Jötunheimr

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The Nine Worlds of Germanic Paganism
Álfheimr Asgard Jötunheimr Midgard Muspelheim Niðavellir Niflheim Svartálfaheim Vanaheimr
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Yggdrasil
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Norse cosmology

Jötunheimr (often anglicized Jotunheim) is the world of the giants (two types: rock (or hill giants) and frost (or rime giants)), collectively called Jotuns) in the Norse Mythology. From there they menace the humans in Midgard and the gods in Asgard (from whom they are separated by the river Iving).

Gastropnir, home of Menglad, and Þrymheimr, home of Þjazi, were both located in Jotunheim, which was ruled by King Thrym. Glæsisvellir was a location in Jotunheim, where lived the giant Gudmund, father of Höfund.

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• Jotunheimen, the name of a large mountain range in Norway. Its highest peak, Galdhøpiggen (2469 m) is the highest mountain in Scandinavia.

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• SIGURDI STEPHANII TERRARUM HYPERBOREARUM DELINEATIO ANNO 1570

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