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Milžinai
Also known as: milžinas (singular)
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Lithuanian giant race: ancestors in local legend, monsters in fairy tale, their graves on the map.
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In local legend they are the ancestors and they are respected. In fairy tales the same beings are monsters to be beaten.
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- Milžinai lietuvių padavimuose ir pasakose, a text collection drawing on the manuscript archive of the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore
- the Lithuanian scholarly tradition includes Norbertas Vėlius, Bronislava Kerbelytė, Jonas Balys and Marija Gimbutienė
- Algirdas Julien Greimas, Of Gods and Men: Studies in Lithuanian Mythology