02.2 Mythology and History Part Two Giants

8/7/2019 02.2 Mythology and History Part Two Giants

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The myth of Giants1. The word giant comes

from the Greek Gigantes(meaning earthborn), arace of huge creatureswho were the offspring ofGaia, the earth, andUranus, the heavens.

2. In Goyas Colossus heuses the Giant image as ametaphor for theprevailing fears andterrors of the mind

3. In ancient times thebarbarians saw ancientRoman ruins and thoughtthey could only be thework of Giants

4. Metaphorical idea orignorance what is thetruth behind the

mythology?


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The Greek Myth of Giants

Hesiod's Theogony tells how,from Chaos, arose broad-breasted Gaia , the everlastingfoundation of the gods ofOlympus.

She brought forth Uranus , thestarry sky, her equal, to coverher, the hills (Ourea), and thefruitless deep of the Sea,Pontus , "without sweet union

of love," out of her own selfthrough parthenogenesis. she lay with her son, Uranus,

and bore the world-ocean godOceanus, Coeus and Crius andthe Titans Hyperion andIapetus, Theia and Rhea,Themis, Mnemosyne, andPhoebe of the golden crown,and lovely Tethys . After themwas born Cronus the wily,youngest and most terrible ofher children, and he hated his

lusty sire.


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Hesiod mentions Gaia's furtheroffspring conceived with Uranus:first the giant one-eyed Cyclopes:Brontes ("thunderer"), Steropes("lightning"), and the "bright" Arges:"Strength and might and craft werein their works."

In the Olympian creation myth, as Hesiodtells it in Theogony, Uranus came everynight to cover the earth and mate withGaia, but he hated the children she borehim.


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This second century CE relief of the Gigantomachy was found in Aphrodisias. It depicts Athena attacking (anddefeating) two giants

Then he adds the three terrible hundred-handed sons of Earth and Heaven, These giants were half man, half monster, with serpents' tails instead of legs. The that the three Hekatonkheires "Hundred -Handed Ones," three giants of incredible

strength and ferocity each of them having a hundred hands and fifty heads.o Their names were Briareus ( )the Vigorous,o The "sea goat", Cottus ( ) the Striker or the Furious,o Gyges ( the Big-Limbed.)

Uranus was fearful of the power of the Giants so he forced them back into the womb ofupsetting Gaia greatly, causing her great pain and setting into motion the overthrow ofUranus by Cronus, who later imprisoned them in Tartarus.


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She then hatched a plot to free them and forged a sickle to castrate Uranuswith

She descended into the earth to ask which of her children would wield thesickle and revenge her on Uranus

Only Cronos had the courage and when Uranus came to Gaie he hid in thefolds of her garment and waited until he could reach out and cut his fathersgenitals and throw them in the sea

The organ covered with blood splattered over Gaia. From the blood that spilled out from Uranus and fell upon the earth, the

Gigantes, Erinyes, and Meliae were produced, the organs bobbing in the sea

gave rise to white foam. and from the spume Aphrodite rose from the sea:Aphrodite (means "out of white foam"), the goddess of love.


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"...so soon as he had cut off the members with flint and cast them from the land into thesurging sea, they were swept away over the main a long time: and a white foam spreadaround them from the immortal flesh, and in it there grew a maiden..."

Cronus took his father's throne after dispatching Uranus. He then secured his power by re-

imprisoning his siblings the Hecatonchires and Cyclopes, and his (newly-created) siblingsthe Gigantes, in Tartarus.


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Under the reign of Cronos, the work ofcreation continued and the Golden Ageensued.

Of this Golden Age, Hesiod wrote of themen "they lived like gods, free from worryand fatigue; old age did not afflict them;they rejoiced in continual festivity." All theblessings of the world were theirs.

When death came to them, it was likebeing overcome by slumber after whichthey became benevolent guardian spiritsand protectors of the living.

