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词条 List of giants in mythology and folklore
释义

  1. Abrahamic mythology

  2. Celtic mythology

     Brythonic mythology  Gaelic mythology 

  3. Greek and Roman mythology

  4. Hindu mythology

  5. Norse mythology

  6. Native American mythology

  7. Other

  8. See also

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 mythology

  • Anakim (Old Testament)
  • Goliath (Book of Samuel)
  • Nephilim
  • Nimrod (Old Testament)
  • Og (Book of Numbers)
  • Rephaite

Celtic mythology

{{see also|Celtic mythology}}

Brythonic mythology

{{see also|Welsh mythology}}{{see also|Cornish mythology}}
  • Cormoran (Cornwall)
  • Gogmagog

Gaelic mythology

{{see also|Irish mythology}}{{see also|Scottish mythology}}
  • Fachen
  • Fomorians:
    • Balor
    • Banba
    • Bres
  • Buarainech
  • Cethlenn
  • Corb
  • Elatha
  • Ériu
  • Ethniu
  • Fódla
  • Tethra

Greek and Roman mythology

{{See also|Greek mythology|Roman mythology}}
  • Argus Panoptes
  • Caca
  • Cacus
  • Cyclopes
    • Arges
    • Brontes
    • Polyphemus
    • Steropes
  • Geryon
  • Gigantes:
    • Alcyoneus
    • Athos
    • Echion
    • Enceladus
    • Klytius
  • Hekatonkheires
    • Briareus
    • Gyges
    • Cottu
  • Menoetius
  • Talos
  • Titans:
    • Atlas
    • Coeus
    • Crius
    • Cronus
    • Dione (occasionally considered a Titan)
    • Epimetheus
    • Gaia
    • Hyperion
    • Iapetus
    • Mnemosyne
    • Oceanus
    • Ophion (occasionally considered a Titan)
    • Phoebe
    • Prometheus
    • Rhea
    • Tethys
    • Theia
    • Themis

Hindu mythology

  • Daityas
    • Hiranyaksha
    • Hiranyakashipu
    • Mahabali
    • Ravana
    • Kumbhakarna
    • Ghatotkach

Norse mythology

{{see also|Norse mythology}}
  • Bestla
  • Gorm
  • Jötunn
    • Ægir
    • Angrboða
    • Baugi
    • Bergelmir
    • Billingr
    • Bölþorn
    • Geirröd
    • Gilling
    • Gjálp and Greip
  • Gríðr
  • Gullveig (possibly)
  • Gymir
  • Hroðr
  • Hrungnir
  • Hymir
  • Járnsaxa
  • Kári
  • Loki
  • Alvaldi
  • Rindr
  • Skaði
  • Suttungr
  • Þjazi
  • Þrúðgelmir
  • Þrymr
  • Útgarða-Loki
  • Vafþrúðnir
  • Ymir/Aurgelmir

Native American mythology

  • Quinametzin
  • Zipacna
  • Si-Te-Cah
  • Nahullo, a race that lived in Tennessee, predating the Choctaw
  • Starnake, mentioned by the Navajo

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)
    • Basajaun
    • Olentzero
  • Kapre (Philippine mythology)
  • Kroni (Ayyavazhi mythology)
  • 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)

See also

  • Giant animal (mythology)
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