Note: Connections of GIANT  GIG  TITAN and THETIS 
   
~ GIANT   DENOTES EXTRAORDINARY SIZE
          lat GIGAS = GIANT          sug> GIGANTIC  GIGABYTE
          myth> GYGAS or GYGES was a very RICH KING OF LYDIA
                AN ORACLE TOLD GYGAS THAT AGLAUS IN HIS DEEP
          POVERTY WAS A HAPPIER PERSON
          see> GIGANTIC  GIGA
~ GIANTS  or GIGANTES
          myth> SPRANG FROM THE FIRST COUPLING OF
  GAEA & URANOS      perhaps akin to HEAVEN and EARTH [28]
  SOME SPRANG FROM THE BLOOD OF THE WOUND OF URANOS CAUSED
  BY HIS SON KRONOS WHO CASTRATED URANUS WITH A SICKLE [43]
  cont> in addenda under development see> ~ GIANT and ~& GIANT
  THEIR KING WAS PORPHYRION
  THEY WERE IMMUNE TO ALL WEAPONS OF THE GODS
  THE REASON WHY ZEUS AND ATHENE HAD TO USE
  WEAPONS MADE BY MORTALS AND NEEDED THE
  HELP OF HERAKLES or HERCULES
  perhaps ONLY HUMAN WEAPONS CAN DESTROY THE DIVINE
  hx> MANY NAMES OF GIANTS PERSIST IN DAILY LANGUAGE
      as in CYCLOPS  TITAN
  cont> under GIG and more under development ~& GIANT


~ GIG   root of IDEAS mostly related to
        HOLDING  GATHERING or CAPTURING
        as in HARPOON  SPEAR
        also PUNISHMENT  JAZZ  TOY  BOAT
~ GIGA  id+ LARGE or GIGANTIC  sug> GIANT
        also a SPIRITED DANCE or JIG
        art> note J S BACH [#] WHO COMPOSED
             GIGAS POPULAR TO THIS DAY
        sc>  1 BILLION is denoted by G or
             10 TO THE 9th POWER
~ GIGANTIC   LARGE  HUGE  COLOSSAL  ENORMOUS
             EXTRAORDINARY SIZE                see> GIANT
             ply> | DANCERS WITH GIGA or GIGANTIC BOTTOMS
                    MAY WIGGLE AND JIGGLE AND MAKE ELDERS
                    GOGGLE AND JOGGLE THEIR EYES |
                    consider JIG  JIGSAW  JIGGER
~ GIGANTOMACHIA     myth> IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY IT CONCERNS
                          THE BATTLES AMONG GIANTS
~ GIGANTOMACHY  gr  GIGA   = LARGE
                    MACHE    BATTLE        sug> MACHINE
                ger MACHEN   TO MAKE       sug> MACHINATE
                lat MACHINA  INGENIOUS     sug> ENGINE
                fr  MACHE DU COL relates to
                eng MASSACRE     implying STRIKE TO THE NECK
~ GIGGE   from GIG from TWIRLING NOISE as if
          SHORT BURSTS OF LAUGHTER as in
~ GIGGLE  from GIG
~ GIGGOT  or GIGOT  from fr GIGUE = LEG of LAMB
~ GIGOLO  from A WOMAN WITH LONG THIGHS or LEGS
          formerly it denoted A MAN PAID TO BE
     A DANCING PARTNER or AN ESCORT FOR DANCING WOMEN
     modern ideas plainly imply
     PIMP to denote A MAN EXPLOITING A WORKING WOMAN
     who often but not always are PROSTITUTES
         PIMP implies SEDUCTIVE APPEARANCE in
     lat PIPILARE = CHIRP  MURMUR  CHIPPER  DASHING
         PAPULA     NIPPLE or PIMPLE
     ply> | A MODERN PIMP MAY BE DASHING AND CALL
            AS MUCH ATTENTION AS A PIMPLE BUT IN FACT
            A PIMP IS A PARASITE FEEDING FROM A NIPPLE |
~ GIGUE  FIDDLE leads to JIGGLE = A DANCE OF JERKY MOTION
         ply> | GIGA THIGHS JIGGLE to follow a GIGUE FIDDLE
  as GIGGLING GIGOLOS seek a GIGANTIC GIGA or GIGGOT |  


