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 Buri. She was the mother of the three Aesir gods: Odin, Vili and Ve.
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Primeval god. Bor was the son of the giant Buri. Bor was probably more of a primeval god than a giant. Bor married a frost-giantess named Bestla and became the father of the three Aesir gods: Odin, Vili (Hoenir) and Ve.
Frost giantess. Through Loki, she was the mother of Hel the goddess of the dead, the Midgard Serpent (Jörmungand), and Fenrir the giant wolf.
The ancestor of the gods. Buri was created from a stone or ice that the giant primeval cow, Audumla, licked into shape. Buri was the father of Bor and the grandfather of the three original Aesir gods: Odin, Vili and Ve. There are some uncertaintie...
Goddess of the earth. Jörd (Jord or Iord) was a personification of Earth. Jörd was also called Fjörgyn (Fjorgyn), Hlódyn (Hlodyn) or Erda. Jörd was identified with the Germanic earth goddess Hertha, also known as Nerthus. Jörd was the daughter of ...
The first primeval giant was generally known as Ymir. The frost-giants called him Aurgelmir. Ymir was the first creature created in the universe. Ymir was the father of the race of frost-giants. The frost-giants were born from the sweat of his arm...
Bergelmer (Bergelmir) was the son of Thrudgelmir and the grandson of Ymir (Aurgelmir). When the gods killed Ymir, his blood flooded the world, drowning all the frost giants except for Bergelmer and his wife. Surviving the flood, Bergelmer became t...
The Giants were the chief enemies of the gods, particularly the Aesir. In the Norse world, a giant was called Jotun or Iotun. There were several different types of giants. The frost-giants were the most common giants; they lived in Jotunheim, one ...
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 unnamed brother who was killed. Freyr fell in love with Gerd when he sat on Hlidskialf, Odin's throne in th...
Frost-giantess. Grid ("peace") was the friendly giantess who warned Thor of Geirrod's treachery. Thor was going to the home of Geirrod unarmed, since Loki had persuaded Thor to leave Mjollnir at home. Grid gave Thor her magic staff (Grídarvöl), as...
Giantess. Jarnsaxa or Iarnsaxa was the mother of Magni and Modi, by the Aesir Thor. Not much is known about Jarnsaxa, except that she was Sif's rival for Thor's love. All references to Jarnsaxa have to do with either Thor being her lover or Magni ...