Giants in Greek mythology

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Giants in Greek mythology are a race of enormous, often monstrous beings who frequently oppose the Olympian gods, most famously in the epic battle known as the Gigantomachy.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Giants in Greek mythology canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf creatures in Greek mythology ⓘ
legendary beings ⓘ
mythological race ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Gigantes ⓘ
associatedEvent Gigantomachy ⓘ
bornFrom blood of Uranus ⓘ
characteristic enormous size ⓘ
great strength ⓘ
often monstrous appearance ⓘ
culturalInfluenceOn later European giant folklore ⓘ
depictedAs humanlike but huge ⓘ
sometimes serpentine-legged ⓘ
describedIn Bibliotheca ⓘ
Dionysiaca ⓘ
Shield of Heracles ⓘ
Theogony ⓘ
linked to: Hesiod's Theogony
distinctFrom Cyclopes ⓘ
Hecatoncheires ⓘ
Titans ⓘ
enemyOf Athena ⓘ
Dionysus ⓘ
Heracles ⓘ
Olympian gods ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
famousFor Gigantomachy ⓘ
habitat Phlegra ⓘ
Thrace ⓘ
killedBy Athena ⓘ
Dionysus ⓘ
Heracles ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
nativeLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
notableMember Alcyoneus ⓘ
Enceladus ⓘ
Ephialtes ⓘ
Mimas ⓘ
Otus ⓘ
Pallas ⓘ
Polybotes ⓘ
Porphyrion ⓘ
opposedBy Olympian gods ⓘ
parent Gaia ⓘ
partOf Greek mythology ⓘ
relatedTo Titans ⓘ
symbolizes chaos opposing divine order ⓘ
theme cosmic struggle between gods and monsters ⓘ
typicalWeapon clubs ⓘ
rocks ⓘ
uprooted trees ⓘ
weakness could be killed only with help of a mortal ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Argus → category → Giants in Greek mythology ⓘ
Ephialtes → category → Giants in Greek mythology ⓘ