Giant beasts — Mythoi

Motif

Giant beasts.

Animals. · Miscellaneous animal motifs. · Giant animals. · view the constellation · filed as B871

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic)The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation), Book 3, Canto 45
Depth CommentaryPrimitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom, Chapter XIV
IrishOld Celtic Romances: Translated from the Gaelic, Tale 7THE PURSUIT OF THE GILLA DACKER AND HIS HORSE.
NorseThe Prose Edda (The Younger Edda), THE FOOLING OF GYLFE. XVI

Within the index

Filed under Giant animals. (Cf. B16.1, B16.4, B15.7.12)

2 finer motifs beneath it

Giant domestic beasts Giant wild beasts

Filed beside it

Animal extraordinarily heavy for size Giant eagle Giant gull Giant falcon Giant auk Giant insects Giant fish Giant reptiles Giant amphibia and other animal forms Giant mythical animals Giant flock of animals (birds.)