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FROST GIANTS

Norse Mythology
A Class Of Giant

This is a class of primordial GIANT also known as HRIMTHURSES, or THERSES, in Norse mythology of Scandinavia. These immense beings were derived from and inhabited the land of frost, ice and snow, where it was permanently winter. The most well known of these were VASTY, HYMIR, HRUNGNIR, BERGELMIR, and their leader and GIANT king, THRYMIR. They were the constant adversaries of the god THOR and were always trying to abduct the goddess FREYA. They take a prominent part in the final battle of RAGNAROK.

Source: Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth

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