But all was not well. . . Cronos was given a prophecy that he

would be over thrown by his son

He was fearful and swallowed his childrenwhen they were born


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Rhea, Cronos wife,grieving for the lostof her children,pleaded with herparents Gaia andUranus when sheconceived her sixthchild, Zeus.

They sent Rhea toLyktos in Crete andwhen she gave birthto Zeus, she gavehim to Gaia who hidhim in a cave inMount Dicte andnourished him.

Meanwhile, Rheareturned to Cronusgiving him a large

stone wrapped inswaddling clothes.

Cronus thinkingthat it was thenewborn,swallowed thestone


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Zeus managed to free his siblings by tricking Cronos into vomiting them out, andtogether they fulfilled the prophecy of Zeus usurping his fathers rule.The Titans revolted against the rule of Zeus and war was waged between them forten years but a stalemate resulted.Titanomachy

Zeus could not win without the help of the Cyclopes and Giants imprisoned inTartarusThe Titans are now led by a new Titan Atlas who was hand-picked by the fellowTitans to replace Cronus. However, they could not overcome Zeus with the newweapons and the help of the Giants and Cyclopes.Zeus finally overthrew the Titans and locked them deep in the depths of Tartarus,

with the three Giants keeping watch.


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These Greek stories of theTitanomachy fall into a classof similar myths throughoutEurope and the Near East,where one generation orgroup of gods by and large

opposes the dominant one. Sometimes the Elder Gods are

supplanted. Sometimes therebels lose, and are either castout of power entirely orincorporated into thepantheon.

Other examples might includethe wars of the sir with theVanir and Jotuns inScandinavian mythology,

the Babylonian epic EnumaElish,

the Hittite "Kingship inHeaven" Kumarbi narrative, the struggle between the

Tuatha D Danann and theFomorians in Gaelicmythology, and

the obscure generationalconflict in Ugaritic fragments. Zeus descending from his thrown thunderbolts in hand ready to do battleagainst the rebellious giants - Giulio Romano


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Gen 11:3They said to each other, Come, lets make bricks and bake them thoroughly.They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. 4Then they said, Come, let us

build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make aname for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth.


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The gods needed the helpof a human hero becausethe giants could not bekilled by gods.

Zeus therefore fathered ason, the mighty Hercules,whose mother was ahuman.

The two sides met in battleat the home of the giants, a

place called Phlegra(Burning Lands). The giants hurled huge

rocks and mountaintopsand brandished burningoak trees.

The gods fought backstrongly, and Herculespicked off the giants oneby one with his arrows.

H l h f Z d Al h


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Hercules was the son of Zeus and Alcmena, thewife of Amphitryon, a distinguished Greekwarrior and heir to the throne of Tiryns. Onenight while Amphitryon was away, Zeus cameto Alcmena disguised as her husband. The nextday, the real Amphitryon returned and slept

with his wife. Concerned that Amphitryon didnot remember being with Alcmena on bothnights, the couple consulted the blind prophetTiresias, who told them that Zeus had sleptwith Alcmena the first night and predicted thatshe would bear a child who would become agreat hero.

Alcmena bore twin boys Hercules, the son ofZeus, and Iphicles, the son of Amphitryon.When the goddess Herat discovered that Zeushad seduced Alcmena and fathered Hercules,she was furious. Hera was fiercely jealous of

Zeus's lovers and children and pursued themmercilessly. She tried to kill the infant Herculesby having two poisonous snakes placed in hiscrib one night. However, the infant grabbed thesnakes and strangled them. Though Hera failedto kill Hercules, she persecuted himthroughout his life, causing many of the eventsthat led to his great suffering and punishments.


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One day after Hercules returned homefrom a journey, Hera struck him with a fitof madness during which he killed hiswife and children. When he came to hissenses, Hercules was horrified by what

he had done. Devastated with sorrowand guilt, the hero went to the oracle atDelphi* to ask how he could atone forhis misdeed. The oracle told him to go toKing Eurystheus of Tiryns and submit toany punishment asked of him. The

oracle also announced that if Herculescompleted the tasks set before him, hewould become immortal.

