Aborigen

No, no, I’m not doing another major project, I’m not collecting every single song that mentions gigantic or shrunken people (like The Tubes’ “Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman” or my “Possession”). That’s for someone else to attempt.

I’m just using this space to keep track of a few giantess-themed songs that align with my heathen Scandinavian studies, or stuff I’ve found that I like.

• “Cave of the Earth Giantess,” Stuart Chalmers
• “Heimta Þurs“¹ and “Þurs,” Wardruna (video)
• “Jötnablót,”² Vévaki (video)
• “Alfadhirhaiti,”³ Heilung (video)
• “Gullveig Is My Name,” Níundi
• “Ulvetime,”⁴ Songleikr (video)

1. Summoning the Giant – a þurs is a brutal, mindless giant
2. Sacrifice for the Giant
3. Names of the All-Father
4. Hour of the Wolf – in legendary myth, giantesses ride wolves for transport and into battle

Adjacent Listening

I’m listing “Giantess for Piano and Flute” by Carter Pann, (Jennie Oh-Brown, flute; Carter Pann, piano), even though it doesn’t fit with the above. It’s a challenging piece to listen to but I think I see what he’s doing.

Below is a sample of what’s out there, people calling themselves “giantess,” singing about them … might take it down later. This isn’t stuff I’d meditate to or anything, conduct a ritual by. Some of it’s good on its own merit. No, I’m not including TMBG.

• “How to Be Eaten by a Woman,” The Glitch Mob, Drink the Sea
• “Lightbuld + Tester,” Giantess (Chicago), Macrophilia
• “The Flood,” Giantess (New Zealand), Big Woman
• “Dark Times,” Giantess (Vietnam)
• “Giantess,” Giantess (Oregon), Softcore
• “The Visitor,” The Giantess (Oregon), Be Love
• “Arson,” The Giantess (Manchester), Arson
• “Frost Giantess,” URSA, Mother Bear, Father Toad
• “Giantess,” Neon Odin (no album)
• Giantess Mansion, an RPG tribute album by Size artist James Mason