Hamr (folklore)
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In Nordic mythology and folklore, Old Norse: hamr, in later periods, mainly rural folk belief, is a shroud, shape, form, figure, in which the hug, the 'mind, spirit', could manifest itself outside the
Kim Diaz Holm's contemporary art depicting a draugr (revenant) haunting in enormous hamr
Dolon is wearing a wolfskin. Attic red-figure vase, c. 460 BC.
Modern art depicting a Valkyrie emerging from her raven hamr to collect the fallen
Gotland Runic Inscription 181 depicting a warrior next to a Valkyrie in swan hamr in Valhalla
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
Hamr (folklore)
…Kim Diaz Holm's contemporary art depicting a draugr (revenant) haunting in enormous hamr In Nordic mythology and folklore, Old Norse: hamr (Danish: ham; Faroese: hamur; Icelandic: hamur; Norwegian: ham…
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