In Old Norse, they were called jötnar (sing. The mountain range of southern Norway is likewise called in Norwegian Jotunheimen or the Jotunheim Mountains. In later Scandinavian folklore, the nature spirit called Troll (deriving from the term for 'magic') takes over many of the functions of the more ancient concept of Jötunn. In some legends and myths they are described as having the same height as humans.

Other place names are also associated with them, including Niflheimr, Útgarðr and Járnviðr. Their otherworldly homeland is Jǫtunheimr, one of the nine realms of Norse cosmology, separated from Miðgarðr, the world of humans, by high mountains or dense forests.

For other uses, see Thurisaz (disambiguation).Ī Jǫtunn (Old Norse: ), sometimes anglicised as Jotunn (pronounced yōtən ), plural: jötnar/ jǫtnar, Jotnar, or Jotuns is a creature in Norse mythology, a member of a tribe of nature spirits with superhuman strength and abilities, described as standing in opposition to the tribes of Æsir and Vanir, although they frequently mingled with or were even married to these.

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