A reanimated corpse with supernatural strength and will.
The draugr was in Old Norse belief a dead person who had returned to life in bodily form. Unlike a ghost the draugr possessed physical substance, immense strength, and an overpowering stench, and lingered near its burial mound to torment the living.
Draugar were considered dangerous to livestock and people near their mounds and had to be overcome through physical combat or magical rites. Sagas such as Grettis saga describe heroes' battles against these beings.
Attestations
- Grettis saga 18
- Depicts Grettir's combat against the draugr Glámr.