https://www.monstropedia.org/index.php?title=Ettin&feed=atom&action=historyEttin - Revision history2024-03-28T23:34:20ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.37.2https://www.monstropedia.org/index.php?title=Ettin&diff=9491&oldid=prevAdmin: New page: '''Ettin''' is a three-headed giant in English fairy tales. ==Eymology== Ettin is related to the word Jotun from Norse mythology. ==Stories== In ''The Red Ettin'', an ettin of Irel...2007-08-08T09:06:35Z<p>New page: '''Ettin''' is a three-headed giant in English fairy tales. ==Eymology== Ettin is related to the word <a href="/index.php?title=Jotun" title="Jotun">Jotun</a> from Norse mythology. ==Stories== In ''The Red Ettin'', an ettin of Irel...</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Ettin''' is a three-headed giant in English fairy tales. <br />
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==Eymology==<br />
Ettin is related to the word [[Jotun]] from Norse mythology. <br />
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==Stories==<br />
In ''The Red Ettin'', an ettin of Ireland steals the daughter of King Malcolm, king of Scotland.<br />
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==Art/fiction==<br />
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* [[Tolkien]] most likely had this in mind when he described Bilbo's adventures in the wild Ettenmoors region (where he met three angry trolls) just north and west of Rivendell.<br />
* In [[wikipedia:C. S. Lewis]]'s ''[[wikipedia:The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]'' the Ettins are mentioned in passing as an evil species in league with the [[wikipedia:White Witch]].<br />
* In the fictional [[wikipedia:Stargate]] universe, the people of the [[Asgard]]-protected planet Cimmeria refer to the [[wikipedia:Goa'uld]] as 'ettins'.<br />
* The [[wikipedia:Ettin (Dungeons & Dragons)|ettin]] from the [[wikipedia:Dungeons & Dragons]] role-playing game is a two-headed giant.<br />
* The name of a two-headed [[ogre]]-like creature in [[wikipedia:HeXen]], [[wikipedia:Stonekeep]] and the [[wikipedia:Ultima]] games. Also in the role-playing game [[wikipedia:Fate (role-playing game)|Fate]].<br />
* A [[wikipedia:Ettin (Creatures)|species]] in the game [[wikipedia:Creatures]].<br />
* Large, muscular creatures in [[wikipedia:Guild Wars]]. They are about one and a half times as big as a human, and carry around large clubs as weapons. They are notoriously deformed, hunched and have a distorted face.<br />
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