ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Thanks are due to the Frederick A. Stokes Company for permission to use, in Part III, three tales from volumes published by them: Chapter XX, The Biter Bit, from "Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians," by Vojislav M. Petrovic; Chapter XXI, The Peach's Son, from "Myths and Legends of Japan," by F. Hadland Davis; and Chapter XXIII, The Stone Giantess, from "The Myths of the North American Indians," by Lewis Spence.
In a number of cases the text of the original romance or "history" has been followed as closely as possible, to retain the flavor of the old tales.
CONTENTS
| PART I. GIANTS OF THE MORNING OF THE WORLD | ||
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | How Zeus Fought with Titans and Giants | [3] |
| II. | The Giant Who Shines in the Sky | [18] |
| III. | The Outwitting of Polyphemus | [46] |
| IV. | When Thor Went to Jotunheim | [68] |
| V. | The Giant Pyramid-Builder | [90] |
| VI. | The Fatal Pride of Vukub | [95] |
| VII. | Og, King of Bashan | [102] |
| VIII. | A Son of Anak | [108] |
| PART II. IN THE DAYS OF ROMANCE | ||
| IX. | Ferragus, Who Owned the Brazen Head | [119] |
| X. | The Giant of St. Michael's Mount | [128] |
| XI. | Sir Launcelot and Tarquin | [146] |
| XII. | The Adventures of Yvain | [161] |
| XIII. | The Turke and Gawain | [191] |
| XIV. | Amadis Among the Giants | [202] |
| XV. | Gogmagog | [216] |
| XVI. | The Giant Behind the Waterfall | [235] |
| XVII. | The One Good Giant: St. Christopher | [244] |
| PART III. NURSERY TALES OF MANY LANDS | ||
| XVIII. | The Giant Hand (Irish) | [255] |
| XIX. | The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body (Norse) | [265] |
| XX. | The Biter Bit (Serbian) | [275] |
| XXI. | The Peach's Son (Japanese) | [290] |
| XXII. | The Man Who Lost His Legs (Korean) | [295] |
| XXIII. | The Stone Giantess (North American Indian) | [299] |
| PART IV. SOME REAL GIANTS | ||
| XXIV. | Some Real Giants | [305] |
| XXV. | What Science Has Learned About Giants | [315] |