Giant
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Giant or Giants may refer to:
- Giants (esotericism)Giants (esotericism)In esoteric and occult teachings, Giants are real beings who live on spiritual, etheric and physical planes of existence. Giants were a popular theme in theosophical literature, Atlantis, lost continents and later the earth mysteries movement of Britain in the 1970s.-History:The concept of giants...
- Giant (mythology)Giant (mythology)The mythology and legends of many different cultures include monsters of human appearance but prodigious size and strength. "Giant" is the English word commonly used for such beings, derived from one of the most famed examples: the gigantes of Greek mythology.In various Indo-European mythologies,...
- Giant people; see gigantismGigantismGigantism, also known as giantism , is a condition characterized by excessive growth and height significantly above average...
, a medical condition - Giants (Welsh folklore)Giants (Welsh folklore)Giants or cewri feature prominently in Welsh folklore and mythology. Among the most notable are Bendigeidfran fab Llyr, a mythological king of Britain during the Second Branch of the Mabinogi, Idris Gawr of Cader Idris, and Ysbaddaden Bencawr, the chief antagonist of the early Arthurian tale How...
Arts and entertainment
- Giant (novel), a 1952 novel by Edna FerberEdna FerberEdna Ferber was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular and included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big , Show Boat , and Giant .-Early years:Ferber was born August 15, 1885, in Kalamazoo, Michigan,...
- Giant (1956 film), a film adaptation of Ferber's novel
- Giant (musical)Giant (musical)Giant is a musical based on the 1952 Edna Ferber novel of the same name, with music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa and book by Sybille Pearson. The musical premiered at the Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia in 2009...
, a 2009 musical adaptation of Ferber's novel
- Giant (2009 film)Giant (2009 film)Giant is a 2009 comedy film, written and directed by Adrían Biniez, an Uruguayan film director living in Argentina.-Plot:Jara is a security guard at a supermarket who falls in love with Julia , a cleaning worker from the night shift. Jara is about 30 years old, solitary, quiet and big...
, an Uruguayan film - "The Giants", an unproduced 1960s Doctor Who television serial
- Giants: Citizen KabutoGiants: Citizen KabutoGiants: Citizen Kabuto is a third-person shooter video game with real-time strategy elements. It was the first project for Planet Moon Studios, which comprised former Shiny Entertainment employees who had worked on the game MDK...
, a third-person shooter video game (2000) - Giant (magazine)Giant (magazine)GIANT was a magazine headquartered in New York geared to the urban music market. It began in October 2004 as a bimonthly publication catering to the interests of 20-something men, focusing on pop culture including reviews of video games, movies, fine tobacco, music, everyday happenings and...
- The Giant (opera)The Giant (opera)The Giant is an opera in three acts by Sergei Prokofiev. The 12 page work was written for performance by the nine-year-old composer's family.-Origins:...
, an opera (1900) by the child Sergei Prokofiev - The Giant (Twin Peaks)The Giant (Twin Peaks)The Giant is a character from the television series Twin Peaks, created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. He is played by Carel Struycken.The Giant appears to FBI agent Dale Cooper in visions, first right after Cooper has been shot in his hotel room...
, an inhabitant of The Black Lodge in the 1990s television series - Judge GiantJudge GiantJudge Giant can refer to either of two fictional characters appearing in the Judge Dredd comic strip in 2000 AD. They are father and son...
, two fictional characters in the Judge Dredd comic strip - Giant (Dungeons & Dragons)Giant (Dungeons & Dragons)In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, giant is a type of creature, or "creature type." Giants are humanoid-shaped creatures of great strength and size.-Dungeons & Dragons :...
, a type of fictional character in games - Giant (TV series)Giant (TV series)Giant is a 60-episode historical drama series from SBS that premiered on 10 May 2010.-Plot:The plot revolves around the lives of the three Lee family children: Kang-Mo, Sung-Mo, and Mi-Joo. Their father was killed by Hwang Tae-Sub and Jo Pil-Yeon, and their mother died in an accident. As a result,...
, a 2010 historical drama series from SBS - Giants (Marvel Comics)Giants (Marvel Comics)There are different kinds of Giants in Marvel Comics. The most popular of the Giants are the Giants of Johunheim, fictional race of people based on the giants of actual Norse legends.-Giants of Jotunheim:...
, a fictional race of people based on the giants of actual Norse legends - The Giants (1978 TV series)The Giants (1978 TV series)The Giants is a TVB television series, premiered on 15 May 1978. Theme song "The Giants" composition and arrangement by Joseph Koo, lyricist by Wong Jim, sung by Roman Tam....
, a 1978 TVB television series
In music
- Giant (band)Giant (band)Giant is an American melodic hard rock band that was formed in 1987.The band consisted of founding members Dann Huff and Alan Pasqua , and had Dann's brother David Huff on drums and Mike Brignardello on bass....
