| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| King name "Grangousier" | Utopia | king of Utopia, who married, in "the vigour of his old age," Gargamelle, daughter of the king of the Parpaillons, and became the father of Gargantua, the giant. He is described as a man in his dotage, whose delight was to draw scratches on the hearth with a burnt stick while watching the broiling of his chestnuts. (Rabelais: Gargantua.) |
"Grantorto" | Ireland | A giant who withheld the inheritance of Irena. Ireland |
"Greip" | Norse | One of Heimdal's nine giant mothers. Norse |
| Angel name "Grigori" | Jewish | A group of fallen angels told of in Biblical apocrypha who mated with mortal women, giving rise to a race of hybrids known as the Nephilim, who are described as giants. Jewish demonology |
"Groa" | Norse | The giantess mother of Orvandel. Thor went to her to have her charm the flint-stone out of his forehead. Norse |
"Gucup Cakix" | Mayan | An evil giant, who pretended to be both the Sun and the moon. Mayan |
"Gunlad / Gunnlod" | Norse | One who invites war. She was daughter of the giant Suttung, and had charge of the poetic mead. Odin got it from her. Norse |
"Gyges" | Greek | The ordinary name of the hundred-armed giant, who is sometimes called Gyas or Gyes. Greek |
"Gymer" | Norse | A giant; the father of Gerd, the beloved of Frey. Norse |
| King name "Hapmouche" | French | The giant flycatcher. He invented the art of drying and smoking neats' tongues. French |
"Heimdal" | Norse | He was the heavenly watchman in the old mythology, answering to St. Peter in the medieval. According to the Lay of Rig (Heimdal), he was the father and founder of the different clåśśes of men, nobles, churls and thralls. He has a horn called Gjallar-horn, which he blows at Ragnarok. His dwelling is Himinbjorg. He is the keeper of Bifrost (the Rainbow). Nine giantesses are his mothers. Norse |
| Goddess name "Hel" | Germanic / Nordic / Icelandic | Chthonic underworld goddess. The daughter of LOKI and the giantess Angrboda, and the sibling of both the Midgard worm who will cause the sea to flood the world with the lashings of his tail, and of Fenrir, the phantom wolf who will swallow the Sun, at Ragnarok. She is queen of the otherworld, also known as Hell, and she takes command of all who die, except for heroes slain in battle, who ascend to Valhalla. In some mythologies she is depicted as half black and half white. She was adopted into British mythology.... |
"Himinbrjoter [Heaven-breaker]" | Norse | One of the giant Hymer's oxen. Norse |
| Goddess name "Hine-Nui-Te-Po" | Maori | Giant goddess of death, of night and of the underworld. She married her father, fled in horror to the underworld when she found out and cursed humanity with death in retribution. Maori |
| God name "Hippolytos" | Greek | One of the giants who made war with the gods. He was killed by Hermes. Greek |
| God name "Hoenir" | Scandinavia | An Aesir god and the brother of Odin and Ludor. Together they slew Ymir, the great giant of the beginning. They created the earth from his flesh, the sea and fresh water from his blood, the mountains from his bones; then mankind from two trees, man from the ash and woman from the elm. Hoenir gave them their senses and understanding, intelligence and motion. The two lesser brothers are sometimes considered aspects of Odin, eventually disappearing, Hoenir as hostage to the Vanir at the end of the war with the Aesir. Scandinavia |
"Hraesvelger [Corpse-swallower]" | Norse | A giant in an eagle's plumage, who produces the wind. Norse |
"Hrimthursar" | Norse | Rime-giants or frost-giants, who dwell under one of Ygdrasil's roots. Norse |
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