The Twelve Labors of Hercules. KingEurystheus gave Hercules a series of 12difficult and dangerous tasks. Known asthe Twelve Labors of Hercules, thesewere his most famous feats.

Thi i b d Th H A d i T di i M h d D b


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1. Heros mother is a royal virgin;2. His father is a king, and

3. Often a near relative of his mother, but4. The circumstances of his conception are unusual, and5. He is also reputed to be the son of a god.6. At birth an attempt is made, usually by his father or his maternal grand father to kill him,but7. he is spirited away, and8. Reared by foster -parents in a far country.9. We are told nothing of his childhood, but10. On reaching manhood he returns or goes to his future Kingdom.11. After a victory over the king and/or a giant, dragon, or wild beast,12. He marries a princess, often the daughter of his predecessor and13. And becomes king.14. For a time he reigns uneventfully and

15. Prescribes laws, but16. Later he loses favor with the gods and/or his subjects, and17. Is driven from the throne and city, after which18. He meets with a mysterious death,19. Often at the top of a hill,20. His children, if any do not succeed him.21. His body is not buried, but nevertheless

22. He has one or more holy sepulchres.

This pattern is based upon The Hero: A study in Tradition, Myth and Dreams byLord Raglan

A di Bh P i i b li d h


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Deity / Hero & their (points) :Krishna (21)Moses (20)Romulus (19)

King Arthur (19)Perseus (18)Jesus (18)Watu Gunung of Java (18)Heracles (17)Mohammad (17)

Beowulf (15)Buddha (15)Zeus (14)Nyikang, a cult-hero of the Shiluk tribe ofthe Upper Nile (14)Samson (13)Sunjata, the Lion-King of Ancient Mali (11)Achilles (10)Odysseus (8)Harry Potter (8)Czar Nicholas II (14)

According to Bhagavata Purana it is believed thatKrishna was born without a sexual union, by "mentaltransmission" from the mind of Vasudeva into the wombof Devaki. Hindus believe that in that time, this type ofunion was possible for achieved beings.

In one story, Kamsa sent an ogress named Putana topoison baby Krishna with her breast milk. Sheapproached him and suckeld him. Instead of herpoisoning him, he sucked the life out of her, revealingher true form.


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Atlas participated in a war the Titanswaged on the Gods. The Titans, ledby Cronos, were defeated by theGods, led by Zeus.

As punishment for the war, Zeusbanished most of the Titans to thehellish Tartarus. For Atlas, Zeuschose to have him stand at thewestern edge of Gaia (Earth) and

hold up Uranus (the sky) to keep thetwo from squeezing against eachother.


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Later, Heracles (Hercules) wasassigned to gather 12 goldenapples from the garden of Hera.

these apples were guarded by

Atlas daughters, the Hesperidesand the dragon Ladon. Heracles duped Atlas into fetching

the apples from his own daughterswhile he held up the sky.

Atlas Heracles, gladly obliged, gladto be free of his task.

Later he returned with a sack full ofthe golden apples, pleased withhimself. But Heracles asked Atlas ifhe would kindly hold the sky for aminute while he rearranged hiscloak.

Atlas agreed. Heracles simply tookthe sack of apples and ran off,never to return, once again leavingAtlas with the task of holding upthe sky for the rest of eternity.

Garden of Hesperides Eduard Burn-Jones

Greek Roman Generati


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GreekName

RomanName

Image God/Goddess of...Generati

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Zeus Jupiter

King of the gods and ruler of Mount Olympus; god of the sky and thunder.Youngest child of the Titans Cronus and Rhea. Symbols include thethunderbolt, eagle, oak tree, scepter and scales. Brother and husband of

Hera, although he had many lovers.

Queen of the gods and the goddess of marriage and family. Symbolsinclude the peacock, pomegranate, crown, cuckoo, lion and cow. Youngestdaughter of Cronus and Rhea. Wife and sister of Zeus. Being the goddessof marriage, she frequently tried to get revenge on Zeus' lovers and their

children.

