Exceptionally large or small men

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Exceptionally large or small men.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Exceptionally large or small men. · view the constellation · filed as F530

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general Krappe Neuphilologische Mitteilungen XXIV 1–10.

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Giant. A person of enormous size. (For giants who are primarily ogres see G100 and G400–G599.)Remarkably broad man Remarkably tall man. (Cf. F531.2.1.)Pygmy. Remarkably small man. Also called "dwarf". To be distinguished from the dwarfs who live in the woods and inhabit underground places (F451)

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