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A Book of Giants Tales of very Tall Men of Myth, Legend, History, and Science.
THE LIBRARY OF ROMANCE
A BOOK OF GIANTS
THE LIBRARY OF ROMANCE
A BOOK OF GIANTS
TALES OF VERY TALL MEN OF MYTH,
LEGEND, HISTORY, AND SCIENCE
BY
"And there we saw giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight."—Numbers: xiii, 33.
NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
681 Fifth Avenue
Copyright, 1922
By E. P. Dutton & Company
All Rights Reserved
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Thanks are due to the Frederick A. Stokes Company for permission to use, in Part III, three tales from volumes published by them: Chapter XX, The Biter Bit, from "Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians," by Vojislav M. Petrovic; Chapter XXI, The Peach's Son, from "Myths and Legends of Japan," by F. Hadland Davis; and Chapter XXIII, The Stone Giantess, from "The Myths of the North American Indians," by Lewis Spence.
In a number of cases the text of the original romance or "history" has been followed as closely as possible, to retain the flavor of the old tales.
CONTENTS
| PART I. GIANTS OF THE MORNING OF THE WORLD | ||
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | How Zeus Fought with Titans and Giants | 3 |
| II. | The Giant Who Shines in the Sky | 18 |
| III. | The Outwitting of Polyphemus | 46 |
| IV. | When Thor Went to Jotunheim | 68 |
| V. | The Giant Pyramid-Builder | 90 |
| VI. | The Fatal Pride of Vukub | 95 |
| VII. | Og, King of Bashan | 102 |
| VIII. | A Son of Anak | 108 |
| PART II. IN THE DAYS OF ROMANCE | ||
| IX. | Ferragus, Who Owned the Brazen Head | 119 |
| X. | The Giant of St. Michael's Mount | 128 |
| XI. | Sir Launcelot and Tarquin | 146 |
| XII. | The Adventures of Yvain | 161 |
| XIII. | The Turke and Gawain | 191 |
| XIV. | Amadis Among the Giants | 202 |
| XV. | Gogmagog | 216 |
| XVI. | The Giant Behind the Waterfall | 235 |
| XVII. | The One Good Giant: St. Christopher | 244 |
| XVIII. | The Giant Hand (Irish) | 255 |
| XIX. | ||