Sjødraug
Sjødraug (sea-draug) is the Norwegian coastal variant of the draug - the ghost of a drowned fisherman or sailor who returns from the sea. Unlike the inland haugbúi (mound-dweller), the sjødraug is specifically a sea spirit associated with drowning, shipwrecks, and coastal tragedy. The sjødraug appears as a figure with seaweed (tangvase) instead of a head, sitting in half a boat with tattered sails. Seeing or hearing the sjødraug foretells drowning or death at sea. He can also appear as a half-boat or as a stone with seaweed attached (tangstein), which superstitious fishermen would refuse to ta