giant In folklore, giants (from Ancient Greek: ''wiktionary:gigas, gigas'', cognate wiktionary:giga-, giga-) are beings of humanoid appearance, but are at times prodigious in size and strength or bear an otherwise notable appearance. The word ''gia ...

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 mythology, Greek and Roman mythology, the Giants, also called Gigantes (Ancient Greek, Greek: Γίγαντες, ''wiktionary:gigantes, Gígantes'', Γίγας, ''wiktionary:gigas, Gígas''), were a race of great strength and aggression, ...

Jötunn A (also jotun; plural ; in the normalised scholarly spelling of Old Norse, ; or, in Old English, , plural ) is a type of being in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, are often contrasted with gods (the Æsir and Vanir) and with other no ...

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

Nephilim The Nephilim (; ''Nəfīlīm'') are mysterious beings or humans in the Bible traditionally understood as being of great size and strength, or alternatively beings of great power and authority. The origins of the Nephilim are disputed. Some, ...

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

List of giants in mythology and folklore This is a list of Giant, giants and Giantess, 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 & Religion ...

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

Theatre and film

* ''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 * ''Giant'' (play), a 2024 play by Mark Rosenblatt, directed by Nicholas Hytner

Games

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

Literature and periodicals

* ''The Giant'', an 1871 novel by William Sewell, edited by

Elizabeth Missing Sewell Elizabeth Missing Sewell (19 February 1815 – 17 August 1906) was an English author of religious and educational texts notable in the 19th century. As a home tutor, she devised a set of influential principles of education. Biography and writin ...

* ''The Giants'', a 1905 novel by

Cora Baggerly Older Cora Miranda Baggerly Older (1875 – September 26, 1968) was an American writer and historian known for her California-based writing and activism. She often collaborated on social issues with her husband, Fremont Older, and she is now best remem ...

* ''The Giant'', a 1951 novel by

Frederick Manfred Frederick Feikema Manfred (January 6, 1912 – September 7, 1994) was an American writer of Western (genre), Westerns, very much connected to his native region: the American Midwestern United States, Midwest, and the prairies of the West. He name ...

* ''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), '' Cima ...

* ''The Giant'', a 1954 children's novel by

William Pène du Bois William Sherman Pène du Bois (May 9, 1916 – February 5, 1993) was an American writer and illustrator of books for young readers. He is best known for '' The Twenty-One Balloons'', published in April 1947 by Viking Press, for which he won the ...

* '' The Giants'' (), a 1973 novel by J. M. G. Le Clézio * ''Giants'' (series), a 1977 science fiction series by James P. Hogan * "

giANTS 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 'g ...

", a 1979 short story by Edward Bryant * ''Giants'' (anthology), a 1985 short story collection edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh, the fifth volume in their ''Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy'' series * ''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 * ''Giant'' (Stray Kids album), 2024

Songs

* "Giant", by Gentle Giant from '' Gentle Giant'', 1970 * "Giant", by Stan Rogers from '' Fogarty's Cove'', 1977 * "Giant", by from '' Soul Mining'', 1983 * "Giant", by the Matthew Good Band from '' Beautiful Midnight'', 1999 * "Giant", by Nebula from '' Charged'', 2001 * "Giant", by Vampire Weekend from '' Contra'', 2010 * "Giant", by Funeral Party from '' The Golden Age of Knowhere'', 2011 * "Giant", by Banks & Steelz from '' Anything But Words'', 2016 * "Giant" (Calvin Harris and Rag'n'Bone Man song), 2019 * "Giant", by Yuqi from '' A Page'', 2021 * "Giant", by Stray Kids from ''

Giant In folklore, giants (from Ancient Greek: ''wiktionary:gigas, gigas'', cognate wiktionary:giga-, giga-) are beings of humanoid appearance, but are at times prodigious in size and strength or bear an otherwise notable appearance. The word ''gia ...

'', 2024 * "Giants" (Bear Hands song), 2013 * "Giants" (Dermot Kennedy song), 2020 * "Giants", by Imagine Dragons from '' Mercury – Act 1'', 2021 * "Giants", by Josh Osho, 2012 * "Giants" (Lights song), 2017 * "Giants", by One Ok Rock from '' Eye of the Storm'', 2019 * "Giants", by Scale the Summit from '' Carving Desert Canyons'', 2009 * "Giants", by Sponge from '' Rotting Piñata'', 1994 * "Giants" (Take That song), 2017 * "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. Born and raised in Inglewood, California, she first gained recognition in 2011 for her cover version, cover versions of popular song ...

