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	Giants
		Thrym ("crash") was the ruler of the giants in Jötunheim (Jotunheim).
		Hrungnir was a giant from Griotunagardar, frontier of Giantland.
		Suttung ("sup-heavy") was the son of the giant Gilling.
	www.timelessmyths.com /norse/giants.html (2820 words)

	Norse
		The frost giants and ogres are all descended from Bergelmir.
		In Norse mythology, Jotunheim is the abode of the giants.
		In Norse mythology, Sleipnir was the swift horse ridden by Odin.
	www.angelfire.com /me4/brimstoneonline00/norse1.htm (14335 words)

	Giants
		Giants often seem to be cruel and evil, although they may be merely clumsy or stupid.
		The word giant comes from the Greek Gigantes (meaning earthborn), a race of huge creatures who were the offspring of Gaia, the earth, and Uranus, the heavens.
		Though the gods were not always good and the giants were not always bad, the struggle between the two groups constitutes one of the underlying themes of Norse mythology and often symbolizes the struggle of good against evil.
	www.mythencyclopedia.com /Fi-Go/Giants.html (1242 words)

	Giants
		Gerdhr too is called a daughter of the giant Gymir, and her beauty is highly extolled, but there is nothing in the myth of her union with Freyr that suggests the water demon; on the contrary, it is rather reminiscent of the earth in springtime.
		Norse literature has provided them with a systematic genealogy: they are descended from Fornjotr (the ancient giant), whose three sons, Hler, logi, and Kari, represent respectively water, fire, and wind, trilogy, accordingly, that is parallel to that found in the world of the gods.
		Giants are furthermore made to do duty as watchmen at the gates of castles or as guardians of treasures, at times in the shape of dragons.
	www.woden.org /giants.html (2742 words)

	NORSE MYTHOLOGY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Ginnungagap consisted of Niflhem in the North, an area of dark and freezing fog, and Muspell in the South, a region of fire and flame.
		The reason for this animosity was the god's fear that the giants were envious of the power of the deities and were always trying to diminish it, though, curiously enough, there was a lot of interracial fraternization between the two.
		Regardless, there was a continuous conflict between the giants and their children on one side and the various gods on the other.
	www.angelfire.com /stars2/LisasPlanet/norsepages/norse.html (837 words)

	Norse Myths
		Of the nine worlds in Norse mythology, Asgard is on the highest level, with Alfheim to the east and Vanaheim to the West.
		She was the wife of the Giant Gymir and was a spy bent on causing all the trouble she could.
		Thorr, champion of the Gods against all Giants because of his size and strength, was Odhinn's son by the Giantess Jord.
	www.norse-man.net /Norse/Myths.htm (4588 words)

	Giant
		The giants in mythology are primordial creatures of enormous size, the personifications of the forces of nature.
		When a giant was slain by a mighty god, the god would create heaven and earth from the giants body (see: Ymir and Tiamat).
		In Genesis it is said that "in those days there were giants in the earth" and of course there is the story of David and Goliath, although the latter can hardly be considered a giant, being only 3 meters (9,8 ft), when compared to the giants in mythology and folklore.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/g/giant.html (244 words)

	Giants in Teutonic Religion
		In the surviving Old Norse literature, “jötunn” is used both as a term for a specific type of giant and as a generic label for the whole species (Motz, 1987).
		As is the case with the Norse, the English giants are not all hostile.
		Giants are separated from deities mainly by the giants’ lack of highly-developed consciousness and self-control.
	pages.prodigy.net /gary_s/giants.htm (6551 words)

