Search/Recent Changes
DBTropes
...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

The Frost-Giant's Daughter

 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
type
TVTItem
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
label
The Frost-Giant's Daughter
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
page
TheFrostGiantsDaughter
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
comment
"The Frost-Giant's Daughter" (a.k.a. "Gods of the North") is a Conan the Barbarian story written by Robert E. Howard.It features a younger Conan than in any other story; while he has left Cimmeria, he is still in the Grim Up North. After a battle in which he is the sole survivor, a mysterious, lightly clad woman appears and lures him over the snows until she reaches two giants, her brothers, whom she calls on to kill him. Conan kills them and goes after the woman, who escapes leaving her only garment in Conan's hand and calls on her father Ymir, who whisks her away. Other friends of Conan track him down, wondering why he left the battlefield, and at first disbelieve his story; but one of them had actually seen the woman, and he still has her garment.Written in 1932, but not published. A version modified by Howard appeared in March 1934. A version modified by L. Sprague de Camp appeared in 1953. The original version was first published in 1976.Marvel Comics adapted one version of the story into their first issue of the Savage Tales of Conan the Barbarian in August 1973. Darkhorse Comics adapted one version of the story into their second issue of the ongoing Conan comic series in March 2004.
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
fetched
2024-01-26T20:31:27Z
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
parsed
2024-01-26T20:31:27Z
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
isPartOf
DBTropes
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_1c571556
type
The Tease
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_1c571556
comment
The Tease: Atali doesn't seem interested in having sex with her targets and prefers to toy with the dying, leading them off to be killed by her brothers, who then offer up the hearts of these warriors as a sacrifice.
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_1c571556
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_1c571556
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
hasFeature
The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_1c571556
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_287694ed
type
Disability Immunity
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_287694ed
comment
Disability Immunity: Grom had seen Atali, who comes to those in battle who are about to die with the severity of their wounds, but he survived because his injuries prevented him from following her.
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_287694ed
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_287694ed
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
hasFeature
The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_287694ed
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_39441318
type
Horny Vikings
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_39441318
comment
Horny Vikings: The Aesir and Vanir. Conan is this as well, being a sort of naturalized Aesir; given that he basically adopts their ways and manners, swearing by their gods and desiring their afterlife. Atali calls him out on it.
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_39441318
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_39441318
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
hasFeature
The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_39441318
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_3d699462
type
Curb-Stomp Battle
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_3d699462
comment
Curb-Stomp Battle: Conan murders Atali's brothers with little effort, given their scheme is too have half dead soldier incensed with lust and tired from chasing Atali they likely weren't expecting any resistance.
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_3d699462
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_3d699462
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
hasFeature
The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_3d699462
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_4f4372e9
type
Early-Installment Weirdness
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_4f4372e9
comment
Early-Installment Weirdness: Conan is depicted in later stories to be just as smart as he is strong. Here he's little more than a brute.
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_4f4372e9
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_4f4372e9
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
hasFeature
The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_4f4372e9
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_67b0bd0e
type
An Ice Person
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_67b0bd0e
comment
An Ice Person: As ice gods, Atali and her family.
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_67b0bd0e
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_67b0bd0e
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
hasFeature
The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_67b0bd0e
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_6860368a
type
Mook Horror Show
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_6860368a
comment
Mook Horror Show: Much prose is utilized to depict Atali's fear and frenzied attempts to flee from Conan's grasp.
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_6860368a
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_6860368a
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
hasFeature
The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_6860368a
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_70b840b6
type
Giving Them the Strip
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_70b840b6
comment
Giving Them the Strip: One of Conan's attempts to grab Atali sees him accomplish nothing but yanking off the scant garment she's wearing.
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_70b840b6
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_70b840b6
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
hasFeature
The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_70b840b6
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_7a9bc66
type
Fictional Colour
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_7a9bc66
comment
Fictional Colour: When Conan meets Atali, he sees that her eyes are filled with "...clouds of colors he could not define."
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_7a9bc66
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_7a9bc66
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
hasFeature
The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_7a9bc66
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_7ae40f90
type
Manly Facial Hair
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_7ae40f90
comment
Manly Facial Hair: Every Nordheimer has one. The redness of their hair is singled out in the narration at one point as a sign of their manliness.
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_7ae40f90
