Case file · Haunting
Glámr and Grettir
Grettis saga (composed c. 1310–20) tells how the shepherd Glámr, killed by an evil spirit, haunted Þórhallsstaðir in Forsæludalur until the outlaw Grettir wrestled and beheaded him.
1310 CE · 65.33, -20.00 · status: legend
The account
Before dying, Glámr cursed Grettir with fear of the dark, explaining his later doom. It is the most famous draugr story in Icelandic literature.