The Prose

Prose Edda

The Prose Edda, also known as the Younger Edda, Snorri's Edda or simply Edda, is an Icelandic collection of four sections interspersed with excerpts from earlier skaldic and Eddic poetry containing tales from Nordic mythology...

and Poetic Edda

Poetic Edda

The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily preserved in the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. Along with Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda is the most important extant source on Norse mythology and Germanic heroic legends, and from the early 19th century...

s, which form the foundation of what we know today concerning Norse mythology

Norse mythology

Norse mythology, a subset of Germanic mythology, is the overall term for the myths, legends and beliefs about supernatural beings of Norse pagans. It flourished prior to the Christianization of Scandinavia, during the Early Middle Ages, and passed into Nordic folklore, with some aspects surviving...

, contain many names of Jotnar (giant

Giant (mythology)

The mythology and legends of many different cultures include monsters of human appearance but prodigious size and strength. "Giant" is the English word commonly used for such beings, derived from one of the most famed examples: the gigantes of Greek mythology.In various Indo-European mythologies,...

s and giantesses

Giant (mythology)

The mythology and legends of many different cultures include monsters of human appearance but prodigious size and strength. "Giant" is the English word commonly used for such beings, derived from one of the most famed examples: the gigantes of Greek mythology.In various Indo-European mythologies,...

). While many of them are featured in extant myths of their own, many others have come down to us today only as names in various lists provided for the benefit of skald

Skald

The skald was a member of a group of poets, whose courtly poetry is associated with the courts of Scandinavian and Icelandic leaders during the Viking Age, who composed and performed renditions of aspects of what we now characterise as Old Norse poetry .The most prevalent metre of skaldic poetry is...

s or poets of the medieval

Middle Ages

The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...

 period and are included here for the purpose of completeness.

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• Ægir
  Ægir
  Ægir is a sea giant, god of the ocean and king of the sea creatures in Norse mythology. He is also known for hosting elaborate parties for the gods.Ægir's servants are Fimafeng and Eldir.- Description :...
  
  
• Alfarin
• Alsvart
• Am
• Ama
• Amgerd
• Angeyja
• Angrboda
  Angrboda
  In Norse mythology, Angrboða is a female jötunn . In the Poetic Edda, Angrboða is mentioned only in Völuspá hin skamma as the mother of Fenrir by Loki. However, she is also mother of Fenrir's siblings, Jörmungandr, the Midgard Serpent, and Hel...
  
  
• Asvid
• Atla
• Aurboda
  Aurboda
  In Norse mythology, Aurboða is a mountain jötunn, wife to the jötunn Gymir, and mother of Gerðr.- Attestations :...
  
  
• Aurgelmir
• Aurgrimnir
• Aurnir
• Aurvandil
  Aurvandil
  The names Aurvandil or Earendel are cognate Germanic personal names, continuing a Proto-Germanic reconstructed compound *Auziwandilaz "luminous wanderer", in origin probably the name of a star or planet, potentially the morning star ....
  
  

B

• Bakrauf
• Bára
  Daughters of Ægir
  The Daughters of Ægir are the nine daughters of Ægir and Rán, a giant and goddess who both represent the sea in Norse mythology. Their names are poetic terms for different characteristics of ocean waves....
  
  
• Baugi
  Baugi
  - Myth :Baugi is a son of Gilling and his wife, who were killed by two dwarves, Fjalar and Galar. His brother is Suttungr, and his niece is Gunnlöð. Suttungr had hidden the mead of poetry after obtaining it from Fjalar and Galar....
  
  
• Beinvid
• Beli
  Beli (Norse giant)
  In Norse mythology Beli is probably a giant. He was killed by Freyr.In scaldic and Eddic poetry, Freyr is sometimes called "Beli's enemy" or "Beli's slayer" . How Freyr killed Beli is told by Snorri Sturluson in Gylfaginning during the recounting of the wooing of Gerðr...
  
  
• Bergelmir
  Bergelmir
  In Norse mythology, Bergelmir is a frost giant, the son of giant Þrúðgelmir and the grandson of Ymir , the first frost giant, according to stanza 29 of the poem Vafthrudnismal from the Poetic Edda:...
  
