Editing Jötunheimr (section)

===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}}