# Looking for a name of a gigantic firebased mythological beast

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**Created:** [November 2, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-name-of-a-gigantic-firebased-mythological-beast/470760 "2008-11-02T20:51:28Z")\
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> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#):
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> Also, given that “eldjotun” means "fire giant, does anyone know the construction for ice or frost giant?

If I understand [this wiki article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6tunn) correctly, they’d be called _hrímþursar_, ‘rime-giants’.

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**Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-name-of-a-gigantic-firebased-mythological-beast/470760/42 "2008-11-03T16:37:05Z")

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Unless I’m very mistaken, “Haseraphim” is simply Hebrew for “The Seraphim.”

Other suggestions:

Prometheans.

Svarogs, from the Slavic fire god.

Azer (another roleplayer, here!).

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