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• God as son of giant. A112.4
• God as son of giantess. A112.4.1
• Goddess as daughter of giant. A112.4.2
• God as son of nine giantesses. A112.5
• Giant god. (Cf. A128.2.) A133
• Giant god drinks lakes dry. (Indra). A133.1
• Giant goddess bestrides entire land. One foot is in the north of the country and the other is in the south. A133.2
• Giant god goes with three steps through the world. A133.2.1
• Giant orderly of the gods. A133.3
• Fight of the gods and giants. A162.1
• God reborn of human woman to avenge self on giant. (Cf. A179.5.) A162.5
• Battle between God's orderly (giant) and plague. A162.6
• God as lover of giantess. A164.6
• Thunderbird. A mythical giant bird usually thought of as a thunder-god. A284.2
• Giant as culture hero. A523
• Giant sword of culture hero. A523.1
• Creation from vapor-produced primeval giant. Vapors from half-frozen primeval river origin of giant Ymir, from whom universe is created. A621.1
• Universe from body of slain giant. Ymir. (Cf. A621.1.) A642
• Giant in moon. A751.9.3
• Earth from giant's body (Ymir). (Cf. A614.1.) A831.2
• Creator's giant servant puts a valley where earth's crust is heavy and a mountain where it is light so as to stabilize it. A857.2
• Creator's giant servant puts trees to hold earth together where it slipped. A857.3
• Lakes made by giant or devil. A920.1.10
• Giant drinks up ocean. A928
• River from urine of goddess (giantess). A933
• River valley licked out by giant beast. A951.1
• Islands from stones cast by giantess. (Cf. A901, A963.5.) A955.6
• Hills from flapping of primeval bird. Hills and valleys are formed from the flapping of a giant turkey-buzzard when the earth is still plastic. A961.1
• Mountains spring from scattered parts of slain giant serpent's body. A961.4
• Mountains (cliffs) from bones of killed giant. A961.5
• Mountains from stones dropped from giant's clothes. He carries the stones in his clothes but loses them as he walks. A963.1
• Mountains and hills from stones thrown by giant at church. A963.4
• Hills from stones cast by giants. A963.5
• Mountain from buried giant. A969.1
• Chasms between rocks mark "leaps" of giants, heroes, etc. A972.5.2
• Indentions on rocks caused by giants. A972.6
• Certain stones are transformed giants. A974.2
• Giant responsible for certain stones. (Cf. A963.1.) A977.1
• Flood from slain giant's blood. A1012.3.1
• Flood from conflict of monsters (giant animals). A1015.1.1
• Fettered monster's escape at end of world. Giant, or monster, is fettered in depths of the earth. His movement causes earthquakes. When he succeeds in freeing himself from the fetters and escapes, the world will end. A1070
• Battle of gods and giants at end of world. A1082.1
• Impounded water. Water is kept by monster so that mankind cannot use it. A hero defeats the monster and releases the water. (The monster is sometimes a giant frog.) A1111
• Winds as children of titans (giants). A1123
• Winds caused by flapping wings. A giant bird causes the wind with his wings. The wings are cut by the culture hero so that the bird cannot flap so hard. A1125
• Wind caused by flapping of ears of giant. A1125.1
• Thunder made by giants in sky. A1142.9
• Mankind begotten by giant's two feet. He touches one foot with the other and begets progeny. A1221.1
• Men at first as large as giants. A1301
• Creator gives liquor to his servant giant to drink. A1427.0.4
• Origin of the Fomorians (giants). A1659.1
• Animals from transformed ogre or giant. A1716
• Animals from different parts of body of slain giant. Giant person, cow, ox, etc. A1716.1
• Giant ox ancestor of all animals. A1791
• Why giant lizard is blind. Chose poison instead of eyes. A2332.6.2
• Deer with giant antler. B15.3.3
• Giant devastating hound. B16.1.2.1
• Giant devastating boar. B16.1.4.1
• Giant devastating sow. B16.1.4.2
• Giant lion overcome by hero. B16.2.3
• Giant devastating wolf overcome by hero. B16.2.4
• Giant man-eating mice. B16.2.8
• Giant devastating serpent. B16.5.1
• Giant man-eating ants. B16.6.1
• [First Edition: B31. Giant birds.] B31
• Roc. A giant bird which carries off men in its claws. B31.1
• Giant ravens. They sit on mountain; when they fly, avalanche comes. B31.3
• Giant swimming raven. B31.3.1
• Giant bat. B31.4
• Simorg: giant bird. B31.5
• Other giant birds. B31.6
• Giant blackbird. B31.6.1
• Giant bird pulls up oak tree by roots. B31.6.2
• Giant bird alighting on oak tree causes it to tremble. B31.6.2.1
• Camrosh. Giant bird which collects seeds and sees that they are properly placed. Carries off the people's enemies. B35
• Leviathan. Giant fish. B61
• Giant mermaid. B81.9.4
• Giant mermaid (man) cast ashore. B81.13.5
• Magic snake can compress himself to minute size and expand to giant size. B176.1.2
• Black cat as servant of giant. B292.6
• Cry of giant ox impregnates all fish. B741.1
• Bullets have no effect on giant serpent; only stroke of lightning effective. B765.17
• Giant animals. (Cf. B16.1, B16.4, B15.7.12) B870
• Giant beasts. B871
• Giant domestic beasts. B871.1
• Giant cow. B871.1.1
• Giant ox. B871.1.1.1
• Giant bull. B871.1.1.2
• Giant buffalo. B871.1.1.3
• Giant boar. B871.1.2
• Giant boar with hinder part as large as can be carried by nine men. B871.1.2.0.1
• Giant hog. B871.1.2.1
• Giant sheep. B871.1.3
• Giant goat. B871.1.4
• Giant horse: hair from the tail is seven yards. B871.1.5
• Giant cat. B871.1.6
• Giant dog (hound). B871.1.7
• Giant wild beasts. B871.2
• Giant elephant. B871.2.1
• Giant tiger. B871.2.2