Editing Jötunheimr (section)

==Attestations==
===Poetic Edda===
[[File:Thrym's Wedding-feast.jpg|thumb|Thrym's Wedding-feast by [[W.G. Collingwood]]]]
{{lang|non|Jötunheimar}} are mentioned in three poems of the [[Poetic Edda]]. In the beginning of [[Völuspá]], the coming of three women out of {{lang|non|Jötunheimar}} marks the end of the [[Golden Age#Germanic|Age of Gold]] for the gods.{{sfn|Bellows}} Towards the end of the poem, in the section describing the onset of [[Ragnarök]], they are mentioned as follows:

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! width="25%" | [[Old Norse]] text{{sfn|Völuspá (ON)|loc=Stanza 47 & 48}}
! width="25%" | [[Henry Adams Bellows (businessman)|Bellows]] translation{{sfn|Bellows|2004|loc=Völuspá stanza 47 & 48}}
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:{{lang|non|Skelfr Yggdrasils askr standandi,}}
:{{lang|non|ymr it aldna tré, en jötunn losnar;}}
:{{lang|non|hræðask allir á helvegum}}
:{{lang|non|áðr Surtar þann sefi of gleypir.}}

:{{lang|non|Hvat er með ásum? Hvat er með alfum?}}
:{{lang|non|Gnýr allr Jötunheimr, æsir ro á þingi,}}
:{{lang|non|stynja dvergar fyr steindurum,}}
:{{lang|non|veggbergs vísir. Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?}}
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:[[Yggdrasil]] shakes, and shiver on high
:The ancient limbs, and the giant is loose;
:To the head of [[Mímir|Mim]] does Othin give heed,
:But the kinsman of [[Surtr|Surt]] shall slay him soon.

:How fare the gods? how fare the [[elves]]?
:All Jotunheim groans, the gods are at council;
:Loud roar the [[Dwarf (folklore)|dwarfs]] by the doors of stone,
:The masters of the rocks: would you know yet more?
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In the prose prologue [[Skírnismál]], while sitting on [[Hliðskjálf]], [[Freyr]] sees [[Gerðr]], the daughter of [[Gymir (father of Gerðr)|Gymir]], in {{lang|non|Jötunheimar}} and falls in love with her. A further prose section then describes that he gives his servant [[Skírnir]] his horse and sends him to her home at [[Gymisgarðar]] in {{lang|non|Jötunheimar}}, which he reaches after travelling through wet mountains, a flickering flame and darkness. After his journey, Skírnir meets Gerðr and her family living in a hall and tending to animals in the daylight, protected by a fence and dogs. Upon his return, Freyr asks in a stanza of the tidings from {{lang|non|Jötunheimar}}, to which his servant replies that she will meet him in nine nights at [[Barri]].{{sfn|Orchard|2011|pp=59-67|loc=För Skírns: Skírnir's journey}}{{sfn|Skírnismál (ON)}}{{sfn|Heide|2014|pp=107-108}}

In [[Þrymskviða]], Loki uses [[Freyja]]'s [[fjaðrhamr]] to fly to [[Þrymr]]'s home in {{lang|non|jötunheimar}} to find Thor's [[Mjölnir|hammer]]. The {{lang|non|jötunn}} tells the god that he will only return the hammer in exchange for Freyja's hand in marriage. When she refuses to go to {{lang|non|jötunheimar}}, Thor goes in her place, disguised in a wedding veil, with Loki as his handmaid. In this account, Þrymr's estate is presented as wealthy, with him holding dogs on golden leashes and telling that has cattle with golden horns in his stables and many jewels, with Freyja being the only thing he lacked.{{sfn|Orchard|2011||loc=Þrymskviða: The lay of Thrym}}{{sfn|Þrymskviða (ON)}}{{sfn|Heide|2014|p=121}}

