In real life todayNo, I don’t believe it’s in the real world, it is a fictional place and legend created for the story. Its makers own word combination so it does not mean anything particular in Finnish. I couldnt find anything special about the name itself, but I did find that the place/glacier could represent or is based off of the Snow Queens Palace(since Frozen is based off that story).Ok, just looked up Ahtohallen, and a Finnish person stated that 'ahto' might be a variation of 'ahti' which is a god of the depths, and it could refer to 'ahtojää' which is packed ice. a place somewhere in the forest since I’ve never heard anything about Elsa going out of the enchanted forest til the end where she’s completed her transformation kind of things. USEFUL RESOURCES: etymonline.com, wiktionary.org, oed.com (get access through your local library or institution), books.google.com/ngrams, trends.google.comPress J to jump to the feed. When Elsa arrives at Ahtohallan after following her mother’s voice, she finds not only her memories but her mother’s as well, linking them both to the frozen magic of the glacier.Elsa is shown a memory of her mother using air magic in the forest, and interacting with the elemental spirits. As "All Is Found" warns, those who go too de… « I told you Ahtohallan was a river Maren », she said gently. Ætt meaning ancestry, and hallen meaning hall.
Ahtohallan is an ancient river taking the form of a glacier that is said to hold all the answers to the past.
« Mom, Is Ahtohallan the sky ? It sounds very similar, only with their English twist.In Finnish newspaper called Kaleva they inteviewed makers of Frozen 2 and told name ahtohallan was taken from Finnish words. According to my Finnish-Northern Sámi dictionary "hállan" means "slope", and according to the Northern Sámi online dictionary In this case, it makes perfect sense for "hallan," to be a past-tense word, as the magic river/ glacier that is Ahtohallan "holds the answers to the past," so I think you've pretty much nailed it.The Ahtohallan are strongly based off of the Saami people of Northern Scandinavia, not only in name, language, and culture, but also in the main complication of the story. Digging a little deeper, into the real-life lore behind the movie itself, reveals far more. It acts as something of a visual archive. Looking forward to it :)It's strongly implied that the people who live in the Enchanted Forest (which is closer to Ahtohallan, so the name Ahtohallan probably comes from them) are based on the Sámi people of northern Fennoscandia, so Ahtohallan is probably based on the Sámi languages (which are distantly related to Finnish, but not to Norwegian).Bures :) Saami person here. Disney After Elsa decides to go find Ahtohallan alone, Anna and Olaf find themselves in a dark cave. "Ahtohallan" is a strangely specific name - contrast it with the other generic place names in the movie, like "the Enchanted Forest" or "the Dark Sea". It’s later revealed to the characters that this mythical river is real and it’s actually a glacier. The woman smiled at her daughter's question. Ahtohallan is located on the Dark Sea.
It’s later revealed to the characters that this mythical river is real and it’s actually a glacier. I can’t imagine the naming of this vital plot point was random, but I can’t find any clues to how it came together.I am Finnish and have studied Sámi languages.
Anna's cape is lost when they fall into the dark river, revealing her black-and-gold outfit underneath. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts Olaf and Anna inside the river cave in "Frozen 2." Is the Ahtohallan in the enchanted forest?
Discussion. Of course ahto means ice or packed ice and halla means frost for us, but together there is no meaning to finns.Also the giants were loaned from Finnish folklores.If they say “it turned out to be real” if it is real then where is it where is is located ? During Elsa and Anna's journey, they learned that their parents' ill-fated trip was one to Ahtohallan in an attempt to find answers about Elsa's powers. Ahtohallan features in Northuldra culture as part of a lullaby.. History.
spoiler. Frozen is set in a fictional Kingdom called Arendelle which is heavily based on Norway. And 'halla' means Frost.Edit: I should clarify, that I am not Finnish, and this is what I found from a quick google search, so there is a good chance its wrong.As a Norwegian, I actually thought it was supposed to mean "ættehallen".
However, traversing Ahtohallan's caverns can be extremely treacherous. It looks to me to be Sámi at least based on the structure of the word. At first it seems that it’s a made-up name. Frozen is set in a fictional Kingdom called Arendelle which is heavily based on Norway. We don’t actually have a myth about it and i hadn’t heard about it until the movie came about, Do you have any idea what the word could mean, or is it just bullshit?So I tried looking it up.
As "Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page.Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page.Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Disney, for their part, did an admirable job working with Saami experts and Saami native representatives to make sure that everything shown in the movie is Saami approved and represents them fairly. Ahtohallan is repeatedly referred to as a magical river said to hold the answers about the past.
What’s more, the movie is going to be dubbed in their native language and shown in Norway.They're showing it in Saami in Sweden as well!