Chapter Gesa to Giants in Real Life of G by Brewer's Readers Handbook

(17) Belle, famous for his three leaps, which gave names to the places called Wanlip, Burstall, and Beliegrave.—British Fable.

(18) Bellerus, the giant from whom Cornwall derived its name “Bellerium.”—British Fable.

(19) Blunderbore, the giant who was drowned because Jack scuttled his boat.—Jack the Giant-killer.

(20) Briareos , a giant with a hundred hands. One of the Titans.—Greek Fable.

(21) Brobdingnag, a country of giants, to whom an ordinary-sized man was “not half so big as the round little worm pricked from the lazy fingers of a maid.”—Swift: Gulliver’s Travels.

(22) Brontes, one of the Cyclops.—Greek Fable.

(23) Burlong, a giant mentioned in the romance of Sir Tryamour.

(24) Cacus, of mount Aventine, who dragged the oxen of Herculês into his cave tail foremost.—Greek Fable.

(25) Caligorant, the Egyptian giant, who entrapped travellers with an invisible net.—Ariosto.

(26) Caraculiambo, the giant that don Quixote intended should kneel at the foot of Dulcinea.—Cervantes: Don Quixote.

(27) Ceus or Cœus, son of Heaven and Earth. He married Phœbê, and was the father of Latona.—Greek Fable.

(28) Chalbroth, the stem of all the giant race.—Rabelais: Pantagruel.

(29) Christopherus or St. Christopher, the giant who carried Christ across a ford, and was well-nigh borne down with the “child’s” ever-increasing weight.—Christian Legend.

(30) Clytios, one of the giants who made war upon the gods. Vulcan killed him with a red-hot iron mace. —Greek Fable.

(31) Colbrand, the Danish giant slain by Guy of Warwick.—British Fable.

(32) Corflambo, a giant who was always attended by a dwarf.—Spenser: Farëie Queene, iv. 8.

(33) Corineus. (See Gogmagog.)

(34) Cormoran, the Cornish giant who fell into a pit 20 feet deep, dug by Jack and filmed over with a thin layer of grass and gravel.—Jack the Giant-killer.

(35) Cormorant, a giant discomfited by sir Brian. —Spenser: Faërie Queene, vi. 4.

(36) Cottos, one of the three-hundred-headed giants, son of Heaven and Earth. His two brothers were Briareus and Gyges.

(37) Coulin, the British giant pursued by Debon, and killed by falling into a deep chasm.—British Fable.

(38) Cyclops, giants with only one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They lived in Sicily, and were blacksmiths.—Greek Fable.

(39) Despair, of Doubting Castle, who found Christian and Hopeful asleep on his grounds, and thrust them into a dungeon. He evilly entreated them, but they made their escape by the key “Promise.”— Bunyan: Pilgrim’s Progress, i.