giant In folklore, giants (from Ancient Greek: ''gigas'', cognate giga-) are beings of human-like appearance, but are at times prodigious in size and strength or bear an otherwise notable appearance. The word ''giant'' is first attested in 1297 fr ...

is a being of human appearance, sometimes of prodigious size and strength, common in folklore. Giant(s) or The Giant(s) may also refer to:

Mythology and religion

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 Gigan ...

Jötunn A (also jotun; in the normalised scholarly spelling of Old Norse, ; ; plural / ) or, in Old English, (plural ) is a type of supernatural being in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, they are often contrasted with gods ( Æsir and Vani ...

, a Germanic term often translated as 'giant' * Giants (Welsh folklore) *

Giants (esotericism) In esoteric and occult teachings, giants are beings who live on spiritual, etheric and physical planes of existence. Giants were a popular theme in theosophical literature, Atlantis, lost continents and later the earth mysteries movement of Bri ...

Nephilim The Nephilim (; ''Nəfīlīm'') are mysterious beings or people in the Hebrew Bible who are large and strong. The word ''Nephilim'' is loosely translated as '' giants'' in some translations of the Hebrew Bible, but left untranslated in others ...

, a Hebrew term loosely translated as 'giants' in some Bibles *

List of giants in mythology and folklore 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 ...

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Giants (Marvel Comics), a fictional race of people * Giant (''Dungeons & Dragons''), 1974, a type of fictional character * Judge Giant, two fictional characters in the 1977 ''Judge Dredd'' comic strip * The Giant (''Twin Peaks''), an inhabitant of The Black Lodge in the 1990s television series *

Lily Duncan ''Mona the Vampire'' is an animated children's television series that is based on a children's book of the same name written and illustrated by Sonia Holleyman, as well as a series of novels illustrated by Holleyman and written by Hiawyn Oram. ...

, also known as "Princess Giant", from the 1999 television series ''Mona the Vampire''

Films

* ''The Giant'' (1938 film), a black-and-white Japanese film * ''Giant'' (1956 film), a film adaptation of Ferber's novel * ''Giant'' (2009 film), a Uruguayan film * ''The Giants'' (2011 film), a Belgium film * ''The Giant'' (2016 film), a Swedish film * ''Giant'' (2017 film), a Basque-language Spanish film * ''The Giant'' (2019 film), a French-American film

Games

*'' Giants: Citizen Kabuto'', a 2000 third-person shooter game *'' Skylanders: Giants'', a 2012 beat-em-up game

Literature and periodicals

* ''Giant'', a 1952 novel by

Edna Ferber Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning '' So Big'' (1924), '' Show Boat'' (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), '' C ...

* ''Giants'' (series), a 1977 science fiction series by James P. Hogan * " giANTS", a 1979 short story by Edward Bryant * ''Giant'' (magazine), a 2004 American urban music magazine

Music

Albums

* ''Giant'' (Buddy Holly album), 1969 * ''Giants'' (Dizzy Gillespie album), 1971 * ''The Giant'' (Dizzy Gillespie album), 1973 * ''The Giants'' (album), by Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, and Ray Brown, 1974 * ''Giant'' (The Woodentops album), 1986 * ''Giant'' (Herman Düne album) or the title song, 2006 * ''Giants'' (Chicane album) or the title song, 2010 * ''Giants'' (Evan Craft album) or the title song, 2012 * ''The Giant'' (Ahab album) or the title song, 2012 * ''Giants'' (The Stranglers album) or the title song, 2012 * ''Giants'' (Andreya Triana album) or the title song, 2015 * ''Giants'', by Daniel Powter, 2018

Songs

* "Giant", by Gentle Giant from ''

Gentle Giant Gentle Giant were a British progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980. The band were known for the complexity and sophistication of their music and for the varied musical skills of their members. All of the band members were multi-inst ...

'', 1970 * "Giant", by Stan Rogers from ''

Fogarty's Cove ''Fogarty's Cove'' is a 1977 folk music album by Stan Rogers. The CD was one of several Stan Rogers albums reissued in 2011 by Borealis Records Borealis Records is a Canadian record label, founded in 1996 by four Canadian musicians. It is no ...

'', 1977 * "Giant", by from ''

Soul Mining ''Soul Mining'' is the debut album by British post-punk/synth-pop band (the 1981 album '' Burning Blue Soul'' was originally released by the band's frontman Matt Johnson as a solo album, but later reissues credited it to ). After a bidding war ...

'', 1983 * "Giants", by Sponge from '' Rotting Piñata'', 1994 * "Giant", by the Matthew Good Band from ''

Beautiful Midnight ''Beautiful Midnight'' is the third album released by the Matthew Good Band. It is the band's most commercially successful album. The album won the award for "Best Rock Album" at the 2000 Juno Awards. The album produced four successful single ...

