressive, and the misty Norwegian landscapes fit the grim tone of the game well. The story was inspired by Scandinavian literature and legends, as well as by Norse mythology and Icelandic sagas. You also stumble upon a small village, gather clues and memories, all of this in order to learn the truth about a terrible tragedy. The game's story is an upsetting journey into the heart of Norwegian national romanticism: during the game, you discover secrets of a reclusive fishermen community, which vanished in mysterious circumstances. The protagonist is an American nature photographer, botanist and entomologist. Mechanicsĭraugen is set among the fjords and mountains of Eastern Norway in the early 1920s. The studio was founded in 2011 by Ragnar Tornquist, the main writer and designer of the popular The Longest Journey series. Draugen is an FPP adventure game by Norwegian indie studio Red Thread Games, also known for Dreamfall: Chapters.
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