Dödning

undead · Sweden · Nordic

Dödning (Swedish 'dead one') is a revenant returning from the grave between midnight and dawn. Appears as at death but darker, grave-dirtied, glowing/missing eyes. Returns for unfinished business, grudges, improper burial; spreads illness by touch. Knocks, calls names, attacks. Repelled by holy symbols, iron, sunlight, decapitation.

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