, a American melodic hard rock band - Giants (band)Giants (band)Giants is an instrumental post-rock band based out of Cedar Falls, Iowa that formed in the summer of 2005. Giants have had four releases: a self-titled, self-released demo ep in 2006, “They, The Undeserving” in 2007, "Old Stories" in 2008 and a Split 7" with Beware of Safety in 2011.-Members:*...
, a American post-rock band - Giant (The Woodentops album), 1986
- Giant (Herman Düne album)Giant (Herman Düne album)- Tracklist :# "I Wish That I Could See You Soon" - 2:49# "Nickel Chrome" - 4:05# "1-2-3/Apple Tree" - 3:24# "Bristol" - 3:08# "Pure Hearts" - 4:03# "No Master" 2:54# "Take Him Back to New York City" - 6:04# "Baby Bigger" - 1:32# "This Summer" - 4:20...
, 2006 - Giants (album)Giants (album)Giants is the fourth studio album by British electronic dance music artist Chicane. It was released in the United Kingdom on 2 August 2010. The album's first official single, "Middledistancerunner", featuring the vocals of Adam Young was released on the same day...
, a 2010 album by Chicane - The Giants (album)The Giants (album)The Giants is a 1974 album featuring Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, and Ray Brown. At the Grammy Awards of 1978, Peterson won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist for his performance on this album...
, a 1974 album featuring Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, and Ray Brown - "The GiantThe GiantThe Giant is a song by Canadian folk singer-songwriter Stan Rogers. The Giant referred to is Fingal, an Irish-Scottish mythical giant. The song is set in Nova Scotia's rugged Cape Breton Island, and the lyrics contain enchanting imagery describing the island's landscape...
", song by Stan Rogers - "Giant", a song on Matthew Good Band's album Beautiful MidnightBeautiful MidnightBeautiful Midnight is the third album released by the Matthew Good Band and the follow-up to the band's 1997 album, Underdogs.The album produced four successful singles and music videos, "Hello Time Bomb", "Load Me Up", "Strange Days", and "The Future is X-Rated"...
(1999) - "Giant", a bonus track on Vampire Weekend's album ContraContra (album)Contra is the second album by American indie rock band Vampire Weekend, released in January 2010 on XL Recordings. It debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 200...
Businesses
- Giant Bicycles, bicycle maker
- Giant Food (disambiguation)
- GIANT Company SoftwareGIANT Company SoftwareGIANT Company Software, Inc. developed internet security products, including GIANT Spam Inspector, GIANT Popup Inspector, and GIANT AntiSpyware. GIANT's head office was located in New York, NY, and it also had offices in Chicago and Atlanta, GA. GIANT Company Software was founded by Ronald Franczyk...
, internet security developer - Giant HypermarketGiant HypermarketGiant Hypermarket is a major supermarket and retailer chain in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, and UAE. It is a subsidiary of Dairy Farm International Holdings .-History:...
, chain in southern and eastern Asia - Giant Records (disambiguation)
North America
- San Francisco GiantsSan Francisco GiantsThe San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
, baseball team - New York Giants (disambiguation)New York Giants (disambiguation)The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area.New York Giants may also refer to:- Baseball :...
, in various sports and eras - San Jose GiantsSan Jose GiantsThe San Jose Giants are a minor league baseball team in San Jose, California, USA. They are a Class A - Advanced team in the Northern Division of the California League, and have been a farm team of the San Francisco Giants since 1988. Home games are played at San Jose Municipal Stadium...
, a minor league baseball team - Arizona League Giants, a minor league baseball team
- Vancouver GiantsVancouver GiantsThe Vancouver Giants are a major junior ice hockey team playing in the Western Hockey League . Inaugurated in 2001–02, the Giants have won one President's Cup in 2006 and one Memorial Cup in 2007 in their ten-season history...
, a Western Hockey League team - Baltimore Elite GiantsBaltimore Elite GiantsThe Baltimore Elite Giants were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro leagues from to . The team was established by Thomas T. Wilson, in Nashville, Tennessee as the semi-pro Nashville Standard Giants on March 26, 1920. The team was renamed the Elite Giants in , and would move to...
, a Negro League baseball team - Brooklyn Royal GiantsBrooklyn Royal GiantsThe Brooklyn Royal Giants were a professional baseball team based in Brooklyn, New York which played in the Negro Leagues. They were one of the premier professional teams before World War I, winning multiple championships in the East.- League play :...
, a Negro League baseball team - Harrisburg GiantsHarrisburg GiantsThe Harrisburg Giants were a U.S. professional baseball team in the Negro Leagues, based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. They joined the Eastern Colored League for the 1924 season with Hall of Fame center fielder Oscar Charleston as playing manager...
, a Negro League baseball team - Jacksonville GiantsJacksonville GiantsThe Jacksonville Giants are a professional minor league basketball team based in Jacksonville, Florida, who play in the new American Basketball Association . They joined the ABA as an expansion team for the 2010–2011 season...
