Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Special pages
Niidae Wiki
Search
Search
Appearance
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Create account
Log in
Pages for logged out editors
learn more
Contributions
Talk
Editing
Jötunn
(section)
Page
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
== Bibliography == === Primary === * {{cite book |last1=Bellows |first1=Henry Adam |title=The poetic Edda |date=2018 |publisher=Digireads.com Publishing |isbn=978-1420957051}} * {{cite book |last1=Dodds |first1=Jeramy |title=The poetic Edda |date=2015 |publisher=Coach House Books |location=Toronto |isbn=978-1552452967}} * {{cite book |last1=Laing |first1=Samuel |title=Heimskringla |date=1961 |publisher=Dent |location=London |isbn=0460008471}} * {{cite book |last1=Lavender |first1=Philip |title=Illuga saga Gríðarfóstra = The saga of Illugi, Gríður's foster-son |publisher=Viking Society for Northern Research |date=2015 |location=London |isbn=9780903521918}} * {{cite book |last1=Leslie |first1=R.F. |title=Three Old English Elegies |url=https://archive.org/details/threeoldenglishe0000lesl/page/23 |url-access=registration |date=1961 |publisher=The University Press |location=Manchester |isbn=9780859891844 |edition=1 }} * {{cite book|ref={{SfnRef|Orchard tr.|2011}}|translator-last=Orchard |translator-first=Andy |translator-link=Andy Orchard |title=The Elder Edda: A Book of Viking Lore |location=London |publisher=Penguin Books |date=2011 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=piCTi0XQEccC |isbn=<!--0141943475, -->9780141393728}} * {{cite book |last1=Sturluson |first1=Snorri |translator-last=Brodeur|translator-first=Arthur Gilchrist|title=The Prose Edda |date=2018 |publisher=Franklin Classics Trade Press |isbn=9780344335013}} * {{cite book |last1=Thorpe |first1=Benjamin |title=The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson: Translated from the Original Old Norse Text Into English |date=2010 |publisher=Forgotten Books |isbn=978-1440066078}} * {{cite web |ref={{SfnRef|Beowulf}}| title=Beowulf on Steorarume [Beowulf in Cyberspace]: Bilingual Edition (OE text & translation) |url=https://heorot.dk/beo-intro-rede.html |website=heorot.dk |access-date=27 April 2022}} * {{cite web |ref={{SfnRef|Nafnaþulur (ON)}}|title=Nafnaþulur – heimskringla.no |url=http://heimskringla.no/wiki/Nafna%C3%BEulur |website=heimskringla.no |access-date=4 May 2022}} * {{Cite web |ref={{SfnRef|Wikisource, Rune poems}}|title=Rune poems |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Rune_poems |website=Wikisource |access-date=25 April 2022}} * {{cite web |ref={{SfnRef|The Ruin}}|title=The Ruin, Old English Poetry Project, Rutgers University |url=https://oldenglishpoetry.camden.rutgers.edu/the-ruin/ |website=oldenglishpoetry.camden.rutgers.edu |access-date=14 May 2022}} === Secondary === * {{cite book |last1=Ásdísardóttir |first1=Ingunn |title=Jǫtnar in War and Peace: the Jǫtnar in Old Norse mythology: their nature and function |date=2018 |publisher=University of Iceland, School of Social Sciences |oclc=1113408226 |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1113408226}} * {{cite journal |last1=Brink |first1=Stefan |title=Mytologiska rum och eskatologiska föreställningar i det vikingatida Norden |journal=Ordning mot kaos: Studier av nordisk förkristen kosmologi |date=2004 |pages=S. 291–316: ill |isbn=9789189116634 |url=https://libris.kb.se/bib/9473335 |access-date=23 April 2022}} * {{cite journal |last1=Clarke |first1=Jake |title=Finding a place for old things: The role of pre-Norse features in constructing Norse conceptual landscapes in the Scottish Isles |journal = Lund University|url=https://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/search/publication/9036139 | date = 2020 | access-date=24 April 2022}} * {{cite journal |last1=Davidson |first1=Hilda R. Ellis |title=Scandinavian Folklore in Britain |journal=Journal of the Folklore Institute |date=1970 |volume=7 |issue=2/3 |pages=177–186 |doi=10.2307/3813871 |jstor=3813871 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3813871 |access-date=5 May 2022 |issn=0015-5934}} * {{cite book |last1=Fox |first1=Michael |title=Following the formula in Beowulf, Örvar-Odds saga, and Tolkien |date=2020 |location=Cham |isbn=978-3030481360 |page=30}} * {{cite web |last1=Gunnell |first1=Terry |title=Grýla, Grýlur, "Grøleks" and Skeklers: Medieval Disguise Traditions in the North Atlantic? |url=https://notendur.hi.is/~terry/articles/TerryGunnell-2001_Gryla,Grylur,Groleks_and_Skeklers.