Who, in legend, was the mighty hunter, and great- grandson of Noah?
"as descendants of Attila. According to Simon of Kéza, Hunor and Magor were the sons of Ménrót, a mythical giant, who he partly identified with Nimrod of the Bible (the great-grandson of Noah). The brothers Hunor and Magor were the legendary forefathers of the Huns and the Hungarians, or Magyars, according to most Hungarian chronicles. Simon of Kéza's ""Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum"", written in the 1280s, contains the first version of their legend. Other Hungarian chronicles wrote, the brothers were the sons either of Ménrót or of Magog, king of the Scythians. Their mother was Ménrót's wife, Eneth, whose name"
"Salmon (biblical figure) Salmon ( ""Śalmōn"") or Salmah (שַׂלְמָה ""Śalmāh"", ) is a person mentioned in genealogies in both the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and in the New Testament. He was the son of Nahshon, married Rahab (possibly Rahab, harlot of Jericho), and Boaz (or Booz) was their son. Thus, according to the biblical genealogies, Salmon is the patrilineal great-great-grandfather of David. Salmon is mentioned in , , and . Nahshon was one of the Israelite leaders present with Moses during the exodus from Egypt who undertook a ""census of all the congregation of the children of Israel"" and therefore"
"Riphath Riphath (Hebrew: ריפת) was great-grandson of Noah, grandson of Japeth, son of Gomer (Japeth's eldest), younger brother of Ashkenaz, and older brother of Togarmah according to the Table of Nations in the Hebrew Bible (Gen. 10:3, 1 Chronicles 1:6). The name appears in some copies of 1 Chronicles as ""Diphath"", due to the similarities of the characters resh and dalet in the Hebrew and Aramaic alphabets. His identity is ""completely unknown."" He was supposed by Flavius Josephus to have been the ancestor of the ""Riphatheans, now called Paphlagonians"". Hippolytus of Rome made him the ancestor of the """"Sauromatians"""" (as"
"Cush (Bible) Cush or Kush ( , ""Kush"") was, according to the Bible, the eldest son of Ham, a son of Noah. He was the brother of Canaan (land of Canaan), Mizraim (Egypt) and Phut (land of Libya), and the father of the Biblical Nimrod mentioned in the ""Table of Nations"" in the Genesis 10:6 and I Chronicles 1:8. Cush is traditionally considered the eponymous ancestor of the people of the ""land of Cush,"" an ancient territory that is believed to have been located on either side or both sides of the Red Sea. As such, ""Cush"" is alternately identified"
"to him, he cursed Ham's son Canaan to become the lowest of slaves to Japheth and Shem, prayed that God enlarge Japheth, and blessed the God of Shem. Noah lived to the age of 950 and then died. The second open portion (, ""petuchah"") ends here. As the reading continues, chapter sets forth the descendants of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, from whom the nations branched out over the earth after the Flood. Among Japheth's descendants were the maritime nations. Ham's son Cush had a son named Nimrod, who became the first man of might on earth, a mighty hunter, king"
"Dodanim Dodanim ( ""Ḏōḏānîm"") or Rodanim, (, , ""Ródioi"") was, in the Book of Genesis, a son of Javan (thus, a great-grandson of Noah). Dodanim's brothers, according to Genesis 10:4, were Elishah, Tarshish and Chittim. He is usually associated with the people of the island of Rhodes as their progenitor. ""-im"" is a plural suffix in Hebrew, and the name may refer to the inhabitants of Rhodes. Traditional Hebrew manuscripts are split between the spellings Dodanim"" and Rodanim"" — one of which is probably a copyist's error, as the Hebrew letters for R and D are quite similar graphically. The"
"Hurtaly Hurtaly or Hurtali is a legendary giant. He appears in ""Gargantua and Pantagruel"" by Rabelais, as an ancestor of Gargantua. Hurtaly is there said to have survived Noah's Flood, by sitting astride Noah's Ark (""'""). He is characterised as a ' (""a fine eater of soups""), and as the son of Faribroth, father of Nembroth. The name is not original to Rabelais. It is commented in ""Rabelais and His Critics"" that the ancestors are ""biblical Jewish giants such as Hurtaly of rabbinic legend; his name in Hebrew means “he who has survived.” "" Another biography states that Hurtaly is"
