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A rather quick drawing I did this morning of a troll and a jötunn.

Jötunns are usually translated to “giants” in English, but that wouldn’t be completely true. They were often huge, but could also be the same size as humans or smaller.
They were a race even older than the gods, and possessed great wisdom and knowledge. So much in fact, that the gods often went to them to learn new magic.

But they were also the “bad guys” of the old religion, though not to be compared with devils. A few of them helped the gods, and the trickster god Loki was a Jötunn himself (or at least part Jötunn).

But most of the time they symbolised chaos, darkness, death and the uncontrollable nature, and they had a reputation for eating humans.

When the Nordic countries were Christianised, the old gods and jötunns had to go. With the jötunns out of the way, the trolls took their place, which is especially evident in Norway where trolls are still huge man-eaters. Troll were around in the old religion, but they mainly served as hunting prey for the thunder god, Thor.

They were however said to be of the Jötunn family, so here a troll is meeting one from the “ancient race”.
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~Alakki Jan 29, 2012
And also, Everyone!

A big rock, just off the coast of sweden can be seen, that once were a great troll on his way home with his boat, he just didnt get home before the sunlight stroke.
(If i remember right, its to the west coast of sweden)
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~Alakki Jan 29, 2012
Once upon a time, When Odin was still young, he met a Jotunn named Loke, they became good friends, and one day loke told him that they should be blood brothers, and then bound forever, what happend afterwards is not entirely clear (as i cant remember xD)

But that bond is the ONLY reason Loke can enter Asgård.

What i am more wondering about, is that Loke is the father of Hel, the "Godess" of the underworld.

And to Clarify.
Hel is the name of Both! the godess of the underworld, and the underworld itself,
through the underworld is known as "Hel" or "Helheim". (pratically the same name for the place)

Gosh i love Nordic Myth <3
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~Alakki Jan 21, 2012
Technically, the good old Asgard (yeah fuck that stupid Asguardian name shit the movie "Thor" came up with)
aka. the good old god, Odin, the first Asgard, he was Technically a Jötunn, and when the sacred cow (cant remember her name) began to give birth to "other creatures" (aka, the Jötunns) he killed the cow, so no more "Evil spawn" would come of it.

You can "kind of" say that, the Asgards are more or less, Jötunn's who are so hard to kill (for real) so theya re more ro less like gods, but they are also devoted to no unfairness, and no evil. (yeah a man having a personal reason to kill another is not really considered evil, mostly depends on whos the victor ^^)
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~ThickBlackBlood Dec 20, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
It's like he's saying: "Hey Frank, look what I have.?"
Heheh... ^^ Awesome draw.!
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~Ninarry Nov 15, 2011
I am so not used to reading about the old religion in English XD It wasn't until you mentioned Loki that I knew that your were talking about Jætter XD
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~Everron Jul 24, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Interesting. Realy. How are birth Troll in legend ? The birth like duergard, from worm of body of Ymir ?
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~lotus-genie Sep 18, 2011
Trolls/Jotunns sprang from Ymir's toes crevices and armpits as he slept one day. Dwarves evolved from the maggots that had settled on Ymir's body before it got made into the nine worlds. Elves were made by the Gods from fire and light. The three races never got along, not even in the times of myth.
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~Everron Sep 21, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thanks a lot, so their is no diference betwin troll and jotan?
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~lotus-genie Sep 21, 2011
Not much. Jotunn are the more ancient forms of troll, though. If you applied science to it, you could call it a form of evolution as the Jotunn came to cope with the gradual change in Scandinavian beliefs and society.
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~Everron Sep 22, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Hooooo, oki^^. This is good to know this^^. Yes, after viking part of scandinavian story, jotun evolve in troll with the arriving of christian church...Thanks a lot this holy and precious informations^^
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