Og
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Og was, according to the Hebrew Bible and other sources, an Amorite king of Bashan who was slain along with his army by Moses and his men at the battle of Edrei. In Arabic literature he is referred to as ʿŪj ibn ʿAnāq.
Og depicted on Musa va 'Uj, c. 15th century
Some see Rujm el-Hiri, dating from the third Millennium BC in the Golan Heights, as a source for legends about "a remnant of the giants" for Og.
Illustration of Pantagruel for the Fourth Book in the Pantagruel and Gargantua series by François Rabelais published in Œuvres de Rabelais (Paris: Garnier Freres, 1873), vol. 2, Book IV, ch. XXVII, opposite page 87, Gustave Doré, 1873
The giant 'Uj ibn 'Unuq carries a mountain with which to kill Moses and his men.
Amorites
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The Amorites were an ancient Northwest Semitic-speaking Bronze Age people from the Levant. Initially appearing in Sumerian records c. 2500 BC, they expanded and ruled most of the Levant, Mesopotamia and parts of Egypt from the 21st century BC to the late 17th century BC.
Cuneiform clay tablets from the Amorite Kingdom of Mari, 1st half of the 2nd millennium BC.
Artifacts from Amorite Kingdom of Mari, first half of 2nd millennium BC
One of the Ramesses III prisoner tiles, which is speculated by some scholars to represent an Amorite man.
Destruction of the Army of the Amorites by Gustave Doré.