burial mound

Noun

Meaning

(archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs

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A massive birch tree standing atop a burial mound and located beside a farm in western Norway is recorded as having had ale poured over its roots during festivals. Source: Internet

Draugar die a "second death" as Chester Gould calls it, when their bodies decay, are burned, dismembered or otherwise destroyed. citation Draugar live in their graves, often guarding treasure buried with them in their burial mound. Source: Internet

Draugar also exhibit an immense and nearly insatiable appetite, as shown in the encounter of Aran and Asmund, sword brothers who made an oath that if one should die, the other would sit vigil with him for three days inside the burial mound. Source: Internet

Sigrún makes a bed there, and the two sleep together in the enclosed burial mound. Source: Internet

The maid tells Sigrún that the burial mound has opened up, and that Sigrún should go to Helgi there, as Helgi has asked her to come and tend his wounds, which have opened up and are bleeding. Source: Internet

In many instances, that covering has weathered away, leaving only the stone "skeleton" of the burial mound intact. Source: Internet

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