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draug

Noun

Meaning

draug (plural draugs)

Alternative form of draugr

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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A recorded legend from Trøndelag tells how a cadaver lying on a beach became the object of a quarrel between the two types of draug (headless and seaweed-headed). Source: Internet

In other tellings, the draug is described as being a headless fisherman, dressed in oilskin and sailing in half a boat (the Norwegian municipality of Bø, Nordland has the half-boat in its coat-of-arms). Source: Internet

The term draug has come to be used to describe any type of revenant in Nordic folklore. Source: Internet

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