- In
Nordic folklore; Danish: genganger, Norwegian:
gjenganger, Swedish: gengångare ("(a)gain-walker"),
among more, is a term for a revenant, the spirit...
- "re-walker", or by extension, "one who
walks again";
cognate to
Scandinavian gjenganger ("again-walker"). The core of the wiedergänger myth is the
concept of...
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prevalent in the
southern parts of
Norway and is also
connected to the
gjenganger phenomenon. A deildegast, it was said, does not
receive peace in the afterlife...
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instead as a haugbúi ("barrow-dweller") or an
aptrganga ("re-walker") – see
Gjenganger.
Compare Icelandic:
afturganga ("after-walker"), Swedish: gengångare ("again-walker")...
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Chupacabra Deildegast Dhampir Draugr Drekavac Fext
Gashadokuro Ghoul Gjenganger Hone-onna
Jiangshi ****udh
Langsuyar Lich
Lugat Mummy Nachzehrer Orek Qutrub...
- and the Rats the
Ghost from the
barrow is a
revenant Lich
Draugr Dybbuk Gjenganger Ghost Dullahan Jiangshi Lugat ****udh
Nachzehrer Nav
Strigoi Poltergeist...
- (Scottish) –
Smallest animal Girtablilu (Akkadian) – Human-scorpion
hybrid Gjenganger (Scandinavian) –
Corporeal ghost Glaistig (Scottish) – Human-goat hybrid...
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revenant deceased who may harm the living. This
includes the
Scandinavian gjenganger, the
Romanian strigoi, the
Serbian vampir, the Gr**** vrykolakas, etc....
- 105–9.
Claus Krag, 'Norge som odel i
Harald Hår****res ætt. Et møte med en
gjenganger',
Historisk tidskrift, 3 (1989), 288–302.
Alexandra Pesch, Brunaǫld, haugsǫld...
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deacon as a "bad ****"
motorcycle rider.
Ghost Revenant (folklore)
Draugr Gjenganger Wiedergänger Aðalsteinsdóttir,
Silja (2003). Bók af bók Bókmenntasaga...
