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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 religions & Religions of the ancient Near East edit

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

African folklore edit

Armenian mythology edit

Australian folklore edit

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

Celtic mythology edit

Brythonic mythology edit

See also: Welsh mythology and Cornish mythology

Gaelic mythology edit

See also: Irish mythology and Scottish mythology

Chinese folklore edit

See also: Chinese mythology

Dutch folklore edit

See also: Mythology in the Low Countries

English folklore edit

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

Fennoscandian folklore and mythology edit

Finnic mythologies edit

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

Norse mythology edit

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

Sámi folklore edit

See also: Sámi shamanism

French folklore edit

See also: Matter of France and Mythology in France

German folklore edit

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

Greek and Roman mythology edit

See also: Greek mythology and Roman mythology

Iberian mythology edit

Basque mythology edit

Cantabrian mythology edit

Indian religions edit

See also: Buddhist mythology and Folklore of India

Hindu mythology edit

Jainism edit

Japanese folklore edit

See also: Japanese mythology

Malaysian folklore edit

See also: Malay folklore

North American folklore edit

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

Oceanian Mythology edit

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

Fijian mythology edit

Māori mythology edit

Persian mythology edit

See also: Iranian folklore

Philippine mythology edit

See also: List of Philippine mythological creatures

Romanian folklore edit

Slavic paganism edit

Bulgarian mythology edit

South American mythology and folklore edit

See also: Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas

Brazilian mythology edit

Chilean mythology edit

Tibetan mythology edit

Other edit

See also edit

References edit

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