Book Description

Mankind has ever been fascinated by extraordinary aspects of humanity, but none so much as giants. Many ancient gods, and indeed kings and emperors, were said to be vast in size: witness, for instance, the colossal statues of Egypt, China or the South Seas. But the palm for bigness must go to those giant beings whom we find amid the chaos in the East: like that Tiamat from whom the Babylonian god Bel formed heavens and earth; and Purushu of the Hindu Vedas, whose severed head was sufficient for making the sky, his feet for the earth, his eye for the sun, and his mind for the moon. Herein are 25 stories of giants from the annuls of fact and fiction around the world compiled and retold by Henry Wysham Lanier. Lanier has categorised the stories into four parts being: I Giants Of The Morning Of The World II From The Days Of Romance III Nursery Tales of Giants from Many Lands IV Real Giants The stories in these four sections are: I. How Zeus Fought With Titans And Giants II. The Giant Who Shines In The Sky III. The Outwitting Of Polyphemus IV. When Thor Went To Jotunheim V. The Giant Pyramid-Builder VI. The Fatal Pride Of Vukub VII. Og, King Of Bashan VIII. A Son Of Anak IX. Ferragus, Who Owned The Brazen Head X. The Giant Of St. Michael's Mount XI. Sir Launcelot And Tarquin XII. The Adventures Of Yvain XIII. The Turke And Gawain XIV. Amadis Among The Giants XV. Gogmagog XVI. The Giant Behind The Waterfall XVII. The One Good Giant: St. Christopher XVIII. The Giant Hand (Irish) XIX. The Giant Who Had No Heart In His Body (Norse) XX. The Biter Bit (Serbian) XXI. The Peach's Son (Japanese) XXII. The Man Who Lost His Legs (Korean) XXIII. The Stone Giantess (North American Indian) XXIV. Some Real Giants XXV. What Science Has Learned About Giants 10% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities. YESTERDAYS BOOKS raising funds for TODAYS CHARITIES ============== KEYWORDS/TAGS: Folklore, fairy tales, myths, legends, folk tales, children’s stories, bedtime, fables, culture, cultural, virtues, action, adventure, lessons, morals, teach, learn, Zeus, Fought, fight, Titans, Giants, Shine, In The Sky, Outwitting, Polyphemus, Thor, Jotunheim, Giant Pyramid-Builder, Fatal Pride, Vukub, Og, King Of Bashan, Son Of Anak, Ferragus, Brazen Head, St. Michael's Mount, Sir Launcelot, Tarquin, Yvain, Turke, Gawain, Amadis, Gogmagog, Gog, Magog, Behind The Waterfall, One Good Giant, St. Christopher, Giant Hand, Ireland, Irish, No Heart In His Body, Norse, Biter Bit, Serbia, Peach's Son, Japanese, Japan, Man Who Lost His Legs, Korea, Stone Giantess, North American Indian, Real Giants, What Science Has Learned About Giants