Why did the gods and giants fight?

The Gigantomachy was probably the most important battle that happened in Greek mythology. It was a fight between the Giants or Gigantes, sons of Gaea and Uranus, and the Olympian gods who were trying to overthrow the old religion and establish themselves as the new rulers of the cosmos.
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What happened between the gods and giants?

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According to the myth, the Giants attacked the gods, but the Olympians learned that they could only emerge victorious if a mortal helped them. The gods therefore called Heracles to aid them, and they won the battle.
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When did the gods fight the giants?

470-460 B.C. Now all the gods and Giants entered the fight. Apollo shot one of the Giants in the right eye, and Hercules shot him in the left eye. Dionysos killed one by whacking him with his thyrsus, or staff.
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Who won between the gods and the giants?

2000 BC) over the old gods of the existing peoples of the Greek peninsula. For the Greeks, the Gigantomachy represented a victory for order over chaos—the victory of the divine order and rationalism of the Olympian gods over the discord and excessive violence of the earth-born chthonic Giants.
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Why did the Greek gods fight each other?

This event is also known as the War of the Titans, Battle of the Titans, Battle of the Gods, or just the Titan War. The war was fought to decide which generation of gods would have dominion over the universe; it ended in victory for the Olympian gods.
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Why did Zeus split humans in half?

As Plato puts it: “According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.”
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Why did Zeus and Typhon fight?

Typhon attempted to overthrow Zeus for the supremacy of the cosmos. The two fought a cataclysmic battle, which Zeus finally won with the aid of his thunderbolts.
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What happened to the Giants in the Bible?

However, according to Islamic legend, the ʿĀd were not wiped out by the flood, since some of them had been too tall to be drowned. Instead, God destroyed them after they rejected further warnings. After death, they were banished into the lower layers of hell.
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Is Odin half giant?

Odin is the grandson of Buri the first Aesir, and he is the son of the half-God, half-giant Bestla, and Borr. Odin has two brothers, Vili and Ve, together with his brothers Odin created the world in Norse mythology.
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Who was the ugliest god?

Hephaestus. Hephaestus is the son of Zeus and Hera. Sometimes it is said that Hera alone produced him and that he has no father. He is the only god to be physically ugly.
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Are Giants stronger than Titans?

If we're talking in terms of power, Gaea is obviously the winner, she's literally the earth. The Giants aren't that much more powerful then the Titans, but they're stronger. BUT if we're talking in terms of strategy, Kronos and the Titans are clearly the winners.
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Are Giants and Titans the same?

The Giants were often confused with the Titans, who were a previous set of offspring by Uranus and Gaea. Just like the Titans who fought the Olympians during the Titanomachy, the Giants also fought Zeus and the other gods during the Gigantomachy.
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Which giant opposed Which God?

Each Gigantes was born and bred specifically to oppose one of the Olympian gods, to usurp that god's domain. The King of the Giants was Porphyrion, the anti-Zeus, and he made an official declaration of war on the Olympians by kidnapping their queen, Hera though he fell in love with the queen of Olympus.
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Are the giants in Ragnarok related?

Even so, the gods themselves were related to the giants by many marriages and there are giants such as Ægir, Loki, Mímir, and Skaði who bear little difference in status to them. The chief god Odin was the great-grandson of the giant Ymir.
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Who came before the Titans?

Hesiod, in his Theogony, considers the first beings (after Chaos) to be Gaia, Tartarus, Eros, Erebus, Hemera and Nyx. Gaia and Uranus in turn gave birth to the Titans, and the Cyclopes.
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Why do giants and gods hate each other?

Although no sources mentioned the exact reasons what made the hatred between gods and giants, we all have our own way of thinking. Many assume that it was because Loki wanted to dethrone Odin, Loki wanted to make gods pay for what they had done to Loki's family, etc.
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Who would win Odin or Zeus?

Odin – Physical Strength. In a battle of pure brute strength, it is obvious that Zeus would emerge victorious. The strongest Olympian's muscle power is a fact that is widely known. There are several detailed accounts of how Zeus used his powers along with the thunderbolt to punish his enemies in one strike.
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Who touched Thor's forehead?

In Norse mythology (a subset of Germanic mythology), Elli (Old Norse: [ˈelːe], "old age") is a personification of old age who, in the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning, defeats Thor in a wrestling match.
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What does the Bible say about the giants?

Scriptural references

The Nephilim are mentioned just before the Flood account in Genesis 6:4, which states: The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went in to the daughters of humans, who bore children to them. These were the heroes that were of old, warriors of renown.
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How did giants go extinct?

The timeframe of their disappearance coincided with sustained regional changes in available water and vegetation, as well as increased fire frequency. This combination of factors may have proven fatal to the giant land and aquatic species. The megafauna extinction debate will no doubt continue for years to come.
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Does Bible mention dinosaurs?

According to the Bible, dinosaurs must have been created by God on the sixth day of creation. Genesis 1:24 says, “And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.”
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Who can defeat Zeus?

Athena and Aphrodite can defeat Zeus.
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Is Typhon a Titan or a god?

Though addressed as being a "Titan" in God of War II, Typhon was not a Titan in real mythology; merely a ferocious monster whom Gaia had given birth to long after giving birth to the twelve Titans. In other versions, he was said to be the god of windstorms and drought, but still a son of Gaia and Tartarus.
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Can Typhon beat Zeus?

He was sent to Earth to put an end to Zeus and the world and was more than able to do it. Typhon spat molten rock, and after the gods ran away only Athena was capable of convincing the gods to stand and fight. In another fight with Zeus, his thunderbolts were no match for Typhon, who defeated the god easily.
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