, basketball team
Australia
- Gold Coast-Tweed Giants, Australian rugby league team
- Goldfields GiantsGoldfields GiantsThe Goldfields Giants are a semi-professional basketball team who compete in the State Basketball League of Western Australia . The Giants are based in the West Australian regional city of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, and their home court is the 1200-capacity Neils Hansen Stadium.Since debuting in the...
, Australian basketball team - Greater Western Sydney Football Club, an Australian football club
Other continents
- Belfast GiantsBelfast GiantsThe Belfast Giants are an ice hockey team from Belfast, Northern Ireland that compete in the Elite Ice Hockey League. Home games are played at the 7,100-capacity Odyssey Arena in Belfast....
, an Irish EIHL ice hockey team - Huddersfield GiantsHuddersfield GiantsHuddersfield Giants are a professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire who play in the European Super League competition. They play their home games at the Galpharm Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C....
, an English rugby league team competing in Super League - Lotte GiantsLotte GiantsThe Lotte Giants are a professional baseball team based in Busan, Korea, and one of the original franchises of the Korea Baseball Organization league. The Lotte Giants are owned by the Japanese-South Korean Lotte conglomerate....
, a South Korean professional baseball team - Delhi GiantsDelhi GiantsDelhi Giants was one of the nine teams played in the defunct Indian Cricket League . This team represents the Indian capital city, New Delhi, India and its captain is Marvan Atapattu, former skipper of Sri Lanka.-Players :The squad announced for the inaugural tournament comprises five...
, a cricket team in the unofficial Indian Cricket League - Yomiuri GiantsYomiuri GiantsThe are a professional baseball team based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. The team competes in the Central League in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top level of professional play in Japan. They play their home games in the Tokyo Dome, opened in 1988. The English-language press occasionally calls the...
, a Japanese professional baseball team
In geography
- Giant, Richmond, CaliforniaGiant, Richmond, CaliforniaGiant was an unincorporated community, now annexed to Richmond in Contra Costa County, California. It lies at an elevation of 23 feet .-History:The town was established in 1892 as a company town by the Giant Powder Company...
, former unincorporated community - Giant MountainGiant MountainGiant Mountain is the twelfth highest peak in the High Peaks Region of the Adirondack Park, in New York, USA. The peak is also known as "Giant of the Valley," due to its stature looking over Keene Valley and St. Huberts to the west...
, New York - Giant ForestGiant ForestThe Giant Forest, famed for its giant sequoia trees, is within Sequoia National Park. This montane forest, situated at over above mean sea level in the western Sierra Nevada of California, covers an area of...
, in Sequoia National Park, California - Giant GeyserGiant GeyserGiant Geyser is a cone-type geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Giant Geyser is the namesake for the Giant Group of geysers, which includes Bijou Geyser, Giant Geyser, Giantess Geyser and Mastiff Geyser. Giant Geyser is also the namesake for the Giant...
, in Yellowstone National Park - Giant SpringsGiant SpringsGiant Springs is a large first magnitude spring located near Great Falls, Montana. Its water has a temperature of 54o F and originates from snowmelt in the Little Belt Mountains, away...
, near Great Falls, Montana
Other
- Giant (gymnastics)Giant (gymnastics)A giant is an artistic gymnastics skill in which a gymnast rotates 360 degrees around an axis while in a fully extended position. It is performed on the uneven bars in women's artistic gymnastics and on the parallel bars and horizontal bar in men's artistic gymnastics.-Technique:The gymnast begins...
, an artistic gymnastics skill - The Giant, one nickname of American wrestler Paul "The Big Show" Wight
- Giant MineGiant MineThe Giant Mine was a large gold mine located on the Ingraham Trail just outside ofYellowknife, Northwest Territories. Gold was discovered on the property in 1935 by Johnny Baker, but the true extent of the gold deposits were not known until 1944 when a massive gold-bearing shear zone was uncovered...
, a gold mine in the Northwest Territories, Canada - Giant CenterGIANT CenterThe Giant Center is a 10,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place in the Harrisburg metropolitan area. It is home to the Hershey Bears ice hockey team, the longest-existing member of the American Hockey League since 1938...
, an arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania - Giant starGiant starA giant star is a star with substantially larger radius and luminosity than a main sequence star of the same surface temperature. Typically, giant stars have radii between 10 and 100 solar radii and luminosities between 10 and 1,000 times that of the Sun. Stars still more luminous than giants are...
in astronomy - Gas giantGas giantA gas giant is a large planet that is not primarily composed of rock or other solid matter. There are four gas giants in the Solar System: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune...
, a type of planet - GIANT AntiSpywareGIANT AntiSpywareGIANT AntiSpyware was a spyware detection and removal application developed by GIANT Company Software, Inc.GIANT Company Software, Inc. was acquired by Microsoft Corporation on December 16, 2004...
, a software application