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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
The word giant, first attested in 1297, was derived from the Gigantes (Ancient Greek: Γίγαντες [1]) of Greek mythology ^ γίγαντες , Georg Autenrieth, A Homeric Dictionary , on Perseus Digital Library
In some stories the giants are black humanoids or black bulls. [24] In southern Chile there are stories of giants said to belong to certain volcanoes such as Calbuco and Osorno. [24] The mythical city of Tololo Pampa in northern Chile is said to be guarded by a giant known by various names including; Pata Larga, Gigante Minero and Minero ...
To the right of this comes a female stabbing her spear [115] at a fallen Giant (probably Porphyrion); [116] Athena fighting Eriktypos [117] and a second Giant; a male stepping over the fallen Astarias [118] to attack Biatas. [119] and another Giant; and Hermes against two Giants. Then follows a gap which probably contained Poseidon and finally ...
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).
A Times story in 1937 chronicled Frank Critzer's efforts to build a home under Giant Rock in the Mojave Desert. The article made a point of saying that an Oldsmobile helped make the trip from L.A ...
The story accounts for the narrow gorge of the Hazel Brook (a tributary of the river Trym) in Henbury and the Avon Gorge through which the Avon now flows. [3] [4] The legend says that the Giant's Footprint formation in the Blaise Estate was caused by Goram stamping his foot after discovering that he had lost Avona's challenge.
A giant animal in mythology is unusually large, either for their species or in relation to humans. The term giant carries some ambiguity; however, in mythology, definitions of what constitutes 'large' vary, with definitions ranging from 40 kg (88 lb) upwards. [ 1 ]