Albion
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Albion is an alternative name for Great Britain. The oldest attestation of the toponym comes from the Greek language. Today the term is only used poetically.
The White Cliffs of Dover may have given rise to the name Albion.
Albina and other daughters of Diodicias (front). Two giants of Albion are in the background, encountered by a ship carrying Brutus and his men. Brut Chronicle, British Library Royal 19 C IX, 1450–1475
Gogmagog (giant)
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Gogmagog was a legendary giant in the Matter of Britain. According to Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, he was a giant inhabitant of Cornwall who was thrown off a cliff during a wrestl
Combat between Brutus's troops and the giants led by Gogmagog —abridged Historia Regnum Britannae; British Library MS Harley 1808, fol. 8
Gog and Magog figures located in the Royal Arcade, Melbourne (Australia)
Gog and Magog effigies being carried in the Lord Mayor's Show in London