In Greek folklore, the Giants or Gigantes were a race of fantastic strength and aggression, though not always of fantastic size, recognized for the Gigantomachy (Gigantomachia), their battle with the Celestial gods. Baseding on Hesiod, the Giants were the spawn of Gaia (Planet), born from the blood that dropped when Uranus (Sky) was sterilized by their Titan child Cronus.
Archaic and Timeless representations show Gigantes as man-sized hoplites (heavily-armed old Greek foot soldiers) fully human in form. Later on portrayals (after c. 380 BC) show Gigantes with snakes for legs. In later customs, the Giants were usually confused with various other opponents of the Olympians, especially the Titans, an earlier generation of big and also effective kids of Gaia as well as Uranus.
The beat Giants were claimed to be hidden under volcanos, as well as to be the source of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
The name "Gigantes" is often taken to imply "earthborn", and Hesiod's Theogony makes this specific by having the Giants be the young of Gaia (Planet). Baseding on Hesiod, Gaia mating with Uranus birthed many kids: the initial generation of Titans, the Cyclopes and the Hundred-Handers. But Uranus despised his kids and, when they were born, he imprisoned them within Gaia, triggering her significantly distress.
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