9 World Chronicles

Karttiki

Classified Goddess

Pantheon Culture: Hindu

Origin: Indus River Valley

Literary Sources

Epic and Puranic Text

 

Sacred Stone Lapis Lazuli

She is one of the9 Navasaktis who in Southern India rank as their hight deties

 

She was revered as a Mother goddess

 

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)