Jotunn (Noun)
Meaning
(Norse mythology) one of a group of giants often in conflict with the Aesir.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The jotunn Ymir was the first being to exist in the Norse cosmos, born from the primordial void of Ginnungagap.
- According to myth, the Aesir gods ultimately fought and defeated the jotunn in the great war of Ragnarok.
- One of the most well-known jotunn of Norse mythology was the giant wolf Fenrir, who was destined to devour the sun during Ragnarok.
- Loki, the trickster god, was often at odds with the Aesir, and some scholars consider him to be a jotunn due to his parentage and mischievous nature.
- In the myth of Ragnarok, the fire jotunn Surtur marched across the Bifrost Bridge and into Asgard, where he faced the god Freyr in battle.