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==Known giants== | ==Known giants== | ||
===Mesopotamian mythology=== | ===Mesopotamian mythology=== | ||
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===Greek mythology=== | ===Greek mythology=== | ||
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Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Aloadai|Ephialtes]] | Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Aloadai|Ephialtes]] | ||
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===Norse mythology=== | ===Norse mythology=== | ||
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ACV Ægir.jpg|[[Ægir]] | ACV Ægir.jpg|[[Ægir]] | ||
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===Irish mythology=== | ===Irish mythology=== | ||
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==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
The temples in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' have fictional bronze pedimental | The temples in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' have fictional bronze {{Wiki|pedimental sculpture}}s or murals depicting the {{Wiki|Giants (Greek mythology)|Gigantomachy}}, the battle between the Giants and the Greek gods in Greek mythology. Furthermore, pedimental sculptures were made of marble and not bronze.<ref name="pediment">{{Twitter|adreinhard|status/1065085989838876672|Andrew Reinhard|quote=1/3 Here are some composite images I made featuring the east and west pediments and the metopes of the Parthenon both real and imagined in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey|image=File: Andrew Reinhard - Twitter - Parthenon.png}}</ref><ref name="bronze">{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/9mpr49/why_do_the_elgin_marbles_on_the_parthenon_are/|title=Why do the Elgin Marbles on the Parthenon are made out bronze in the game?|author="Tyrannosaurus90"|publisher=''{{Wiki|Reddit}}''|date=9 October 2018|accessdate=29 August 2019}}</ref> | ||
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**''[[The Forgotten Saga]]'' {{Mo}} | **''[[The Forgotten Saga]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Forgotten Myths]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Forgotten Myths]]'' | ||
*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
Revision as of 02:45, 11 March 2025
The giants are a race of supernatural beings, resembling humans, who can be found in numerous mythologies.
History
Mesopotamia
In Mesopotamian mythology, the legendary hero Gilgamesh was said to have slain the giant Humbaba and then used one of the giant's teeth to make the sword known as Humbaba's Fang.[1]
Greece
In the Greek mythology, the giants were born from Gaia as the blood of Uranus rained down on her after Kronos castrated Uranus. At some point, the description of the giants in Greek mythology came to include them having serpents for legs. Best known for their battle against the Olympians, the giants sought to avenge the Titans the new gods had overthrown in the Titanomachy, but failed.[2]
According to the story as relayed by Barnabas to the Spartan misthios Kassandra during the Peloponnesian War, the Greek island of Mykonos was built on or out of the corpses of the giants slain by the legendary hero Herakles.[3]
Norway
In Norse mythology, the jötnar who primarily lived in the icy realm of Jötunheimr were often colloquially called "frost giants" and were lead by their king, Suttungr.[4] The Muspels, another jötnar group commonly termed "fire giants",[5] lived in the fiery area of Múspellsheimr, ruled by Surtr.[6] Both factions had regular conflicts with the Isu Odin and the other members of the Æsir in Asgard.[4][6]
Ireland
In Irish mythology, the ancient Fomorian called Balor was interpreted as a giant. Odin once fought it, but was either unable or unwilling to kill the old deity.[7] Various tales also said the folkloric hero Finn McCool was the giant responsible for building the Giant's Causeway in northern Ulster.[8]
Legacy
Due to giants' mythical significance, people of unusually large stature were often described as or given the epithet of "the giant", as was the case with the French guard Antoine Moreau during the Hundred Years' War.[9]
Known giants
Mesopotamian mythology
Greek mythology
Norse mythology
Irish mythology
Behind the scenes
The temples in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey have fictional bronze pedimental sculptures or murals depicting the Gigantomachy, the battle between the Giants and the Greek gods in Greek mythology. Furthermore, pedimental sculptures were made of marble and not bronze.[10][11]
Gallery
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A relief featuring snake-legged giants standing -
Mural of snake-legged giants battling
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: Origins (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (as jötnar)
- Wrath of the Druids
- Dawn of Ragnarök
- The Forgotten Saga (mentioned only)
- Discovery Tour: Viking Age (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Mirage (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Forgotten Myths
- Echoes of History (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Jade (mentioned only)
References
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Trouble in Paradise
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Forgotten Myths – Issue #2
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Dawn of Ragnarök
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids – Amber Sun
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids – Viking Expansion notes: "A Letter from Frankia"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Heresy – Chapter 8
- ↑
Andrew Reinhard (@adreinhard) on Twitter "1/3 Here are some composite images I made featuring the east and west pediments and the metopes of the Parthenon both real and imagined in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey" (screenshot)
- ↑ "Tyrannosaurus90" (9 October 2018). Why do the Elgin Marbles on the Parthenon are made out bronze in the game?. Reddit. Retrieved on 29 August 2019.
