Giants - Giants

Japanese: 巨人族 - きょじんぞく
Giants - Giants

...Of these, Njörðr, Frey, and the goddess Freyja, who we will mention later, originally belonged to the tribe of Vanir, but are counted among the Æsir. Loki was of giant origin, but he and Odin became blood brothers and became part of the Æsir. At the end of the world, Loki returned to the giants. ...

From [Cyclops]

…the plural is Kyklōpes. According to Homer's Odyssey, they were a race of one-eyed giants who knew neither law nor farming, and lived by raising sheep. When Odysseus and his men arrived on the island where they lived (Sicily?), they got lost in the cave of a Cyclopes named Polyphemos, and his men were being eaten one by one. Odysseus's strategy to kill the giant's eyes and escaped is famous.

From Norse mythology

…When the hot winds from Muspelsheim and the frost from Niflheim meet, the frost melts and drips, and these drips come to life through the power of the one who sends the heat, and the giant Ymir is born. From this Ymir the frost giants Jötunn are derived. Ymir is nourished by the milk of a cow that was also born from the drips. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Giants" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これらのうちニョルズとフレイ,それに後でふれる女神フレイヤはもとはバン神族に属していたのだが,アース神の仲間にかぞえられる。ロキは巨人族の出身であるが,オーディンと血を混ぜて義兄弟となり,アース神族の一員となった。世界の終末にロキは巨人族のところにもどる。…

【キュクロプス】より

…複数形はキュクロペスKyklōpes。ホメロスの《オデュッセイア》によれば,彼らは単眼の巨人族で,法も耕作も知らず,羊を飼って暮らしていた。彼らの住む島(シチリア島?)に着いたオデュッセウスとその部下がポリュフェモスPolyphēmosという名のキュクロプスの洞穴に迷いこみ,部下がつぎつぎと食われていったとき,オデュッセウスの計略で巨人の眼をつぶして逃れた話は有名。…

【北欧神話】より

…ムスペルスヘイムからの熱風とニブルヘイムの霜とがぶつかると,霜が溶けて滴り,そのしずくが熱を送る者の力によって生命を得,巨人ユミルYmirが誕生する。このユミルから霜の巨人族Jötunnが由来する。ユミルは同じようにしずくから誕生した牝牛の乳に養われる。…

※「巨人族」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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