Giants
"Giant is the English word (coined 1297) commonly used for the monsters of human appearance but prodigious size and strength common in the mythology and legends of many different cultures. The word giant was derived from the gigantes (Greek: γίγαντες) of Greek mythology.
In various Indo-European mythologies, gigantic peoples are featured as primeval creatures associated with chaos and the wild nature, and they are frequently in conflict with the gods, be they Olympian, Celtic, Hindu or Norse. Giants also often play similar roles in the mythologies and folklore of other, non Indo-European peoples, such as in the Nartian traditions.
There are also accounts of giants in the Old Testament, most famously Goliath, Og King of Bashan, the Nephilim, the Anakim, and the giants of Egypt mentioned in 1 Chronicles 11:23. Attributed to them are extraordinary strength and physical proportions."
In various Indo-European mythologies, gigantic peoples are featured as primeval creatures associated with chaos and the wild nature, and they are frequently in conflict with the gods, be they Olympian, Celtic, Hindu or Norse. Giants also often play similar roles in the mythologies and folklore of other, non Indo-European peoples, such as in the Nartian traditions.
There are also accounts of giants in the Old Testament, most famously Goliath, Og King of Bashan, the Nephilim, the Anakim, and the giants of Egypt mentioned in 1 Chronicles 11:23. Attributed to them are extraordinary strength and physical proportions."
- Text from Wikipedia entry for "Giant (mythology)" (accessed 10/18/2015) [links added]
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Related Topics
General Blog Posts and Articles
- "So What ARE Wolter and Pulitzer Planning On Doing to Search for Giants?" (Andy White, 8/3/2016)
- "Wolter and Pulitzer Announce Plans to Dig Up Presumed Native American Grave to Search for Giants" (Jason Colavito, 7/28/2016)
- "Monday Madness: Ecuador Giants, Pulitzer's Sketchy Contest, Paranormal UFOs, and "Natural Selection" Movie" (Jason Colavito, 7/25/2016)
- "I Smell Something . . . and It's Not a Giant Beast Man Buried in the Yard" (Andy White, 7/14/2016)
- "Tuesday Roundup: Giants' Bones in Russia, Medieval Malians in the Southwestern US, and More!" (Jason Colavito, 7/5/2016)
- "High-Tech Antediluvian Giants: A 1976 Seventh-Day Adventist Sermon" (Andy White, 6/30/2016)
- "An Interesting Victorian Account of Fossils and Giants" (Jason Colavito, 6/30/2016)
- "A Supplemented 1930's Account of a "Giant Skeleton" from Palestine" (Andy White, 6/29/2016)
- "Christian Extremists Try to Talk about Giants, End Up Condemning Liberals, Gays, "Satanic Jews"" (Jason Colavito, 4/28/2016)
- "Evangelical Pastor Claims Stonehenge Built by Giants on Orders from the Devil" (Jason Colavito, 4/18/2016)
- "From the Pages of History: Giant Frenchmen Built a Fort in South Carolina (or Georgia, or Florida, or . . .)" (Andy White, 4/12/2016)
- "Friday Roundup: Dodge Promotes Fringe History, Noah's Fossils in Texas Front Yard, and More WV Giants!" (Jason Colavito, 3/18/2016)
- "Oahspe: When Matings with Angels Don't Produce Giants" (Andy White, 2/8/2016)
- "Review of Douglas Van Dorn's "Giants: Sons of the Gods" (2013)" (Jason Colavito, 5/27/2015)
- "Outraged Gigantologist Accuses Me of Lies, Asks Readers to Send Me Hate Mail" (Jason Colavito, 3/16/2015)
- "Giants and the Ages of Man" (Jason Colavito, 1/24/2015)
- "Colavito, Hanks, and Giants: Some Interaction by Heiser" (Michael Heiser, 10/29/2014)
- "Review of The Unexplained Files' Segment on Giants in the Republic of Georgia" (Jason Colavito, 9/17/2014)
- "The Human Tendency to Attribute Greatness to Giants" (Jason Colavito, 5/3/2013)
- "How the Truth about Fossil Giants Was Forgotten" (Jason Colavito, 12/14/2012)
- "Polydactylism in the Ancient World" (Michael Heiser, 9/17/2008)
- "Fossil Proboscidians and Myths of Giant Men" (James L. Hayward, Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies Paper 235, 1984)
Other Online Media
- "Giants!" (ArchyFantasies podcast, Episode 6, 4/16/2015)
Media
- The Ancient Giants Who Ruled America (book)
- Giants on Record (book)
- Path of Souls (book)
- Search for the Lost Giants (TV Program)
Particular Sites/Cases
- Amelia Island (Florida, USA)
- Conewango Mound (New York, USA)
- Deerfield Skeleton (Massachusetts, USA)
- Delavan (Wisconsin, USA)
- Ellensburg (Washington, USA)
- Judaculla Rock (North Carolina, USA)
- Lovelock Cave (Nevada, USA)
- Rockingham Giant (Massachusetts, USA)
- Saker Farm Giant (Minnesota, USA)
- Sardinian Giants (Sardinia)
- Steelville Giant (Missouri, USA)
- Walkerton, Indiana (Indiana, USA)
- Williamson County, Tennessee (Tennessee, USA)
