Gigantes

Some say they were born from Ouranos like many, some say they were born from Tartarus like Damasen, some say the twin giants Otis and Ephilates, were born from Posiedon or some say they were born from both Ouranos and Tartarus. The myth varies and we are not so sure. For now let us just say they were all born from Ouranos and Tartarus.

The Gigantes caused the great war, the Gigantomachy, the war between the giants and the gods. Giants could only be killed by both gods and demigods. All giants were destined to kill or take over a gods place.

These are some of the Gigantes:


 * Porphyrion bane of Zeus, king of giants.
 * Encleadus, bane of Athena, the new giant of wisdom and strategy.
 * Periboia, bane of Aphrodite.
 * Damasen, bane of Ares. He did not participate of the Gigantomachy as he was the opposite of Ares, the god of war.
 * Mimas, bane of both Ares and Hephaestus, destroyer of plans. He took Damasen's place in the Gigatomachy.
 * Hippolytus, destined to kill Hermes, the messenger of the Gigantes.
 * Alcyoneus, destined to kill Hades, the new keeper of Thanatos and the eldest of the Gigantes. In myths, he could only be killed by dragging him out of his homeland, Pallene by Heracles.
 * Otis and Ephilates, twin giants destined to kill Dionysus. They were killed by each other by trying to marry Artemis. When she rejected them, they tried to spear her. Artemis turned into a deer and dodged while they both skewered each other.
 * Orion, bane of Apollo and Artemis. He did not participate of the Gigantomachy as he fell in love with Artemis, driven with madness by Apollo into slauthering every animal. A scorpion which was sent by Gaia stung Orion and at the same time, Orion killed the scorpion. When he died, Artemis transformed the scorpion and Orion in the stars to remember him forever. This is the story of the constellation Scorpio and Orion.
 * Clytius, bane of Hecate, destroyer of magic and scared of fire as he was burned by Hecate's torches.
 * Thoon, bane of the Fates was supposed to strangle the Moirai. The Moirai beat him to death with brass clubs.
 * Polybotes, bane of Posiedon. Every liquid he touched turned into poison.



These are the other giants, not included in this wiki because only their names are known and it will take me forever to write this.


 * Alektos
 * Aristaeus
 * Asterius
 * Euryalus
 * Eurymedon
 * Eurytus
 * Gration
 * Hopladamas
 * Leon
 * Pallas
 * Pelorus
 * Picolous