Mankind has ever been fascinated by extraordinary aspects of humanity, but none so much as giants.Many ancient gods, and indeed kings and emperors, were said to be vast in size: witness, for instance, the colossal statues of Egypt, China or the South Seas. But the palm for bigness must go to those giant beings whom we find amid the chaos in the East: like that Tiamat from whom the Babylonian god Bel formed heavens and earth; and Purushu of the Hindu Vedas, whose severed head was sufficient for making the sky, his feet for the earth, his eye for the sun, and his mind for the moon.Herein are 25 stories of giants from the annuls of fact and fiction around the world compiled and retold by Henry Wysham Lanier. Lanier has categorised the stories into four parts being:Giants Of The Morning Of The WorldFrom The Days Of RomanceNursery Tales of Giants from Many LandsReal GiantsThe stories in these four sections are:I. How Zeus Fought With Titans And GiantsII. The Giant Who Shines In The SkyIII. The Outwitting Of PolyphemusIV. When Thor Went To JotunheimV. The Giant Pyramid-BuilderVI. The Fatal Pride Of VukubVII. Og, King Of BashanVIII. A Son Of AnakIX. Ferragus, Who Owned The Brazen HeadX. The Giant Of St. Michael's MountXI. Sir Launcelot And TarquinXII. The Adventures Of YvainXIII. The Turke And GawainXIV. Amadis Among The GiantsXV. GogmagogXVI. The Giant Behind The WaterfallXVII. The One Good Giant: St. ChristopherXVIII. The Giant Hand (Irish)XIX. The Giant Who Had No Heart In His Body (Norse)XX. The Biter Bit (Serbian)XXI. The Peach's Son (Japanese)XXII. The Man Who Lost His Legs (Korean)XXIII. The Stone Giantess (North American Indian)XXIV. Some Real GiantsXXV. What Science Has Learned About Giants10% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.YESTERDAYS BOOKS raising funds for TODAYS CHARITIES==============KEYWORDS/TAGS: Folklore, fairy tales, myths, legends, folk tales, children’s stories, bedtime, fables, culture, cultural, virtues, action, adventure, lessons, morals, teach, learn, Zeus, Fought, fight, Titans, Giants, Shine, In The Sky, Outwitting, Polyphemus, Thor, Jotunheim, Giant Pyramid-Builder, Fatal Pride, Vukub, Og, King Of Bashan, Son Of Anak, Ferragus, Brazen Head, St. Michael's Mount, Sir Launcelot, Tarquin, Yvain, Turke, Gawain, Amadis, Gogmagog, Gog, Magog, Behind The Waterfall, One Good Giant, St. Christopher, Giant Hand, Ireland, Irish, No Heart In His Body, Norse, Biter Bit, Serbia, Peach's Son, Japanese, Japan, Man Who Lost His Legs, Korea, Stone Giantess, North American Indian, Real Giants, What Science Has Learned About Giants