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The word giant is first attested in 1297 from Robert of Gloucester's chronicle. [1] It is derived from the Gigantes ( Ancient Greek : Γίγαντες [ 2 ] ) of Greek mythology . Fairy tales such as Jack the Giant Killer have formed the modern perception of giants as dimwitted and violent ogres , sometimes said to eat humans, while other ...
The extant sources for Norse mythology, particularly the Prose and Poetic Eddas, contain many names of jötnar and gýgjar (often glossed as giants and giantesses respectively).
Gentle giant: A folklore figure who, despite the huge size and enormous strength, has a good heart (see: Giant). ... The antonym of a villain is a hero. The villain's ...
Childe of Hale, English giant in Tudor England; Finnic mythologies; Giant animal (mythology) Giants (esotericism) Giant's Causeway; Jörmungandr, giant serpent in Norse mythology; Paleo-Balkan mythology; Processional giant; Processional giants and dragons in Belgium and France; Proto-Indo-European mythology; Typhon, giant serpent in Greek mythology
Giants (Welsh: cewri) feature prominently in Welsh folklore and mythology.Among the most notable are Bendigeidfran fab Llyr, a mythological king of Britain during the Second Branch of the Mabinogi, Idris Gawr of Cader Idris, and Ysbaddaden Bencawr, the chief antagonist of the early Arthurian tale How Culhwch won Olwen.
According to reports of Northern Paiute oral history, the Si-Te-Cah, Saiduka or Sai'i [1] (sometimes erroneously referred to as Say-do-carah or Saiekare [2] after a term said to be used by the Si-Te-Cah to refer to another group) were a legendary tribe who the Northern Paiutes fought a war with and eventually wiped out or drove away from the area, with the final battle having taken place at ...
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The Giant, an 1871 novel by William Sewell, edited by Elizabeth Missing Sewell; The Giants, a 1905 novel by Cora Baggerly Older; The Giant, a 1951 novel by Frederick Manfred; Giant, a 1952 novel by Edna Ferber; The Giant, a 1954 children's novel by William Pène du Bois; The Giants (French: Les Géants), a 1973 novel by J. M. G. Le Clézio