The Frost-Giant's Daughter

"The Frost-Giant's Daughter"
Short story by Robert E. Howard
Original titleGods of the North
CountryUS
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Fantasy
Publication
Published inUS
Publication date1953
SeriesConan the Cimmerian

"The Frost-Giant's Daughter" is one of the original fantasy short stories about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard.

The story is set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and details Conan pursuing a spectral nymph across the frozen tundra of Nordheim. Rejected as a Conan story by Weird Tales magazine editor Farnsworth Wright, Howard changed the main character's name to "Amra of Akbitana" and retitled the piece as "The Gods of the North", in which it was published in the March 1934 issue of The Fantasy Fan. It was not published in its original form in Howard's lifetime.