Editing Giant (section)

===Norse===
{{main| Jötunn}}
In [[Norse mythology]], the {{lang|non|jötnar}} (cognate with {{langx|ang|eotenas}} and {{langx|en|[[wikt:ettin|ettin]]}}) are often opposed to the gods. While often translated as "giants", most are described as being roughly human-sized. Some are portrayed as huge, such as some frost giants (''hrímþursar''), fire giants (''eldjötnar''), and mountain giants (''bergrisar''). The {{lang|non|jötnar}} are the origin of most of various monsters in Norse mythology (e.g. the [[Fenrisulfr]]) and in the eventual battle of [[Ragnarök]], the giants will storm [[Asgard]] and fight the gods until the world is destroyed. Even so, the gods themselves were related to the {{lang|non|jötnar}} by many marriages and descent; there are also {{lang|non|jötnar}} such as [[Ægir]] who have good relationships with the gods and bear little difference in status to them. [[Odin]], often regarded as the chief god, is the great-grandson of the {{lang|non|jötunn}} [[Ymir]]. Norse mythology also holds that the entire world of men was created from the flesh of Ymir, a giant of cosmic proportions whose name is considered by some scholars to share a [[Root (linguistics)|root]] with [[Yama]] of Indo-Iranian mythology.

[[Troll]]s are beings that are sometimes very large. The name ''troll'' is applied to {{lang|non|jötnar}}.

An old [[Iceland]]ic legend says that two night-prowling giants, a man and a woman, were traversing the [[fjord]] near [[Drangey]] Island with their cow when they were surprised by the bright rays of daybreak. As a result of exposure to daylight, all three were turned into stone. Drangey represents the cow and Kerling (supposedly the female giant, the name means "old hag") is to the south of it. Karl (the male giant) was to the north of the island, but he disappeared long ago.

A ''bergrisi'' – the traditional protector of southwestern Iceland – appears as a [[supporter]] on the [[coat of arms of Iceland]].