Jötunn Essays

An archetype is an image, a descriptive detail, a plot pattern, or a type of character that occurs multiple times in myth, literature, religion, or folk lore. Archetypes often provoke emotion in the reader as they awaken an image, calling illogical responses into play. Many novels, legends, and myth are made up of archetypes which causes similarities in the plots of many novels. For example, the Helper God, the golden place, seasons and metamorphosis are archetypes that make up modern literature

Vikings worshipped more than one god or goddess. The most popular of them today, and considered the most powerful then, are Odin, Thor, Freyr, Loki. Of course, there are many more. The gods together are called the Æsir; their main enemies are giants Jötunns. They have been at war since the dawn of