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://notendur.hi.is/~terry/articles/TerryGunnell-2001_Gryla,Grylur,Groleks_and_Skeklers.pdf |archive-date=9 October 2022 |url-status=live |website=notendur.hi.is| date = 2001 |access-date=15 May 2022 | pages=32–54}} * {{cite web |last1=Gunnell |first1=Terry |title=Blótgyðjur, Goðar, Mimi, Incest, and Wagons: Oral Memories of the of the Religion(s) of the Vanir |url=https://www.academia.edu/es/36066115/Bl%C3%B3tgy%C3%B0jur_Go%C3%B0ar_Mimi_Incest_and_Wagons_Oral_Memories_of_the |website=Old Norse Mythology—Comparative Perspectives. Ed. Pernille Hermann, Stephen A. Mitchell, and Jens Peter Schjødt, with Amber J. Rose. |access-date=5 May 2022 |date=2018}} * {{cite journal |last1=Heide |first1=Eldar |title=Contradictory cosmology in Old Norse myth and religion – but still a system? |journal=Maal og Minne |date=2014 |volume=106 |issue=1 |url=http://ojs.novus.no/index.php/MOM/article/view/226 |access-date=23 April 2022 |language=no |issn=1890-5455}} * {{cite journal |last1=Jakobsson |first1=Ármann |title="Where Do the Giants Live?". |journal=Arkiv för nordisk filologi |date=2006 |volume=121 |pages=101–112 |url=https://www.academia.edu/20555063 |access-date=6 May 2022}} * {{cite journal |last1=Jakobsson |first1=Ármann |title=The Trollish Acts of Þorgrímr the Witch: The Meanings of Troll and Ergi in Medieval Iceland |journal=Saga-Book |date=2008 |volume=32 |pages=39–68 |url=https://www.academia.edu/1348105}} * {{cite book |last1=Jakobsson |first1=Ármann |title=Identifying the Ogre, The Legendary Saga Giants |date=2009}} * {{cite journal |last1=Ljosland |first1=Ragnhild |title=Old Norse Cultural Influence in the Work of Christina M. Costie |journal=Journal of the North Atlantic |date=2013 |pages=177–188 |jstor=26686980 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26686980 |access-date=24 April 2022 |issn=1935-1984}} * {{Cite book|last=Lindow|first=John|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KlT7tv3eMSwC|title=Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs|date=2002|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-983969-8|language=en|author-link=John Lindow}} * {{cite journal |last1=Lummer |first1=Felix |title=Solitary Colossi and Not-So-Small Men |journal=Arv – Nordic Yearbook of Folklore |date=2021 |volume=77 |issue=1 |pages=57–85 |url=https://kgaa.bokorder.se/en-US/article/4499/arv-nordic-yearbook-of-folklore-vol-77-20 |access-date=6 May 2022}} * {{cite journal |last1=Maraschi |first1=Andrea |title=Taboo or Magic Practice? Cannibalism as Identity Marker for Giants and Human Heroes in Medieval Iceland |journal=Parergon |date=2020 |volume=37 |issue=1|pages=1–25 |doi=10.1353/pgn.2020.0056 |s2cid=226719907}} * {{cite book |last1=McKinnell |first1=John |title=Meeting the other in Norse myth and legend |date=2005 |publisher=D.S. Brewer |location=Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK |isbn=1843840421}} * {{cite journal |last1=Monikander |first1=Anne |title=Borderland-stalkers and Stalking-horses Horse Sacrifice as Liminal Activity in the Early Iron Age |journal=Current Swedish Archaeology |date=28 December 2006 |volume=14 |pages=143–158 |doi=10.37718/CSA.2006.07 |url=https://publicera.kb.se/csa/article/view/712/679 |language=en |issn=2002-3901|doi-access=free }} * {{cite journal |last1=Motz |first1=Lotte |title=Giants in Folklore and Mythology: A New Approach |journal=Folklore |date=1982 |volume=93 |issue=1 |pages=70–84 |doi=10.1080/0015587X.1982.9716221 |jstor=1260141 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1260141 |access-date=6 May 2022 |issn=0015-587X}} * {{cite book |last1=Muir |first1=Tom |title=Orkney folk tales |date=2014 |publisher=History Press |location=Stroud, Gloucestershire |isbn=9780752499055}} * {{cite book |last1=Orchard |first1=Andy |title=Dictionary of Norse myth and legend |date=1997 |publisher=Cassell |location=London |isbn=9780304345205}} * {{Cite book|last=Price|first=Neil|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gjq6rvoIRpAC|title=Old Norse Religion in Long-Term Perspectives: Origins, Changes, and Interactions|publisher=Nordic Academic Press|year=2006|isbn=91-89116-81-X|editor-last=Andrén|editor-first=Anders|location=Lund|contribution=What's in a Name? An Archeological Identity Crisis for the Norse Gods (and Some of their Friends)|editor2-last=Jennbert|editor2-first=Kristina|display-editors=etal}} * {{cite journal |last1=Salus |first1=Peter H. |last2=Taylor |first2=Paul Beekman |title=Eikinskjaldi, Fjalarr, And Eggþér |journal=Neophilologus |date=1969 |volume=53 |issue=1 |pages=76–81 |doi=10.1007/BF01511692 |s2cid=162276325 |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01511692 |access-date=23 April 2022 |language=en |issn=1572-8668}} * {{cite book |last1=Schneider |first1=Karl |title=Sophia Lectures on Beowulf |date=1986 |publisher=Taishukan for the Japan Science Society |pages=170–171}} * {{cite journal |last1=Slade |first1=Benjamin |title=Untydras