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List of giants in mythology and folklore

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This is a list of giants and giantesses from mythology and folklore; it does not include giants from modern fantasy fiction or role-playing games (for those, see list of species in fantasy fiction).

[[Abrahamic religions]] & [[Religions of the ancient Near East]]

{{see also|Christian mythology|Islamic mythology|Jewish mythology|Proto-Indo-European mythology}}

[[African folklore]]

[[Armenian mythology]]

[[Australian folklore]]

{{see also|Mythology of Australia|Australian Aboriginal religion and mythology}}

[[Celtic mythology]]

=Brythonic mythology=

{{see also|Welsh mythology|Cornish mythology}}

=Gaelic mythology=

{{see also|Irish mythology|Scottish mythology}}

[[Chinese folklore]]

{{see also|Chinese mythology}}

[[Folklore of the Low Countries|Dutch folklore]]

{{see also|Mythology in the Low Countries}}

[[English folklore]]

{{see also|English mythology|Matter of England|Matter of Britain|Anglo-Saxon_paganism#Mythology}}

[[Fennoscandia|Fennoscandian]] folklore and mythology

=[[Finnic mythologies]]=

{{see also|Estonian folklore|Estonian mythology|Folklore of Finland|Finnish mythology}}

=[[Norse mythology]]=

{{see also|Nordic folklore|List of jötnar in Norse mythology|Jötunn#Glossing as "giant"}}

=Sámi folklore=

{{see also|Sámi shamanism}}

[[French folklore]]

{{see also|Matter of France|Mythology in France}}

[[German folklore]]

{{see also|Germanic mythology|Proto-Germanic folklore|Continental Germanic mythology}}

Greek and Roman mythology

{{See also|Greek mythology|Roman mythology}}

[[Iberian Peninsula|Iberian]] mythology

=[[Basque mythology]]=

=[[Cantabrian mythology]]=

[[Indian religions]]

{{see also|Buddhist mythology|Folklore of India}}

=[[Hindu mythology]]=

=[[Jainism]]=

[[Japanese folklore]]

{{see also|Japanese mythology}}

[[Folklore of Malaysia|Malaysian folklore]]

{{see also|Malay folklore}}

North American folklore

{{see also|Aztec mythology|Folklore of the United States|Canadian folklore|Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas}}

[[Mythology of Oceania|Oceanian Mythology]]

{{see also|Melanesian mythology|Micronesian mythology|Polynesian narrative}}

=[[Fijian mythology]]=

=[[Māori mythology]]=

[[Philippine mythology]]

{{see also|List of Philippine mythological creatures}}

[[Folklore of Romania|Romanian folklore]]

[[Slavic paganism]]

=Bulgarian mythology=

South American mythology and folklore

{{see also|Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas}}

=[[Brazilian mythology]]=

=[[Chilean mythology]]=

[[Tibetan mythology]]

[[Turkic mythology]]

{{see also|Iranian folklore|Persian mythology}}

Other

See also

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References

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