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Giants: The Complete Guide to the Giants of World Myth and Legend

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Giants: The Complete Guide to the Giants of World Myth and Legend

The Titans, Jotnar and Giant-Kind of World Mythology

The complete guide to the giants: the Titans and Gigantes of Greece, the frost-giants of the North, the Nephilim of the Bible, and the primordial beings the gods had to overthrow to make the world.

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  • 11 chapters, primary sources
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  • Titans, jotnar, Nephilim and folklore giants
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  1. 01Before the Gods, the Giants
  2. 02The World Made from a Giant
  3. 03The Titans: The Elder Gods of Greece
  4. 04The Gigantomachy: The War of the Giants
  5. 05Ymir and the Frost-Giants of the North
  6. 06The Jotnar: Enemies and In-Laws of the Gods
  7. 07The Nephilim and the Giants of the Bible
  8. 08Giants of the British Isles
  9. 09Ogres, Trolls and the Giants of the Fairy Tale
  10. 10Giants Who Shaped the Land
  11. 11Why Every People Imagined Giants

About this book

About this Mythical Creatures mythology guide

Before the gods there were the giants: the raw material of creation and the enemy of order. This is the complete guide to the Titans, the frost-giants and the giant-kind of world myth.

Before the gods there were the giants. Again and again, across unrelated mythologies, the same story is told: the world is made from the body of a giant, the first gods are born from giant-kind, and the order of the cosmos begins with a war between the young gods and the older, vaster race they must overthrow. The giant is the raw material of creation and the enemy of order, and the two are the same thing.

This is the complete guide to the giants. The Titans and Gigantes of Greece, the elder powers Zeus had to defeat; the jotnar of Norse myth, the frost-giants and the giant Ymir from whose body the world was carved; the Nephilim and the giants of the Hebrew Bible; and the giants of folklore the world over, the builders of standing stones, the ogres of the fairy tale, the beings who shaped the landscape itself.

The book follows giant-kind from the creation of the world to the local hill said to be a sleeping giant, drawing on the epics, the scriptures and the folklore, with every chapter citing its sources.

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What you will discover inside

  • Why so many myths build the world from the body of a giant
  • The Titans and the war the Olympians fought to take heaven
  • Ymir and the frost-giants, and how the Norse world was carved from a corpse
  • The Nephilim and the giants of the Hebrew Bible
  • The giants of folklore who raised the standing stones and shaped the hills
  • Why the giant is always the older, vaster thing the new order overthrows

Mythical Creatures mythology book at a glance

TraditionMythical Creatures mythology
Chapters11 chapters
Length170 pages
SourcesDrawn from the primary sources, cited inline
Reading levelBeginner-friendly. Every name and place is explained from scratch
FormatPrint-quality PDF
DeliveryPDF within 24 hours

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About the author

Guillaume Henry, founder of Mythologis

Guillaume Henry

Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Mythologis

Guillaume Henry founded Mythologis to make the world's mythologies readable without losing what makes them strange. Every Mythologis book draws on the primary sources first, cross-references multiple translations, and avoids inventing details that aren't in the originals.

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Questions about the Mythical Creatures mythology book

When will I receive my PDF?

Within 24 hours of purchase. Your download link arrives in your inbox automatically.

Does it cover the Titans and the Norse giants both?

Yes. The Greek Titans and Gigantes and the Norse jotnar both get full treatment, along with the giants of the Bible and of folklore, and the book draws out the striking pattern they share.

Is this book based on primary sources?

Yes. It draws on Hesiod's Theogony, the Prose and Poetic Eddas, the Hebrew Bible, and the folklore collections of the British Isles and beyond, with references to the standard translations.

How long is the book?

Eleven chapters, around 170 pages depending on the final layout.

Will there be a paperback on Amazon?

The PDF is available immediately. A KDP paperback edition follows once the book has been validated by readers.

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