theme for a fantasy campaign

[Hans Rancke-Madsen]

Originally Posted by Asta Kask

"Hulder" is something I more associate with nymphs - attractive women who sleep with young men and steal their sanity. "Thurs" is an ice troll, but "troll" and "jotun" are synonyms.

If jotuns are the same as the Danish 'jætter', denizens of Jotunheim (which seems likely), then "troll" and "jotun" are not synonyms. Jotuns are giants. Trolls are usually not very much bigger (though a lot stronger) than humans (and can be found in Midgard). I suppose some stories could have mixed them up, but some trolls live under bridges while jotuns have gloves big enough to be mistaken for caves. "Thurs" sounds like 'turser', which are ice giants.


Hans