The giantesses feima and kleima

Alejandro

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Feima and Kleima were daughters of the Jötunn [Giant] Hrímnir, which would make them the sisters of the more famous characters Heiðr, who sparked off the war between the Æsir and the Vanir; Hrossthjófr, a sorcerer who once gave Óðinn advice; and Hljóð, the wife of King Völsung of Húnaland.

Hrímnir's name, meaning, "Covered in Hoar-Frost," suggests that he was a Hrímthurs (Rime/Frost Giant), and so his children must likewise have been. Presumably Hrímnir's wife Hyrja was the mother of these children, but do we know anything else about Feima and Kleima? (I'm guessing that their names are suggestive of their being twins.) Do they feature, like their siblings, in any stories?
 
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