9 World Chronicles

Abrahamic religion.

 

Anakim were described as a race of giants, descended from Anak, according to the Old Testament. They were said to have lived in the southern part of the land of Canaan.

 

Goliath (Book of Samuel) The Philistine Killed by David.

 

 Nephilim, in the Hebrew Bible, were the offspring of the fallen angels and human women and the motivation for the flood tales

 

Nimrod (Old Testament) Nimrod is described in Genesis 10:8–12 as “the first on earth to be a mighty man. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord.” The only other references to Nimrod in the Bible are Micah 5:6, where Assyria is called the land of Nimrod, aOg (Book of Numbers)

 

Rephaite In the Hebrew Bible, refers either to a people of greater-than-average height and stature as dictated in the Hebrew scriptures of Genesis.

 

ZAMZUMMIM the name given by the Ammonites to the inhabitants of the Transjordanian territory whom they dispossessed. They were part of the nation of giants known as *Rephaim, who formed the ancient population of Transjordan.

 

Rephaim (Old Testament) to a people of greater-than-average height and stature as dictated in the Hebrew scriptures of Genesis 14:5; Genesis 15:20;

 

Celtic mythology

 

Cewri Giants (Welsh: cewri) feature prominently in Welsh folklore and mythology. Among the most notable are Bendigeidfran fab Llyr, a mythological king of Britain the chief antagonist of the early Arthurian tale. Both Arthur and Gwalchmai fab Gwyar feature prominently as giant-slayers in Welsh tradition.

 

 "Ysbaddaden, Chief of Giants," is the primary antagonist of the Welsh romance accounts. he is A vicious giant residing in a nigh unreachable castle.

 

Idris Gawr or Idris the Giant; of English mythology lived circa 560 to 632) was a king of Meirionnydd , Meiri-on-nydd. in early medieval Wales.

 

Cormoran the giant is said to have made St. Micheal Mount his home, with his wife Cormelian. He was slain by Jack the Giant Killer

 

 Gogmagog was a legendary giant in Welsh and later English mythology. According to Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, he was a giant inhabitant of Albion, thrown off a cliff during a wrestling match with Corineus.

 

Fachen, In Scottish folklore, is a monster or giant described by John Francis Campbell in Popular Tales of the West Highlands as having a single eye in the middle of its face, a single hand protruding from its chest instead of arms, and a single leg emerging from its central axis.

 

Fomorians: The Fomorians (Old Irish: Fomóire, Modern Irish: Fomhóraigh or Fomóraigh)[1] are a supernatural race in Irish mythology. They are often portrayed as hostile and monstrous beings who come from under the sea or the earth. Later, they were portrayed as giants and sea raiders.

 

Balor In Irish mythology, was a leader of the Fomorians,

 

the other notable include Banba,

 

Bres,

 

Buarainech,

 

Cethlenn,

 

Corb,

 

Cuchulain,

 

Elatha,

 

Ériu,

 

Ethniu,

 

Fódla,

 

Tethra,

 

From Bohemian Silesian myht there is

 

Rübezahl.

 

Greek and Roman mythology.

 

Argus Panoptes,

 

Caca,

 

Cacus,

 

Cyclopes,

 

Arges,

 

Brontes,

 

Polyphemus,

 

Steropes,

 

Geryon,

 

The Gigantes were/

 

Alcyoneus,

 

Athos,

 

Echion,

 

Enceladus,

 

Klytius,

 

Hekatonkheires,

 

Briareus,

 

Gyges,

 

Cottu,

 

Menoetius,

 

Talos,

 

The Titans.

Atlas

 

Coeus

 

Crius

 

Cronus

 

Dione (occasionally considered a Titan)

 

Epimetheus

 

Gaia

 

Hyperion

 

Iapetus

 

Mnemosyne

 

Oceanus

 

Ophion

 

Phoebe

 

Prometheus

 

Rhea

 

Tethys

 

Theia

 

and Themis

 

From Hindus mythology.

 

Hiranyaksha

 

Hiranyakashipu

 

Mahabali

 

Ravana

 

Kumbhakarna

 

Norse mythology

 

Jötunn

 

Ægir

 

Bestla

 

Gorm

 

Angrboða

 

Baugi

 

Bergelmir

 

Billingr

 

Bölþorn

 

Geirröd

 

Gilling

 

Gjálp and Greip

 

Gríðr

 

Gullveig (possibly)

 

Gymir

 

Hroðr

 

Hrungnir

 

Hymir

 

Járnsaxa

 

Kári

 

Loki

 

Alvaldi

 

Rindr

 

Skaði

 

Suttungr

 

Þjazi

 

Þrúðgelmir

 

Þrymr

 

Útgarða-Loki

 

Vafþrúðnir

 

Ymir/Aurgelmir

 

Shinto folklore

 

Emperor Keikō - According to records, this 1st century AD emperor stood 10ft 2in tall.