Lord of the seas, earthquakes and horses. Symbols include the horse, bull,dolphin and trident. Middle son of Cronus and Rhea. Brother of Zeus andHades. Married to the Nereid Amphitrite, although, like his brother Zeus,he had many lovers.

God of wine, celebrations and ecstasy. Patron god of the art of theatre.Symbols include the grapevine, ivy, cup, tiger, panther, leopard, dolphinand goat. Son of Zeus and the mortal Theban princess Semele. Married tothe Cretan princess Ariadne. The youngest Olympian, as well as the only

one to have been born of a mortal woman.

First

Hera Juno First

Poseidon Neptune First

Dionysus Bacchus Second


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Apollo ApolloGod of light, music, poetry, prophecy and archery. Symbols include the sun,lyre, bow and arrow, raven, dolphin, wolf, swan and mouse. Twin brother of Artemis. Youngest child of Zeus and Leto.

Virgin goddess of the hunt, virginity, archery and all animals. Symbolsinclude the moon, deer, hound, she-bear, snake, cypress tree and bow andarrow. Twin sister of Apollo. Eldest child of Zeus and Leto.

Messenger of the Gods; god of commerce and thieves. Symbols includethe caduceus(staff entwined with two snakes), winged sandals and cap, stork and tortoise (whose shell he used to invent the lyre). Son of Zeus and thenymph Maia. The second-youngest Olympian, just older than Dionysus. Hemarried Dryope, the daughter of Dryops, and their son Pan became the god of nature, lord of the satyrs, inventor of the panpipes and comrade of Dionysus.

Virgin goddess of wisdom, handicrafts, defence and strategic warfare.Symbols include the owl and the olive tree. Daughter of Zeus andthe Oceanid Metis, she rose from her father's head fully grown and in fullbattle armor after he swallowed her mother.

Second

Artemis Diana Second

Hermes Mercury Second

Athena Minerva Second


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Ares MarsGod of war, violence and bloodshed. Symbols include the boar, serpent, dog, vulture,spear and shield. Son of Zeus and Hera, all the other gods (excluding Aphrodite)despised him. His Latin name, Mars, gave us the word 'Martial'.

Second

Aphrodite Venus

Goddess of love, beauty, and desire . Symbols include the dove, bird, apple, bee, swan,myrtle and rose. Daughter of Zeus and the Oceanid Dione, or perhaps born from thesea foam after Uranus' blood dripped onto the earth and into the sea after beingdefeated by his youngest son Cronus. Married to Hephaestus, although she cheated onhim frequently, most notably with his brother Ares. Her name gave us the word'Aphrodisiac.

eitherSecondor fromtheTitan

generation

Hephaestus Vulcan

Master blacksmith and craftsman of the gods; god of fire and the forge. Symbolsinclude the fire, anvil, ax, donkey, hammer, tongs and quail. Son of Hera, either byZeus or alone. After he was born, his parents threw him off Mount Olympus, and helanded on the island of Lemnos. Married to Aphrodite. Unlike most mythicalhusbands, he never cheated on her. His Latin name, Vulcan, gave us the word'Volcano'.

Second

Demeter CeresGoddess of fertility, agriculture, nature, and the seasons. Symbols include the poppy,wheat, torch, and pig. Middle daughter of Cronus and Rhea. Her Latin name, Ceres ,

gave us the word 'cereal'. One of her surnames is Sitos as the giver of food, ('corn').

First

G k R Th f ll i d d dd i i d


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GreekName

RomanName

The following gods and goddess are sometimes mentioned amongstthe twelve Olympians

Generation

Hades Pluto

God of the Underworld and the riches under the Earth ("Pluto"translates to "The Rich One"); he was born into the first Olympiangeneration, but as he lives in the Underworld rather than on MountOlympus, he is typically not included amongst the twelve Olympians.