ealle: Grendel, Cain, and V̥rtra: Indo-European śruti and Christian sm̥rti in Beowulf |journal=In Geardagum |date=2007 |volume=27 |pages=1–32}} * {{cite book |last1=Simek |first1=Rudolf | author-link = Rudolf Simek | translator1-last = Hall | translator-first = Angela |title=A Dictionary of Northern Mythology |date=2008 |publisher=BOYE6 |isbn=9780859915137}} * {{cite book |last1=Simpson |first1=Jacqueline |title=Icelandic folktales & legends |date=2004 |publisher=Tempus |location=Stroud |isbn=9780752430454 |edition=2nd}} * {{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Paul Beekman |title=Sharing story: Medieval Norse-English literary relationships|date=1998 |publisher=AMS Press |location=New York |isbn=0404641652 |pages=123–137}} * {{cite book |last1=Tolkien |first1=J. R. R. |author-link=J. R. R. Tolkien |title=[[Beowulf and the critics]] |date=2011 |publisher=ACMRS |location=Tempe, Ariz. |isbn=978-0866984508 |edition=Rev., 2nd}} * {{cite book |last1=Westwood |first1=Jennifer |title=The lore of the land: a guide to England's legends, from Spring-heeled Jack to the Witches of Warboys |date=2006 |publisher=Penguin |location=London |isbn=0141021039}} * {{cite web |ref={{SfnRef|Thursford}}|title=Key to English Place-names, Thursford |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Thursford |website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk |access-date=24 April 2022}} ** {{cite web |ref={{SfnRef|Thrispin Head}}|title=Thrispin Gate, Thrispin Head :: Survey of English Place-Names |url=https://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/West+Riding+of+Yorkshire/Kirkby+Overblow/532881f9b47fc40c81003f00-Thrispin+Gate%2C+Thrispin+Head |website=epns.nottingham.ac.uk |access-date=24 April 2022}} ** {{cite web |ref={{SfnRef|Thruss Pits}}|title=Thruss Pits :: Survey of English Place-Names |url=https://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/Derbyshire/Osmaston+by+Derby/58f781dc756ff4ca8be45187-Thruss+Pits+or+Rush+pit+Close |website=Survey of English Place-Names |access-date=24 April 2022}} ** {{cite web |ref={{SfnRef|Thursgill_a}}|title=Thursgill :: Survey of English Place-Names |url=https://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/id/53288201b47fc40c81005136-Thursgill |website=epns.nottingham.ac.uk|access-date=24 April 2022}} ** {{cite web |ref={{SfnRef|Thursgill_b}}|title=Thursgill ' :: Survey of English Place-Names |url=https://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/Cumberland/Hesket+in+the+Forest/58f781bf756ff4ca65492cec-Thursgill+%27 |website=epns.nottingham.ac.uk |access-date=24 April 2022}} ** {{cite web |ref={{SfnRef|Trusey Hill}}|title=Trusey Hill :: Survey of English Place-Names |url=https://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/id/53285470b47fc40a4d00001c-Trusey+Hill |website=epns.nottingham.ac.uk |access-date=24 April 2022}} ** {{cite web |ref={{SfnRef|bergrisi}}|title=bergrisi |url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bergrisi |website=Wiktionary |access-date=25 March 2023 |language=en |date=18 September 2019}} ** {{cite web |ref={{SfnRef|ettin}}| title=ettin |url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ettin |website=Wiktionary |access-date=11 May 2022 |language=en |date=5 October 2019}} ** {{cite web |ref={{SfnRef|gýgr}}|title=gýgr |url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/g%C3%BDgr |website=Wiktionary |access-date=18 April 2022 |language=en |date=8 January 2022}} ** {{cite web |ref={{SfnRef|hrímþurs}}|title=hrímþurs |url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hr%C3%ADm%C3%BEurs |website=Wiktionary |access-date=25 March 2023 |language=en |date=2 March 2022}} ** {{cite web |ref={{SfnRef|íviðja}}|title=íviðja |url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%ADvi%C3%B0ja#Old_Norse |website=Wiktionary |access-date=18 April 2022 |language=en |date=8 January 2022}} ** {{cite web |ref={{SfnRef|jätti}}|title=jätti |url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/j%C3%A4tti#Finnish |website=Wiktionary |access-date=27 January 2023 |language=en |date=1 December 2022}} ** {{cite web |ref={{SfnRef|trollkona}}|title=Trollkona |url=https://old-icelandic.vercel.app/word/trollkona |website=Old Icelandic Dictionary |access-date=18 April 2022 |language=en}} ** {{cite web |ref={{SfnRef|RHWUD}}|title=Jotun |url=http://www.dictionary.com/browse/jotun |date=21 April 2018|website =Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421030915/http://www.dictionary.com/browse/jotun |archive-date=21 April 2018 }}
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Niidae Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Encyclopedia:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Search
Search
Editing
Jötunn
(section)
Add topic