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#Giants & Jotnar of Norse Myth

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Gunnlod

Gunnlod

The myth of Gunnlod: the giantess who guarded the Mead of Poetry deep within a mountain, daughter of Suttungr, won over by the disguised Odin who stayed

Norse & Germanic · 31 July 2026

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Farbauti

Farbauti

The myth of Farbauti: the Norse giant who fathered Loki, his name meaning "cruel-striker" and interpreted by many as the lightning that strikes the leafy

Norse & Germanic · 31 July 2026

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Laufey

Laufey

The myth of Laufey (Nál): the mother of Loki in Norse myth, her name meaning "leafy" and interpreted as the dry foliage kindled into flame by her

Norse & Germanic · 31 July 2026

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Grid

Grid

The myth of Grid: a benevolent Norse giantess, mother by Odin of the avenger Vidar, and the friend who armed Thor with her staff, belt of strength and

Norse & Germanic · 31 July 2026

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Hyrrokkin

Hyrrokkin

The myth of Hyrrokkin: a mighty Norse giantess of tremendous strength summoned by the gods to launch Baldr's enormous funeral ship when they could not

Norse & Germanic · 31 July 2026

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Vafthrudnir

Vafthrudnir

The myth of Vafthrudnir: the wisest of all Norse giants, an ancient jötunn of immense cosmic knowledge who engaged the disguised Odin in a deadly

Norse & Germanic · 31 July 2026

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Hraesvelgr

Hraesvelgr

The myth of Hraesvelgr: the Norse giant who sits at the northern edge of the sky in the form of a colossal eagle, the "corpse-swallower" whose beating

Norse & Germanic · 31 July 2026

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Hrungnir

Hrungnir

The myth of Hrungnir: the strongest of the Norse giants, a stone-hearted jötunn who raced Odin into Asgard and died in a famous duel with Thor, his

Norse & Germanic · 30 July 2026

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Thiazi

Thiazi

The myth of Thiazi: the powerful Norse giant who took eagle form and, through Loki's treachery, abducted the goddess Idun and her apples of immortality,

Norse & Germanic · 30 July 2026

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Hymir

Hymir

The myth of Hymir: the Norse sea-giant who owned an enormous brewing-cauldron the gods needed, and the unwilling companion of Thor on the famous fishing

Norse & Germanic · 30 July 2026

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Geirrod

Geirrod

The myth of Geirrod: a cruel and treacherous Norse giant who lured Thor into his hall without hammer or belt and tried to kill him. Armed by the helpful

Norse & Germanic · 30 July 2026

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Suttungr

Suttungr

The myth of Suttungr: the Norse giant who guarded the Mead of Poetry, the drink granting verse and wisdom, hidden in a mountain under his daughter

Norse & Germanic · 30 July 2026

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Angrboda

Angrboda

The myth of Angrboda: the fearsome Norse giantess who with Loki mothered the three monsters fated to doom the gods — the wolf Fenrir, the world-serpent

Norse & Germanic · 30 July 2026

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Gerd

Gerd

The myth of Gerd: a giantess of dazzling beauty whose radiance lit the sky and sea, the reluctant bride won for the god Frey, whose lovesick courtship

Norse & Germanic · 30 July 2026

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Ymir

Ymir

The myth of Ymir: the primordial frost-giant of Norse myth, the first living being born of fire and ice and ancestor of all giants, slain by Odin and his

Norse & Germanic · 29 July 2026

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Surtr

Surtr

The myth of Surtr: the great fire-giant of Norse myth, primordial lord of Muspelheim who guards the fiery south with a flaming sword brighter than the

Norse & Germanic · 29 July 2026

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Buri

Buri

The myth of Buri: the first of the Norse gods and ancestor of the Aesir, licked free of the salty primordial ice over three days by the great cow

Norse & Germanic · 29 July 2026

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Bor

Bor

The myth of Bor: a primordial Norse god, son of the first god Buri and husband of the giantess Bestla, father of Odin, Vili and Ve, the brothers who slew

Norse & Germanic · 29 July 2026

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Bestla

Bestla

The myth of Bestla: a primordial giantess of Norse myth, daughter of the giant Bölþorn, wife of the god Bor and mother of Odin, Vili and Ve — the giant

Norse & Germanic · 29 July 2026

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