 

Emperor Chūai - Was said to be ten feet tall, with "a countenance of perfect beauty".

 

Other

 

Brobdingnag giant, from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels

 

Paul Bunyan (American folklore)

 

Ferragut (also known as Ferragus, Ferracutus, etc.)

 

Flaming Teeth, a giant in Fijian mythology.

 

Hurtaly, who is Og, in Jewish mythology.

 

Gargantua and Pantagruel

 

 

John Henry of American folklore.

 

Iovan Iorgovan from Romanian mythology.

 

Jentilak of Basque mythology.

 

Basajaun

 

Olentzero

 

Kapre of Philippine mythology.

 

Kroni, of Ayyavazhi mythology.

 

Kalevi and his sons, Uralic mythologies.

 

 

Ojáncanu, Cantabrian mythology.

 

Ogias the Giant, Manichaean mythology.

 

Oni of Japanese folklore.

 

St Christopher of Roman Catholic.

 

‘Uj ibn Anaq of Islamic mythology.

 

Matsieng

 

Ellert and Brammert

 

Crooked Mick, of Australian folklore.

 

Mbombo of African folklore.

 

Kua Fu, Chinese mythology.

 

Pecos Bill of American folklore.

 

Alfred Bulltop Stormalong, of American folklore.

 

Akaguagankak (Yup'ik Indian giant)

Asin (Alsea Indian giant)

Basket Ogress (Northwest Coast Indian giantess)

Big Owl Man (Apache Indian giant)

Caddaja (Caddo Indian giant)

Cenu (Micmac Indian giant)

Cheveyo Kachina (Hopi Indian ogre)

Gray Giant (Navajo Indian giant)

Ice Giants (Algonquian Indian giants)

Kee-Wakw (Wabanaki Indian giant)

Kolowa (Creek Indian ogre)

Kuku (Wabanaki Indian giant)

Kukwes (Micmac Indian ogre)

Lofa (Chickasaw Indian ogre)

Maushop (Wampanoag Indian giant)

Mhwee (Lenape Indian giant)

Shampe (Choctaw Indian monster)

Stoneclad (Cherokee Indian giant)

Stonecoat (Iroquois Indian giant)

Wetucks (Narragansett Indian giant)

Windego (Anishinabe Indian giant)

Winpe (Mi'kmaq Indian giant)

Witiko (Cree Indian giant)

Western African-Congo

Efik

 

Anansa, goddess of the Sea, allure and beauty.[citation needed]

Vodun

Erzulie Freda Dahomey, loa of love, beauty, jewelry, dancing, luxury, and flowers.

Yoruba

 

Oshun, goddess of luxury and pleasure, sexuality and fertility, beauty and love, the river and fresh water  venerated in Ifá, Yoruba religion, Dahomey mythology, Vodun, Santería, Candomblé, Haitian Vodou

Afroasiatic Middle East

Canaanite

Astarte, goddess of sex and war, Canaanite version of Inanna.

Qetesh, goddess of love, beauty, and sex; "Qetesh" is her Egyptian name.

Egyptian

Bastet, goddess of felines, love, protection, perfume, beauty, and dance.

Bes, god of music, love, and dance.

Hathor, goddess of love, beauty, and music; originally a sky goddess.

Min, god of reproduction, love, and sexual pleasure.

Qetesh, goddess of love, beauty, and sex; apparently borrowed by the Egyptians from the Canaanites.

Hausa

Zamani, god of sex and beauty.

Mesopotamian

Inanna/Ishtar, goddess of sex and war.[3]

Nanaya, goddess personifying voluptuousness, sexuality and sensuality.

Western Eurasia

Albanian

Prende, goddess of love, beauty and fertility.

Balto-Slavic

Lithuanian

Milda, goddess of love and freedom.

Slavic

Dogoda, Polish spirit of the west wind, associated with love and gentleness.

Siebog, god of love and marriage.

Živa, goddess of love and fertility.

 

Celtic

Áine, Irish goddess of love, summer, wealth, and sovereignty; possibly originally a sun goddess.

Branwen, Welsh goddess of love and beauty

Cliodhna, Irish goddess, sometimes identified as a goddess of love and beauty.[4]

Norse-Germanic

Freyja, goddess of love/sex, beauty, seiðr, war, and death; often thought of as the Norse equivalent of \

Lofn, goddess who has permission from Frigg to arrange forbidden marriages.

Sjöfn, goddess associated with love.

 

Greek / Hellenic

 

Aphrodite, goddess of love, sex and beauty, Greek version of Astarte and ultimately Inanna.

Eos, Greek reflex of Hausos, who may have been the PIE lust/sex goddess.

 

The Erotes

Anteros, god of requited love.