	List of Norse gods Summary
		Giants are natural spirits and among the original inhabitants of the world.
		Giants are aligned with the natural when it is contrasted with the cultural, but this shows the natural to be unnatural and monstrous; superior to it is the cultural, which is of course associated with the Æsir.
		It has also been argued that the giants continually try to steal the goddesses and symbols of order such as the sun and moon not because they are essentially disorderly, but because they have no opportunity for reciprocal exchange with the gods.
	www.bookrags.com /List_of_Norse_gods (961 words)

	ipedia.com: Norse mythology Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Today, the mythology is a source of inspiration in literature (see Norse mythological influences on later literature), and as a system of belief it has been revived as the Ásatrú or Odinism.
		Sol was the goddess of the sun, a daughter of Mundilfari, and wife of Glen.
		Norse mythology also influenced Richard Wagner's use of literary themes from it to compose the four operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung).
	www.ipedia.com /norse_mythology_1.html (3777 words)

	RuneNews.com - Rune Mythology
		The Norse giants and gods are in constant strife, so much so that in the end times their struggles will cause a three-year winter that will kill all of mankind except for one man and one woman, who will hide in the World Tree, Yggdrasil.
		The Norse magical tradition is tied to the familiar magical elements: earth, air, fire, and water.
		Norse magic calls upon the essence or spirit of the gods, the dwarves, and the elves, a well as ancestors.
	www.runenews.com /mythology.php (1087 words)

	Norse Myths
		The warmth made him sweat and from this perspiration was born Thrudgelmir, an ugly six-headed giant who was the grandfather of the frost giants, the sworn enemies of the Æsir.
		Bergelmir and his wife, the two giants who survived the flood by piloting a ship on the ocean of blood,finally settled in a land far south,Jotunheim, the land of the giants.
		Although they could be friendly, giants were feared for their size, their warlike characters, and their destructive powers-erupting like volcanoes, causing storms at sea, and making the earth shake.
	members.tripod.com /~izzalabell/norsemyths.html (11324 words)

	Encyclopedia of Norse Mythology
		By some accounts she was also the wife of the giant Gymir and mother of Gerda.
		Freya was exceedingly beautiful and many fell in love with her, including giants (see Theft of Thor's Hammer, Asgard's Wall and the Giant Builder, Thor's Duel with Hrungnir), dwarfs (see Freya and the Golden Necklace) and men (see Freya, Ottar and the Giantess Hyndla).
		The tree survives the torment of Nithog nibbling at its roots and of stags and goats tearing leaves and bark from the tree.
	todd.reimer.com /norse/myth.html (5818 words)

	Giant (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An example of another folklore giant is Rübezahl, a kind giant in German folklore who lived in the Giant Mountains (nowadays on the Czech-Polish border).
		Giants area staple in fantasy, and also appear in other genres.
		In the Spiderwick Chronicles, giants are incredibly large beings ancestral to ogres who spend most of their adult lives in hibernation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Giant_(mythology) (1584 words)

	Monsters
		Audumla (Audhumla) was born from rime at Ginnungagap.
		The primeval giant Ymir (Aurgelmir) lived on the milk that flow from the cow's teats.
		Her sons were all giants, but born in the wolf forms.
	www.timelessmyths.com /norse/monsters.html (1120 words)

	The Norse Pantheon: Giants
		Thrym: The giant that stole Thor's hammer in exchange for Freyja's hand in marriage.
		Gerd was the daughter of the king of the Rime giants.
		Sutting: The giant who got the mead of poetry from the dwarves who made it.
	library.thinkquest.org /C0118142/norsepan/giants.php (141 words)

	Jotun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first living being formed in the primeval chaos known as Ginnungagap was a giant of monumental size, called Ymir.
		Heimdall perpetually watches the Bifröst bridge from Ásgard to Jötunheimr, and Thor often ventures into the world of the giants to slay as many of their kind as he is able.
		As a collective, giants are often attributed a hideous appearance – claws, fangs, and deformed features, apart from a generally hideous size.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jotun (1420 words)

	Norse Mythology - Ancinet-Mythology.com
		The Norse people considered two major classes of gods: the Æsir and the Vanir, as well as several other mythical beings, including giants.
		Norse Mythology centers largely around the approaching catastrophic doom of the gods, Ragnarok.
		Norse Mythology is somewhat unique in this respect — the gods' ultimate destiny on the battlefield is a tribute to the warrior's pride of the Vikings.
	www.ancient-mythology.com /norse (128 words)

