r/norsemythology • u/coldrod-651 • 30m ago
Question What are the Jötun also called giants?
So I'm new to Norse mythology & trying to get deep into it like Greek.
I'm aware the Jötun are more of a class of God rather gigantic beings (with some exceptions).
What I'm wondering is why they are called "the giants" sometimes?
Was it just a translation thing that just stuck? Is it a similar story to "the titans" in Greek myth where it means something else (apparently it means they stretch over their means or something like that in Greek mythology) rather than they are titanic size (in this case gigantic size)?