Case file · Haunting

Hrappr, the restless dead of Laxdæla

Laxdæla saga (composed c. 1245) tells how the violent Hrappr asked to be buried upright in his kitchen doorway, then walked after death and killed servants.

1245 CE · 65.07, -21.62 · status: legend

The account

His body was dug up and moved, and finally burned, the classic remedy for a draugr.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Laxdæla saga
  2. Wikipedia: Draugr
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