List of giants in mythology and folklore

Abrahamic mythology

• Anakim
• Gibborim
• Goliath
• Nephilim
• Nimrod
• Og
• Rephaite

  Celtic mythology

Brythonic mythology

• Cewri
• *Bendigeidfran
• *Ysbaddaden Bencawr
• *Idris Gawr
• Cormoran
• Gogmagog

  Gallic mythology

• Fachen
• Fomorians:
• * Balor
• * Banba
• * Bres
• Buarainech
• Cethlenn
• Corb
• Cuchulain
• Elatha
• Ériu
• Ethniu
• Fódla
• Tethra

  Greek and Roman mythology

• Argus Panoptes
• Caca
• Cacus
• Cyclopes
• * Arges
• * Brontes
• * Polyphemus
• * Steropes
• Geryon
• Gigantes:
• *Alcyoneus
• * Athos
• * Echion
• *Enceladus
• * Klytius
• Hekatonkheires
• * Briareus
• * Gyges
• * Cottu
• Menoetius
• Talos
• Titans:
• * Atlas
• * Coeus
• * Crius
• * Cronus
• * Dione
• * Epimetheus
• * Gaia
• * Hyperion
• * Iapetus
• * Mnemosyne
• * Oceanus
• * Ophion
• * Phoebe
• * Prometheus
• * Rhea
• * Tethys
• * Theia
• * Themis

  Hindu mythology

• Daityas
• * Hiranyaksha
• * Hiranyakashipu
• * Mahabali
• * Ravana
• * Kumbhakarna
• * Ghatotkach

  Norse mythology

• Bestla
• Gorm
• Jötunn
• * Ægir
• * Angrboða
• * Baugi
• * Bergelmir
• * Billingr
• * Bölþorn
• * Geirröd
• * Gilling
• * Gjálp and Greip
• Gríðr
• Gullveig
• Gymir
• Hroðr
• Hrungnir
• Hymir
• Járnsaxa
• Kári
• Loki
• Alvaldi
• Rindr
• Skaði
• Suttungr
• Þjazi
• Þrúðgelmir
• Þrymr
• Útgarða-Loki
• Vafþrúðnir
• Ymir/Aurgelmir

  Native American mythology

• Quinametzin
• Zipacna
• Si-Te-Cah
• Nahullo, a race that lived in Tennessee, predating the Choctaw
• Starnake, mentioned by the Navajo

  Shinto folklore

• Emperor Keikō - According to records, this 1st century AD emperor stood 10ft 2in tall.
• Emperor Chūai - Was said to be ten feet tall, with "a countenance of perfect beauty".

  Other

• Brobdingnag giant, from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels
• Paul Bunyan
• Ferragut
• Flaming Teeth, a giant in Fijian mythology
• Hurtaly
• Gargantua and Pantagruel
• Genie, a giant spirit or jinn inhabiting a lamp in Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp, from One Thousand and One Nights
• Gogmagog
• John Henry
• Iovan Iorgovan
• Jentilak or Gentiles:
• * Basajaun
• * Olentzero
• Kapre
• Kroni
• Ojáncanu
• Ogias the Giant
• Oni
• St Christopher
• ‘Uj ibn Anaq
• Matsieng
• Ellert and Brammert
• Crooked Mick
• Mbombo
• Kua Fu