List of giants in mythology and folklore
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 religion[]
- Anakim (Old Testament)
- Gibborim
- Goliath (Book of Samuel)
- Nephilim
- Nimrod (Old Testament)
- Og (Book of Numbers)
- Rephaite
- (Old Testament)
- Rephaim (Old Testament)
Celtic mythology[]
Brythonic mythology[]
- Cewri
- Bendigeidfran
- Ysbaddaden Bencawr
- Idris Gawr
- Cormoran (Cornwall)
- Gogmagog
Gaelic mythology[]
Bohemian/Silesian[]
Greek and Roman mythology[]
- Argus Panoptes
- Caca
- Cacus
- Cyclopes
- Arges
- Brontes
- Polyphemus
- Steropes
- Geryon
- Gigantes:
- Hekatonkheires
- Briareus
- Gyges
- Cottu
- Menoetius
- Talos
- Titans:
Hindu mythology[]
Norse mythology[]
- Bestla
- Gorm
- Jötunn
- Gríðr
- Gullveig (possibly)
- Gymir
- Hroðr
- Hrungnir
- Hymir
- Járnsaxa
- Kári
- Loki
- Alvaldi
- Rindr
- Skaði
- Suttungr
- Þjazi
- Þrúðgelmir
- Þrymr
- Útgarða-Loki
- Vafþrúðnir
- Ymir/Aurgelmir
Shinto folklore[]
- Emperor Keikō - According to records, this 1st century AD emperor stood 10ft 2in tall.[1]
- Emperor Chūai - Was said to be ten feet tall, with "a countenance of perfect beauty".[1]
Other[]
- Brobdingnag giant, from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels
- Paul Bunyan (American folklore)
- Ferragut (also known as Ferragus, Ferracutus, etc.)
- Flaming Teeth, a giant in Fijian mythology
- Hurtaly (Og, Jewish mythology)
- Gargantua and Pantagruel
- Genie, a giant spirit or jinn inhabiting a lamp in Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp, (re-written by Sir Richard Francis Burton) from One Thousand and One Nights
- Gogmagog
- John Henry (American folklore)
- Iovan Iorgovan (Romanian mythology)
- Jentilak or Gentiles: (Basque mythology)
- Kapre (Philippine mythology)
- Kroni (Ayyavazhi mythology)
- Kalevi and his sons (Finnic mythologies)
- Ojáncanu (Cantabrian mythology)
- Ogias the Giant (Manichaean mythology)
- Oni (Japanese folklore)
- St Christopher (Roman Catholic)
- ‘Uj ibn Anaq (Islamic mythology)
- Matsieng
- Ellert and Brammert
- Crooked Mick (Australian folklore)
- Mbombo (African folklore)
- Kua Fu (Chinese mythology)
- Pecos Bill (American folklore)
- Alfred Bulltop Stormalong (American folklore)
- Voivode Balačko (Serbian Folklore)
See also[]
- Giant animal (mythology)
References[]
- ^ a b Frank Brinkley, Dairoku Kikuchi (1915). A History of the Japanese People: From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era. Encyclopaedia Brit. Company. p. 85, 88–89. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
emperor keiko children.
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