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Giant
giant humanoid creature in mythology / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In mythology, a giant is a type of very large human-like creature. The mythology and legends of many different cultures have mythological animals or monsters that look like very big, very strong humans. One example of a giant is the gigantes of Greek mythology.
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