Giants

Billy Carson

Humanity’s genetic code was altered around 200,000 years ago

The conversation turns to the Nephilim, beings mentioned in ancient texts who were said to be giants or demigods.

Ezekiel 8

The worship of Crawling things

Apep (Apophis): A giant serpent and enemy of the sun god Ra, Apep symbolized chaos and was feared as a force of destruction.

Before the flood

The world before the Great Flood

Nephilim and Titans: Many myths describe a time when the Earth was populated by giants, often born from the union of gods and humans.

Sumerian

Inanna and Enmerkar

While the etymology is still unclear, "the 'Lord' (is/has) a glowing giant snake" has been proposed.

Philo, of Byblos

The Phoenician history

Thence Hesiod and the highly touted cyclic poets fabricated their own versions and made excerpts of Theogonies and Giants’ Battles and Titans’ Battles, which they carried about and with which they defeated the truth.

Frederick S. Oliver

Atlantis, Queen of the Wave (1-1)

To give some idea of the difficulties encountered in scaling or descending this giant mountain, I must remark that the final five-thousand feet of the ascent could be made by only one tortuous route.

Northern Greece

Mount Athos

In Greek mythology, Mount Athos is associated with the Gigantomachy, the epic battle between the Olympian gods and the Giants.

According to the myth, the giant Athos, in an attempt to overthrow the gods, hurled a massive rock at Poseidon, the god of the sea.

Sicily, Italy

Mount Etna

Mount Etna is also associated with the myth of Typhon, a monstrous giant who challenged the Olympian gods.

Central Greece

Mount Ossa

Mount Ossa is best known in Greek mythology for its role in the Gigantomachy, the battle between the Olympian gods and the Giants.

According to the myth, the Giants, in their attempt to reach Mount Olympus and overthrow the gods, piled Mount Ossa on top of Mount Pelion.

This stacking of mountains symbolized the Giants' hubris and their challenge to divine authority.

Another myth involving Mount Ossa features the twin giants Otus and Ephialtes, known as the Aloadae.

These giants, sons of Poseidon, also attempted to reach Olympus by piling Mount Ossa on top of Mount Pelion.

Central Greece

Mount Pelion

Another legend tells of the battle between the Olympian gods and the Giants, in which Mount Pelion played a role.

The Giants, attempting to overthrow the gods, piled Mount Pelion on top of Mount Ossa in an attempt to reach Mount Olympus.

Crete, Greece

Mount Ida

The Cretan Hero TalosOne of the lesser-known myths associated with Mount Ida is the story of Talos, a giant bronze automaton who was said to have protected Crete from invaders.

Greek Mythology
Pleiades and Orion

Pleiades and Orion

Orion the Hunter: In Greek mythology, Orion is depicted as a giant huntsman placed among the stars by Zeus.

In response, she sent a giant scorpion to kill him.

The sisters were renowned for their beauty, which caught the attention of Orion, a giant and mighty hunter.

The Olympian Gods

Primordial State: The giants (Jotnar), representing chaos and primordial forces, were among the first beings.

Transition: The Æsir, led by Odin, waged war against the older giants and established a new order.

Beni Elohim

In the Bible, particularly in Genesis 6, the Beni Elohim are described as beings who descended to Earth and interacted with human women, resulting in a race of giants known as the Nephilim.

The stories of the Beni Elohim and their interactions with humans have permeated many cultures and religious traditions, often forming the basis for legends of gods, giants, and demigods.

Aztec mythology

The 5 Suns

The people of this age were giants who lived off acorns.

End: This sun ended when jaguars devoured the giants, leading to the destruction of the world.

Characteristics: The people of this era were giants who lived on acorns and other wild foods.

End: Nahui-Ocelotl ended when Tezcatlipoca transformed into a jaguar and caused jaguars to descend upon the earth, devouring the giants and bringing the world to its end.

Myths

Timeline of the Four Worlds

Norse: Early formation of the Nine Worlds, Jotunn (Frost Giants) prominent.

Norse: Ymir (first giant), Buri, Borr.

Norse: Cold and ice symbolized by the presence and influence of the Frost Giants.

Greek Mythology (Titanomachy and Gigantomachy): The battles between the Titans and the Olympian gods, and later between the giants and gods, involve immense fires and destruction, which could metaphorically represent volcanic eruptions.

Giants: The Giants were monstrous beings born from the blood of Uranus, who fought against the Olympian gods in the Gigantomachy.

Frost Giants (Jotunn): The Jotunn, or Frost Giants, are beings associated with cold and ice.

Greek: The Titans and Giants were powerful but ultimately destructive and had to be overthrown.

Haudenosaunee

Haudenosaunee Creation Story

A giant turtle said they could put her on his back, and that's what they did.

Animals

Turtle

Lenape Mythology: A story tells of how the Earth was created on the back of a giant turtle after a great flood.

Ojibwe

Nana Beaujo holds on to a great big log

The sea turtle came up underneath Nana Beaujo, caught him on his giant shell, and raised him back up to the water surface so he could breathe again.

Nana Beaujo was laying on the back of this giant sea turtle.

Samael Aun Weor

Our Hidden Connections to Atlantis, Lemuria & Beyond

Lemurians were giants, ranging 14 to 19 feet tall, with a physically manifested third eye.

Paa Taraq

The Master’s Secret Birth of Earth

A giant lotus was what first rose out of the primeval water of Nu?

Matias de Stefano

Atlantis and the Creation of Races

Annunaki Arrival: The Aesir (known as Annunaki), giants from another planet, arrived in the Middle East.

Miracles

Miracles of Elijah, Moses, and Jesus

Deliverance from Danger: Known for protecting humanity and the gods from giants and other threats.

Huna Flash

Anunnaki Overview

The Anunnaki are described as giant beings from other planets.

Origins: The Anunnaki are giant beings from other planets who played significant roles in Lemuria and Atlantis.

Credo Mutwa

Women were mining

That was the place where humanity as we know it was seeded.31:49Humanity landed there, directed by the great giants.32:03The place of emerging of living animals.32:10And from there, the knowledge, myths, beliefs, and language went north, eventually to Sumer and Egypt, and became those civilizations.32:28Yes, yes.

Ignatius Donnelly

Ad-, Atl-, At-, Atlantis

Architecture and Civilization: The Adites are remembered as giants with great strength, capable of moving massive stone blocks and building grand structures.

Ignatius Donnelly

Genesis Contains a History of Atlantis

According to the legend, the pyramid was built by a race of giants who desired to reach the sky.

Giants: Both the Bible and Central American history mention giants.

The Bible refers to "giants in those days," while Central American legends speak of the ancient race of giants called Quinames.

Guatemala

The Annals of the CakchiQuels

The whole alleged story of the Toltecs is merely an euhemerized myth, and they are as pure creations of the fancy as the giants and fairies of mediæval romance.

In these names, all of them pure Nahuatl, the word Tecpan means the royal residence or capital; Quauhtemallan (Guatemala), “the place of the wood-pile;” Utlatlan, “the place of the giant cane;” Atitlan, “the place by the water;” Tezolotlan, “the place of the narrow stone,” or “narrowed by stones.”