"based on the Biblical Og, King of Bashan, and that Rabelais was paraphrasing the ""Pirkei of Rabbi Eliezar of Hyracanus"". Hurtaly Hurtaly or Hurtali is a legendary giant. He appears in ""Gargantua and Pantagruel"" by Rabelais, as an ancestor of Gargantua. Hurtaly is there said to have survived Noah's Flood, by sitting astride Noah's Ark (""'""). He is characterised as a ' (""a fine eater of soups""), and as the son of Faribroth, father of Nembroth. The name is not original to Rabelais. It is commented in ""Rabelais and His Critics"" that the ancestors are ""biblical Jewish giants such as"
"plastered, said to be that of Esau's slave. Rock-cut tombs exist south-west of this place."" The SWP stated this identification was false and that Esau's tomb was in the Biblical Mount Seir. Esau Esau (; , ISO 259-3 ""ʕeśaw""; ""Hēsau""; ; ""‘Īsaw""; meaning ""hairy"" or ""rough""), in the Hebrew Bible, is the older son of Isaac. He is mentioned in the Book of Genesis, and by the prophets Obadiah and Malachi. The New Testament alludes to him in the Epistle to the Romans and in the Epistle to the Hebrews. According to the Hebrew Bible, Esau is the progenitor of"
"as one of the earliest prophets, regardless of which view they hold. Enoch (ancestor of Noah) Enoch () is of the Antediluvian period in the Hebrew Bible. Enoch was son of Jared and fathered Methuselah. This Enoch is not to be confused with Cain's son Enoch (). The text of the Book of Genesis says Enoch lived 365 years before he was taken by God. The text reads that Enoch ""walked with God: and he was no more; for God took him"" (), which some Christians interpret as Enoch's entering Heaven alive. Enoch is the subject of many Jewish and"
"Madai Madai (, ; Greek: Μηδος, ) is a son of Japheth and one of the 16 grandsons of Noah in the ""Book of Genesis"" of the Hebrew Bible. Biblical scholars have generally identified Madai with the Iranian Medes of much later records. The Medes, reckoned to be his offspring by Josephus and most subsequent writers, were also known as ""Madai"", including in both Assyrian and Hebrew sources. Some scholars in more modern times have also proposed connections with various earlier nations, such as Mitanni, Matiene, and Mannai. In addition, the Kurds still maintain traditions of descent from Madai. According"
"Mahalalel Mahalalel or Mahalaleel was a patriarch named in the Hebrew Bible. In the New Testament, the King James Version spells his name Maleleel. Mahalalel was a son of Kenan, son of Enos, son of Seth, son of Adam in the Old Testament of the Bible. He was also the father of Jared. In Judaeo-Christian mythology Mahalalel is an ancestor of Noah, and thus, of all humanity. He appears in the Book of Genesis 5:12-17, and according to the book, he lived 895 years, placing him eighth in the records for the unusually long lifespans for the antediluvian patriarchs. Later"
"Methuselah Methuselah ( ""Metushelaḥ"" ""Man of the javelin"" or ""Man of Selah"") is a biblical patriarch and a figure in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Said to have died at the age of 969, he lived the longest of all figures mentioned in the Bible. According to the Book of Genesis, Methuselah was the son of Enoch, the father of Lamech, and the grandfather of Noah. Elsewhere in the Bible, Methuselah is mentioned in genealogies in 1st Chronicles and the Gospel of Luke. His life is described in further detail in extra-biblical religious texts such as the Book of Enoch, Slavonic"
"Jabal (Bible) Jabal (or Yabal) is an individual mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, in . Jabal (a descendant of Cain) was the son of Lamech and Adah, and the brother of Jubal, half-brother of Tubal-cain and Naamah. He is described as the ""ancestor of all who live in tents and raise livestock."" Francis Nigel Lee interprets Genesis 4:20 to mean that Jabal was both the ""father of all cattle ranchers"" ""and"" the ""father of all tent-dwellers"", and as such as the ""pioneer of all livestock and agricultural technology"" as well as the ""pioneer of all architecture."" Lee notes that Jabal"
