Giant animal (mythology)

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For giant animals in science and history, see Megafauna.

A Hydra. The 16th-century German illustration.

A giant animal in mythology is gigantic in the narrated myth, either large for their species or in relation to mankind. They might dwarf a normal person. The term giant carries some ambiguity, however in mythology is often one of the mythemes of a story. The narrative may revolve around a real animal or a primordial archetype of a gigantic creature, such as a dragon or the Midgard snake.

1 List of giant animals in mythology
- 1.1 Supernatural giant animals
- 1.2 Cryptozoological giants
2 See also
3 External links
4 References

[edit] List of giant animals in mythology

Some giant animals are legends from mythology; or are so rare, that they have been seen only by a few people, and are known only through folklore or mythology.

[edit] Supernatural giant animals

Byakko
Seiryu
Unicorn
Questing Beast
Suzaku
Sea monsters
- Lernaean Hydra
- Timingila
- Yacumama
- Bake-kujira
- Isonade
Sea serpents
- Leviathan
- Midgard snake
- Ayakashi
Thunderbird
Ziz

[edit] Cryptozoological giants

Lusca, Octopus giganteus, a kind of giant octopus, (not to be confused with the North Pacific Giant Octopus etc. genus Enteroctopus, confirmed species [1], which grow to about thirty feet in length), supposedly live off Bermuda and in blue holes, and which grow over 75 foot long, and are B-movie staples. They are often considered to be the origin of globsters, and in some cases may be misidentified squid. [2]
Lake monsters, such as Nessie, Champ, and the Ogopogo
Big mystery cats (like the Beast of Bodmin)
The Kraken, giant octopus.
Bunyip, a mythical Australian animal
Giant Wolf
Bigfoot, alleged to be the largest living primate, up to 9 feet tall.
Yeti, abominable snowman
Giglioli's Whale, unidentifiable whale
Sewer alligator
Fenghuang a chinese legendary bird