First

Hestia Vesta

Goddess of the hearth and of the right ordering of domesticity and thefamily; she was born into the first Olympian generation and was one of the original twelve Olympians, but stories suggest that when Dionysushad arrived at Mount Olympus she gave him her place in the twelve toprevent discord.

First

Asclepius Vejovis

The god of medicine and healing. He represents the healing aspect of the medical arts; his daughters are Hygieia ("Hygiene"), Iaso("Medicine"), Aceso ("Healing"), Agla/gle ("Healthy Glow"), andPanacea ("Universal Remedy").

Third

Eros CupidThe god of sexual love and beauty. He was also worshipped as afertility deity.

either

Third

or

Primordial


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Hebe JuventasShe is the daughter of Zeus and Hera. Hebe was the cupbearer for the godsand goddesses of Mount Olympus, serving their nectar and ambrosia, untilshe was married to Heracles.

Second

Heracles Hercules

A divine hero, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, foster son of Amphitryon andgreat-grandson (and half-brother) of Perseus ( ). He was thegreatest of the Greek heroes, a paragon of masculinity and a champion of the Olympian order against chthonic monsters.

Second

Pan FaunusThe god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, of mountain wilds, hunting andrustic music, as well as the companion of the nymphs.

Generally

Third

sometimes

Second

Persephone Proserpina

Queen of the Underworld and a daughter of Demeter and Zeus. Shebecame the consort of Hades when he becomes the deity that governs the

underworld. Also goddess of spring time.

Second


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Those misbehaving Gods Where do all the ancient legends of the Greeks, Romans, and

others come from which relate that heavenly beings siredoffspring by mating with women?

Ancient Sumerian records tell of gods descending from the starsand fertilizing their ancestors. Such interbreeding is supposed to

have produced the first men on the earth. The native inhabitants of Malekula , in the New Hebrides,believe that the first men were direct descendants of the sons of heaven.

The Incas believed that they were the descendants of the "sonsof the Sun."

The Japanese believe that their Emperor is descended from thesun god.

South sea islanders trace their ancestry back to a god fromheaven who they claim visited them in an enormous "egg."

The Koreans believe that a heavenly king, Hwanin, sent his son,Hwanung, to earth, who married a woman of the earth andgave birth to a son, Tangun Wanggom.

In India ancient Sanskrit texts tell of "gods" begetting childrenwith women of earth, and how these children inherited the"supernatural" skills and learning of their "fathers."

In the Epic of Gilgamesh, from the Middle East, we learn that"watchers" -- the same expression as used in the book of Enoch-- came to planet earth and produced giants as offspring!

An early Persian myth tells of the earth becoming corrupted bydemons who allied themselves with women.

Greek mythology abounds with stories of Gods coming to earth to seduce women andproduce offspring

Zeus and Europa Apollo and Daphne


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The Myth of Dionysus

His mother was a mortal woman, Semele, thedaughter of king Cadmus of Thebes, and his

father was Zeus, the king of the gods. Zeus'wife, Hera, discovered the affair while Semelewas pregnant.

Appearing as an old crone (in other stories anurse), Hera befriended Semele, who confidedin her that Zeus was the actual father of thebaby in her womb.

Hera pretended not to believe her, and plantedseeds of doubt in Semele's mind. Curious,Semele demanded of Zeus that he revealhimself in all his glory as proof of his godhood.

Though Zeus begged her not to ask this, shepersisted and he agreed. Therefore he came toher wreathed in bolts of lightning; mortals,however, could not look upon an undisguisedgod without dying, and she perished in theensuing blaze. Zeus rescued the fetal Dionysusby sewing him into his thigh.

Semele and Zeus Gustave Moreau

Hebrew Scripture


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Hebrew Scripture

"And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the

earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that,when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they

bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown." -- Genesis 6 v1-4


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The Titans were overthrown and cast into Tartaros."10 Tartaros is the Greek wordfor "hell" or "abyss", the same place where the archangels threw the fallen angels

after they had intermarried with women and brought such violence and corruptionto Earth .

