Chapter Gesa to Giants in Real Life of G by Brewer's Readers Handbook

(40) Dondasch, a giant contemporary with Seth. “There were giants in the earth in those days.”— Oriental Fable.

(41) Encelados, “most powerful of the giant race.” Overwhelmed under mount Etna.—Greek Fable.

(42) Ephialtes , a giant who grew 9 inches every month.—Greek Fable.

(43) Erix, son of Goliath [sic] and grandson of Atlas. He invented legerdemain.—Duchat: Œuvres de Rabelais (1711).

(44) Eurytos, one of the giants who made war with the gods. Bacchus killed him with his thyrsus.— Greek Fable.

(45) Ferracute, a giant 36 feet in height, with the strength of forty men.—Turpin’s Chronicle.

(46) Ferragus, a Portuguese giant.—Valentine and Orson.

(47) Fierabras, of Alexandria, “the greatest giant that ever walked the earth.”—Mediœval Romance.

(48) Fion, 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.

(49) Fiorgwyn, the gigantic father of Frigga.— Scandinavian Mythology.

(50) Fracassus, father of Ferragus, and son of Morgantê.

Primus erat quidam Fracassus prole gigantis,
Cujus stirps olim Morganto venit ab illo,
Qui bacchioconem campanæ ferre solebat,
Cum quo mille hominum colpos fracasset in uno.
   —Merlin Cocaius [i.e. Théophile Folengo] Histoire Macaronique (1606).

(51) Gabbara, father of Goliah [sic] of Secondille, and inventor of the custom of drinking healths.— Duchat: Œuvres de Rabelais (1711).

(52) Galapas, the giant slain by king Arthur.—Sir T. Malory: History of Prince Arthur.

(53) Galligantus, the giant who lived with Hocus-Pocus the conjurer.—Jack the Giant-killer.

(54) Garagantua, same as Gargantua (q.v.).

(55) Gargantua, a giant so large that it required 900 ells of linen for the body of his shirt, and 200 more for the gussets; 406 ells of velvet for his shoes, and 1100 cow-hides for their soles. His toothpick was an elephant’s tusk, and 17,913 cows were required to give him milk. This was the giant who swallowed five pilgrims, with their staves, in a salad.—Rabelais: Gargantua.

(56) Gemmagog, son of the giant Oromedon, and inventor of Poulan shoes, i.e. shoes with a spur behind, and turned-up toes fastened to the knees. These shoes were forbidden by Charles V. of France, in 1365, but the fashion revived again.—Duchat: Œuvres de Rabelais (1711).

(57) Geryoneo, a giant with three bodies [Philip II. of Spain].—Spenser: Faërie Queene, v. II.

(58) Giralda, the giantess. A statue of victory on the top of an old Moorish tower in Seville.

(59) Godmer, son of Albion, a British giant slain by Canutus, one of the companions of Brute.—Spenser: Faërie Queene, ii. 10.

(60) Goemagot, the Cornish giant who wrestled with C orineus, and was hurled over a rock into the sea. The place where he fell was called “Lam Goëmagot.”—Geoffrey: British History.