Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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Discover Buga, the supreme being of the Evenki Tungusic hunters of Siberia — the high god who is at once the sky, the world and the universe, creator and
The myth of Orion: a giant huntsman and son of Poseidon who could walk across the sea, beloved of Artemis, blinded and healed by the sun, slain by a
The myth of Geryon: a monstrous three-bodied giant of the far western island of Erytheia, grandson of Medusa and owner of a famous red cattle-herd, slain
The myth of the Hecatoncheires: three primordial giants with a hundred hands and fifty heads each (Briareus, Cottus, Gyges), freed by Zeus to crush the
The myth of Enceladus: one of the mightiest Gigantes, defeated by Athena who buried him alive beneath Sicily, his restless struggles causing the
The myth of Tityos: a gigantic earth-born son of Zeus who tried to violate Leto and was slain by Apollo and Artemis, then condemned in Tartarus to have
The myth of Antaeus: a giant of Libya, son of Poseidon and Gaia, who forced travelers to wrestle to the death and always won — until Heracles lifted him
The myth of the Gigantes: immense earth-born giants who warred on Olympus in the Gigantomachy, born of Gaia from the blood of Uranus, defeated only with
Doumu — the great mother-goddess of the stars in Chinese Daoism, the “Mother of the Big Dipper,” a many-armed celestial goddess who governs the Dipper
Leigong — the god of thunder in Chinese mythology, the “Duke of Thunder,” a fearsome beak-faced winged deity who makes the thunder with his drums and