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BECCAFUMI, Domenico Fall ofthe Rebel Angels 1528

The Bible speaks of this era asbeing a time of great wickedness.

There were Gibborim (giants) inthe earth in those days as well asNephilim; some translations

identify the two as one and thesame. These giants were theoffspring of the "sons of God"(Hebrew Bney Ha-elohim')

The Gibborim were unusuallypowerful; Genesis calls them

"heroes of old, men of renown;"(Enoshi Ha Shem).

Nephilim (literally meaning 'fallenones', from the Hebrew root n-f-l'to fall') reappear much later in

the Biblical narrative, in Numbers13:31-33.

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Norse mythology In Norse mythology, the Jotun are often

opposed to the gods. While oftentranslated into "giants", most aredescribed as being roughly human sized.

Some are portrayed as huge, such as frostgiants (hrmursar), fire giants (eldjtnar),and mountain giants (bergrisar).

The giants are the origin of most of variousmonsters in Norse mythology (e.g. theFenrisulfr), and in the eventual battle ofRagnark the giants will storm Asgard anddefeat them in war.

Even so, the gods themselves were relatedto the giants by many marriages, and thereare giants such as gir, Loki, Mmir andSkai, who bear little difference in status tothem.

Norse mythology also holds that the entireworld of men was once created from theflesh of Ymir, a giant of cosmicproportions, which name is considered bysome to share a root with the name Yamaof Indo-Iranian mythology

Giants AFTER the Flood


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Giants AFTER the Flood Men of gigantic stature are also mentioned as existing after the

Flood of Noah's time. When the children of Israel sent spiesinto the land of Canaan, preparatory to invading the land, theywere appalled to find giants dwelling in the land. They gave toMoses and the people a frightening, dismaying report:

28 However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, andthe cities are fortified and very large. And besides, we saw thedescendants of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites dwell in theland of the Negeb. The Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amoritesdwell in the hill country. And the Canaanites dwell by the sea,and along the Jordan." 30 But Caleb quieted the people beforeMoses and said, "Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we arewell able to overcome it." 31 Then the men who had gone upwith him said, "We are not able to go up against the people,for they are stronger than we are." 32 So they brought to thepeople of Israel a bad report of the land that they had spiedout, saying, "The land, through which we have gone to spy itout, is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people

that we saw in it are of great height. 33 And there we saw theNephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim),and we seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers, and so weseemed to them."(Numbers 13:28-33 ESV).

The word for "giants" here is the same word used in Genesis6:4 -- the Nephilim. Obviously, therefore, some of them livedafter the Flood.

Philadelphia - Human skulls with horns This has been


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p Were discovered in a burial mound at

Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, inthe 1880's.

Horny projections extended two inches

above the eye-brows, and the skeletonswere seven feet tall, but other than thatwere anatomically normal.

It was estimated that the bodies had beenburied around A.D. 1200.

The find was made by a reputable groupof antiquarians, including thePennsylvania state historian anddignitary of the Presbyterian Church (Dr.G.P. Donehoo) and two professors, A.B.Skinner, of the American InvestigatingMuseum, and W.K.Morehead, of Phillips

Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. The bones were sent to the American

Investigating Museum in Philadelphia,where they were later claimed to havebeen stolen and have never been seenagain.

Pursuit, 6:69-70, July 1973 Mysteries of the Unexplained, p.39 1992

Is there any evidence for Giants in History ?

It would seem so . . . elusive but tantalising

identified asNeanderthal butfor a need forclassification itreally is just a

very large humanskullSeen next to aproportionatehuman skull.


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2 Samuel 21In still another battle, which took place at Gath, there was ahuge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on eachfoot--twenty-four in all. He also was descended from Rapha.When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimeah, David's

brother, killed him.Numbers 13:33And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which comeof the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers,and so we were in their sight.Deuteronomy 2:11Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but theMoabites called them Emims.Deuteronomy 2:20(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelttherein in old time; and the Ammonites call themZamzummims;Deuteronomy 3:11

(Only Og king of Bashan was left of the remnant of theRephaites. His bed was made of iron and was more thanthirteen feet long and six feet wide. It is still in Rabbah of theAmmonites.)Deuteronomy 3:13And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.


