The earliest giants were the true sons of heaven arising from chaos at the
beginning of time.

In ancient Norse belief, the first creature to stir in the universe was the frost giant, Ymir, born from the kingdom of fire and ice.

Ymir's body spawned the race of the frost giants and their offspring. the gods, followed.

In time, the hoary progenitor of all living beings was sacrificed to create the ordered cosmos of earth and sea and sky.

There were many variations of descendants of Ymir, but all came to eventual grief - undone by the gods, fate or humankind....