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Giants' Dance (The). Stonehenge, which Geoffrey of Monmouth says was removed from Killaraus, a
mountain in Ireland, by the magical skill of Merlin. "If you [Aurelius] are desirous to honour the burying-place of these men [who routed Hengist] with an everlasting monument, send for the Giants' Dance, which is in Killaraus, a mountain in Ireland." - Geoffrey of Monmouth: British History, book viii. chap. 10.Giant's Leap (The). Lam-Goemagog. The legend is that Corineus (3 syl.), in his encounter with Goemagog, or Gogmagog, slung him on his shoulders, carried him to the top of a neighbouring cliff, and heaved him into the sea. Ever since then the cliff has been called Lam-Goemagog. (Thomas Boreman: Gigantick History; 1741.) |
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