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_7ae40f90
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
hasFeature
The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_7ae40f90
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_9b53f32
type
Exposed to the Elements
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_9b53f32
comment
Exposed to the Elements: Atali wears nothing but a gossamer cloth, and is even barefoot in the snow. Justified in that she is the daughter of Ymir the Frost Giant.
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_9b53f32
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_9b53f32
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
hasFeature
The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_9b53f32
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_a60f7120
type
Physical God
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_a60f7120
comment
Physical God: Ymir, the titular Frost giant. Quite possibly Atali and her brothers as well, though it's hard to be sure, especially as they're very scarce instances of not being associated with black magic, necromancy, or an Eldritch Abomination in Howard's works.
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_a60f7120
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_a60f7120
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
hasFeature
The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_a60f7120
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_ac36578e
type
Or Was It a Dream?
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_ac36578e
comment
Or Was It a Dream?: At the end Conan wonders if it was, but the fact that he still holds a garment of unusual material and his allies are surprised to see him alive strongly suggests it wasn't.
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_ac36578e
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_ac36578e
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
hasFeature
The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_ac36578e
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_ad1db87c
type
Oh, Crap!
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_ad1db87c
comment
Oh, Crap!: The minute Atali sees that her trap failed.
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_ad1db87c
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_ad1db87c
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
hasFeature
The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_ad1db87c
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_bbb6c059
type
I Shall Taunt You
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_bbb6c059
comment
I Shall Taunt You: Atali mocks Conan endlessly. Until he kills her brothers, whereupon she flees him in terror.
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_bbb6c059
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_bbb6c059
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
hasFeature
The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_bbb6c059
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_ce6555f0
type
Lighter and Softer
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_ce6555f0
comment
Lighter and Softer: As the second story in the series and technically the first made of original material, it has a much more ethereal atmosphere and features beings who don't seem purely evil. It also lacks a conventional Big Bad.
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_ce6555f0
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_ce6555f0
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
hasFeature
The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_ce6555f0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_d151c83a
type
Call on Me
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_d151c83a
comment
Call on Me: Atali calls upon her father to spirit her away from Conan.
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_d151c83a
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_d151c83a
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
hasFeature
The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_d151c83a
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_dd963bd3
type
Our Giants Are Bigger
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_dd963bd3
comment
Our Giants Are Bigger: Atali's brothers are much larger than she, who seems roughly human-sized, at least as Conan sees her.
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_dd963bd3
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_dd963bd3
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
hasFeature
The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_dd963bd3
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_e83f211c
type
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_e83f211c
comment
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: See Attempted Rape above. Normally Conan adheres to a sort of rough chivalric code, and rape is beneath him. The insane murderous lust Atali works him up into—whether he's under a spell or not—demonstrates just how far out on the edge he is.
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_e83f211c
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_e83f211c
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
hasFeature
The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_e83f211c
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_f85354eb
type
Attempted Rape
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_f85354eb
comment
Attempted Rape: Conan's lust is overpowering, and it's one of the very, very few times where Conan is thinking of sex without the woman's consent. He grabs Atali, kissing her forcefully, and is clearly intending to do more. Though it should be noted that Atali is based on a Fey, a magical creature from European folklore that had the ability to literally drive men insane with lust. At the end, Conan even calls what had happened to him "madness", so it's indicated he was compelled by magic.
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_f85354eb
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_f85354eb
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
hasFeature
The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_f85354eb
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_name
type
ItemName
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_name
comment
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_name
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_name
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
hasFeature
The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_name
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter / int_name
itemName
The Frost-Giant's Daughter

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
hasFeature
American Literature (# to D) / int_f0db8676
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
hasFeature
Call on Me / int_f0db8676
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
hasFeature
Fantasy Keepsake / int_f0db8676
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
hasFeature
Our Giants Are Bigger / int_f0db8676
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
hasFeature
Sexy Scandinavian / int_f0db8676
 The Frost-Giant's Daughter
hasFeature
The Bait / int_f0db8676