"Draugen" meaning

[I Want Your Mom]

What does actually "draugen" mean?

[Jonas]

It's norwegian folklore, just google it and you'll find it.

They also explain it in the game.

[I Want Your Mom]

I, of course, tried to Google it, but all first results return info about the game. This is why I asked. But if they explain it in the game, then it's fine.

[I Want Your Mom]

Ah, so it's only a draugr, a zombie of sorts. Never seen it called "draugen" before.

[Bittertea]

"Draugen" is simply "_the_ draug" in Norwegian.

[I Want Your Mom]

Originally posted by Bittertea:

"Draugen" is simply "_the_ draug" in Norwegian.

Yeah, singuilar, I got it.

[Stigma]

Draugr

[papercraft1998]

It's a bit more complicated than that. "Draugen" or "The Draug" is a supernatural creature that, like it was explained in the game, rows around in half a boat and signals death to anybody who sees it.
The name's original meaning comes from the word "Dauing", based on the norse word "Draugr", both meaning "Dead person" or the ghost of any dead person. Over time, the word became more related to the ghost of people who died at sea, whose bodies were never burried in holy ground.
Thusly it transitioned from "Dead person", like the draugr/zombies in games like skyrim, to the ghost of a dead sailor, to an ill omen who signals death.

[Magnvs]

necro of the.. month? but then everything on this board is dead, so it's fitting, but I wonder if the title is a remnant from an earlier game concept? There is a Draugr in the art book, but besides from a crayon drawing no Draugr have any role in the game, even symbolical

[Odins Harem]

Watch my playthrough series. I'm from this specific parts of the world myself.
As a playthrough, I bring the viewer along like a guide, explaining the locally specific details that I know, from my own life, from relatives who lived in these times, when the very entertainment itself, was telling stories of "Draugen" around the fireplace during autumn evenings.

I take a moment to **draw specific attention to what Draugen actually is** (from a local's perspective), beginning from around 58:55 in my "Draugen Part 2": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJEhVmNXui8

PS: I'm happy to see people from other places are intrigued by our culture and lore ^^