» The anglicized form Jotun redirects here. A jǫtunn, sometimed anglicized as jotun (pronounced yōtən), is a giant in Norse mythology, a member of a race of nature spirits with superhuman strength, described as standing in opposition to the races of Æsir and Vanir, although they frequently mingled with or were even married to these. Their otherworldly homeland is Jötunheimr, one of the nine worlds of Norse cosmology, separated from Midgard, the world of humans… (More on Jotuns)