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Giantess — A giantess is a female giant. The word has at least three interpretations:* A mythical being resembling a woman of superhuman size and strength. * A human woman of exceptional stature, often the result of some medical or genetic abnormality (see… … Wikipedia
Norns — For other uses, see Norns (disambiguation). Norn redirects here. For the North Germanic language of Orkney, see Norn language. Norse mythology, Sjódreygil and the Norns Faroese stamps 2006 … Wikipedia
Gjálp and Greip — For the moon of Saturn named after Greip, see Greip (moon). In Norse mythology, Gjálp and Greip were two giantesses.Thor s visit to GeirröðrAccording to Skáldskaparmál they were daughters of the giant Geirröðr. As Thor was wading across Vimur the … Wikipedia
Lotte Motz — Infobox Writer name = Lotte Motz imagesize = caption = pseudonym = birthname = Lotte Edlis birthdate = Birthdate|1922|8|16 birthplace = Austria deathdate = December 24, 1997 deathplace = occupation = nationality = ethnicity = citizenship = period … Wikipedia
Jötunn — Frost Giant redirects here. For the music album, see Frost Giant (album). The jötnar Fafner and Fasolt seize Freyja in Arthur Rackham s illustration to Richard Wagner s Der Ring des Nibelungen. A jötunn (anglicized jotunn or jotun; … Wikipedia
Þórsdrápa — ( Thorsdrapa , Lay of Thor ) is a skaldic poem by Eilífr Goðrúnarson, a poet in the service of Jarl Hákon Sigurðarson. The poem is noted for its creative use of kennings and other metaphorical devices, as well as its labyrinthine… … Wikipedia
Fjölnir — Fjölnir, Fjölner , Fjolner or Fjolne (1st century BC early 1st century AD) was a Swedish king of the House of Yngling, at Gamla Uppsala. He appears in a semi mythological context as the son of Freyr and Gerd.Fjölnir drowned in a vat of mead… … Wikipedia
The Horse Gullfaxi and the Sword Gunnfoder — is an Icelandic fairy tale from Islandische Märchen . Andrew Lang included it in The Crimson Fairy Book .Ruth Manning Sanders included it, as Sigurd the King s Son , in A Book of Ogres and Trolls .ynopsisA king and queen had a son, Sigurd. One… … Wikipedia
Goddess — For other uses, see Goddess (disambiguation). A statue of the Hindu goddess Saraswati … Wikipedia
Loki — or Loke is a god or giant in Norse mythology. The 13th century Icelandic Poetic Edda and Prose Edda, two of the very few sources of information regarding the figure, inconsistently place him among the Æsir, as his blood brotherhood makes him a… … Wikipedia
