Gogmagog

[Sidenote: Gogmagog is slaine.] the rocks there, not farre from Douer, and so dispatched him: by reason whereof the place was named long after, _The fall or leape of Gogmagog_, but afterward it was called _The fall of Douer_.

Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (2 of 8) Raphael Holinshed

Brutus, a certain noble person sprung of the Trojan race, with a great multitude of Trojans, through the response of the goddess Diana, entered into the island formerly called Albion and inhabited by giants; and destroyed all the giants, amongst whom was one very mighty, by name Gogmagog; and he called that land after his own name

A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum Anonymous 1823

Take Paul Gallico's "Pity the Poor Giant," about Primo Carnera, an "unfortunate pituitary case, who might have been Angoulaffre, or Balan, or Fierabras, Gogmagog, or Gargantua himself."

Jan Herman: Writers on Fighters Jan Herman 2011

Take Paul Gallico's "Pity the Poor Giant," about Primo Carnera, an "unfortunate pituitary case, who might have been Angoulaffre, or Balan, or Fierabras, Gogmagog, or Gargantua himself."

Jan Herman: Writers on Fighters Jan Herman 2011

In the same dreary fashion, scholars have explained away the derivation of Cornwall's name from the Trojan hero Corineus, who defeated the giant Gogmagog in a wrestling match; and have concluded that balefires probably have nothing to do with the storm god of the Canaanites.

Sermon given in Truro Cathedral at the launch of the New Testament in Cornish 2004

As I said, I first had a view of Cambridge from Gogmagog hills;

A Tour through the Eastern Counties of England, 1722 2003

English when the Romans made war upon them: Corinius of Britain, and Gogmagog of Albion.

Travels in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth 2003

As I said, I first had a view of Cambridge from Gogmagog hills;

A Tour through the Eastern Counties of England, 1722 2003

Goemagot (the name afterwards turned into Gogmagog), chief of the giants, and Corinæus the Trojan, took place in Plymouth Hoe, as

Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Rosalind Northcote

The poet proceeds to tell us how Corineus wrestled with the giant Goemagog (or Gogmagog) and threw him into the sea.

The Cornwall Coast