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)
Examples
Although iron could injure a draugr, as is the case with many supernatural creatures, it would not be sufficient to stop it.
After the fight, which the ghosts won, the draugr never came back to that district.
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.
In legends the hero would often have to wrestle the draugr back to his grave, thereby defeating him, since weapons would do no good.
In Bloodmoon, they are mindless undead; people who eat human flesh become draugr when they die.
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.