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giant

In many mythologies and folklore, a person of extraordinary size, often characterized as stupid and aggressive. In Greek mythology the giants grew from the spilled blood of Uranus and rebelled against the gods. During the Middle Ages, wicker effigies of giants were carried in midsummer processions in many parts of Europe and sometimes burned.



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The road led him up a mountain, and when he had reached the highest point of it, there sat a powerful giant looking peacefully about him.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
To his dismay and astonishment he found a Giant lying at the entrance of the wood; he was about to run off as fast as his legs could carry him, when the Giant called out: 'Don't be afraid, I won't harm you.
The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context
Once get a giant shaky on his legs, and the public care no more about him than they do for a dead cabbage stalk.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
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