Gogmagog (also
Goemagot, Goemagog, Goëmagot and
Gogmagoc) was a legendary
giant in
British and
English folklore. According to the 12th Century
Historia Regum Britanniae ("The History of The Kings of Britain") by
Geoffrey of Monmouth, he was a giant inhabitant of
Albion, thrown off a cliff during a wrestling match with
Corineus (a companion of
Brutus of Troy). Gogmagog was believed to be the last killed of the Giants found by Brutus and his men inhabiting the land of Albion. The name "Gogmagog" is often connected to the biblical characters
Gog and Magog; however Manley Pope, author of an 1862 English translation of the Welsh chronicle
Brut y Brenhinedd (itself a translation of Monmouth's "Historia Regum Britanniae") argued that it was a corruption of
Gawr Madoc (Madoc the Great).