'', 1999 * "Giants", by Scale the Summit from ''

Carving Desert Canyons ''Carving Desert Canyons'' is the second studio album by American instrumental progressive metal band Scale the Summit. It was released on February 17, 2009, through Prosthetic Records. The album was self-produced by the band and Tom Beaujour. It ...

'', 2009 * "Giant", by Vampire Weekend from ''

Contra Contra may refer to: Places * Contra, Virginia * Contra Costa Canal, an aqueduct in the U.S. state of California * Contra Costa County, California * Tenero-Contra, a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland ...

'', 2010 * "Giants", by Josh Osho, 2012 * "Giants" (Bear Hands song), 2013 * "Giant", by Banks & Steelz from ''

Anything But Words ''Anything But Words'' is the debut studio album by Banks & Steelz, a collaborative project between Interpol vocalist Paul Banks and Wu-Tang Clan member RZA. It was released August 26, 2016, on Warner Bros. Records. Recording of the album dates b ...

'', 2016 * "Giants" (Lights song), 2017 * "Giants" (Take That song), 2017 * "Giant" (Calvin Harris and Rag'n'Bone Man song), 2019 * "Giants", by One Ok Rock from '' Eye of the Storm'', 2019 * "Giants", by True Damage, a virtual hip-hop group featuring

Becky G Rebbeca Marie Gomez (born March 2, 1997), known professionally as Becky G, is an American singer and actress. She first gained recognition in 2011 when she began posting videos of herself covering popular songs online. One of her videos caught t ...

, 2019 * "Giants" (Dermot Kennedy song), 2020 * "Giant", by Song Yuqi from ''

A Page ''A Page'' (stylized in sentence case) is the debut single album released by Song Yuqi. The album was released digitally on May 13, 2021, by Cube Entertainment. The album consists of two lead singles, "Giant" and "Bonnie and Clyde". Background a ...

'', 2021 * "Giants", by Imagine Dragons from '' Mercury – Act 1'', 2021

Other uses in music

* ''The Giant'' (opera), a c. 1900 opera by Sergei Prokofiev *

Giant Records (independent) Giant Records was an independent record label, formed in 1987 under the Dutch East India Trading umbrella run by Steev Riccardo, based in Long Island, New York. Giant was dedicated to punk rock groups, such as Dag Nasty and Uniform Choice . ...

, formed under 1987 Dutch East India Trading * Giant (band), a 1987 American rock band *

Giant Records (Warner) Giant Records was launched in 1990 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. Records and record executive Irving Azoff. Currently, this name is used as a Swedish label owned by Warner Music Sweden, a Swedish branch of Warner Music Group. In 1990 ...

, 1990, a Swedish branch of Warner Music Group * ''Giant'' (musical), a 2009 musical adaptation of Ferber's novel

Television

* ''The Giants'', an unproduced 1960s ''Doctor Who'' television serial * "The Giant", a 1964 episode of '' The Mighty Hercules'' * ''The Giants'' (TV series), a 1978 Hong Kong drama series * "Giants" (''Zoboomafoo''), a 1999 episode * ''Giant'' (TV series), a 2010 South Korean historical drama series * "Giant" (''Halt and Catch Fire''), a 2014 episode

Brands and enterprises

Giant Bicycles Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (commonly known as Giant) is a Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer, recognized as the world's largest bicycle designer and manufacturer. Giant has manufacturing facilities in Taiwan, the Netherlands, China, and Hungary. H ...

, bicycle maker *

GIANT Company Software Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washingt ...

, internet security developer * Giant Food (disambiguation) *

Giant Hypermarket GCH Retail (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (doing business as Giant Hypermarket) is a hypermarket and retailer chain now mainly in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Cambodia, and formerly Indonesia and Vietnam. In 2016, Giant was the largest supermarket chain ...

, a retail chain in Southeast Asia * Giant Industries, a defunct oil company and convenience store chain in the U.S. Southwest now succeeded by Speedway *Grenoble Innovation for Advanced New Technologies (GIANT), an innovation campus in Polygone Scientifique in Grenoble, France

People

Giant Baba , best known by his ring name , was a Japanese professional wrestler, promoter, and professional baseball player. He is best known as a co-founder of All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), a promotion he founded in 1972 along with Mitsuo Momota ...

and Baba the Giant, two of the ring names of Japanese professional wrestler Shohei Baba (1938–1999) *

André the Giant André René Roussimoff (; 19 May 1946 – 28 January 1993), better known by his ring name André the Giant, was a French professional wrestler and actor. Roussimoff was known for his great size, which was a result of gigantism caused by excess ...

