tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post5279575259341989270..comments2023-12-22T20:36:45.744-05:00Comments on Isle of Wonder: What's In A Name: The Giant EditionThe Red Witchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731703967439763663noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-82653864042685600192012-03-26T08:48:32.385-04:002012-03-26T08:48:32.385-04:00Conversion to Christianity came later and the infl...Conversion to Christianity came later and the influence of gigant on whatever a 'eoten' or 'ent' was later too. The Romans equated Odin with Mercury and Thor with Jupiter but they were hardly the same thing. They shared some attributes but it would be nice to know how the pre-Christian Germanic world viewed 'eoten' and 'jotunn' or ents. <br />Snorri called the The Red Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731703967439763663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-81754912253821817112012-03-23T16:16:04.335-04:002012-03-23T16:16:04.335-04:00The giants destroyed in Noah's flood were hard...The giants destroyed in Noah's flood were hardly described as primitive - their fathers were angels. They were brutal and violence-prone, proud, insolent, arrogant, and self-centered but primitive?<br /><br />Gigantic people from Canaan were called Children of Anak too.Anachronisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10398058819007642332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-76167480090655713872012-03-23T10:36:34.564-04:002012-03-23T10:36:34.564-04:00I had a really long comment all ready to go, and t...I had a really long comment all ready to go, and then I was having issues getting into my gmail account to authorize. :( Will type it back out later, but just real quick, Ham's son Canaan had a curse put on him by Noah. Canaan was the "father" of all the giants living in Canaan and the Promised Land at the time. There are several examples: King Og of Bashran, Gog and Magog (who Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16787365829018329681noreply@blogger.com