Jötnar

The Jönar (singular Jötunn) were the "frost giants" of Jötunheimr in Norse mythology.

Loki was part-Jötunn and fathered three children with a giantess who fought the gods during Ragnarök.

Jönar had a reputation for kidnapping human brides. In the 10th century, Thorvald Hjaltason considered that Östen Jorundsson could have been the product of such a union as he sought out reliable men for his war band.^[1]