| Summary: | La mitología nórdica es popularmente conocida por sus numerosos dioses y su lucha contra los gigantes. Sin embargo, en los últimos años los investigadores han comenzado a apuntar hacia la posibilidad de que estas criaturas no sean solamente imaginarias. A través del estudio de las fuentes primarias y las distintas investigaciones, se evalúa la posibilidad de que los jǫtnar sean la alteridad de los samis, una cultura que ha tenido un gran contacto con los escandinavos. Norse mythology is commonly known because of the numerous gods and their fight against giants, Lately researcher had been trying to prove the possibility that these creatures are something more than folk tales. Through the primary sources and some researchers’ studies, we here look on the possibility of otherness of the Saami upon the jǫtnar. A culture that has had a great influence in the Scandinavian people, and that had been influenced by them.
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