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Jötunheimr (or Jotunheim) is the land of the giants in the Norse mythology. Two kinds of giants (or Jotuns) live in Jötunheimr, rock giants and frost giants. From here they can attack the humans in Midgard and the gods in Asgard. Jotunheim is ruled by King Thrym.


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  • Louis Huard - Giant Skrymir and Thor

    Giant Skrymir and Thor by Louis Huard.

  • Thrym's Wedding-feast

    Thrym's Wedding-feast by W.G. Collingwood

  • I am the giant Skrymir by Elmer Boyd Smith

    "I am the giant Skrymir" (1902) by Elmer Boyd Smith.

  • Idunn and the Apples of Youth

    Idunn and the Apples of Youth by George Percy Jacomb-Hood.

  • Odin am Brunnen der Weisheit

    Odin drinking the well's water while Mimir looks on (by Robert Engels (1866–1926) [de].

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