Draugr

The draugr or draug (Old Norse: draugr, plural draugar; modern Icelandic: draugur, Faroese: dreygur, and Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian: draug) is an undead creature from the Scandinavian saga literature and folktales.

For the planet Draugr, see PSR B1257+12 A. "Draug" redirects here; for the 2018 film, see Draug (film); for the Norwegian role-playing game, see Draug (role-playing game).

Commentators extend the term draugr to the undead in medieval literature, even if it is never explicitly referred to as such in the text, and designated them rather as a haugbúi ("barrow-dweller") or an aptrganga, literally "again-walker" (Icelandic: afturganga).

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