Homes of giants — Mythoi

Motif

Homes of giants.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Exceptionally large or small men. · view the constellation · filed as F531.6.3

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Norse The Poetic Edda , HYMISKVITHA HYMISKVITHA
Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic) The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation) , Book 6, Canto 1
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LXVI LXVI. The External Soul in Folk-Tales
Literary Crystallization Moby-Dick; or, The Whale , EXTRACTS

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
Icelandic Herrmann Saxo II 586ff., 595, MacCulloch Eddic 276, Boberg.

Within the index

Filed under Other giant motifs.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Men not to disclose giant's home. (Cf. C420.) Giants live in castles (raths, duns) (ruins of which may still be seen) Giant lives in fairyland

Filed beside it

Origin of giants. (Cf. F531.5.7.1.2.) Haunts of giants Age of giants Giants as magicians Giants as builders of great structures Giant's treasure. (Cf. F531.6.8.3.1.) Mutual relations of giants Giants as warriors (in army) Other occupations of giants Antipathies of giants Disappearance or death of giants Graves of giants Ghost of giant Giants and supernatural beings Attendants of the giants Other acts of giants

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