The notion that the Greco-Romans interbred with the native giants of Greenland is corroborated by the
Roman poet Ovid who states that from the blood of the Giants came a new race of beings in human form .
According to legend, Gaia did not want the Giants to perish without a trace, so "reeking with the copious
blood of her gigantic sons", she gave life to the "steaming gore" of the blood soaked battleground. The
new offspring, like their fathers the Giants, also hated the gods and possessed a bloodthirsty desire for
"savage slaughter". Whether this reference is in respect to the Greco-Romans themselves or the Jotnar ,
which were specifically bred by the Roman Empire to do manual labor and wage war (e.g., Varangians ,
Vikings , etc.), is not known, but a new breed of giants were created nonetheless.