Atlas, the giant of the Atlas Mountains, who carries the world on his back. A book of maps is called an “atlas” from this giant.—Greek Fable.
Balan, “bravest and strongest of the giant race.”—Amădis of Gaul.
Belle, famous for his three leaps, which gave names to the places called Wanlip, Burstall, and Bellegrave.—British Fable.
Belle´rus, the giant from whom Cornwall derived its name “Bellerium.”—British Fable. Milton: Lycidas.
Blunderbore (3 syl.), the giant who was drowned because Jack scuttled his boat.—Jack the Giant-killer.
Briare´os (4 syl.), a giant with a hundred hands. One of the Titans.—Greek Fable.
Brobdingnag, a country of giants, to whom an ordinary-sized man was “not half so big as a round little worm pricked from the lazy finger of a maid.”—Swift, Gulliver’s Travels.
Brontes (2 syl.), one of the Cyclops.—Greek Fable.
Burlong, a giant mentioned in the romance of Sir Tryamour.
Cacus, of Mount Aventine, who dragged the oxen of Hereculês into his cave tail foremost.—Greek Fable.