No mythological origin or creation story is recorded in the available source. The label is a descriptive one situating these figures in the local festival tradition of Calonge; the source does not provide historical details about when the practice began, who originally commissioned the figures, or any narrated origins.
Described in the source only as "processional giants," implying very large anthropomorphic figures constructed to be carried or moved in parades. The available material provides no further detail on materials, costume, specific height, or individual character appearance.
As described in the source, their functional capacity is to be paraded in public celebrations; the source attributes no animate powers, independent behavior, or supernatural abilities to the figures. They are man-made ceremonial effigies used in processions.
Badalona giants
The Badalona giants (Catalan: gegants de Badalona) are eight large, anthropomorphic effigies used in the civic festival life of Badalona, Catalonia. Constructed of wood, plaster and carton, they represent locally prominent historical or mythological figures and are carried and made to 'dance' in processions during the city's spring festival (May), its principal festival around 15 August, and other municipal occasions.
Gegants de Calvià
The Gegants de Calvià are processional giant figures used in public festivals in the municipality of Calvià, Mallorca. They function as civic festival participants and crowd attractions within Mallorcan popular celebrations rather than as supernatural beings.
Gegants Elm i Carmeta
Gegants Elm i Carmeta are a pair of processional giants (gegants) used in public processions in Arenys de Mar. They function as large anthropomorphic effigies carried in civic festivals and represent performative, communal identity rather than supernatural beings.
Gegants Fantasmes
A Catalan-language phrase that functions both as a label for processional giants (gegants) associated with Ververa and as a metaphor in contemporary cultural and political discourse combining the ideas of monumental power (giants) and recurring anxieties or spectres (fantasmes). It is not documented in the supplied sources as a discrete folkloric spirit with myths or rituals.
Gegants Roc i Maria
Gegants Roc i Maria are a pair of Catalan procession giants (gegants) — large wearable figures animated by people during municipal festivals and saint’s day processions. They are civic/festival artifacts associated in the sources with Catalan towns (Wikidata links Roc i Maria to Arenys de Mar) and with festa major traditions such as the Sant Roc celebrations.
Gegants Vells de la Casa de Caritat
A pair (or set) of traditional Catalan 'gegants' (giant festival effigies) associated with the Casa de Caritat institution in Barcelona, presented and animated as part of the city's Carnival processions and civic festivities.
Gegants d'Olot
Gegants d'Olot are large anthropomorphic processional giants used in public festivals and processions in the town of Olot, Catalonia. They function as civic/festival effigies within Catalan popular tradition rather than as supernatural beings.
Gegants de Cassà de la Selva
Processional giant effigies belonging to the town of Cassà de la Selva in Catalonia, used in public processions and local festivities as civic and performative symbols of community identity.
Gegants de Castellfollit de la Roca
Processional giants from the municipality of Castellfollit de la Roca in La Garrotxa, Catalonia. They are large anthropomorphic parade effigies used in local festivals and civic processions and are treated as cultural heritage objects rather than supernatural beings in the provided sources.
Gegants de Llucmaçanes
Processional giants from the Llucmaçanes quarter of Maó (Mahón) on Menorca. They are civic festival effigies used as ritual actors in public processions rather than autonomous supernatural beings.
Gegants de Nou Barris
A phrase referring to 'gegants' (Catalan parade giants) associated by name with Nou Barris, a district of Barcelona. The supplied sources do not provide a detailed description of these specific figures; available material only permits cautious contextualization within Barcelona's festival culture.
Gegants de Parets del Vallès
Gegants de Parets del Vallès are processional giant figures associated with the town of Parets del Vallès. They are civic ceremonial effigies used in public processions and festivals rather than described as supernatural beings in the available source.
Community Record
- [1]Gegants de Calonge (Wikidata Q20875973). Wikidata: Gegants de Calonge, Q20875973wiki