Most of the stories in this beautiful book come from northern Europe where the legends of giants populating the Earth before we did seemed to grow from the mountains and rugged land. These early giants possessed great wisdom and magic, but as humans began to share the planet with them they deteriorated and became easier for humans to trick and kill. Familiar stories (Jack and the Beanstalk) mingle with less familiar, but most explain why there are no giants today...
I have now started Night Creatures from the same Enchanted World series. This starts with the story of Grindel from Denmark, a large man-shaped creature covered hair that ate all sorts of animals, but, when he discovered man, that became his favorite food...
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