Key Info

- Malevolent supernaturally powerful undead beings or revenants that rise from their graves to guard their burial mounds and/or treasure, haunt the living, and wreak havoc

Brief Bio

In Norse mythology, draugr are malevolent undead beings or revenants that rise from their graves to guard their burial mounds, haunt the living, and wreak havoc. These corporeal beings possess superhuman strength, magical abilities like shape-shifting, and a supernatural ability to grow to immense sizes. Draugr are formed when a spirit refuses to pass on, often lingering due to greed or a desire to protect their buried treasures. They are typically defeated by dismemberment, cremation, and burial in the sea, while preventatives against their creation include placing objects in the coffin or moving the body randomly before sealing the grave.