Nefilim
Also called Nephilim.
The fallen or cast-down ones who were on the earth when the sons of God went in to the daughters of men, and whom tradition has read as giants ever since.
At a glance
- Tradition
- Biblical folklore
- Region
- Middle East (place of origin)
- Trait family
- The Water-Beckoners
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Traits
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Behaviour
- Gentle giant creature of immense size
why
The text sets them on the earth during the episode in which divine sons take human wives and father children on them, and the verses around it mention men of unusual stature, which is the reason the traditional translation renders the word as giants.