Gogmagog

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Tradition

Last and greatest of the giants said to inhabit Albion before Brutus of Troy landed. Wrestled and thrown from a cliff at Plymouth by Corineus. Turf-cut figures of Gogmagog were maintained on Plymouth Hoe into the seventeenth century, and Gog and Magog effigies still stand in the London Guildhall - a legend with a continuous physical footprint.

Named in Greek, Roman, Norse, Islamic, Celtic and Asian tradition. Recorded as tradition, not asserted as history.

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Also known asGoemagot; Gogmagoc
Lineage Giants of Albion
TraditionBritish legendary history
RegionCornwall / Plymouth Hoe, Britain
EraLegendary founding of Britain
Stature as recordedGeoffrey of Monmouth: twelve cubits (about 18 ft / 5.5 m)
Primary referencesGeoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Britanniae 1.16; Wace, Roman de Brut
Source Wikipedia: Gogmagog

Stature is recorded as the source states it, in that source’s own units. It is not a verified measurement unless this record sits in the Modern documented record class.

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