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A jötunn or jotun, or archaic ettin in English, also translated as giant, is a type of being in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, jötnar are often contrasted with gods and with other non-human f
DR284 from the Hunnestad Monument, which has been interpreted as depicting the gýgr Hyrrokkin riding on a wolf with a snake as reins
"The giant that slept for 5,000 years", by John Bauer (1882–1918). Nordic folklore often intermix jötnar and trolls, and descendant forms also merged with "giant", thus, Bauer depicted his jötun as a giant troll.
Stora Hammars III, an image stone from Gotland thought to show Odin as a bearded eagle, Gunnlöð holding the mead of poetry, and Suttungr
The Yetnasteen, a standing stone in Rousay in Orkney, held in local folklore to be a giant or jötunn that has been turned to stone
Grendel
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Grendel is a character in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf. He is one of the poem's three antagonists, all aligned in opposition against the protagonist Beowulf. He is referred to as both an eoten an
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…Gerðr, a daughter of Gymir and wife of Freyr. Usually regarded as an earth-goddess. Grendel, an eoten who, along with his mother, ravages the hall of Heorot before being killed by Beowulf. Fárbauti, the jötunn father of Loki with Laufey…
An illustration of Grendel by J. R. Skelton from the 1908 Stories of Beowulf. Grendel is described as "very terrible to look upon."
Beowulf Cotton MS Vitellius A XV f. 132r