The heroic aspect of clannumen among the Baltic slaves got its plastic representation in the colossal dimensions of certain statues. Vyncke (1969) cites some gods identified as war god or warrior god, such as Gerovit, Pripegala, Sventovit, Tjarnaglofi and Rugevit. The latter is said to have stood 3 metres tall. But Sventovit took the crown … Continue reading The hero is a giant
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One-eyed giant
The concept of the cyclopes as one-eyed giants, always coming in three, uncivilized and wild, builders of wall's and of the thunderbolt of Zeus, orientated in the Semantic Colour Space. I. Michiels, red.
Cyclopes in Greek mythology
Head of a Cyclops Colosseum. First century CE. In Hesiod the Cyclopes were storm genii, as their names indicate: Brontes, thunder; Steropes, lightning; Arges, thunderbolt. As for the Hecatoncheires or Centimanes-the 'hundred-handed'-their names are sufficient to characterise them. They, too, were three in number: Cottus, the Furious; Briareus, the Vigorous; Gyges, the Big-limbed. Titans, Cyclopes … Continue reading Cyclopes in Greek mythology