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The Wisdom of Giants

Giants (jotner) hold a strange place in Norwegian folklore — not just brutish and slow, but old in a way that borders on wise. Living for centuries in the mountains and forests, far from human noise, they're said to have picked up a kind of patient understanding that only time can teach. In the old tales, it's often the giant who knows the answer, holds the secret, or sees what the clever hero misses entirely. A reminder that wisdom doesn't always look the way you expect it to.