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Gerd
Gerd was a giantess who became wife of the Vanir Freyr . Gerd was the daughter of the mountain giant Gymir and Aurboda. Gerd may have had an unname...
By Jimmy Joe
Grid
Frost-giantess. Grid ("peace") was the friendly giantess who warned Thor of Geirrod's treachery. Thor was going to the home of Geirrod unarmed, sin...
By Jimmy Joe
Skadi
A frost-giantess. Skadi was the beautiful daughter of the giant Thiassi (Thiazi), from the mountain of Thryheim. Skadi was about to go to war again...
By Jimmy Joe
Angerboda
Frost giantess. Through Loki, she was the mother of Hel the goddess of the dead, the Midgard Serpent (Jörmungand), and Fenrir the giant wolf.
By Jimmy Joe
Bestla
Giantess. Bestla ("wife" or "bark") was the daughter of the frost giant Bolthor. Bestla became the wife of the primeval god named Bor , the son of ...
By Jimmy Joe
Aspilian
The giant living in the forest and mountains from Lungbardi (Lombardy), who appeared in Thidrekssaga (c. 1200). Aspilian ravaged some of the farmla...
By Jimmy Joe
Hræsvelg
According to Snorri, Hræsvelg was a giant who lived at the northernmost end of heaven. When Gangleri, an alias used by Gylfi, king of Sweden, quest...
By Jimmy Joe
Hrym
In the Norse myth of Ragnarok, Hrym was the giant who captained and piloted the ship, Naglfar. Naglfar was made of the untrimmed nails of the dead....
By Jimmy Joe
Suttung
A frost giant. Suttung ("sup-heavy") was the son of the giant Gilling. When two dwarfs named Fjalar and Galar killed his parents, Suttung threatene...
By Jimmy Joe
Thiassi
A frost-giant. Thiassi was the eldest son of Olvaldi or Allvaldi, and the brother of Idi and Gang. His father was very rich and lived in Thrymheim....
By Jimmy Joe
Geirrod
A frost giant. Geirrod ("spear-rider") was the father of two giantess – Gialp ("yelper") and Greip ("gripper"). Geirrod and his two daughters tried...
By Jimmy Joe
Hymir
Frost-giant. In some traditions, Hymir was the father of the war-god Tyr , like in the Hymiskvida , a poem found Poetic Edda . The usual tradition ...