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ID: 300380125
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300380125

 

Record Type: concept
giants (mythical beings) (legendary beings, Animalia (kingdom), ... Living Organisms (hierarchy name))

 

Note: In Greek mythology and elsewhere, beings having human form but of superhuman stature, found frequently in mythic or pseudo-historical traditions and in romantic fiction.
 
Terms:
giants (mythical beings) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
giant (mythical beings) (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
reuzen (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  H.HL

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Agents Facet
Agents Facet
Hierarchy of Living Organisms (hierarchy name)
.... Living Organisms (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of living organisms (entities)
........ living organisms (entities) (G)
Hierarchy of Eukaryota (domain)
............ Eukaryota (domain) (G)
Hierarchy of Animalia (kingdom)
................ Animalia (kingdom) (G)
Hierarchy of legendary beings
.................... legendary beings (G)
Hierarchy of giants (mythical beings)
........................ giants (mythical beings) (G,U)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Wezens uit de Griekse mythologie en andere bronnen met een menselijke vorm maar een bovenmenselijk formaat. Ze komen veel voor in mythische en pseudohistorische tradities, alsmede in romantische fictie. 

Sources and Contributors:
giant (mythical beings)............  [VP]
.........................................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
giants (mythical beings)............  [JPGM Preferred, VP Preferred]
.........................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
.........................................  J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
.........................................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
reuzen............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
.................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.................  UvA Talen
.................  Van Dale Online Woordenboek (2014-)
 
Subject: .....  [JPGM, VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... UvA Talen
.......... Van Dale Online Woordenboek (2014-)

 

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