  
• Bestla
  Bestla
  In Norse mythology, Bestla is the mother of the gods Odin, Vili and Vé by way of Borr, the sister of an unnamed being who assisted Odin, and the daughter or, depending on source, granddaughter of the jötunn Bölþorn...
  
  
• Billingr
  Billingr
  In Norse mythology, Billingr is the father of a maiden desired by Odin. According to stanzas 96-102 of the poem Hávamál from the Poetic Edda, Odin was told by the maiden to meet her after nightfall when it would be safest and she would give herself to him, but when Odin returned he found the path...
  
  
• Bjorgolf
• Bláin
  Ymir
  In Norse mythology, Ymir, also called Aurgelmir among the giants themselves, was the founder of the race of frost giants and was later killed by the Borrs.-Etymology:...
  
  
• Blapthvari
• Blódughadda
  Daughters of Ægir
  The Daughters of Ægir are the nine daughters of Ægir and Rán, a giant and goddess who both represent the sea in Norse mythology. Their names are poetic terms for different characteristics of ocean waves....
  
  
• Bolthorn
  Bolthorn
  Bölþorn was a frost giant in Norse mythology. His parentage is unknown. He is the best known as the maternal grandfather of the god Odin.- Attestations :In the Poetic Edda, it is said about Bölþorn and his children:...
  
  
• Brandingi
• Brimir
  Brimir
  In Norse mythology, Brimir is another name for the giant Ymir and also the name of a hall for the souls of the virtuous following the endtime conflict of Ragnarok....
  
  
• Bryja
• Buseyra
• Byleist
  Byleist
  Býleistr is a giant, the brother of Loki in Norse mythology. His parents are Laufey and Fárbauti.Nothing is known about him, apart from this kinship...
  
  
• Bylgja
  Daughters of Ægir
  The Daughters of Ægir are the nine daughters of Ægir and Rán, a giant and goddess who both represent the sea in Norse mythology. Their names are poetic terms for different characteristics of ocean waves....
  
  

D

• Dofri
• Dröfn
  Daughters of Ægir
  The Daughters of Ægir are the nine daughters of Ægir and Rán, a giant and goddess who both represent the sea in Norse mythology. Their names are poetic terms for different characteristics of ocean waves....
  
  
• Dúfa
  Daughters of Ægir
  The Daughters of Ægir are the nine daughters of Ægir and Rán, a giant and goddess who both represent the sea in Norse mythology. Their names are poetic terms for different characteristics of ocean waves....
  
  
• Dumbr
• Dúrnir
  Dúrnir
  Dúrnir was a dwarf who appears in three Old Norse skaldic poems, which suggests that he once was a well-known dwarf in Norse mythology.The most notable poem is Ynglingatal:He also appears in a list of Dwarves in the anonymous Dverga heiti:...
  
  

E

• Eggthér
  Eggthér
  In Norse mythology, Eggthér is a giant and herdsman who is described as sitting on a mound and joyfully playing his harp while the red rooster Fjalar begins to crow, heralding the onset of Ragnarök....
  
  
• Eimgeitir
• Eistla
• Eisurfala
• Eld
• Eyrgjafa

F

• Fala
• Fárbauti
  Fárbauti
  In Norse mythology, Fárbauti is the jötunn husband of Laufey or Nál and the father of Loki, and possibly also of Helblindi and Byleistr. He is attested in the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in the poetry of Viking Age skalds...
  
  
• Fenja and Menja
  Grottasöngr
  Grottasöngr or the Song of Grótti is an Old Norse poem, sometimes counted among the poems of the Poetic Edda as it appears in manuscripts that are later than the Codex Regius...
  
  
• Fenrir
• Fjalar
  Fjalar and Galar
  In Norse mythology, Fjalar and his brother Galar, were dwarves who killed Kvasir and turned his blood into the mead of poetry, which inspired poets. They appear in Skáldskaparmál.- Myth :...
  
  
• Fjolverk
• Fjolvor
• Flegg
• Forad
• Fornjót
  Fornjót
  Fornjót was an ancient giant in Norse mythology and a king of Finland. His children are Ægir , Logi and Kári ....
  
