Goemagot
Gogmagog (also Goemagot, Goemagog, Goëmagot and Gogmagoc) was a legendary giant in the Matter of Britain. According to Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae ("The History of The Kings of Britain", 12th century), he was a giant inhabitant of Cornwall, who was thrown off a cliff during a wrestling match with Corineus (the legendary namesake of Cornwall, and companion of Brutus of Troy).
Later tradition expanded on this story, with Gogmagog described as a descendant of Albina, and the chieftain and largest of the giants found by Brutus and his men inhabiting the land of Albion. The effigies of Gogmagog and Corineus, used in English pageantry and later instituted as guardian statues at Guildhall in London eventually earned the familiar names "Gog and Magog".
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