The jötnar are the primordial race of giants descended from Ymir, dwelling in Jötunheimr. They stand as the eternal adversaries and reluctant kin of the Æsir — many gods count giantesses among their mothers, yet the two races clash across every age until Ragnarök.
Odin visited Vafþrúðnir's hall in disguise and challenged him to a wisdom contest with their lives at stake, winning by asking what he whispered in Baldur's ear at the pyre.
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