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The Yetnasteen - a standing stone in Rousay in Orkney, held in local folklore to be a giant or jötunn that has been turned to stone. Giants with names cognate to terms for jötnar are found in later Northern European folklore , such as the English ettin or yotun , thurse and hobthrust , Danish jætte , Swedish jätte and Finnish jätti .
Frost giant is a common, but controversial, gloss for a type of jötunn, a being in Germanic folklore and mythology. Frost Giant may also refer to: Fiction.
Former Blizzard developers Tim Morten and Tim Campbell founded Frost Giant Studios in October 2020 with intention to build an accessible real-time strategy game. Morten previously was StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void 's production lead, and Campbell had been Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne 's campaign lead designer.
The extant sources for Norse mythology, particularly the Prose and Poetic Eddas, contain many names of jötnar and gýgjar (often glossed as giants and giantesses respectively).
Odd is a young Norseman whose father, a woodcutter, drowned during a Viking raid. Soon after he accidentally crushes his leg and his Scottish mother marries a fat widower who neglects him in favor of his own children, and when soon after the winter drags on unnaturally long, Odd leaves his village for the forest.
Like all Frost Giants, Laufey possesses immense physical abilities and the ability to manipulate ice. As a Frost Giant, he is immune to cold temperatures, but is vulnerable to extreme heat. [8] He has been seen wielding many weapons, including a giant war club, sword, an axe, and the Casket of Ancient Winters. [9]
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Against the Giants is an adventure module written by Gary Gygax and published by TSR in 1981 for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.It combines the G series of modules previously published in 1978: Steading of the Hill Giant Chief, Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl, and Hall of the Fire Giant King.