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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).- Anakim ( Jewish mythology, references in the Old Testament)
- Argus/Panoptes ( Greek mythology)
- Atlas ( Greek mythology)
- Bestla ( Norse mythology)
- CacaIn Roman mythology, Caca was the sister of the giant Cacus. She was originally a goddess of the hearth, but was later demoted to a minor part in one version of Hercules' Twelve Labors. She told Hercules where the cattle of Geryon were after her brother st ( Greek mythology)
- CacusIn Greek mythology, Cacus was a fire-breathing giant. On the Aventine Hill in Italy, Cacus stole some of the cattle stolen from Geryon as the thief, Heracles, slept. He made the cattle walk backwards so they left no trail. Heracles drove his remaining cat ( Greek mythology)
- CronusRhea tricking Cronus with a wrapped stone. Cronus (of obscure etymology, perhaps related to "horned"), also spelled Cronos Kronos and Khronos is often mystically confused with with Chronos), in Greek mythology Saturn in Roman mythology), was the leader an ( Greek mythology)
- Cyclopes ( Greek mythology)
- Daityas ( Hindu mythology)
- Epimetheus ( Greek mythology)
- Fachan ( Celtic mythology)
- Firbolgs ( Celtic mythology)
- Fomorians ( Celtic mythology)
- Gaia ( Greek mythology)
- Gandareva
- Gargantua and Pantagruel
- Geryon ( Greek mythology)
- Gigantes ( Greek mythology)
- Gog and Magog ( Jewish mythology)
- Gogmagog
- Goliath ( Book of Samuel of the Bible)
- Gorm ( Norse mythology)
- Hecatonchires ( Greek mythology)
- Jentilak or Gentiles ( Basque mythology )
- Jotuns ( Norse mythology)
- Menoetius ( Greek mythology)
- Nephilim ( Jewish mythology)
- Nimrod ( Jewish mythology, referred to in the Old Testament)
- Oni ( Japanese folklore)
- Paul Bunyan ( American folklore)
- Prometheus ( Greek mythology)
- St Christopher ( Roman Catholic saint)
- Talos ( Greek mythology)
- Titans ( Greek mythology)
- Zipacna ( Mayan mythology)
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