The jötnar are frequently attested throughout the Old Norse record, with eotenas also featuring in the Old English epic poem Beowulf. The jötnar typically dwell across boundaries from the gods and humans in lands such as Jötunheimr. The entities themselves are referred to by several other terms, including risi, þurs (or thurs) and troll if male and gýgr or tröllkona if female. In Norse mythology, they are often contrasted with gods ( Æsir and Vanir) and other non-human figures, such as dwarfs and elves, although the groupings are not always mutually exclusive. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.10th-century picture stone from the Hunnestad Monument that is believed to depict a gýgr riding on a wolf with vipers as reins, which has been proposed to be Hyrrokkin.Ī jötunn (also jotun in the normalised scholarly spelling of Old Norse, jǫtunn / ˈ j ɔː t ʊ n/ Old Norse pronunciation: plural jötnar/ jǫtnar ) or, in Old English, eoten (plural eotenas) is a type of supernatural being in Germanic mythology. This helps us and our partners to display personalised and relevant advertising based on your behaviour when visiting our website and other websites. Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across the websites and may be set by us or our advertising partners. If you disallow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and we will not be able to monitor site performance.
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