When giants walked the Earth
Paging Hagrid, Hagrid to the white courtesy phone please. From The Scotsman:
IN OUR time, giants are treated as creatures of fiction. But the people of ancient Scotland thought these leviathans walked the land bringing terror in their wake. These monsters may be long gone from our world but our ancestors' belief in them is evident in their habit of naming places and features in the landscape after them. snip But could there have been actual giants among us instead of simply taller people? Modern Scots, as well as our ancestors, have certainly believed they have seen these creatures. Perhaps the most famous sighting of a Scottish giant is one known as the Big Grey Man of Ben MacDui. The first modern account of him belongs to a London professor who felt a giant presence as he climbed Ben MacDui, the second highest peak in Scotland, while on holiday in 1891. Since then other climbers have claimed to have seen the giant on the hill. All over the world these sorts of strange sightings are not as uncommon as might be expected and giants, or creatures like them, seem to be naturally found on the mountainside. One report in The Scotsman of 2 January 1888 records their sightings in Scotland and across the mountains of Europe in great detail.Several NBA teams are reportedly funding the search for giants.
posted by Carnacki | 8/26/2005 08:23:00 AM
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It stands to reason that giants would live in mountains: they're remote and giants could negotiate terrain freehand that we'd have to have equipment for.
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And if you want REAL verification of the TRUE facts... snark... snark... you know that the Bible refers to Giants roaming the Earth and looking upon the daughters of man with lust as they followed their pseudo "leader" Lilith... Adam's 1st and very chastised wife. This is of course, if my memory serves me correctly... that part is Old Testament and I haven't read the OT in a loooong time. But poor Lilith, just because she wanted to be on top-- she got a raw deal. So typical for females in the Bible, eh?
Tina,
The story of Lilith as Adam's first wife isn't in the Bible. It comes from traditional Jewish folklore. However, you can read more about Lilith in my manuscript linked on the sidebar. :)
Carnacki: Yes, you are absolutely correct that she is not mentioned by name in the Christian Bible and that she is part of traditional Jewish folklore,and I'm afraid that I didn't make myself clear in my comment. Lilith's followers (the Fallen Angels who looked upon the daughters of man with lust and mated with them, creating a race of giants Genesis 6:1-7) are mentioned in the Old Testament when discussing Enoch, and the apocryphal work of the Book of Enoch is where Genesis pulls this info about Enoch from. The Book of Enoch gives the name Samael, and Samael is said to have taken Lilith as his bride after she ditched Adam and had many demon lovers. My Catholic education taught me- and the nuns could have been incorrect- (specifically my senior year course that taught us about the vast connections/ references between the Old Testament, the Talmud, the Torah, and the Kabbalah) that Lilith had taken many demon mates, such as Asmodai (he is specifically mentioned in the Talmud and in the Book of Tobit as being a mate of Lilith's). Since everything in the Old Testament comes from/ is based upon/or is simply borrowed from Judaism, I did mispeak when generalizing Lilith as being an Old Testament player. I think if the Bible went into detail like the Book of Enoch does when discussing the descendants of Cain, then she would be mentioned by name because we would learn of her gallavanting with the demons when discussing Cain, his son Enoch, Enoch's son Methuselah, etc . Instead, she is alluded to thru the Fallen Angels who lusted after the daughters of man. Does that make sense? Grrr... I re-read it, and I hope that it makes sense and explains why I said what I said in my first comment to save space and time, and that I don't muddy up my point again. :)
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