===Gylfaginning===
[[File:Louis Huard - Giant Skrymir and Thor.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|''Giant Skrymir and Thor'' by [[Louis Huard]]]]
{{lang|non|Jötunheimar}} are referenced throughout [[Gylfaginning]] such as when [[Gefjun]] takes four oxen, who were her sons with a {{lang|non|jötunn}}, out of the {{lang|non|jötunheimar}} to the north and uses them to plough land out of [[Sweden]], forming [[Zealand]]. {{lang|non|Jötnar}} and {{lang|non|[[gýgjar]]}} are also described as living in {{lang|non|jötunheimar}} such as the father of [[Nótt|Night]], [[Narfi]] and [[Angrboða]], the mother of [[Fenrir]]. Beings may also come out from {{lang|non|Jötunheimar}} to interact with others, such as the wright who, with the help of his horse [[Svaðilfari]], builds fortifications for the gods to protect them from {{lang|non|jötnar}}.{{sfn|Sturluson|2018|loc = Gylfaginning, chapter 1. Of King Gylfi and Gefjonr, chapter 10. The arrival of Dagr and Nátt, chapter 14. About the residence of the gods and the origin of the dwarves, chapter 34. Of the children of Loki and the binding of the Fenris wolf}}{{sfn|Gylfaginning (ON)|loc=1. Frá Gylfa konungi ok Gefjuni, 10. Tilkváma Dags ok Nætr, 14. Um bústaði goða ok upphaf dverga, 34. Frá börnum Loka ok bundinn Fenrisúlfr}}

===Skáldskaparmál===
[[Skáldskaparmál]] tells of how [[Loki]] was once coerced into helping the {{lang|non|jötunn}} [[Þjazi]] abduct [[Iðunn]] who carried her northwards, back to his home in {{lang|non|Jötunheimar}} named [[Þrymheimr]]. Using Freyja's [[fjaðrhamr]], Loki became a hawk and flew to Þjazi's home while the {{lang|non|jötunn}} was away, having rowed out to sea. Upon reaching Iðunn, Loki turned her into a nut and flew away with her in his talons. Þjazi later finds out that Iðunn is gone and he chases after them as an eagle, but is killed as he reached [[Asgard]] when he flies into a fire that the gods made.{{sfn|Sturluson|2018|loc = Skáldskaparmál, chapter 2. The giant Þjazi carried off Iðunn, chapter 3. Loki secured Iðunn and the slaying of Þjazi}}{{sfn|Skáldskaparmál (ON)|loc=2. Þjazi jötunn rænti Iðunni, 3. Loki náði Iðunni ok dráp Þjaza}}

Later in Skáldskaparmál, [[Odin]] rides to {{lang|non|Jötunheimar}} on [[Sleipnir]] where he meets the {{lang|non|jötunn}} made of stone [[Hrungnir]] and wagers that no horse there was as good as his. Angered, Hrungnir chases Odin back to [[Asgard]] on his horse [[Gullfaxi]] whereupon the gods invite him to drink with them. Becoming drunk, he boasts that he will perform a number of acts including carrying [[Valhöll|Valhall]] to {{lang|non|Jötunheimar}} and abduct both [[Sif]] and [[Freyja]]. When the gods tired of his bragging, they called for [[Thor]]. Hrungnir claimed that as he was unarmed, Thor would gain no honour from killing him and so challenged him to a fight in {{lang|non|Jötunheimar}}, at his home [[Grjótúnagarðar]]. Thor later meets him there and kills him with [[Mjölnir]], which on its way to Hrungnir, hits the [[Sharpening stone|hone]] that the {{lang|non|jötunn}} was fighting with, shattering it. One of the pieces flies into Thor's head, becoming stuck. To remove it, he went to the [[völva]] [[Gróa]], who began a {{lang|non|[[galdr]]}} to loosen it. While she was singing, Thor told her that he had carried her husband [[Aurvandil]] as he travelled southwards out of {{lang|non|Jötunheimar}} and that he would soon be with her. In her excitement, she forgot the {{lang|non|galdr}} and the shard remained lodged in Thor's head.{{sfn|Sturluson|2018|loc = Skáldskaparmál, chapter 24. About the giant Hrungnir, chapter 25. About the völva Gróa}}{{sfn|Skáldskaparmál (ON)|loc=24. Frá Hrugni jötni, 25. Frá Gróu völu.}}