Death in Norse paganism
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Death in Norse paganism was associated with diverse customs and beliefs that varied with time, location and social group, and did not form a structured, uniform system. After the funeral, the individu
This image is usually interpreted as a Valkyrie who welcomes a dead man, or Odin himself, on the Tjängvide image stone from Gotland, in the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities in Stockholm.
The Oseberg ship (Viking Ship Museum, Norway)
Helgafell in western Iceland
The three large "royal mounds" at Gamla Uppsala.
Draugr
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In Nordic folklore, the draugr, or draug, is an archaic term for a malevolent revenant with varying ambiguous traits. In modern times, they are often portrayed as Norse supernatural zombies, loosely b
Death in Norse paganism
…a revenant, haunting particular spots or individuals. In this case, the revenant warden was always distinct from more conscious undeads, such as the draugar. It has been proposed that when the body had been broken down, through decay or immolation, the non-physical component of the individual could start…
Kim Diaz Holm's contemporary art depicting a draugr haunting in enormous hamr ("magical shape")
Kim Diaz Holm's contemporary art depicting a sea draugr in Norwegian folklore
The algae species nostoc commune, historically called draugspy ("draug puke") in Norway, and trollspy ("troll puke") in Götaland, Sweden
Modern depiction of a Norse warrior turned draugr