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Old 2011-09-16, 09:12   Link #52
haegar
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Originally Posted by yuzen003 View Post
The talking giant said Ymir's people and Ymir sama, in Norse Mythology Ymir was the founder of a race of giants and was killed by the Odin and his brothers so it's plausible the author is drawing from Norse mythology for his giant mythos. If the talking giant wasn't just a person driven insane from being turned into a titan the name Ymir has significance I suspect.
interesting. if there is an analogy, wonder if there is two factions among the big guys, the descendants of ymir and maybe the descendants of his killer? too early to speculate but intersting background nontheless...
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