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Ettin names, I don't understand if they refer to a single race or

Ettin names, Either I forgot that some of them followed the monomyth plot structure, or none do, or I'm really bad at spotting plot structures. Mar 26, 2025 ยท I am a little bit confused by the way the terms giant, frost giant, jotun (or jötunn), ettin and troll seem to overlap in Norse mythology. <br> This extract from the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál, suggest that trolls were opposites to the giants (emphasis mine). In Old English, the cognate to ***jötunn*** is ***eoten***, whence modern English ***ettin***. This extract from the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál, suggest that trolls were opposites to the giants (emphasis mine). I don't understand if they refer to a single race or norse mythical-creatures Kreann 2,070 asked May 4, 2015 at 19:39 27votes 2answers 1kviews In my youth I read the popular classical Greek myths as well as a few German (Grimms fairytales, Nibelungenlied) and Norse sagas, and quite a few variations of the king Arthur stories. I don't understand if they refer to a single race or norse mythical-creatures Kreann 2,070 asked May 4, 2015 at 19:39 30votes 3answers 17kviews I am a little bit confused by the way the terms giant, frost giant, jotun (or jötunn), ettin and troll seem to overlap in Norse mythology. I don't understand if they refer to a single race or What is the difference between giants, Jotuns and trolls in Norse mythology? I am a little bit confused by the way the terms giant, frost giant, jotun (or jötunn), ettin and troll seem to overlap in Norse mythology. Supposedly the monomyth is everywhere, but the oldest example that comes to my Q&A for enthusiasts and scholars of mythology and folklore Q&A for enthusiasts and scholars of mythology and folklore. >They call I am a little bit confused by the way the terms `giant`, `frost giant`, `jotun` (or _jötunn_), `ettin` and `troll` seem to overlap in Norse mythology.


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