	The Norse Wheel of the Year - ADF Neopagan Druidism
		We know from the Eddas that the Norse believed that the realms could be reached by travelling in certain directions.
		The giants are known both for their strength and their fecundity, and furthermore, in the mythology, the next step after the ice at the beginning was the creation of the frost giant.
		In conclusion, while this wheel is our own attempt to make sense of the Norse cycle, it has the advantages of both working with what little evidence we do have and of fitting ADF's premise that the different I-E cultures have enough in common to allow us to work together.
	www.adf.org /articles/cosmology/norsewy.html (1476 words)

	Rambles: Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, Norse Gods & Giants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		So I was thrilled to get another collection of myths, one with vibrant, inspired illustrations, one that made its heroes intimate, living beings and used the simplified language of children's books to give urgency and drama to the old stories.
		Unlike the majority of such books, Norse Gods takes the time to sketch, if only in passing, the people who gave life to the tales and the importance of their religion in their time.
		Norse Gods & Giants is by necessity a simplified book; diehard Asatru and academics looking for obscure lore from the Norse religions will probably not find what they seek here.
	www.rambles.net /daulaire_norse67.html (610 words)

	Starry Eyed
		From mythology, giants are a tall family that lived on earth long before mankind.
		One story tells that an enormous giant took a handful of soil, and from that hole the big Lake Vänern was made (Vänern is one of the largest lakes in Europe).
		Giants aren't nice all the time, but they sometimes offer their help.
	www.fortunecity.com /skyscraper/temple/1451/stareye/page8.htm (377 words)

	Mythological Groups (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Elves of Norse mythology are frequently confused with the Dwarves.
		The Giants of Norse mythology were seen as beings resembling men, only much, much bigger.
		The giants lived in the icy lands known as Jotunheim.
	www.musesrealm.net /norse/groups.html (478 words)

	The Nine Worlds: a Mini-Gazetteer
		But the Norse worlds are definitely seen as places, even if some of them are spiritual--and there is no defined goal of reaching a given world, no sense that one is inherently better than the rest.
		Fire giants are one of the races specifically mentioned as leading an army against the gods at Ragnarok.
		Its inhabitants are never described in the lore: logic would seem to place the frost giants here, but they are usually associated with a different world (Jotunheim--q.v.) Some Norse texts also blur the distinction between Niflheim and Hel (q.v.): both are described as cold dark places, reached by journeying "down and north" from Midgard.
	www.geocities.com /ingwibergo/9worlds.html (1556 words)

	Amazon.com: D'Aulaire's Norse Gods & Giants: Books: Ingri D'Aulaire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Ancient myths, populated by gods and giants, were invented by the imaginative Norsemen centuries ago.
		It is fascinating still to read of the explanations this culture offered for the harsh forces of nature in their worldly experience.
		The worldview of the ancient Norse is presented in this book so clearly and so accesibly, it is a wonder and a treasure to read.
	www.amazon.com /DAulaires-Norse-Giants-Ingri-DAulaire/dp/0385236921 (2165 words)

	Giantess folklore - ancient and modern myth
		Ran was a Norse giantess of the sea capable of holding seafaring ships in one hand.
		Skade - the giantess bride of Njord (god of the sea) and different from the race of the early Norse giants.
		She was the only daughter of Tjasse and was exceedingly beautiful and tall (she could hold a boatload of men in her hand).
	members.tripod.com /stephanieevans/notes3a.html (866 words)

	Norse Mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The runes are inextricably bound to Norse mythology.
		The Norse deities are divided into two major groups, the
		Heroic Tales From the Norse the Norse by Catherine Pyle
	www.sunnyway.com /runes/mythology.html (1080 words)

	Norse Mythology - Naming Schemes
		This is the Genealogy of the Main Norse Gods.
		Aesir - The primary race of the norse gods.
		Mjollnir - a norse giant father of Sol and Mani (sun and moon)
	namingschemes.com /Norse_Myth (420 words)

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