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The Eisriesenwelt (German for "World of the Ice Giants") [1] is a natural limestone and ice cave located in Werfen, Austria, about 40 km south of Salzburg.The cave is inside the Hochkogel mountain in the Tennengebirge section of the Alps.
The extant sources for Norse mythology, particularly the Prose and Poetic Eddas, contain many names of jötnar and gýgjar (often glossed as giants and giantesses respectively).
Chenoo are generally described as larger than the average man, getting bigger the hungrier they are. They have sharp fangs which stand out due to their lips having been chewed off.
The terms Jötunheimr (in Old Norse orthography: Jǫtunheimr [ˈjɔtonˌhɛimz̠]; often anglicised as Jotunheim) or Jötunheimar refer to either a land or multiple lands respectively in Nordic mythology inhabited by the jötnar (relatives of the gods, in English sometimes inaccurately called "giants").
Niflheim was primarily a realm of primordial ice and cold, with the frozen rivers of Élivágar and the well of Hvergelmir, from which come all the rivers. [2] According to Gylfaginning, Niflheim was the first of the two primordial realms to emanate out of Ginnungagap, the other one being Muspelheim, the realm of fire. Between these two realms ...
An ice giant is a giant planet composed mainly of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, such as oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur.
Fiction about ice giants (2 C, 2 P) N. Neptune (5 C, 19 P) U. Uranus (4 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Ice giants" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 ...
[S 2] At the beginning of A Song of Ice and Fire, Westeros has enjoyed a decade-long summer, and many fear that an even longer and harsher winter will follow. George R. R. Martin set the Ice and Fire story in an alternative world to Earth, a "secondary world". [S 3] Martin has also suggested that the world may be larger than the real world ...