  
• Fyrnir

G

• Galar
  Galar
  Galar is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain.-External links:*...
  
  
• Ganglati
• Ganglot
  Ganglot
  In Norse mythology, Ganglot was Hel's maidservant in the Norse underworld. She was also the partner of Ganglati, Hel's manservant....
  
  
• Gangr
  Gangr
  In Norse mythology, Gangr or Gang was a giant and a son of Ölvaldi, along with his brothers Þjazi and Iði. According to Skáldskaparmál, Ölvaldi was very rich in gold, and when he died his three sons divided his inheritance among themselves, measuring it out by each in turn taking a mouthful...
  
  
• Geirröd
  Geirröd
  In Norse mythology, Geirröd was a jötunn and the father of the giantesses Gjálp and Greip.The story of Geirröd is told in Þórsdrápa. Loki, while flying as a hawk, was captured by Geirröd. Because he hated Thor, Geirröd demanded that Loki bring his enemy to Geirröd's castle without his magic belt...
  
  
• Geitir
• Geitla
• Gerd
• Gestilja
• Geysa
• Gilling
  Gilling
  In Norse mythology, Gilling was the frost giant, father of Suttungr and Baugi and grandfather of Gunnlöð. He and his wife were murdered by Fjalar and Galar. Gilling is also a surname, although not very common.- Mythology :...
  
  
• Gjálp and Greip
  Gjálp and Greip
  -Thor's visit to Geirröðr:According to Skáldskaparmál they were daughters of the giant Geirröðr. As Thor was wading across Vimur the river "waxed so greatly that it broke high upon his shoulders"...
  
  
• Glam
• Glaum
• Glaumar
• Glumra
• Gneip
• Gnepia
• Gnissa
• Grid
  Grid (Jotun)
  In Norse mythology, Gríðr is female jötunn who, aware of Loki's plans to have Thor killed at the hands of the giant Geirröd, helped Thor by supplying him with a number of magical gifts which included a pair of iron gloves, and a staff known as Gríðarvölr. These items saved Thor's life...
  
  
• Gríma
  Gríma
  Gríma, called Wormtongue, is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. He appears in the second and third volumes of the work, The Two Towers and The Return of the King, and his role is expanded upon in Unfinished Tales. He is introduced in The Two Towers as the chief...
  
  
• Grimling
• Grímnir
• Grottintanna
• Grýla
  Grýla
  Grýla is, in Icelandic mythology, a horrifying monster and an giantess living in the mountains of Iceland. She is said to come from the mountains at Christmas in search of naughty children....
  
  
• Guma
• Gunnlod
  Gunnlod
  In Norse mythology, Gunnlöð is a giantess. Her name could be written as Gunnlod.- Mythology :She is daughter of the giant Suttungr, who was set guard by her father in the cavern where he housed the mead of poetry. Her grandfather was Giling...
  
  
• Gusir
• Gyllir
  Gyllir
  In Norse mythology, Gyllir is a horse listed in both Grímnismál and Gylfaginning among the steeds ridden by the gods each day when they go to make judgements at Yggdrasil. However, in both poems, Gyllir is not assigned to any specific deity....
  
  
• Gymir
  Gymir
  In Norse mythology, Gymir was a giant whose daughter, Gerðr, married the god Freyr.According to the Eddic poems Skírnismál and Hyndluljóð, Gymir and his wife Aurboða are Gerð's parents...
  
  

H

• Haera
• Hafli
• Hala
• Hardgreip
• Hardverk
• Hastigi
• Hati
• Hefring
  Daughters of Ægir
  The Daughters of Ægir are the nine daughters of Ægir and Rán, a giant and goddess who both represent the sea in Norse mythology. Their names are poetic terms for different characteristics of ocean waves....
  
  
• Heidrek
  Heidrek
  Heidrek or Heiðrekr was one of the main characters in the cycle about the magic sword Tyrfing. He appears in the Hervarar saga, and probably also in Widsith, line 115, as Heathoric together with his sons Angantyr and Hlöð , and Hlöð's mother Sifka...
  