Eros, god of love and procreation; originally a primordial deity unconnected to Aphrodite, he was later made into her son, possibly with Ares as his father; this version of him was imported to Rome where he came known as Cupid.

Himeros, god of sexual desire and unrequited love.

Hedylogos, god of sweet talk and flattery.

Voluptas, Roman version of the Greek Hedone.

Cupid, Roman version of the Greek Eros, also called Amor.

Suadela, Roman version of the Greek Peitho.

Venus, Roman version of the Greek Aphrodite.

Etruscan

 

Albina, goddess of the dawn and protector of ill-fated lovers.

Turan, goddess of love and vitality.

Western Asia

 

 

Armenian

Astghik, goddess of fertility and love.

Hindu-Vedic

Kamadeva Hindu god of human love or desire.

Rati, consort of Kama, goddess of love, carnal desire, lust, passion and sexual pleasure.

 

 

Persian Zorostarian

Anahita, seems to have gained an association with fertility and sex due to being influenced by the Mesopotamian Inanna; originally appears to have been a water goddess.

Asia-Pacific / Oceania

Filipino

Bangan: the Kankanaey goddess of romance; a daughter of Bugan and Lumawig

 

Amas: the Aeta deity who moves to pity, love, unity, and peace of heart

Dian Masalanta: the Tagalog goddess of lovers,

Mangagayuma: the Tagalog deity specializing in charms, especially those which infuses the heart with love; one of the five agent brothers

Far East Asia

Chinese

Yue-Lao, a god of love, who binds two people together with an invisible red string.

Tu Er Shen, a deity who oversees love between (effeminate) homosexual men.

 

god. On her first assignment with a client, a prostitute was supposed to make a sacrifice to him.

Qian Keng (Peng Zu), a god of health-focused sex.

 

 

Buddhist

 

Kuni, god of love.

Native Americas

Central American and the Caribbean

Aztec

Xochipilli, god of love, art, games, beauty, dance, flowers, maize, fertility, and song.

South America

Rudá, god of love.

Papyrus

 

A symbol of life merging from primeval water. The plant is used to produce the papyrus paper, the world’s first paper

 

Papyrus, writing material of ancient times and also the plant from which it was derived, Cyperus papyrus (family Cyperaceae), also called paper plant. The papyrus plant was long cultivated in the Nile delta region in Egypt and was collected for its stalk or stem, whose central pith was cut into thin strips, pressed together, and dried to form a smooth thin writing surface.

 

Papyrus is a grasslike aquatic plant that has woody, bluntly triangular stems and grows up to 4.6 m (about 15 feet) high in quietly flowing water up to 90  cm (3 feet) deep. The triangular stem can grow to a width of as much as 6 cm. The papyrus plant is now often used as a pool ornamental in warm areas or in conservatories. The dwarf papyrus (C. isocladus, also given as C. papyrus ‘Nanus’), up to 60 cm tall, is sometimes potted and grown indoors.

The ancient Egyptians used the stem of the papyrus plant to make sails, cloth, mats, cords, and, above all, paper. Paper made from papyrus was the chief writing material in ancient Egypt, was adopted by the Greeks, and was used extensively in the Roman Empire.

 

Due to its prevalence in the Nile Delta, the papyrus was the heraldic plant of Lower (northern) Egypt, while the lily or lotus stood for Upper (southern) Egypt.

 

The goddess Wadjet, depicted as a rearing cobra  or a woman with the head of a lioness , was the tutelary deity of Lower Egypt, and often is shown carrying a papyrus-shaped scepter.

 

In ancient Egyptian cosmology, the world was created when the first god stood on a mound that emerged from limitless and undifferentiated darkness and water, a mythical echo of the moment each year when the land began to reappear from beneath the annual floodwaters. Papyrus marshes were thus seen as fertile regions that contained the germs of creation Ceilings in temples and tombs were frequently supported with columns in the form of papyrus plants, turning their architectural settings into models of this primeval marsh

 

In one of the great mythic cycles central to Egyptian religion, the goddess Isis took her infant son Horus to the papyrus thickets of the north to conceal him from her brother Seth, who had murdered her husband Osiris and usurped his throne. Horus grew to manhood here, hidden among the swaying reeds whose rustling sounds soothed him and masked his cries, until he emerged to defeat his wicked uncle and reclaim his patrimony (. Horus was protected and nursed while a baby by the goddess Hathor, who was worshipped in the ritual of the Shaking of the Papyrus.

 

To celebrate her role as wet-nurse of Horus and symbol of rebirth and resurrection in the celestial realm, this goddess is shown in the form of a cow emerging from the papyrus thicket The handles of mirrors, associated with Hathor as the goddess of eroticism and beauty, were often in the form of papyrus plants.

 

The Papypus has served mankind well