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draugr

Noun

Meaning

draugr (plural draugrs)

(Norse mythology) An undead creature from Norse mythology, an animated corpse that inhabits its grave, often guarding buried treasure.

Draugr

(planets) A planet in Lich star system, Milky Way Galaxy, Virgo constellation; One of the pair of planets that were the first exoplanets which were discovered. A planet in orbit of the pulsar Lich (PSR B1257+12)

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Examples

Although iron could injure a draugr, as is the case with many supernatural creatures, it would not be sufficient to stop it. Source: Internet

After the fight, which the ghosts won, the draugr never came back to that district. Source: Internet

A somewhat ambivalent, alternative view of the draugr is presented by the example of Gunnar Hámundarson in Njál's saga : It seemed as though the howe was agape, and that Gunnar had turned within the howe to look upwards at the moon. Source: Internet

In legends the hero would often have to wrestle the draugr back to his grave, thereby defeating him, since weapons would do no good. Source: Internet

In Bloodmoon, they are mindless undead; people who eat human flesh become draugr when they die. Source: Internet

Creation of draugar After a person’s death, the main indication that the person will become a draugr is that the corpse is not in a horizontal position. Source: Internet

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