  
• Hel
  Hel (being)
  In Norse mythology, Hel is a being who presides over a realm of the same name, where she receives a portion of the dead. Hel is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson...
  
  
• Helblindi
  Helblindi
  In Norse mythology, Helblindi is a jötunn, brother of Loki and Býleistr and son of Fárbauti and his wife Laufey. Helblindi is also a heiti used to describe Odin....
  
  
• Helreginn
  Helreginn
  In Norse Mythology, Helreginn is a jötunn listed in the þulur section of the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál. Other than their name, no additional information about the figure is provided...
  
  
• Hengikepta
• Hengjankjapta
• Herkir
• Herkja
• Himinglaeva
  Daughters of Ægir
  The Daughters of Ægir are the nine daughters of Ægir and Rán, a giant and goddess who both represent the sea in Norse mythology. Their names are poetic terms for different characteristics of ocean waves....
  
  
• Hloi
• Holgabrud
• Hörn
  Horn
  Horn may refer to:* Horn , a pointed projection of the skin on the head of various animals. Source of all other uses below.* Horn, the substance that, apart from other functions, is the main component of the tissue that sheaths the bony core of horns and hoofs of various animals.- Places :*Cape...
  
  
• Hraesvelgr
• Hraudnir
• Hraudung
  Hraudung
  In Norse mythology, Hraudung was a human king and the father of Geirröd and Agnar according to the prose header of the poem Grímnismál from the Poetic Edda....
  
  
• Hrimgerd
• Hrímgrímnir
  Hrímgrímnir
  In Norse mythology, Hrímgrímnir is the name of a jötunn mentioned by Freyr's servant Skírnir as he was attempting to court the jötunn maiden Gerðr on his master's behalf...
  
  
• Hrímnir
  Hrímnir
  Hrímnir is a giant frequently mentioned in Norse mythology.In Hyndluljóð verse 32 he is the father of Heiðr and Hrossþjófr, but that may be just for alliteration's sake...
  
  
• Hrimthurs
  Hrimthurs
  In Norse mythology, a hrímthurs is any one of the particular tribe of Giants who are made of ice and inhabit Niflheim, a land of eternal cold....
  
  
• Hringvolnir
• Hripstod
• Hroar
• Hrod
  Hrod
  In Norse mythology, Hroðr is a female jötunn friendly to the Æsir and the wife of the jötunn Hymir. According to the Eddic poem Hymiskviða she is the mother of Týr, the poem suggests by Hymir, but the later Prose Edda states that Óðinn is his father.-References:* Orchard, Andy . Dictionary of...
  
  
• Hródvitnir
• Hrokkvir
• Hrönn
  Daughters of Ægir
  The Daughters of Ægir are the nine daughters of Ægir and Rán, a giant and goddess who both represent the sea in Norse mythology. Their names are poetic terms for different characteristics of ocean waves....
  
  
• Hrossthjof
• Hruga
• Hrungnir
  Hrungnir
  Hrungnir was a jötunn in Norse mythology, slain by the god Thor with his hammer Mjölnir. The account is documented in the Skáldskaparmál, in the Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson....
  
  
• Hryggda
• Hrym
  Naglfar
  In Norse mythology, Naglfar or Naglfari is a boat made entirely from the fingernails and toenails of the dead. During the events of Ragnarök, Naglfar is foretold to sail to Vígríðr, ferrying hordes that will there battle with the gods...
  
  
• Hundalf
• Hval
• Hvedra
• Hvedrung
  Loki
  In Norse mythology, Loki or Loke is a god or jötunn . Loki is the son of Fárbauti and Laufey, and the brother of Helblindi and Býleistr. By the jötunn Angrboða, Loki is the father of Hel, the wolf Fenrir, and the world serpent Jörmungandr. By his wife Sigyn, Loki is the father of Nari or Narfi...
  
  
• Hymir
  Hymir
  In Norse mythology, Hymir is a giant, husband of the giantess Hroðr and according to the Eddic poem Hymiskviða the father of the god Týr. He is the owner of a mile-wide cauldron which the Æsir wanted to brew beer in; Thor, accompanied by Týr, obtained it from him...
  
