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Jötnar Summary
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JÖTNAR (giants) constitute a supernatural tribe in Scandinavian mythology. Since the tribe includes fire giants and ice giants, the concept may have originated in the observation of natural phenomena. Giants are natural spirits and among the...
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List of Norse gods and goddesses Information
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Divided between the Æsir and the Vanir, and sometimes including the jötnar (giants), the dividing line between these groups is less than clear. However, it is usually accepted that the Æsir (including Óðinn, Þórr and Týr) were warrior gods,...


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Gods and Goddesses of the Ancient Norse. (book review)
03/01/2002: 227 words, approx. 1 pages
FISHER, Leonard Everett. Gods and Goddesses of the Ancient Norse. illus. by author. unpaged. chart. map. bibliog. CIP. Holiday House. 2002. RTE $16.95. ISBN 0-8234-1569-4. LC 00-032040. Gr 2-4--Norse mythology--with its full-bodied mixture of lyricism and violence--is too often overlooked in collections...
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God and the Goddesses.(Book Review)
12/01/2003: 847 words, approx. 3 pages
By Barbara Newman. The Middle Ages Series. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002. xvi + 446 pp. $42.50 cloth. Barbara Newman's substantial book is a discussion of what she terms "allegorical goddesses," female personifications of Wisdom, Charity (and Love), Nature and Reason,...
 


 

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