Jotunhiem

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Jotunhiem was in norse myth, the home of the trolls, also known as Jotuns and Frost Giants. The Jotuns loved icy mountains, deep forests, and dark caves, light was deadly. Jotunhiem was supposed to be filled with these, and every animal in it was larger than those in middle earth, the land of the mortals, to be found on Yggdrasil, the life tree. Ogres, goblins, orcs, and other creatures were said to live there.

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