Thunderdell (), also recorded as Thunderdel, Thunderel, Thundrel, Thunderdale, or Thunderbore, was a two-headed

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 ...

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slain by Jack the Giant-Killer in the stories of Tabart and others. Jeff Rovin's ''The Encyclopedia of Monsters'' (New York: Facts on File, 1989) misspells Thunderdell as "Thunderel", and after describing him, proceeds to tell the basic story of " Jack and the Beanstalk" with no further mention of "Thunderel", despite being the title of the entry. He then refers readers to

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Appearance

In ''Jack the Giant Killer'', Thunderdell first appeared where he crashed a banquet that was prepared for Jack. During this time, he chanted "fee fau fum." Jack defeats and beheads the two-headed giant with a trick involving the house's moat and drawbridge. According to one version of the story from 1800, Thunderdell (here identified as "Thunderful") hails from the

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. He attacks Jack's banquet in order to avenge the deaths of two giants he had earlier slain, but is himself defeated and his heads sent to the court of

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Popular culture

* Thunderdell is in the '' Monster in My Pocket'' where his number is #98. * The Thunderdell name is used for a giant in '' Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story'' who was portrayed by Bill Barretta. This version is based on the giant from " Jack and the Beanstalk".

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External links

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