Jotunheim

Jotunheim is the home of the jötnar, and is generally presented as a vast, chaotic wilderness which surrounded the more civilized realms. If Asgard was the ultimate example of innangard, or ‘inside the fence,’ then Jotunheim was the ultimate example of utangard, or ‘outside the fence.’ The capital of Jotunheim was called Utgard, which might have been a reference to this concept.
When the gods traveled into Jotunheim, they encountered deep forests, biting winters, and towering, frozen peaks, a landscape which is probably similar to the wilder reaches of Mur Fostisyr.
Jotunheim was divided from Asgard by the river Ífingr: “Ifing the river is called, which divides the earth / between the sons of jötnar and the gods.” Another river, the Vimur, also flows through Jotunheim. In one story, a jötunn tries to drown Thor in the water.

Type

Plane of Existence