This is a list of giants and giantesses from mythology and folklore; it does not include giants from modern fantasy fiction or role-playing games (for those, see list of species in fantasy fiction).

Abrahamic religions & Religions of the ancient Near East

See also: Christian mythology, Islamic mythology, Jewish mythology, and Proto-Indo-European mythology

African folklore

Armenian mythology

Australian folklore

See also: Mythology of Australia and Australian Aboriginal religion and mythology

Celtic mythology

Brythonic mythology

See also: Welsh mythology and Cornish mythology

Gaelic mythology

See also: Irish mythology and Scottish mythology

Chinese folklore

See also: Chinese mythology

Dutch folklore

See also: Mythology in the Low Countries

English folklore

See also: English mythology, Matter of England, Matter of Britain, and Anglo-Saxon_paganism § Mythology

Fennoscandian folklore and mythology

Finnic mythologies

See also: Estonian folklore, Estonian mythology, Folklore of Finland, and Finnish mythology

Norse mythology

See also: Nordic folklore, List of jötnar in Norse mythology, and Jötunn § Glossing as "giant"

Sámi folklore

See also: Sámi shamanism

French folklore

See also: Matter of France and Mythology in France

German folklore

See also: Germanic mythology, Proto-Germanic folklore, and Continental Germanic mythology

Greek and Roman mythology

See also: Greek mythology and Roman mythology

Iberian mythology

Basque mythology

Cantabrian mythology

Indian religions

See also: Buddhist mythology and Folklore of India

Hindu mythology

Jainism

Japanese folklore

See also: Japanese mythology

Malaysian folklore

See also: Malay folklore

North American folklore

See also: Aztec mythology, Folklore of the United States, Canadian folklore, and Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas

Oceanian Mythology

See also: Melanesian mythology, Micronesian mythology, and Polynesian narrative

Fijian mythology

Māori mythology

Persian mythology

See also: Iranian folklore

Philippine mythology

See also: List of Philippine mythological creatures

Romanian folklore

Slavic paganism

Bulgarian mythology

Albanian folk beliefs

South American mythology and folklore

See also: Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas

Brazilian mythology

Chilean mythology

Tibetan mythology

Other

See also

References

  1. ^ Elsie, Robert (2001). The Dictionary of Albanian religion, mythologie and folk culture. London: Hurst. pp. 150–151. ISBN 978-1-85065-570-1.
  2. ^ Elsie, Robert (2001). The Dictionary of Albanian religion, mythologie and folk culture. London: Hurst. pp. 20–21. ISBN 978-1-85065-570-1.
  3. ^ Tirta, Mark (2004). Mitologjia ndër shqiptarë. Tiranë: Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë Instituti i Kulturës Popullore, Dega e Etnologjisë. pp. 132–137. ISBN 978-99927-938-9-3.
  4. ^ Elsie, Robert (2001). The Dictionary of Albanian religion, mythologie and folk culture. London: Hurst. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-85065-570-1.
  5. ^ Elsie, Robert (2001). The Dictionary of Albanian religion, mythologie and folk culture. London: Hurst. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-85065-570-1.
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