List of giants in mythology and folklore

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 mythology

• Anakim (Old Testament)
• Goliath (Book of Samuel)
• Nephilim
• Nimrod (Old Testament)
• Og (Book of Numbers)
• Rephaite

Celtic mythology

Greek and Roman mythology

• Argus Panoptes
• Caca
• Cacus
• Cyclopes
  • Arges
  • Brontes
  • Polyphemus
  • Steropes
• Geryon
• Gigantes:
  • Alcyoneus
  • Athos
  • Echion
  • Enceladus
  • Klytius
• Hekatonkheires
  • Briareus
  • Gyges
  • Cottu
• Menoetius
• Talos
• Titans:
  • Atlas
  • Coeus
  • Crius
  • Cronus
  • Dione (occasionally considered a Titan)
  • Epimetheus
  • Gaia
  • Hyperion
  • Iapetus
  • Mnemosyne
  • Oceanus
  • Ophion (occasionally considered a Titan)
  • Phoebe
  • Prometheus
  • Rhea
  • Tethys
  • Theia
  • Themis

Hindu mythology

• Daityas
  • Hiranyaksha
  • Hiranyakashipu
  • Mahabali
  • Ravana
  • Kumbhakarna
  • Ghatotkach

Norse mythology

• Bestla
• Gorm
• Jötunn
  • Ægir
  • 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

Native American mythology

• Quinametzin
• Zipacna
• Si-Te-Cah
• Nahullo, a race that lived in Tennessee, predating the Choctaw
• Starnake, mentioned by the Navajo

Other

• Brobdingnag giant, from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels
• Paul Bunyan (American folklore)
• Ferragut (also known as Ferragus, Ferracutus, etc.)
• Hurtaly (Og, Jewish mythology)
• Gargantua and Pantagruel
• Genie, a giant spirit or jinn inhabiting a lamp in Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp, (re-written by Sir Richard Francis Burton) from One Thousand and One Nights
• Gogmagog
• John Henry (American folklore)
• Iovan Iorgovan (Romanian mythology)
• Jentilak or Gentiles: (Basque mythology)
  • Basajaun
  • Olentzero
• Kapre (Philippine mythology)
• Kroni (Ayyavazhi mythology)
• Ojáncanu (Cantabrian mythology)
• Ogias the Giant (Manichaean mythology)
• Oni (Japanese folklore)
• St Christopher (Roman Catholic)
• ‘Uj ibn Anaq (Islamic mythology)
• Matsieng
• Ellert and Brammert
• Crooked Mick (Australian folklore)
• Mbombo (African folklore)
• Kua Fu (Chinese mythology)

See also

• Giant animal (mythology)