the 14th-century Icelandic Grettis saga. In the saga, Grettir Ásmundarson enters the mound of the chieftain Kár the Old. Grettir's objective was the treasure buried with the chieftain and, especially, a single edged seax, reputed to be a great weapon. Soon after Grettir enters the mound, the corpse of Kár comes to life and battles him. The scenes in the story involving Conan's flight from a pack of wolves while discovering the crypt, sword, and mummy are paralleled by scenes in the film Conan the Barbarian (1982) directed by John Milius. However, in the film, the mummy never comes to life. In the 2022 movie The Northman by Robert Eggers, the hero Amleth purposely seeks a magical sword named "Draugr" from the mummy of a warrior ("the Mound Dweller") asleep on its throne located inside a burial mound, he battles the undead to obtain it and succeeds as in the Sprague De Camp story, but moments later Amleth, as in a dream, is seen taking the sword from the mummy's hands, crumbling away on its throne in the process as if the combat never took place as in the 1982 John Milius movie. Eggers admitted taking inspiration from Conan the Barbarian lore. References 1967 short stories Conan the Barbarian stories by L. Sprague de Camp Short stories by Lin Carter Fantasy short stories