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Jack and Jill. Origin of story, [9]
Jack in the Green, [38]
Jack-o’lanterns. Elf lights, [248]
January. Yule in, [128]; Vali’s month, [165]
Jarl (yärl). The birth of, [153]
Jason (jā′son). Northern equivalents, 352, [363]
Jill. The origin of Jack and, [9]
John the Baptist, [26]
Jokul (yō′kul). Same as Jötun, [232], [302]
Jonakur (yon′a-kur). Gudrun, wife of, [295]
Jörd (yẽrd). Daughter of Nott, [8]; wife of Odin, [38], [42], [59]
Jötun-heim (yẽ′to͞on-hīm). Home of giants, [5]; Vafthrudnir inquires about, [32]; frost comes from, [68]; Loki’s journey to, [77]; Odin gazes at, [80]; Thor visits Geirrod in, [81]; Loki’s progeny in, [90], [91]; Odin goes to, [96]; Skirnir visits, [120]; Thor personates Freya in, [135]; Hel born in, [180]; Hyrrokin dwells in, [207]; Loki goes to, [216], [217]; Loki’s home in, [218]; giants dwell in, [230]; Tartarus compared to, [344]; Idun in, [353]
Jötuns (yẽ′tuns). Earth in the power of the, [45]; the origin of, [230], [231]; Thor feared by the, [231]
Jove. Day of, in the North, [352]
Joyeuse (zhwä′yẽz). Charlemagne’s sword, [179]
Judea (ju-dē′ȧ). Bethlehem in, [128]
Juno. Compared to Frigga, [349]; to Freya, [352]
Jupiter. Odin compared to, [344], [346], [347], [348], [349]; Amalthea, nurse of, [347]; quarrels with Neptune, [347]; outwitted by Juno, [349]; Thor compared to, [350]; secures Ganymede, [353]; compared to Frey, [355]; wishes to marry Thetis, [357]; wooing of Europa, [362]
Justice. Compared to Forseti, [356]
Juterna-jesta (yo͞o-ter-na-yest′ȧ). Senjemand loves, [233]