, 2019 * "Giants", by X Ambassadors from ''The Reason''

Other uses in music

* ''The Giant'' (opera), a c. 1900 opera by Sergei Prokofiev * Giant Records (independent), formed under 1987 Dutch East India Trading * Giant (band), a 1987 American rock band * Giant Records (Warner), 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 Mighty Hercules'' is an animated television series based loosely on the Greek mythology character of Heracles, under his Roman name Hercules. It debuted on television in 1963. The show ran until 1966, coinciding with the sword-and-sandal ge ...

'' * "The Giant" (''Bagpuss''), a 1974 episode * ''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. Th ...

, bicycle maker * GIANT Company Software, internet security developer * Giant Food (disambiguation) * Giant Hypermarket, 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 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. Dubbed "the Eighth Wonder of the World", Roussimoff was known for his great size, which ...

(1946–1993), French wrestler and actor * Giant Haystacks (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) (born 1972), a ring name of American wrestler Paul Wight * Paulo da Silva (born 1980), Paraguayan football player nicknamed "Giant" * Ryan Wedding (born 1981), Canadian drug trafficker nicknamed "Giant"

Places in the United States

* Giant, Richmond, California, a former unincorporated community * Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park, California * Giant Rock, Mohave Desert, California * Giant Springs, near Great Falls, Montana * Giant Mountain, New York * Giant Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Sports

Teams

Asia

Lotte Giants The Lotte Giants () are a South Korean professional baseball, professional baseball team based in Busan. They are a member of the KBO League. The Lotte Giants are owned by Lotte Corporation. From 1982 through 1985, they played at Gudeok Baseball ...

, 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 h ...

, a Japanese baseball team

Australia

* Gold Coast-Tweed Giants, a rugby league team * Goldfields Giants, 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 or Giants) are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney Olympic Park which repres ...

, an Australian Football League team nicknamed the "Giants"

Europe

* Antwerp Giants, a Belgian basketball club *

Bayer Giants Leverkusen Bayer Giants Leverkusen is a professional basketball club, part of the Bayer 04 Leverkusen, TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen sports club based in Leverkusen, Germany. It currently plays in ProB, the third division of German basketball. Based on the numbe ...

, 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, Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). T ...

, an Irish EIHL ice hockey team * Dortmund Giants, an American football club from Dortmund, Germany * Giants Bolzano, an American football club competing in the Italian Football League *

Huddersfield Giants The Huddersfield Giants are an English professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. Huddersfield play their home games at the John Smiths Stadium and compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league sy ...

, an English rugby league team competing in Super League * Manchester Giants, a British Basketball League team * SG ART Giants Düsseldorf, a German basketball team

North America

* Jacksonville Giants, a minor league basketball team * Fort McMurray Giants, 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 of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC East, East division. The ...

, a National Football League team *

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

, a Major League Baseball team ** Arizona League Giants, their AZL minor league affiliate ** San Jose Giants, their High-A minor league affiliate * Vancouver Giants, a Western Hockey League team

= Negro league baseball

= *

Bacharach Giants The Bacharach Giants were a Negro league baseball team that played in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Founding The club was founded when two African-American politicians moved the Duval Giants of Jacksonville, Florida, to Atlantic City in 1916 and ...

, Atlantic City, New Jersey * Baltimore Elite Giants * Brooklyn Royal Giants * Chicago Giants *

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 Gi ...

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" F ...

Cleveland Giants The Cleveland Giants were a Negro league baseball team. The team played for one year, 1933. Their home games were contested at Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland's Luna Bowl in Luna Park, Cleveland, Luna Park. History In 1933, the struggling Columbus ...

* Cuban Giants, Trenton, New Jersey *

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

* Illinois Giants * Leland Giants, Chicago, Illinois *

Lincoln Giants The New York Lincoln Giants were a Negro league baseball team based in New York City from 1911 through 1930. Founding The Lincoln Giants can trace their origins back to the Nebraska Indians, of Lincoln, Nebraska, from the 1890s. According t ...

, New York City * Page Fence Giants, Adrian, Michigan * Philadelphia Giants * St. Louis Giants

Other uses in sports

* Giant (gymnastics), an artistic gymnastics skill * Giants Gaming, a Spanish/European eSports team

Other uses

* GIANT AntiSpyware, a software application *

Giant Center Giant Center (stylized as GIANT Center) is a 10,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States. It is home to the Hershey Bears ice hockey team, the longest-existing member of the American Hockey League, operating since 19 ...

, 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 ...

, a gold mine in the Northwest Territories, Canada *Giant, a nickname for a Bank of England £1,000,000 note *Giant, callsign of

Atlas Air Atlas Air, Inc. is a major American cargo airline, charter airline, passenger charter airline, and Aircraft lease, aircraft lessor based in White Plains, New York. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings. Atlas Air is t ...

, an airline * S-300V "Antey-300" (NATO reporting name SA-12B "Giant")