Giant

The giants are a race of supernatural beings, resembling humans, who can be found in numerous mythologies.
==History==
===Mesopotamia===
In , 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.Assassin's Creed: Origins
===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 , but failed.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
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.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Trouble in Paradise
===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.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla The Muspels, another jötnar group commonly termed "fire giants",Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Forgotten Myths – Issue #2 lived in the fiery area of Múspellsheimr, ruled by Surtr.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Dawn of Ragnarök Both factions had regular conflicts with the Isu Odin and the other members of the Æsir in Asgard.
===Ireland===
In Irish mythology, the ancient called Balor was interpreted as a giant. Odin once fought it, but was either unable or unwilling to kill the old deity.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids – Amber Sun Various tales also said the folkloric hero Finn McCool was the giant responsible for building the Giant's Causeway in northern Ulster.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids – Viking Expansion notes: "A Letter from Frankia"
==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.Assassin's Creed: Heresy – Chapter 8
==Known giants==
===Mesopotamian mythology===
Wiki noimage.jpg|Humbaba
===Greek mythology===
Wiki noimage.jpg|Ephialtes
Wiki noimage.jpg|Orion
Wiki noimage.jpg|Otos
Wiki noimage.jpg|Polybotes
Wiki noimage.jpg|Porphyrion
Phokis-TombofTityos1.jpg|Tityos
===Norse mythology===
ACV Ægir.jpg|Ægir
ACV DB Angrboda.PNG|Angrboða
ACV DB Gunlodr.PNG|Gunnlöð
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ACV DB Hyrrokin.png|Hyrrokin
Wiki noimage.jpg|Jörð
ACV DoR Surtr Fullbody Hd Render.png|Surtr
ACV DB Suttungr.PNG|Suttungr
===Irish mythology===
ACV Balor Fullbody HD render.png|Balor
Wiki noimage.jpg|Finn McCool
==Behind the scenes==
The temples in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey have fictional bronze pedimental sculptures or murals depicting the , the battle between the Giants and the Greek gods in Greek mythology. Furthermore, pedimental sculptures were made of marble and not bronze.
==Gallery==
ACOd-giantrelief-stand.jpg|A relief featuring snake-legged giants standing
ACOd-muralgiantbattle.jpg|Mural of snake-legged giants battling
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Origins 
*Assassin's Creed: Odyssey 
*Assassin's Creed: Valhalla 
**Wrath of the Druids
**Dawn of Ragnarök
**The Forgotten Saga 
*Discovery Tour: Viking Age 
*Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Forgotten Myths
*Echoes of History 
*Assassin's Creed: Jade 
==References==
Category:Animals
Category:Mythical creatures
Category:Giants
Category:Mesopotamian mythology
Category:Greek mythology
Category:Norse mythology
Category:Irish mythology