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 | | The draugr Thrain shape-shifted into a "cat-like creature" (kattakyn) in Hromundar saga Greipssonar: Then Thrain turned himself into a troll, and the barrow was filled with a horrible stench; and he stuck his claws into the back of Hromund's nack, tearing the flesh from his bones... |
 | | Part IV: Draugr Attacks and Slaying the Undead The dead budy was a vehicle of plague and illness, such as that ofthe sorceror Mithothyn of Saxo Grammaticus, but in a day and age in which germ theory was unknown, the causative agent was perceived to be the evil intent of the draugr. |
 | | First, the draugr must be overcome by grappling hand-to-hand with the creature, and wrestling withit until it was subdued (Simpson, Icelandic Folktales and Legends, p. |
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