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Gigas may refer to: * Gigas, one of the Gigantes (Giants) in Greek mythology * Gigas (company), a Spanish cloud services company * ''Codex Gigas The ''Codex Gigas'' ("Giant Book"; cs, Obří kniha) is the largest extant medieval illuminated manuscript in the world, at a length of . Very large illuminated bibles were a typical feature of Romanesque monastic book production, but even wi ...'', a medieval manuscript * gigue or giga, a dance See also * A. gigas (other) * D. gigas * E. gigas (other) * G. gigas * Giygas, a villain in the EarthBound/Mother series * H. gigas (other) * M. gigas (other) * P. gigas (other) * T. gigas (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giants (Greek Mythology)
In Greek and Roman mythology, the Giants, also called Gigantes (Greek: Γίγαντες, ''Gígantes'', Γίγας, ''Gígas''), were a race of great strength and aggression, though not necessarily of great size. They were known for the Gigantomachy (or Gigantomachia), their battle with the Olympian gods. According to Hesiod, the Giants were the offspring of Gaia (Earth), born from the blood that fell when Uranus (Sky) was castrated by his Titan son Cronus. Archaic and Classical representations show Gigantes as man-sized hoplites (heavily armed ancient Greek foot soldiers) fully human in form. Later representations (after c. 380 BC) show Gigantes with snakes for legs. In later traditions, the Giants were often confused with other opponents of the Olympians, particularly the Titans, an earlier generation of large and powerful children of Gaia and Uranus. The vanquished Giants were said to be buried under volcanoes and to be the cause of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigas (company)
Gigas is an international cloud computing services company based in Madrid, Spain. The company began as a start-up in 2011. The company has data centers in Madrid and Miami, and offices in Spain, US, Colombia, Chile, Peru and Panama. Gigas founding team, led by CEO Diego Cabezudo and COO José Antonio Arribas, is made up of former directors of technology and telecommunications companies in Europe.{{cite web , url=https://gigas.com/en/empresa.html, title= Gigas The Company , publisher= Gigas.com , accessdate=17 March 2014 Data Centers Gigas’ data centers are located in Madrid and Miami. Gigas’ Madrid data center is housed in the Interxion collocation facility, which offers capacity for up to 80,000 servers, access to more than 50 carriers and ISPs, dual-entry fiber and SLA-based cross connects.{{cite web, url=http://www.interxion.com/locations/spain/madrid/, title=Interxion: Spain, Madrid; Interxion , publisher=www.interxion.com, date= , accessdate=2014-03-17 Interxion is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Codex Gigas
The ''Codex Gigas'' ("Giant Book"; cs, Obří kniha) is the largest extant medieval illuminated manuscript in the world, at a length of . Very large illuminated bibles were a typical feature of Romanesque monastic book production, but even within this group, the page-size of the Codex Gigas is noted as exceptional. The manuscript is also known as the Devil's Bible, due to its highly unusual full-page portrait of Satan, and the legend surrounding its creation. The manuscript was created in the early 13th century in the Benedictine monastery of Podlažice in Bohemia, now a region in the modern-day Czech Republic. The manuscript contains the complete Vulgate Bible, as well as other popular works, all written in Latin. Between the Old and New Testaments are a selection of other popular medieval reference works: Josephus's ''Antiquities of the Jews'' and '' De bello iudaico'', Isidore of Seville's encyclopedia ''Etymologiae'', the chronicle of Cosmas of Prague (''Chronica Boemorum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigue
The gigue (; ) or giga () is a lively baroque dance originating from the English jig. It was imported into France in the mid-17th centuryBellingham, Jane"gigue."''The Oxford Companion to Music''. Ed. Alison Latham. Oxford Music Online. 6 July 2008 and usually appears at the end of a suite. The gigue was probably never a court dance, but it was danced by nobility on social occasions and several court composers wrote gigues.Louis Horst, ''Pre-Classic Dance Forms'', (Princeton, NJ: Princeton Book Company, 1987), 54–60. A gigue is usually in or in one of its compound metre derivatives, such as , , or , although there are some gigues written in other metres, as for example the gigue from Johann Sebastian Bach's first ''French Suite'' (BWV 812), which is written in and has a distinctive strutting "dotted" rhythm. Gigues often have a contrapuntal texture as well as often having accents on the third beats in the bar, making the gigue a lively folk dance. In early French theatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giygas
Giygas, also known as Giegue, and in Japan, is a character in the ''Mother'' video game series by Nintendo, created by Shigesato Itoi. The character serves as the main antagonist and final boss of ''Mother'' and its sequel, ''Mother 2/EarthBound''. In the series, he invades Earth in an attempt to wipe out humanity in ''Mother'', and returns in ''EarthBound'' where he conquers the world and sends his forces into the past to prevent protagonist Ness from defeating him. The battle against Giygas, which depicts him in turmoil, drew inspiration from a Japanese film which traumatized Itoi as a child. He has received positive reception with critics referring to his battle as one of the creepiest in video games, and considered one of the greatest and most iconic video game antagonists of all time. Concept and creation Giygas was designed and written by the creator of the ''EarthBound'' series, Shigesato Itoi, and debuted in the original ''Mother''. He is known as Gyiyg in Japanese and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
