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Giannis Sina Ugo Antetokounmpo [a] (né Adetokunbo; [b] born December 6, 1994) is a Greek and Nigerian professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Alfred Bulltop Stormalong; Amala - Pacific Northwest Coast; Antonine Barada; Beast of Bray Road; Bigfoot; Dzunukwa - Kwakwakaʼwakw mythology; Febold Feboldson; Flatwoods monster; Flying Head - Iroquois mythology
The name "Gigantes" is usually taken to imply "earth-born", [6] and Hesiod's Theogony makes this explicit by having the Giants be the offspring of Gaia (Earth). According to Hesiod, Gaia, mating with Uranus, bore many children: the first generation of Titans, the Cyclopes, and the Hundred-Handers. [7]
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).
Gigantopithecus (/ d ʒ aɪ ˌ ɡ æ n t oʊ p ɪ ˈ θ i k ə s, ˈ p ɪ θ ɪ k ə s, d ʒ ɪ-/ jy-gan-toh-pi-thee-kuhs, pith-i-kuhs, ji-; [2] lit. ' giant ape ') is an extinct genus of ape that lived in southern China from 2 million to approximately 300,000 to 200,000 years ago during the Early to Middle Pleistocene, represented by one species, Gigantopithecus blacki. [3]
Restoration. Metridiochoerus was a large animal, 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) in length, resembling a giant warthog.It had two large pairs of tusks which were pointed sideways and curved upwards. [4]
Giants Live is a collaboration between IMG Media and Power Productions UK - owned by Colin Bryce: . Colin Bryce – an ex-Strongman competitor and Olympic bobsleigher, Bryce is currently a long-term producer of World Strongest Man through his company Power Productions and formerly the head referee and commentator on strongman events such as World's Strongest Man, Britain's Strongest Man ...
Its generic name is a Latinized version of the last name of Dutch physician Murk van Phelsum. [2] Its specific name grandis is Latin for "great".. The species Phelsuma grandis described by Gray 1870 was elevated from subspecies status (P. madagascariensis grandis) by Raxworthy et al. in 2007, [3] after environmental niche modeling revealed significant and reliable differences between it and ...