While working on an unrelated article I ran into this little 1882 paragraph pertaining to the Giants of Old. It is talking about 25-33 foot Giants. It specifically mentions one named Kegtolochus Rex. "Rex" means King in Latin language. Kegtolochus is only mentioned in Google as it pertains to this same very book it was found in.
We know that in Greek mythology, Antilochus was the son of Nestor, king of Pylos, and was one of the Acheans in the Trojan War. But who was this Kegtolochus?
It looks like the below article is talking about the same 25 foot giant, only this time his name is somewhat different.
When the tomb was opened they found a human skeleton entire, 25-1/2 feet long, 10 feet wide across the shoulders, and 5 feet deep from the breast to the back. His teeth were about the size of an ox's foot, and his shin-bone measured 4 feet in length."
The bones were displayed in Paris by Pierre Mazurier, a surgeon who claimed to be one of the finders.
Man vs. ElephantThe skeleton of this Deinotherium looks virtually identical to that of our contemporary elephant. Sure there can be differences a scientist would recognize. At the same time does this skeleton look like it could belong to a humanoid? I don't think so.
On the other hand, if our "elephant" looked something like this... well... may be... I don't know.
We are also supposed to believe that cyclops did not exist.
I was unable to find any pictures of the actual "elephant" bones they allegedly keep at the Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy. And I have no idea what plaster mold was given to Léonard Ginsburg to analyze.
The below 1657 publication casts doubt on the entire story. At the same time it is hard to blame its author for being skeptical, if all he had was a secondary source of information.
There are several 16th-17th century publications mentioning Theutobochus. Most are in Latin. If Theutobochus and Teutobod were indeed one and the same... could it add some credibility to the story? Let's see what else we have.
I got sucked into this rabbit hole. So far it appears that both Teutons and Titans were giants. Do we have any textual connection between the two? The first book I ran into, gave me more than I bargained for. The Sioux are in the mix?
Simple google-searching produced the following: 2019 book titled Myths of the Rhine.
And one more pub dated with 1811...
I do not know if the above information is credible, but it sounds interesting enough to prompt further investigation.
KD: Anyways, too sad that our main stream historians have their hands tied. Who did Alexander Nevsky really fight in 1242?
We know that in Greek mythology, Antilochus was the son of Nestor, king of Pylos, and was one of the Acheans in the Trojan War. But who was this Kegtolochus?
It looks like the below article is talking about the same 25 foot giant, only this time his name is somewhat different.
- Alternate name: Theutobochus Rex
- World-Historical Individual: Teutobod
- Teutobod was a king of the Teutons, who, together with the Cimbri invaded the Roman Republic in the Cimbrian War, won a spectacular victory at the Battle of Arausio in 105 BC. He was captured at the Battle of Aquae Sextiae in 102 BC.
- At the Battle of Aquae Sextiae the Teutons were virtually annihilated and Teutobod along with, reportedly, 20,000 of his people were captured.
- After this, he and his tribe drop out from history.
- He most likely was sent to Rome for a triumphal procession to celebrate his defeat, then ritually executed afterwards.
- Museum of Aix, The Tomb of Teutobochus, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1844.
- KD: I have not seen the mentioned 1844 magazine, but the linked page claims that this is the depiction of the King's tomb
When the tomb was opened they found a human skeleton entire, 25-1/2 feet long, 10 feet wide across the shoulders, and 5 feet deep from the breast to the back. His teeth were about the size of an ox's foot, and his shin-bone measured 4 feet in length."
The bones were displayed in Paris by Pierre Mazurier, a surgeon who claimed to be one of the finders.
Elephant
After the finding of the bones, the legend of the king Teutobochus, which was thought to be the Teuton king defeated by Caius Marius, spread despite analysis by anatomist Jean Riolan the Younger, who ascribed the bones to one of Hannibal's elephants.- Three centuries later, the zoologist Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville analyzed the bones and concluded they came from a mastodon.
- Finally in the 1980s, the paleontologist Léonard Ginsburg analyzed a plaster mold from Paris' Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, that came from the giant bones, and identified a deinotherium.
- The bones are housed in the Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy.
Deinotherium
As you can see, it took our scientists 367 years to "positively" identify "a plaster mold." Deinotherium ("terrible beast" derived from the Ancient Greek δεινός, deinos meaning "terrible" and θηρίον, therion meaning "beast") was a large prehistoric relative of modern-day elephants.- Deinotherium appeared in the Middle Miocene and survived until the Early Pleistocene.
- Went extinct: 2.58 - 0.77 mln years ago
- During that time, it changed very little. In life, it probably resembled modern elephants, except it had downward-curving tusks attached to the lower jaw.
Man vs. Elephant
The below 1657 publication casts doubt on the entire story. At the same time it is hard to blame its author for being skeptical, if all he had was a secondary source of information.
There are several 16th-17th century publications mentioning Theutobochus. Most are in Latin. If Theutobochus and Teutobod were indeed one and the same... could it add some credibility to the story? Let's see what else we have.
I got sucked into this rabbit hole. So far it appears that both Teutons and Titans were giants. Do we have any textual connection between the two? The first book I ran into, gave me more than I bargained for. The Sioux are in the mix?
KD: Anyways, too sad that our main stream historians have their hands tied. Who did Alexander Nevsky really fight in 1242?