"years of Abraham's early childhood are explained through a series of Midrashim. Terah is a Biblical figure from the book of Genesis. He is the father of three children including the Patriarch Abraham. According to Jewish tradition, Terah was an idolater. Terah also made and sold idols, as the Midrash Genesis Rabbah 38 explains. Haran is the son of Terah, brother of Abraham, and the father of Lot. Haran died in Ur of the Chaldees, in the presence of his father, Terah. Nimrod is a descendant of Noah and is considered to be a ""mighty one on the earth."" There"
"according to the ""Book of Aksum"", which Bruce asserts was revered throughout Abyssinia equally with the ""Kebra Nagast"". Scholars like Johann Michaelis and Rosenmuller have pointed out that the name ""Cush"" was applied to tracts of country on both sides of the Red Sea, in the Arabian Peninsula (Yemen) and Northeast Africa. Cush (Bible) Cush or Kush ( , ""Kush"") was, according to the Bible, the eldest son of Ham, a son of Noah. He was the brother of Canaan (land of Canaan), Mizraim (Egypt) and Phut (land of Libya), and the father of the Biblical Nimrod mentioned in the"
"the granddaughter of Terah. Rebekah, Rachel and Leah were each direct descendants (through Milcah, daughter of Haran) of both Haran and Nahor, the two brothers of Abraham. Rebekah was the great-granddaughter of Haran and also the granddaughter of Nahor. Rachel and Leah, nieces of Rebekah, also descend from both Haran and Nahor but one generation later than Rebekah. Abraham and Sarah (who in the Jewish Tradition was greater than Abraham in prophecy) migrated as a married couple out of Ur Kasdim (in Mesopotamia) to Haran (in Mesopotamia) and eventually to the land of Canaan. Sarah came from the same family"
"landowners who had stayed in Judah during the Babylonian captivity and traced their right to the land through their ""father Abraham"", and the returning exiles who based their counter-claim on Moses and the Exodus tradition. Terah, the ninth in descent from Noah, was the father of three sons: Abram, Nahor, and Haran. In his youth, Abram worked in Terah's idol shop. Haran was the father of Lot, and thus Lot was Abram's nephew. Haran died in his native city, Ur of the Chaldees. Abram married Sarah (Sarai), who was barren. Terah, with Abram, Sarai, and Lot, then departed for Canaan,"
"Terah Terah or Térach (, ""Téraḥ"", ""Ibex, wild goat"", or ""Wanderer; loiterer"") is a biblical figure in the Book of Genesis, son of Nahor, son of Serug and father of the Patriarch Abraham, all descendants of Shem's son Arpachshad. Terah is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible (, and ) and New Testament. Most of what is told about Terah is recorded in . Terah's father was Nahor, son of Serug, descendants of Shem. They and many of their ancestors were polytheistic. Terah had three sons: Abram (better known by his later name Abraham), Haran, and Nahor II. His daughter Sarai,"
"tend to eat the livestock. The antagonist in ""Jack and the Beanstalk"" is often described as a giant. In some more recent portrayals, like those of Jonathan Swift and Roald Dahl, some giants are both intelligent and friendly. Genesis tells of the Nephilim before and after Noah's Flood. According to Genesis 7:23, the Nephilim were destroyed in the Flood, but Nephilim are reported after the Flood, including: The Book of Numbers includes the discouraging report by the spies which Moses sent into Canaan: “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are. (...) All the people we saw"
"the Bible, Gabol was the great-grandchild of Ibrahim (Abraham). Gabol's descendants lived in the land of Babylon. The Bible first mentioned Gabol during 1600 BC, being a great-grandchild of Ibrahim by his third wife Keturah, daughter of Yaqtan the Canaanite. Madyan was a son of Ibrahim by Keturah mentioned in the Quran and other historical sources. Madyan had five sons, Ephah (عیفا), Epher (عفر), Hanoch (حنوک), Abida (عبیداع ), and Eldaah (الدّعا). Gabol was one of the four sons of Eldaah. He and his people migrated to Babylonia. The tablets of the Assyrian antiquities in the British Museum mention Gabol"
"book, Enoch recounts two visions he has had to Methuselah. The first is about the Genesis flood narrative, and the second chronicles the history of the world from Adam to the Last Judgment. In the latter vision, men are represented as animals - the righteous are white cattle and sheep, the sinners and enemies of Israel are black cattle and wild animals. Following his father's death in the Book of Enoch, Methuselah is designated by God as a priest, while Methuselah's grandson, Noah's brother Nir, is designated by God as his successor. In Slavonic Enoch, Methuselah asks his father for"
