Editing Draugr (section)

=== Vampire ===
The draugr has also been conceived of as a type of [[vampire]] by folktale anthologist [[Andrew Lang]] in late 1897,{{sfnp|Ármann Jakobsson|2009|p=311}} with the idea further pursued by more modern commentators. The focus here is not on [[blood-sucking]], which is not attested for the draugr,<ref>{{harvp|Keyworth |2006|p=244}}: "there is no mention of draugrs being swollen with the supposed blood of their victims".</ref> but rather, contagiousness or transmittable nature of vampirism,<ref name=armann-j-transmittable>{{harvp|Ármann Jakobsson|2009|p=313}}: "Vampirism is transmittable, to which Þórólfr bægifótr's many victims bear witness".</ref> that is to say, how a vampire begets another by turning his or her attack victim into one of his kind. Sometimes the chain of contagion becomes an outbreak, e.g., the case of Þórólfr bægifótr (Thorolf Lame-foot or Twist-Foot),<ref name=armann-j-transmittable/><ref>{{harvp|Pálsson|Edwards (trr.)|1973}}. ''Eyrbyggja Saga'', "Ch. 34: Thorolf's ghost". p. 115ff.; "Ch. 63: Thorolf comes back from the Dead". p. 186ff.</ref> and even called an "epidemic" regarding Þórgunna (Thorgunna).{{efn|Both these occur in the ''[[Eyrbyggja saga]]''.}}<ref>{{harvp|Caciola|1996|p=15}}: "Thorgunna's death also brought on what might be called an epidemic of aggressive revenants".</ref><ref>{{harvp|Pálsson|Edwards (trr.)|1973}}. ''Eyrbyggja Saga'', "Ch. 51: Thorgunna dies", p. 158 – "Ch. 54 More ghosts", p. 166ff</ref>

A more speculative case of vampirism is that of Glámr, who was asked to tend sheep for a haunted farmstead and was subsequently found dead with his neck and every bone in his body broken.<ref>{{harvp|Eiríkur Magnússon|Morris (trr.)|1869}}. ''Grettis saga''. [https://books.google.com/books?id=GtdUAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA102 p. 102]</ref>{{Refn|group="lower-alpha"|Note similarity to a shepherd killed by Thorolf's ghost, also found with every bone broken.<ref>{{harvp|Pálsson|Edwards (trr.)|1973}}. ''Eyrbyggja Saga'', "Ch. 34: Thorolf's ghost".</ref>}} It has been surmised by commentators that Glámr, by "contamination," was turned into an undead (''draugr'') by whatever being was haunting the farm.<ref>{{harvp|Ármann Jakobsson|2009|pp=310–311}}: "This creature [evil spirit] contaminates Glámr"; {{harvp|Ármann Jakobsson|2011|p=297}}: " some kind of infection is also apparent in the account of Glámr".</ref>