Draugur (Faroese Revenant Legends)
In Faroese folklore, the draugur (dreygur) is a malevolent undead being or revenant, akin to the Norse draugr. Draugar are described as large in build, wearing grey clothes with black hair—the same description given for Huldufólk in Faroese tradition. They are said to inhabit graves, mounds, and coastal areas, often guarding treasure or haunting the living. Unlike ghosts, draugar have physical bodies—animated corpses that can swell to enormous size. In Faroese sea folklore, drowned fishermen may become sea-draugar who haunt the waters where they died. The draugur embodies the thin line between