Encyclopedia of Giants and Humanoids in Myth, Legend and Folklore
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers; McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781476663517
Subjects: Folklore, dictionaries
Description: "Every culture has in its folklore and mythology beings of immense size and strength, as well as other preternatural humanoids great or small who walk among us, serving the divine or fulfilling their own agendas. This book catalogs the lore and legends of more than 1,000 different humanoid species and individual beings, including the Titans, Valkyries, Jotnar, yokai, biblical giants, elves, ogres, trolls and many more, "--Page 4 of cover.