(1946–1993), French wrestler and actor *

Giant Haystacks Martin Austin Ruane (10 October 1946 – 29 November 1998) was an English professional wrestler of Irish parentage, best known by the ring name Giant Haystacks. He was one of the best-known wrestlers on the British wrestling scene in the 1970s ...

(1947–1998), a ring name of English professional wrestler Martin Austin Ruane (1946–1998) * Giant Silva, a ring name of Brazilian basketball player, mixed martial arts fighter, and wrestler Paulo César da Silva (born 1963) * Giant González, a ring name of Argentine professional wrestler Jorge González (1966–2010) *

The Giant (wrestler) Paul Donald Wight II (born February 8, 1972) is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as an in-ring performer, and as a commentator for its web television show, '' AEW Dark: Elevation,'' under ...

(born 1972), a ring name of American wrestler Paul Wight *

Paulo da Silva Paulo César da Silva Barrios (born 1 February 1980) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays for 12 de Octubre in Paraguay, as a centre-back. He has previously played top-flight football in Paraguay, Italy, Argentina, England and S ...

(born 1980), Paraguayan football player nicknamed "Giant"

Places

* Giant, Richmond, California, a former unincorporated community *

Giant Forest The Giant Forest, famed for its giant sequoia trees, is within the United States' Sequoia National Park. This montane forest, situated at over above mean sea level in the western Sierra Nevada of California, covers an area of . The Giant Fore ...

, Sequoia National Park, California * Giant Geyser, Yellowstone National Park *

Giant Mountain Giant Mountain is the twelfth-highest peak in the High Peaks Region of the Adirondack Park, in New York, USA. The peak is also known as "Giant of the Valley," due to its stature looking over Keene Valley and St. Huberts to the west. The promi ...

, New York * Giant Springs, near Great Falls, Montana

Sports

Teams

Asia

* Delhi Giants, a team in the unsanctioned Indian Cricket League * Lotte Giants, a South Korean baseball team *

Yomiuri Giants The are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball teams based in Tokyo, the other being the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. They ...

, a Japanese baseball team

Australia

Gold Coast-Tweed Giants The Gold Coast Chargers were a professional rugby league club which played in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership from 1988 to 1994, the Australian Rugby League premiership from 1995 to 1997, and the National Rugby League premiership ...

, a rugby league team *

Goldfields Giants Goldfields Giants is an NBL1 West club based in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 West. The team is affiliated with Kalgoorlie-Boulder Basketball Association (KBBA), the major administrativ ...

, a State Basketball League team *

Greater Western Sydney Giants The Greater Western Sydney Giants (officially the Greater Western Sydney Football Club and colloquially known as the GWS Giants or simply GWS) are a professional Australian rules football team based in Sydney Olympic Park, which represents the ...

, an Australian Football League team nicknamed the "Giants"

Europe

Antwerp Giants Antwerp Giants, named Telenet Giants Antwerp for sponsorship reasons, are a Belgians, Belgian professional basketball club based in Antwerp. Their home arena is Lotto Arena. The club plays in the BNXT League, the highest tier of Belgian basketbal ...

, a Belgian basketball club *

Bayer Giants Leverkusen Bayer Giants Leverkusen is a professional basketball club, part of the TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen sports club based in Leverkusen, Germany. It currently plays in ProA, the second division of German basketball. Based on the number of titles, Leverku ...

, a German basketball club *

Belfast Giants The Belfast Giants (known officially as the Stena Line Belfast Giants due to sponsorship) are a professional ice hockey team based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. They compete in the UK's Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) and are the current cha ...

, an Irish EIHL ice hockey team *

Dortmund Giants The Dortmund Giants are an American football team from Dortmund, Germany. The official name of the club is 1. Dortmunder Footballclub Dortmund 1980 "Giants" e.V.. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the American football Bundesli ...

, an American football club from Dortmund, Germany *

East City Giants East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fa ...

, an American football club from Helsinki, Finland *

Giants Bolzano A giant is a being of human appearance, sometimes of prodigious size and strength, common in folklore. Giant(s) or The Giant(s) may also refer to: Mythology and religion *Giants (Greek mythology) *Jötunn, a Germanic term often translated as 'gi ...

, an American football club competing in the

Italian Football League Italian Football League (IFL) is the top level American football league in Italy established in 1980. History In the 1970's teams formed and played in Italy. In 1980 the first official American football league in Italy was established and cro ...

Huddersfield Giants Huddersfield Giants are an English professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, the birthplace of rugby league, who play in the Super League competition. They play their home games at the John Smiths Stadium which is sha ...

, an English rugby league team competing in Super League *

Manchester Giants The Manchester Giants are a British professional basketball team based in Manchester, England. The franchise was established in 2011, and admitted to the top-tier British Basketball League in 2012. The team's formation was led by a consortium ...

