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draugr
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- Etymology
- Development
- Descendants
- Terminology
- Nonfiction literature
- Dictionaries
- Written corpus
- Mound dweller ({{lang|non|haugbúi}}){{anchor|Haugbúi|Mound dweller}}
- Troll
- Icelandic sagas
- Physical traits
- Magical abilities
- Shapeshifting and transformning
- Transcending abilities
- Cursing
- Vampiric traits
- Greed and bloodthirst
- Vulnerability
- Prevention and destruction
- Faroese folklore{{anchor|Faroese draugr|Dreygur}}
- Norwegian folklore{{anchor|Norwegian draugr|Norwegian folklore}}
- Sea draugr<span class="anchor" id="Sea draugr"></span>
- Land draugr
- Christmas culture
- Sámi folklore{{anchor|Rávga}}
- Use in popular culture
- Literature
- Video games
- Cinema
- See also
- Explanatory notes
- References
- Citations
- General and cited references
- Primary sources
- Secondary sources
- External links
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In Nordic folklore, the draugr, or draug (; ; ; ; ; ), is an old archaic term for a malevolent revenant with varying ambiguous traits. In modern times, they are often portrayed as Norse supernatural zombies, loosely based on the draugr as described in early medieval Icelandic sagas. However, in myth and folklore, they comprise several complex ideas which change from story to story, especially in surviving Norwegian folklore, where the draugr remains a staple – see .