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As a punishment, the witch was turned into stone and surrounded by other stones to prevent her escaping. What became of the giant is unknown. A legend told at Carnac states that the Carnac stones were once pagan soldiers who were turned into stone by Pope Cornelius (Bishop of Rome 251–253) who was fleeing from them. (The historical Pope ...
The Yetnasteen - a standing stone in Rousay in Orkney, held in local folklore to be a giant or jötunn that has been turned to stone. Giants with names cognate to terms for jötnar are found in later Northern European folklore, such as the English ettin or yotun, thurse and hobthrust, Danish jætte, Swedish jätte and Finnish jätti.
Other accounts name others whose hyde provided Athena's aegis [see Asterus above]. Claudian names Pallas as one of several Giants turned to stone by Minerva's Gorgon shield. [222] Pelorus (Πέλορος): According to Claudian, he was killed by Mars, the Roman equivalent of Ares. [223]
Petrifaction in mythology and fiction – Literary appearances of the theme of people or animals being turned to stone; Petrifying well; Substitution pseudomorph – Mineral or mineral compound that appears in an atypical form; Rhynie chert – Early Devonian sedimentary deposit exhibiting extraordinary fossil detail or completeness; Girolamo ...
Balor of the Evil Eye – king of the Fomorians, a race of giants, and a cyclops (Irish) Catoblepas; Cockatrice; Gorgon – woman with hair made of living, venomous snakes, and eyes that turned men to stone (Greek): Medusa – once a human, Medusa and her sisters were cursed to be terrible monsters by Athena (Greek)
Pherecydes notes that Medusa's face turned men to stone, and Pindar describes Medusa's severed head as "stony death". [18] In Prometheus Bound, it says that no mortal can look at them and live. [19] According to Apollodorus, all three of the Gorgons could turn to stone anyone who saw them. [20]
As a result of exposure to daylight, all three were turned into stone. Drangey represents the cow and Kerling (supposedly the female giant, the name means "old hag") is to the south of it. Karl (the male giant) was to the north of the island, but he disappeared long ago.
This is a list of giants and giantesses from mythology and folklore; it does not include giants from modern fantasy fiction or role-playing games (for those, see list of species in fantasy fiction). Abrahamic religions & Religions of the ancient Near East