title: Ím (also Imr) is a jötunn in Norse mythology, and the son of Vafthrudnir.
  
  
  == Name ==
  The Old Norse name Ím has been translated as 'dust' (compare with Norw. īm 'smell', Far. ím 'soot [on a kettle]'; also Icel. ima 'heat', Swed. imme 'steam').
  
  
  == Attestation ==
  According to the stanza 5 of the poem Vafthrudnismal from the Poetic Edda:
  
  "Then Odin went to try the wisdom
  of the all-wise giant [Vafthrudnir];
  to the hall he came which Im's father owned;
  Odin went inside."
  
  — Larrington trans.Ím is also mentioned in a list of giants in the Skaldskaparmal section of the Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson.
  
  
  == References ==
  
  
  === Bibliography ===
  de Vries, Jan (1962). Altnordisches Etymologisches Worterbuch (1977 ed.). Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-05436-3.
  Faulkes, Anthony, trans. (1987). Edda (1995 ed.). Everyman. ISBN 0-460-87616-3.
  Larrington, Carolyne (transl.) (1996). The Poetic Edda. Oxford World's Classics. ISBN 0-19-283946-2.
  Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell. ISBN 978-0-304-34520-5.