Grettir - Beheads ghost

Grettir now drew the sword Jokul's-Gift and struck at the mound-dweller's neck. He cut off the head and placed the head against Kar's buttocks.

(...)

In the grave-mound's gloomy chamber,
I snatched a short-sword, my friend --
nothing short about the gashes
it cuts. The ghost succumbed.
That gleaming blade spells death
by a sharp chop through the he helmet.

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18. The Mound Dweller

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Ghosts in Icelandic tradition are not shadowy spirits but corporeal beings in the manner of the walking dead.

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Explanatory Notes