![]() ![]() The Draugar can be killed, and suffer a second death, if their bodies decay too much, or if they are burned, dismembered or otherwise destroyed. These creatures were said to be able to enter the dreams of the living in order to torment them, and would always leave behind a gift to show the victim that the encounter was real. They can kill by crushing someone with their superior strength, eating their flesh, eating them whole in their enlarged state, or kill indirectly by driving a person mad. The Draugar creature often live in their graves in order to defend the treasure that they were buried with, but they are also known to enter communities in order to wreak havoc on the living, often tormenting those who wronged them in life. The Draugar possess superhuman strength and can increase their size at will, but they cannot shake the unmistakable stench of decay and have the hideous visage of a dead body. Although some stories describe them as drinking blood creature, they are more like zombies (monsters) than vampires. ![]() The Draugar are the undead of Norse Mythology. Here’s our new youtube video about the whole monster list: 1. But Norse mythology, with its compelling stories, complex characters and terrifying monsters, never really lost its foothold in Scandinavian thought and has heavily influenced contemporary literature, television and games. The religion went into decline around a thousand years ago when Christianity swept through the north of Europe. ![]() Norse mythology – including the stories of Odin, Thor and Loki – was the basis of the religion of the Viking warriors that plundered Europe from the 8 th to the 11 th centuries. Some of the most interesting characters in Norse mythology are not the powerful gods.īut rather the creatures that constantly appear to challenge the gods and terrorise men. ![]()
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