Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Fe'e" | Polynesian | God of the dead. Perceived as a giant cuttlefish who was once subdued by the god of deep underground rocks. Part of the principle of Polynesian religion that every deity has a superior and and inferior who have either bested, or been bested by, the other at some mythical time.... |
"Fenja" | Norse | A female slave giantess who was tied to a mill and asked to grind gold, peace and happiness. Norse |
"Ferracute" | s | A giant in Turpin's Chronicle of Charlemagne. He had the strength of forty men, and was thirty-six feet high. Though no lance could pierce his hide, Orlando slew him by Divine interposition. . |
King name "Fierabras" | Babylon | Son of Balan, king of Spain. The greatest giant that ever walked the earth. For height of stature, breadth of shoulder, and hardness of muscle he never had an equal. He possessed all Babylon, even to the Red Sea; was seigneur of Russia, Lord of Cologne, master of Jerusalem, and even of the Holy Sepulchre. |
"Fion" | Gaelic | Son of Comnal, an enormous giant, who could place his feet on two mountains, and then stoop and drink from a stream in the valley between. Gaelic legend |
God name "Fornjot" | Norse | The most ancient giant. He was father of ?ger, or Hler, the god of the ocean; of Loge, flame or fire, and of Kaare, wind. His wife was Ran. These divinities are generally regarded as belonging to an earlier mythology, probably to that of the Fins or Celts. Norse |
"Fracåśśus" | Greek | Father of Ferrgas, the giant, and son of Morgante. |
King name "Galapas" | Britain | The giant slain by king Arthur. Britain |
Nymph name "Galatea" | Greek | A sea-nymph, beloved by Polypheme, but herself in love with Acis. Acis was crushed under a huge rock by the jealous giant, and Galatea threw herself into the sea, where she joined her sister nymphs. Greek |
"Galligantus" | Greek | A giant who lived with Hocus-Pocus in an enchanted castle. By his magic he changed men and women into dumb animals, amongst which was a duke's daughter, changed into a roe. Jack the Giant Killer, arrayed in his cap, which rendered him invisible, went to the castle and read the inscription: "Whoever can this trumpet blow, will cause the giant's overthrow." He seized the trumpet, blew a loud blast, the castle fell down, Jack slew the giant, and was married soon after to the duke's daughter. Fairy tale |
Goddess name "Garbh Ogh" | Ireland | Giantess and goddess of the hunt Ireland |
Goddess name "Gefjon" | Germanic / Nordic / Icelandic | Goddess of Agriculture. One of the AESIR deities and an attendant of the goddess FRIGG according to tradition mentioned by Snorri in the Edda. She bore four giant sons whom she turned into oxen and used them to plough a tract of land which was then towed out to sea to become Zeeland (Sjaeland). She is also said to have founded a royal Danish dynasty. Also Gefiun.... |
King name "Geirrod" | Norse | A son of king Hraudung and foster-son of Odin; he becomes king and is visited by Odin, who calls himself Grimner. He is killed by his own sword. There is also a giant by name Geirrod, who was once visited by Thor. Norse |
"Gemmagog" | France | Son of the giant Oromedon, and inventor of the Poulan shoes. France |
Goddess name "Gerd" | Scandinavia | earth goddess who married Freyr. She was a giantess, and considered very beautiful. Scandinavia |
"Gerda" | Norse | Daughter of the frost giant Gymer, a beautiful young giantess; beloved by Frey. She is so beautiful that the brightness of her naked arms illuminates both air and sea. Frey (the genial spring) married Gerda (the frozen earth), and Gerda became the mother of children. Norse |
"Giants" | Greek | Of Greek mythology, sons of Tartaros and Ge. When they attempted to storm heaven, they were hurled to earth by the aid of Hercules, and buried under Mount Etna. |
"Goldfax [Gold-mane]" | Norse | The giant Hrungner's horse. Norse |