Thread:Tlaqh1335/@comment-3261439-20200715104441/@comment-24901686-20200715111610

I'm not done yet:

Giants are said to be element-based creatures.


 * Giants are extremely strong and are associated with cold and frost. One giant is supposed to bring about the wind (Hræsvelgr), while another is associated with the sea (Ægir) and yet another with fire (Logi).

The word "giant" would make you think that beings of this race were of a greater size (greater than average, being this "greater than human size" or "greater than god/Æsir/Vanir size"), but this doesn't seem to be a problem sometimes in order to interact (intermarrying, procreating, etc.) with other beings.

In Old English, the cognate to jǫtunn is eoten, whence modern English ettin. Hence ettin is another term for giants, which evolved from the ancient roots of its original term.

This extract from the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál, suggest that trolls were opposites to the giants (emphasis mine).


 * They call me a troll,
 * moon of the earth-Hrungnir
 * wealth sucker of the giant,
 * destroyer of the storm-sun
 * beloved follower of the seeress,