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Giants

The giants of Norse mythology are big, ugly and greedy (usually). Jealous of the gifts possessed by Gods and men, they must be constantly held in their own world by force.

There's the bridge Bifrost, which Gods can cross but giants can't, the walls surrounding Asgard and Midgard, and Thor's many excursions abroad to thin their numbers. Without these things keeping them at bay, the giants would overrun our world.

The giants of the viking age were frost and fire powers. What are the giants of our time and who or what is protecting us from them?

The giants of Norse mythology are big, ugly and greedy (usually). Jealous of the gifts possessed by Gods and men, they must be constantly held in their own world by force. There's the bridge Bifrost, which Gods can cross but giants can't, the walls surrounding Asgard and Midgard, and Thor's many excursions abroad to thin their numbers. Without these things keeping them at bay, the giants would overrun our world. The giants of the viking age were frost and fire powers. What are the giants of our time and who or what is protecting us from them?

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The State, PACs, MegaCorps, and Disease

I was thinking along those lines for modern giants. Plus tech, markets, etc. And even though these things may not crush us literally they might crush our spirits. I see this as one reason ordinary men look to the divine for help. Since these things, especially the state, PACs and MegaCorps, ARE men, I think there's something we look to within ourselves to protect us from those workings.

Not related, but I wouldn't equate Loki with fire. He was pitted against fire (logi) in Utgard and couldn't match its appetite -- at least according to Snorri. Loki I see as more of an epitome of that part of the human character that likes to stir the shit. When you know somethings bad but can't help yourself and do it anyway. That kind of thing. It's no coincidence he's largely responsible for the end of the world through the giants he fathers.