Chapter Gertrude to Giants of G by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

mythology, were evil genii, dwelling in Jötunheim (giantland), who had the power of reducing or extending their stature at will.
   (3) Of nursery mythology, are cannibals of vast stature and immense muscular power, but as stupid as they are violent and treacherous. The best known are Blunderbore (q.v.), Cormoran (q.v.), Galliantus (q.v.), Gombo (q.v.), Megadore and Bellygan.
   (4) In the romance of Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Rabelais, giants mean princes.
   (5) Giants of Mythology.
ACAMAS. One of the Cyclops. (Greek fable.)
ADAMASTOR (q.v.).
ÆGÆON, the hundred-handed. One of the Titans. (Greek fable.)
AGRIOS. One of the Titans. He was killed by the Parcæ. (Greek fable.)
ALCYONEUS [Al-si-o-nuce], or ALCION. Jupiter sent Hercules against him for stealing some of the Sun's oxen. But Hercules could not do anything, for immediately the giant touched the earth he received fresh strength. (See below, ANTÆOS.) At length Pallas carried him beyond the moon. His seven daughters were metamorphosed into halcyons. (Argonautic Expedition, i. 6.)
ALGEBAR. The giant Orion is so called by the Arabs.
ALIFANFARON or ALIPHARNON (q.v.).
ALOEOS. Son of Poseidon Canace. Each of his two sons was 27 cubits high. (Greek fable.)
AMERANT. A cruel giant slain by Guy of Warwick. (Percy: Reliques.)
ANGOULAFFRE (q.v.). (See below, 21 feet.)
ANTÆOS (q.v.; see above, ALCYONEUS). (See below, 105 feet.)
ARGES (2 syl.). One of the Cyclops. (Greek fable.)
ASCAPART (q.v.).
ATLAS (q.v.).
BALAN (q.v.).
BELLE (1 syl.) (q.v.).
BELLERUS (q.v.).
BLUNDERBORE (3 syl.). (q.v.).
BRIAREOS or BRIAREUS (3 syl.) (q.v.).
BROBDINGNAG (q.v.).
BRONTES (2 syl.) (q.v.).
BURLOND (q.v.).
CACOS or CACUS (q.v.).
CALIGORANT (q.v.).
CARACULIAMBO. The giant that Don Quixote intended should kneel at the feet of Dulcinea. (Cervantes: Don Quixote.)
CARUS. In the Seven Champions.
CHALBROTH. The stem of all the giant race. (Rabelais: Pantagruel).
CHRISTOPHERUS. (See Christopher, St.)
CLYTIOS (q.v.).
CŒOS. Son of Heaven and Earth. He married Phœbe, and was the father of Latona. (Greek fable.)
COLBRAND. (See Colbronde.)
CORFLAMBO (q.v.).
CORMORAN (q.v.)
CORMORANT. A giant discomfited by Sir Brian. (Spenser: Faërie Queene, vi. 4.)
COTTAS (q.v.).
COULIN (q.v.).
CYCLOPS (The (q.v.).
DESPAIR (q.v.).
DONDASCH (q.v.).
ENCELADOS (q.v.).
EPHIALTES (4 syl.) (q.v.).
ERIX (q.v.).
EURYTOS. One of the giants that made war with the gods. Bacchus killed him with his thyrsus. (Greek fable.)
FERREGUS, slain by Orgando, was 28 feet in height.
FERRACUTE (3 syl.) (q.v.).
FIERABRAS [Fe-a-ra-brah] (q.v.).
FION (q.v.).
FIORGWYN, the father of Frigga (Scandinavian mythology).
FRACASSUS (q.v.).
GALBARA. Father of Goliah of Secondille (3 syl.), and inventor of the custom of drinking healths. (Duchat: Œuvres de Rabelais. 1511.)
GALAPAS. The giant slain by King Arthur. (Sir T. Malory: History of Price Arthur.)
GALLIGANTUS (q.v.).
GARAGANTUA (q.v.).
GARGANTUA (q.v.).
GARIAN. In the Seven Champions.
GEMMAGOG (q.v.).
GERYONEO (q.v.).
GIRALDA (q.v.).
GODMER (q.v.).
GOEMOT or GOEMAGOT (q.v.).
GOGMAGOG. King of the giant race of Albion; slain by Corineus.
GRANGOUSIER. The giant king of Utopia, father of Gargantua. (Rabelais: Gargantua.)
GRANTORTO (q.v.).
GRIM (q.v.).
GRUMBO (q.v.).
GUY OF WARWICK (q.v.).
GYGES (2 syl.). One of the Titans. He had fifty heads and a hundred hands. (Greek fable.)
HAPMOUCHE (2 syl.) (q.v.).
HIPPOLYTOS. One of the giants who made war with the gods. He was killed by Hermês. (Greek fable.)
HRASVELG (q.v.).
HRIMTHURSAR (q.v.).
HURTALI (q.v.).
INDRACITTRAN (q.v.).
IRUS (q.v.).
JOTUN. The giant of Jötunheim or Giant-land. (Scandinavian mythology.)
JULIANCE. A giant of Arthurian romance.
JUNNER (q.v.).
KIFRI. The giant of atheism and infidelity.
KOTTOS. One of the Titans. He had a hundred hands. (See Briareos.) (Greek fable.)
MALAMBRUNO (q.v.).
MARGUTTE (q.v.).
MAUGYS (q.v.)
MAUL (q.v.).
MONT-ROGNON (q.v.).
MORGANTE (3 syl.) (q.v.).
MUGILLO. -A giant famous for his mace with six balls.
OFFERUS (q.v.).
OGLAS (q.v.).
ORGOGLIO (q.v.).
ORION (q.v.. (See below, 80 ½ feet.)
OTOS (q.v.).
PALLAS (q.v.).
PANTAGRUEL (q.v.).
PHIDON. In the Seven Champions.
POLYBOTES (4 syl.) (q.v.).
POLYPHEMUS or POLYPHEME (3 syl.) (q.v.).
PORPHYRION (q.v.).
PYRACMON. One of the Cyclops. (Greek fable.)
RAPHSARUS. In the Seven Champions.
RITHO (q.v.).
RITHO. The giant who commanded King Arthur to send him his beard to complete the lining of a robe. In the Arthurian romance.
SKRYMIR. (See Draught of Thor, p. 380.)
SLAY-GOOD (q.v.).
STEROPES (3 syl.). One of the Cyclops. (Greek fable.)
TARTARO. The Cyclops of Basque mythology.
TEUTOBOCHUS (King. (See below, 30 feet.)
THAON. One of the giants who made war with the gods. He was killed by the Parcæ. (Greek fable.)
TITANS (The) (q.v.).
TITYOS (q.v.).
TREYEAGLE (q.v.).
TYPHŒUS (q.v.).
TYPHON (q.v.).
WIDENOSTRILS (q.v.).
YOHAK. The giant guardian of the caves of Babylon. (Southey: Thalaba, book v.)

   Of these giants the following are note-worthy:
19 feet in height: A skeleton discovered at Lucerne in 1577. Dr. Plater is our authority for this measurement.
21 feet in height: Angoulaffre of the Broken Teeth, was 12 cubits in height. (A cubit was 21 inches.)
30 feet in height: Teutobochus, whose remains were discovered