-
spelling of Old Norse, jǫtunn /ˈjɔːtʊn/; or, in Old English, eoten,
plural eotenas) is a type of
being in
Germanic mythology. In
Norse mythology, they are...
- it with Folcwalda's son (Finn), and the
eotena sons (line 1088).
Hengest broods on
revenge against the
eotena sons,
wanting to
remind them of his sword...
- Beowulf's
eotenas ond ylfe ond orcneas, "ogres and
elves and devil-corpses"
helped to
inspire Tolkien to
create the Orcs and
Elves of Middle-earth....
-
Introduction by Alan Bliss. Tolkien: Finn and Hengest, the
discussion of
Eotena, p****im. Kennedy,
Michael (2001). "Tolkien and Beowulf –
Warriors of Middle-earth"...
- also have
placed ēse and ælfe in
contrast with
monstrous beings such as
eotenas and wyrmas,
although it is
unclear exactly how the
beings were conceived...
- Beowulf's
eotenas ond ylfe ond orcneas, "ogres and
elves and demon-corpses",
inspiring Tolkien to
create orcs and
other races...
-
different tribes, and
whereas the
Geats are
called gēatas, the
Jutes are
called ēotena (genitive) or ēotenum (dative).: 108 Moreover, the Old
English poem Widsith...
- myth". He
notes that Cain is
presented as the
ancestor of
beings such as
eotenas and ylfe,
which he
equates with
their Old
Norse cognates of jötnar and...
-
traditions about elves. The Old
English Beowulf-poet
spoke of the
strange eotenas ond ylfe ond orcnéas, "ettens [giants] and
elves and demon-corpses", a...
- – an
amalgam of Cimbri, Teutons,
Gutones and
Charudes called Eudoses,
Eotenas,
Iutae or
Euthiones in
other sources - and
recorded by Bede in his Ecclesiastical...
