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spelling of Old Norse, jǫtunn /ˈjɔːtʊn/; or, in Old English,
eoten -
plural eotenas) is a type of
supernatural being in
Germanic mythology. In
Norse mythology...
- 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...
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developed into the Jutes. The
Jutes have also been
identified with the
Eotenas (
ēotenas)
involved in the
Frisian conflict with the
Danes as
described in the...
- 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...
- 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...
-
Introduction by Alan Bliss. Tolkien: Finn and Hengest, the
discussion of
Eotena, p****im. Kennedy,
Michael (2001). "Tolkien and Beowulf –
Warriors of Middle-earth"...
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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...
-
construing the term
eotenas that has been
thought to
designate the Jutes. Historically,
scholarship has
favored the ****umption that MS
eotena and
eotenum refer...