~ TITAN     id+ ELEMENTARY NATURE with an emphasis on
                WILD and RAW POWER
            note TITANES TITANI TITANIDES
~ TITANESS  FEMALE TITAN
~ TITANS    myth> 12 CHILDREN FROM THE FIST COUPLE or PAIR
~ TITANUS          URANOS & GAEA or HEAVEN & EARTH
            ply> | TITANS DISPLAYED TITANIC DIVINE FORCE
                   AND GIGANTIC EARTHLY FLAWS |
~ TITANIDS  outcome from the first ELEMENTARY COUPLING
            also NAME OF FEMALE TITANS or TITANESSES
  id+   PERSONIFICATION OF PRIMARY ELEMENTS AND
        FORCES OF NATURE   WILD   POWERFUL   OBSTRUCTIVE
  myth> SIX MALES AND SIX FEMALE
        at least SIX PAIRS OF LEGENDARY BEINGS or
        TITANS AND TITANESSES
  THE FIRST RACE ON EARTH
  THERE IS SOME CONFUSION WITH THOSE CALLED GIANTS
  SOME BELIEVE THEY COUPLED WITH EACH OTHER
  AMONG THE GIANTS WERE BRIAREUS  COTTUS  GYGES  ENCELADUS
  PORPHYRION  RHOETUS some add ATLAS and PROMETHEUS
  SOME SOURCES SEPARATE GIANTS FROM THE TITANS
  THE 12 TITANS ARE GROUPED IN PAIRS
  OKEANOS or OCEANUS & TETHYS   relate to        THE SEA
  HYPERION & THEIA or THIA                       THE SUN
  CRIUS or KREIOS & EURYBIA or MNEMOSYNE         MEMORY
  COEUS or KOIOS & PHOEBE or PHEBE               MOON
  IAPETUS or JAPETOS & THEMIS         JUSTICE or THE PLANETS
  CHROMUS or CRONUS & RHEA                       HARVESTS
  MOST OF THEM ATTACKED ZEUS AND LOST
  THE NAME AND ARRAY OF TITANS ARE VARIABLE
  AMONG THEM ARE COEUS  ATLAS  CRIUS  HYPERION  TETHYS
  PERSES  PHOEBE  TARTAROS  HECATE  KRONOS  PHOEBE
  DIONE       MOTHER OF VENUS
  THEIA       MOTHER OF AURORA or DAWN and of
  IAPETUS     or JAPETS JAPETUS father of PROMETHEUS
  MNEMOSYNE   mother of the MUSES
  OCEANUS     OKEANUS DID NOT REBEL AGAINST ZEUS
  RHEA        she replaced GAEA
  STYX        mother of VICTORIA or NIKE
  THEY REBELLED AGAINST THEIR FATHER URANOS AND LATER AGAINST ZEUS
  URANOS KEPT THEM IN TARTAROS BUT THEIR MOTHER GAEA GRIEVED AND
  PROVIDED HER YOUNGEST SON KRONOS or CRONOS CHRONOS WITH
  A SICKLE or CURVED KNIFE AND INDUCED HIM TO CASTRATE URANOS
  AFTER KRONOS TOSSED THE GENITALS OF URANOS INTO THE OCEAN
  A SEA FOAM FORMED FROM WHICH VENUS WAS BORN
  sug> CRUDE CRUEL CARNAGE
  astr> SINCE 1655 MANY SATELLITES WERE NAMED AFTER THE TITANS
  biol> to denote large size as in TITANICHTHYS  TITANIDEUM etc
  sc> TITANIUM is an ELEMENT OF HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT


~ TETHYS  or THETHIS  
          THETHYS implies SEA
          myth> WIFE OF OKEANOS or OCEAN
  biol> source name for many ANIMALS as in TETHYA  TETHYSIDAE
        TETHYODEA  TETHYUM  all implying MARINE HABITAT


~ THET    relates to ideas of HELD HOLDING
          as component parts of
          gr THES THISENAI THESMO THESPIS = notions of 
          HOLD PLACE ACT LAW note THESIS  HYPOTHESIS  
          ATHETOSIS  CATHETER ESTHETIC  ANESTHETIC  
          PATHETIC  APATHETIC

~ THETIS  myth> ZEUS REFUSED TO WED HER BECAUSE
                THE POWER OF HER SON WOULD
  EXCEL THAT OF HIS FATHER
  THETIS WAS GIVEN IN MARRIAGE TO A MORTAL
  PELEUS & THETIS HAD MORTAL CHILDREN
  WHO POSED NO DANGER TO THE GODS
  see> story of her son ACHILLES whom she
       HELD BY THE HEEL AS SHE DIPPED HIM
  IN THE RIVER STYX
  biol> THETISELLA  THETOPSIS  names denoting a MARINE HABITAT