A Book of Giants
Tales of Very Tall Men of Myth, Legend, History, and Science
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Introduction
8:37 -
Part I Giants of the Morning of the World; A Book of Giants; Chapter 1 How Zeus Fought with Titans and Giants
22:14 -
Chapter II The Giant Who Shines in the Sky
48:11 -
Chapter III The Outwitting of Polyphemus
43:23 -
Chapter IV When Thor Went to Jotunheim
29:43 -
Chapter V The Giant Pyramid Builder
7:34 -
Chapter VI The Fatal Pride of Vukub
10:31 -
Chapter VII Og, King of Bashan
12:06 -
Chapter VIII A Son of Anak
15:33 -
Part II In the Days of Romance; Chapter IX Ferragus, Who Owned the Brazen Head
17:11 -
Chapter X The Giant of St. Michael's Mount
30:20 -
Chapter XI Sir Launcelot and Tarquin
20:33 -
Chapter XII The Adventures of Yvain
54:08 -
Chapter XIII The Turke and Gawain
14:55 -
Chapter XIV Amadis Among the Giants
20:21 -
Chapter XV Gogmagog
32:12 -
Chapter XVI The Giant Behind the Waterfall
12:23 -
Chapter XVII The One Good Giant: St. Christopher
14:24 -
Part III Nursery Tales of Many Lands; Chapter XVIII The Giant Hand, Irish
17:35 -
Chapter XIX The Giant Who Had No Heart In His Body, Norse
15:29 -
Chapter XX The Biter Bit, Serbian
20:22 -
Chapter XXI The Peach's Son, Japanese
7:56 -
Chapter XXII The Man Who Lost His Legs, Korean
5:34 -
Chapter XXIII The Stone Giantess, North American Indian
5:03 -
Part IV Some Real Giants, and What Science Has Learned About Them; Chapter XXIV Some Real Giants
19:20 -
Chapter XXV What Science Has Learned About Giants
3:18
A Book of Giants (1922) is a public domain work.
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About this book
Great size brings both power and embarrassment to the figures gathered by Henry Wysham Lanier. This collection traces giants through ancient myth, tales of knights, nursery stories and accounts of unusually tall people. Its opening section includes Zeus, Thor and Polyphemus, while later chapters draw on Irish, Norse, Serbian, Japanese, Korean and North American traditions. Lanier's introduction takes a humorous view of the giants, noting how smaller opponents repeatedly challenge their strength.
The section on knights gives physical contests a place beside personal troubles. Yvain leaves his wife to seek further adventures, promises to return by an agreed day and forgets that promise as his successes accumulate. Her response sends him into distress, shifting attention from heroic achievement to its consequences. The final chapters consider real giants and scientific explanations. Readers interested in folklore can follow how stories from different places use extraordinary size to explore pride, courage and cleverness.
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- Henry Wysham Lanier
- Pages
- 177
- Language
- English
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- Childrens Classics
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