Draugen – “Rise up blessed dead, and protect me”
This story is more of an urban legend. Unlike the others that has mostly been written down as witness accounts, this one has…
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Draugen – Seaweed and fist fights
Even if Draugen is often shown as a decaying human like creature with more seaweed covering him than skin, there are also some…
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Draugen – When he screams, do not answer
For the old fishermen there was a lot of things to remember. Different signs to look for at sea the day before to…
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Draugen – Let them be buried on blessed land
Many theorize if it was widely thought it was the dead that returned as draugen, or if it was just a personification of…
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Draugen – The vengeful dead of the sea
“Do you know what sort of fellow Draugen is?
You better believe he is not all that rare.
When storms cracks, he howls before shipwrecks,
And if he a hold of you get, he won’t let go.
When waves over the gunwale hit,
draugen is now at the helm of your boat.”