Giant footprint

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Genesis 6:4 - "The Nephilim were on the earth in those days - and also afterward when the sons of God would consort with the daughters of man, who would bear to them. They were the mighty who, from old, were men of devastation. ?God saw that the wickedness of Man was great upon the earth, and that every product of the thoughts of his heart was but evil always."

The nephilim were presumably destroyed in the Flood, but further giants are reported in the Torah, including the Anakites (Numbers 13:28-33), the Emites (Deuteronomy 2:10), and, in Joshua, the Rephaites (Joshua 12:4).

The Bible also tells of Gog and Magog, who later entered into European folklore, and of the famous battle between David and the Philistine giant Goliath. The 1st century historian Josephus, and the 1st-2nd century BCE Dead Sea Scrolls give Goliath's height as "four cubits and a span," approximately 2.00 m or about six feet seven inches.

In Hinduism, the giants are called Daityas. The Daityas (??????) were the children of Diti and the sage Kashyapa who fought against the gods or Devas because they were jealous of their Deva half-brothers.

In Greek mythology the gigantes (????ν???) were (according to the poet Hesiod) the children of Uranos (????ν??) and Gaea (????) (The Heaven and the Earth).They were involved in a conflict with the Olympian gods called the Gigantomachy(????ν??μ????)

Several Jupiter-Giant-Columns have been found in Germania Superior. These were crowned with a statue of Jupiter, typically on horseback, defeating or trampling down a Giant

In Norse mythology, the Jotun (j?tnar in Old Norse, a cognate with ettin) are often opposed to the gods.

Norse mythology also holds that the entire world of men was once created from the flesh of Ymir, a giant of cosmic proportions

Basque mythology

Giants are rough but generally righteous characters of formidable strength living up the hills of the Basque Country. Giants stand for the Basque people reluctant to convert to Christianity who decide to stick to the old life style and customs in the forest

In folklore from all over Europe, giants were believed to have built the remains of previous civilizations. Saxo Grammaticus, for example, argues that giants had to exist, because nothing else would explain the large walls, stone monuments

A giant helps Merlin build Stonehenge. From a manuscript of the Roman de Brut by Wace in the British Library (Egerton 3028). This is the oldest known depiction of Stonehenge.

[Astra.Xtreme]

Not only were giants massive back then, they were one-footed. Amazing!

[Hum]

Alien Bigfoot :alien:

[Growled Member]

I find it amazing that so many difference cultures reference giants in their myths and folklores. There had to be some reason for that.

[mudslag]

I find it amazing that so many difference cultures reference giants in their myths and folklores. There had to be some reason for that.

many cultures had similar myths and folklores about many un/supernatural things. Witches, dragons, ghosts, ect, giants are just one of many.

[Hum]

I find it amazing that so many difference cultures reference giants in their myths and folklores. There had to be some reason for that.

I always thought 'giant' in the Bible refered to reputation, fame.

Like movie 'stars', or some authors, are thought of today.

[Muhammad Farrukh]

Thats a big one indeed

[Hum]

I think it's just a stone carver's artwork.

[compl3x]

Not only were giants massive back then, they were one-footed. Amazing!

lmao

[NoMansLand]

You know what they say about big feet :). Now that would be a scary fossil.