  
• Hyndla
• Hyrokkin

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• Idi
  Idi (giant)
  In Norse mythology, Iði was a giant and a son of Alvaldi along with his brothers Þjazi and Gangr. According to Skáldskaparmál, Alvaldi was very rich in gold, and when he died his three sons divided his inheritance among themselves, measuring it out by each in turn taking a mouthful...
  
  
• Im
  Im (giant)
  In Norse mythology, Im or Imr is a giant and the son of Vafthrudnir. According to stanza 5 of the poem Vafthrudnismal from the Poetic Edda:*Larrington, Carolyne . The Poetic Edda. Oxford World's Classics. ISBN 0-19-283946-2....
  
  
• Ima
• Imd
• Imgerd
• Ividja

K

• Kaldgrani
• Kári
  Kari
  Kari or KARI may refer to:* Kari or curry, a pan-Asian variety of spicy food* Kari or Sundaram Karivardhan, a legendary figure of Indian motorsports*Kari , a natural satellite of Saturn*Kari , a technique in shakuhachi music...
  
  
• Keila
  Keila
  Keila is a town and an urban municipality in Harju County in north-western Estonia. It is also the administrative centre of the surrounding rural municipality – Keila Parish.-History:...
  
  
• Kjallandi
• Kólga
  Daughters of Ægir
  The Daughters of Ægir are the nine daughters of Ægir and Rán, a giant and goddess who both represent the sea in Norse mythology. Their names are poetic terms for different characteristics of ocean waves....
  
  
• Kott
• Kraka
• Kyrmir

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• Laufey
  Laufey
  Laufey or Nál is a figure from Norse mythology, the mother of Loki. Eddic poetry refers to Loki by the matronym Loki Laufeyjarson rather than with a patronymic....
  
  
• Leidi
• Leifi
• Leikn
  Leikn
  In Norse mythology, Leikn is a giantess killed by Thor.The fact is mentioned in a lausavísa composed by Vetrliði Sumarliðason which praises Thor for having killed giants and giantesses:Leikn's name was used by skalds in kennings...
  
  
• Leirvor
• Litr
  Litr
  In Norse mythology Litr , which means "colour", is a name borne by a dwarf and a giant.-A dwarf:In Snorri Sturluson's Gylfaginning , Litr is kicked into Baldr's funeral pyre by Thor:...
  
  
• Ljota
• Lodinfingra
• Logi
  Logi
  In Norse mythology, Logi or Loge is a fire giant, god and personification of fire. He is son of giant Fornjótr and brother of Ægir and Kári...
  
  
• Loki
  Loki
  In Norse mythology, Loki or Loke is a god or jötunn . Loki is the son of Fárbauti and Laufey, and the brother of Helblindi and Býleistr. By the jötunn Angrboða, Loki is the father of Hel, the wolf Fenrir, and the world serpent Jörmungandr. By his wife Sigyn, Loki is the father of Nari or Narfi...
  
  
• Loptr
  Loki
  In Norse mythology, Loki or Loke is a god or jötunn . Loki is the son of Fárbauti and Laufey, and the brother of Helblindi and Býleistr. By the jötunn Angrboða, Loki is the father of Hel, the wolf Fenrir, and the world serpent Jörmungandr. By his wife Sigyn, Loki is the father of Nari or Narfi...
  
  
• Lut
  Litr
  In Norse mythology Litr , which means "colour", is a name borne by a dwarf and a giant.-A dwarf:In Snorri Sturluson's Gylfaginning , Litr is kicked into Baldr's funeral pyre by Thor:...
  
  

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• Mánagarm
• Margerd
• Midi
• Midjung
• Mímir
  Mímir
  Mímir or Mim is a figure in Norse mythology renowned for his knowledge and wisdom who is beheaded during the Æsir-Vanir War...
  
  
• Modgud
• Mogthrasir
  Mogthrasir
  In Norse mythology, Mögþrasir is a jötunn who is solely attested in stanza 49 of the poem Vafþrúðnismál from the Poetic Edda.- Vafþrúðnismál :...
  
