| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Hrosthjof [Horse-thief]" | Norse | A giant. Norse |
"Hrungner" | Norse | A giant; friend of Hymer. Thor fought with him and slew him. Norse |
| God name "Hymir or Hymer" | Norse | A giant with whom Thor went fishing when he caught the Midgard-serpent. His wife was the mother of Tyr. Tyr and Thor went to him to procure a kettle for ?ger in which to brew ale for the gods. . Norse |
"Ice Giants" | Discworld | Similar to the Jotuns of Norse mythology, the Ice Giants are apparently necessary for the Apocralypse. When this came close to occurring during the events of Sourcery, the Ice Giants, described as huge beings made of ice with tiny, coal-like eyes and riding tame glaciers, hurtled down towards the civilised world. They spoke with a pronounced Nordic accent. Discworld |
| God name "Ifing" | Norse | A river which divides the giants from the gods. Norse |
"Im" | Norse | A son of the giant Vafthrudner. Norse |
"Imd" | Norse | One of Heimdal's nine giant mothers. Norse |
"Invidia" | Greek | The personification of envy, is described as a daughter of the giant Pallas and Styx. Greek |
| Deity name "Issitoq" | Inuit | A deity that punishes those who break taboos. He usually takes the form of a giant flying eye. Inuit |
"Jarnsaxa Iron-chopper" | s | One of Heimdal's nine giant mothers. |
"Jarnvid Iron-wood" | Norse | A wood east of Midgard, peopled by giantesses called Jarnvids. This wood had iron leaves. Norse |
"Jarnvids" | Norse | The giantesses in the Iron-wood. Norse |
| God name "Jormungand" | Norse | The serpent, Jormungand was the middle child of Loki and the giantess, Angrboda. He had 2 siblings, Hel, and the wolf, Fenrir. Alarmed that Loki had fathered these children, Odin sent a group of gods to kidnap them. Once captured, Odin threw Jormungand into the ocean surrounding Midgard, where he lived from then on. The serpent grew so much that he encircled the whole world and bit his own tail. Norse |
"Jotun" | Norse | A giant. The giants were the earliest created beings and Thor frequently contends with them. Famous giants are: Ymer, Hymer, Hrungner, Orvandel, Gymer, Skrymer, Vafthrudner and Thjåśśe. Norse |
"Jotunheim" | Norse | Jotunheimer. The Utgaard; the home of the giants in the outermost parts of the earth. Norse |
"Junner" | Scandinavian | A giant in Scandinavian mythology, said in the Edda to represent the "eternal principle." Its skull forms the heavens; its eyes the Sun and moon; its shoulders the mountains; its bones the rocks, etc.; hence the poets call heaven "Junner's skull;" the Sun, "Junner's right eye;" the moon, "Junner's left eye;" the rivers, "the ichor of old Junner." |
| Demon name "Kabrakan" | Mayan | A giant demon that causes earthquakes and makes mountains disappear Mayan |
| Hero name "Kalevanpoika (son/ man of Kaleva)" | Finland | A giant hero who can cut down Forests and mow down huge meadows, identical with Estonian national epic hero Kalevipoeg. |
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