, a British Basketball League team

North America

* Jacksonville Giants, a minor league basketball team *

Fort McMurray Giants The Fort McMurray Giants are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Fort McMurray operating out of Legacy Dodge Field in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. They play in the Western Canadian Baseball League. The team was formed in 2016 as an expan ...

, a baseball team in the Western Canadian Baseball League * New York Giants (disambiguation), in various sports and eras **

New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East divisio ...

, a National Football League team *

San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco, California. The Giants compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Founded in 1883 as the New Yo ...

, a Major League Baseball team ** Arizona League Giants, their AZL minor league affiliate **

San Jose Giants The San Jose Giants are a Minor League Baseball team of the California League and the Single-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants. Located in San Jose, California, the Giants play their home games at Excite Ballpark. Games San Jose Giants ga ...

, their High-A minor league affiliate *

Vancouver Giants The Vancouver Giants are a major junior ice hockey team playing in the Western Hockey League (WHL). Inaugurated in 2001–02, the Giants have won one President's Cup (now known as the Ed Chynoweth Cup) in 2006 and one Memorial Cup in 2007 in t ...

, a Western Hockey League team

= Negro league baseball

= * Bacharach Giants, Atlantic City, New Jersey *

Chicago Giants The Chicago Giants were a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois which played in the Negro leagues from 1910 to 1921. History The team was founded by Frank Leland after he and his partner, Rube Foster, split up the Leland Gian ...

Chicago Columbia Giants The Columbia Giants were a professional, black baseball team based in Chicago at the turn of the 20th century, prior to the Negro leagues. Founding In 1899, a group known as the Columbia Club, organized the Columbia Giants under the direction ...

Chicago Union Giants The Leland Giants, originally the Chicago Union Giants, were a Negro league baseball team that competed independently during the first decade of the 20th century. The team was formed via a merge of the Chicago Unions and the Chicago Columbia Gia ...

Chicago American Giants The Chicago American Giants were a Chicago-based Negro league baseball team. From 1910 until the mid-1930s, the American Giants were the most dominant team in black baseball. Owned and managed from 1911 to 1926 by player-manager Andrew "Rube" ...

Cleveland Giants The Cleveland Giants were a Negro league baseball team. The team played only one year, 1933. Their home games were contested at Cleveland's Luna Bowl in Luna Park. History In 1933, the struggling Columbus Blue Birds of the Negro National Leag ...

* Cuban Giants, Trenton, New Jersey *

Harrisburg Giants The Harrisburg Giants were a U.S. professional Negro league baseball team based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Originally formed in April 1890 by Colonel William "C.W." Strothers as an amateur team, they became semi-professional by 1894. They joined ...

* Illinois Giants *

Leland Giants The Leland Giants, originally the Chicago Union Giants, were a Negro league baseball team that competed independently during the first decade of the 20th century. The team was formed via a merge of the Chicago Unions and the Chicago Columbia Gia ...

, Chicago, Illinois * Lincoln Giants, New York City *

Page Fence Giants The Page Fence Giants were a professional Black-American baseball team based in Adrian, Michigan, from 1895 to 1898, performing as one of the nation's top teams in the Negro leagues. Named after the Page Woven Wire Fence Company in Adrian, they ...

, Adrian, Michigan *

Philadelphia Giants The Philadelphia Giants were a Negro league baseball team that played from 1902 to 1911. From 1904 to 1909 they were one of the strongest teams in black baseball, winning five eastern championships in six years. The team was organized by Sol Wh ...

St. Louis Giants The St. Louis Stars, originally the St. Louis Giants, were a Negro league baseball team that competed independently from as early as 1906 to 1919, and then joined the Negro National League (NNL) for the duration of their existence. After the 192 ...

Other uses in sports

* Giant (gymnastics), an artistic gymnastics skill *

Giants Gaming Giants Gaming, commonly referred to simply as Giants, is a Spanish professional esports organisation that has teams competing in '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', '' League of Legends'', ''Call of Duty'', '' FIFA, Fortnite,'' and ''Rainbow ...

, a Spanish/European eSports team

Other uses

* GIANT AntiSpyware, a software application *

Giant Center Giant Center is a 10,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place in the Harrisburg metropolitan area. It is home to the Hershey Bears ice hockey team, the longest-existing member of the American Hockey League ...

, an arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania *

Giant Mine The Giant Mine was a gold mine located on the Ingraham Trail, north of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Giant Mine was within the Kam Group, a part of the Yellowknife greenstone belt. Gold was discovered on the property and mineral claims sta ...

, a gold mine in the Northwest Territories, Canada *Giant, callsign of

Atlas Air Atlas Air, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, is a major American cargo airline, passenger charter airline, and aircraft lessor based in Purchase, New York. Atlas Air is the world's largest operator of the Boei ...

, an airline