  
• Mokkurkalfi
  Hrungnir
  Hrungnir was a jötunn in Norse mythology, slain by the god Thor with his hammer Mjölnir. The account is documented in the Skáldskaparmál, in the Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson....
  
  
• Morn
• Munnharpa
• Myrkrida

O

• Oflugbarda
• Oflugbardi
• Ofoti
• Ogladnir
• Olvaldi
  Olvaldi
  In Norse mythology, Alvaldi or Ölvaldi was a giant and the father of Þjazi, Gangr and Iði as well as the grandfather of Skaði. According to Skáldskaparmál, Ölvaldi was very rich in gold, and when he died his three sons divided his inheritance among themselves, measuring it out by each in turn...
  
  
• Ondud
• Osgrui
• Oskrud

S

• Saekarlsmuli
• Salfang
• Samendil
• Sigyn
  Sigyn
  Sigyn is a goddess and wife of Loki in Norse mythology. Sigyn is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson...
  
  
• Simul
• Sivor
• Skadi
• Skaerir
• Skalli
• Skerkir
• Skoll
  Skoll
  In Norse mythology, Sköll is a wolf that chases the horses Árvakr and Alsviðr, that drag the chariot which contains the sun through the sky every day, trying to eat her. Sköll has a brother, Hati, who chases Máni, the moon...
  
  
• Skrati
• Skrikja
• Skrýmir
• Sökkmímir
  Sökkmímir
  Sökmímir or Søkkmímir was a jotun who appears in two sources from Norse mythology, suggesting that he was once a well-known giant in Scandinavia.In Grímnismál, stanza 50, it appears that Odin killed the giant:...
  
  
• Som
• Spretting
• Starkad
  Starkad
  Starkad, Old Norse: Starkaðr or Störkuðr, Latin: Starcaterus, and during the late Middle Ages, also known as Starkodder, was a legendary hero in Norse mythology....
  
  
• Stigandi
• Storverk
• Stumi
• Surtr
  Surtr
  In Norse mythology, Surtr or Surt is an eldjötunn. Surtr is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson...
  
  
• Suttung
  Suttung
  In Norse mythology, Suttungr was a Jötunn, a son of Gilling, who had been murdered by Fjalar and Galar.- Mythology :...
  
  
• Svarang
• Svart
• Svasud
• Sveipinfalda
• Svivor

T

• Thistilbardi
• Thjazi
• Thorn
• Thrasir
• Thrigeitir
• Thrivaldi
• Thrúdgelmir
  Thrudgelmir
  In Norse mythology, Þrúðgelmir is a frost giant, the son of the primordial giant Aurgelmir , and the father of Bergelmir. Þrúðgelmir had one brother and one sister, who were elder then he was...
  
  
• Thrym
  Thrym
  In Norse mythology, Þrymr was king of the jotnar. In one legend, he stole Mjollnir, Thor's hammer, to extort the gods into giving him Freyja as his wife...
  
  
• Thurbord

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• Vafthrúdnir
• Vagnhofdi
• Váli
  Váli (son of Loki)
  In Norse mythology, Váli was a son of Loki. He is mentioned in the Gylfaginning section of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda. After the death of Baldr the Æsir chase down and capture Loki....
  
  
• Vanargand
• Vandil
• Vardrun
• Vasad
  Vasad
  Vasad is a small town in the state of Gujarat in western India. Its located on the banks of the river Mahisagar-History:The ancient city of "VASUDHANAGARI", now known as VASAD, situated on the banks of holy river mahisagar, is the gateway to Charotar. Due to favourable conditions, Vasad always...
  
  
• Ver
• Vidblindi
• Viddi
• Vidgymnir
• Vigglod
• Vind
• Vindloni
• Vindsval
• Vingnir
• Vingrip
• Vipar
• Vörnir
  Vörnir
  Vörnir is a giant from Norse mythology. He is only extant in Nafnaþulur in the Prose Edda.The name has been connected to the PIE root *ver- , meaning "to cover". Cognates in other Indo-European languages have been suggested, but remain uncertain...
  
  

External links

• Nafnaþulur in Old Norse