The constellation
F531 Giant. A person of enormous size. (For giants who are primarily ogres see G100 and G400–G599.)
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- Biblical worthy as giant · F531.0.1 entry
- Giant as Creator's servant · F531.0.2 entry
- Generation of men at the Deluge gigantic · F531.0.3 entry
- Giant woman · F531.0.4 entry
- Appearance of giant · F531.1 entry
- Size of giant · F531.2 entry
- Gargantuan feats · F531.3 entry
- Gigantic possessions of giant · F531.4 entry
- Giants and men · F531.5 entry
- Other giant motifs · F531.6 entry
keeps company
- Giant wades the ocean · F531.3.1 entry
- Giant throws a great rock · F531.3.2 entry
- Blindness healed by sun's rays · F952.2 entry
- Ogre made drunk and overcome · G521 entry
- Prophecy: future greatness of unborn child. (Cf. M301.2.2, M301.5.1, M301.12, M359.3, M371.1.) · M311 entry
- God swallows his pregnant wife to prevent birth of son whom he fears · M376 entry
- Flaying alive as punishment for contesting with a god · Q457.1 entry
- Birth from person's head · T541.4 entry
- Tabu: mortal lusting after goddess · C191 entry
cross-ref
- Revenant as a very large man (giant). (Cf. F531.) · E422.3.2 entry
- Giants in otherworld. (Cf. F531.) · F167.3 entry
- Wood-spirit gigantic. (Cf. F232.6, F531.) · F441.5.2 entry
- Battle between giants and dwarfs; dwarfs win. (Cf. F531.) · F535.5.1.1 entry
- Abduction by giant. (Cf. F531, G100.) · R11.3 entry
Thompson cites
- The Library (Bibliotheca) · BOOK I, ch. IV