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Fossilized Skull comparedwith a normal skull

Gustave Dore David defeats Goliath

Popular Fakes


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Skeletal remains of a giant found already partially uncovered in the SouthEast of Saudi Arabia by an oil company (ARAMCO geological team). Thegovernment covered up the incident and seized all evidence and 99.9% ofphotographs. It was combated on the internet by releasing a series of fakegiant photos to dumb down the find.

For more info go to: http://objectiveministries.org/creation/news.html

This image first surfaced inOctober 2002 as an entry in aPhotoshop contest run byWorth1000.com. It was createdby altering an actual photo ofa Cornell Universityexcavation of a mastodonskeleton.
http://objectiveministries.org/creation/news.htmlhttp://objectiveministries.org/creation/news.html


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A 196 human skeleton found in 1577 A.D. under an overturned oak tree inthe Canton of Lucerne.

23-foot tall skeleton found in 1456 A.D. beside a river in Valence, France. A 25 6 skeleton found in 1613 A.D. near the castle of Chaumont in France.

This was claimed to be a nearly complete find. A 9 8 skeleton was excavated from a mound near Brewersville, Indiana

(Indianapolis News, Nov 10, 1975). In 1833 soldiers digging at a pit for a powder magazine in Lompock Rancho,

California, discovered a male skeleton 12 feet tall. The skeleton wassurrounded by carved shells, stone axes, and blocks of porphyry covered withunintelligible symbols. The skeleton had double rows of upper and lowerteeth. These bones substantiated legends by the local Piute Indians regardinggiants which they called Si-Te-Cahs.

In Clearwater Minnesota, the skeletons of seven giants were found inmounds. These had receding foreheads and complete double dentition.

A miner fell through a hole in a mine in Italy and found this 11 6 skeleton.believed to been found in 1856.

A mound near Toledo, Ohio, held 20 skeletons, seated and facing east withjaws and teeth twice as large as those of present day people, and besideseach was a large bowl with curiously wrought hieroglyphic figures. (ChicagoRecord, Oct. 24, 1895; cited by Ron G. Dobbins, NEARA Journal, v13, fall1978).

Almost beyond comprehension or believability was the find of the twoseparate 36-foot human remains uncovered by Carthaginians somewherebetween 200-600 B.C.

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There is much literature and eye witness accounts in the USA of Giantskeletons found in tombs and burial mounds all over the USAMost of these have been hidden in vaults in the Smithsonian never tobe seen againBut not so in the South American countries where they are on display

in various museumsFor example in the Gold Museum in Lima you can still see the clothingand head of an Incan king who stood an easy 10 feet tall. His goldenrobe is 8 feet long and did not touch the ground when he wore it.His gold gloves are twice as long as a humans as is his dried andmummified head.


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These skulls werephotographed by RobertConnolly on his triparound the world duringwhich he was collectingmaterials about ancientcivilizations. Thediscovery of unusualskulls was thus anunintended "spinoff" ofhis efforts.

Robert Connollypublished hisphotographs on a CD-ROM, titled Search forAncient Wisdom in 1995 .

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in the Cleveland National Forest.And James Snyder's house sits right at the bottom.

"I go out of my way to make a slip trail wherenobody else has been and I was actually looking

for gold," said Snyder (the discoverer).That was back in February 2002 .

But instead of finding gold on Gowers Mountain,Snyder found a giant fossilized footprint, at least itlooks like one, embedded in solid granite.

The footprint was found in what becomes a creekbed during the rainy season. It looks as thoughsomething big crossed the creek a long time agoleaving its footprint behind.What made it and when?

Who knows....Granite is supposed to have formedover 1 billion years ago.No doubt scientists will try to argue that it justlooks like a footprint as they do for every one of these types of anomalies. For science, if not fraudit's the only acceptable answer.


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