"was the subject of much elaboration in the literature of later Abrahamic religions, including the Quran (Surahs 71, 7, 1, and 21). The primary account of Noah in the Bible is in the Book of Genesis. Noah was the tenth of the pre-flood (antediluvian) Patriarchs. His father was Lamech and his mother is not named in the biblical accounts. When Noah was five hundred years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth (). The Genesis flood narrative makes up chapters 6–9 in the Book of Genesis, in the Bible. The narrative, one of many flood myths found"
"Esau Esau (; , ISO 259-3 ""ʕeśaw""; ""Hēsau""; ; ""‘Īsaw""; meaning ""hairy"" or ""rough""), in the Hebrew Bible, is the older son of Isaac. He is mentioned in the Book of Genesis, and by the prophets Obadiah and Malachi. The New Testament alludes to him in the Epistle to the Romans and in the Epistle to the Hebrews. According to the Hebrew Bible, Esau is the progenitor of the Edomites and the elder brother of Jacob, the patriarch of the Israelites. Esau and Jacob were the sons of Isaac and Rebekah, and the grandsons of Abraham and Sarah. Of the"
"‘Ad According to Islamic tradition, Ad (also called ""Aad"") is the great-grandson of Shem, son of Noah (Arabic: sam ibn Nuh سام بن نوح) who came from the northeast and was the progenitor of the Adites. Noah is said to be Ad's the great-great-grandfather, he being the son of Awadh(Uz) (عوض), who was the son of Iram (إرم), who was the son of Shem (سام) the son of Noah (نوح). In Islamic tradition, the Adites are believed to be among the first inhabitants of the country of the Arabians. They belong to what is known as the perished Arabs (العرب"
"in Yemen. His grave is traditionally said to be located there till this day. According to Islamic scholarship, the descendants of Hud were the forerunners to the Pure Arabs (العرب العاربة). ‘Ad According to Islamic tradition, Ad (also called ""Aad"") is the great-grandson of Shem, son of Noah (Arabic: sam ibn Nuh سام بن نوح) who came from the northeast and was the progenitor of the Adites. Noah is said to be Ad's the great-great-grandfather, he being the son of Awadh(Uz) (عوض), who was the son of Iram (إرم), who was the son of Shem (سام) the son of Noah"
"between Enoch, son of Jared (great grandfather of Noah) and his transformation into the angel Metatron. His grand title ""the lesser YHVH"" resurfaces here. The word ""Metatron"" is numerically equivalent to Shaddai (God) in Hebrew gematria; therefore, he is said to have a ""Name like his Master"". Metatron says, ""He [the Holy One]... called me, 'The lesser YHVH' in the presence of his whole household in the height, as it is written, 'my name is in him.'"" (12:5, Alexander's translation.) The narrator of this book, supposedly Rabbi Ishmael, tells how Metatron guided him through Heaven and explained its wonders. 3"
"the Jewish culture that developed in that area came to be called Ashkenazi, the only form of the term in use today. In the genealogies of the Hebrew Bible, Ashkenaz (Hebrew: , ""’Aškănaz""; ) was a descendant of Noah. He was the first son of Gomer and brother of Riphath and Togarmah (, ), with Gomer being the grandson of Noah through Japheth. According to , a kingdom of Ashkenaz was to be called together with Ararat and Minni against Babylon, which reads: Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations"
"and Noah's great-grandson. The mediaeval rabbinic compilation ""Yosippon"" contains a detailed account of the Kittim. As the peoples spread out, it says, the Kittim camped in Campania and built a city called ""Posomanga"", while descendants of Tubal camped in neighboring Tuscany and built ""Sabino"", with the Tiber river as their frontier. However, they soon went to war following the rape of the Sabines by the Kittim, who are correlated to the Romans. This war was ended when the Kittim showed the descendants of Tubal their mutual progeny. They then built cities called Porto, Albano, and Aresah. Later, their territory is"
"there are of great size. We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.” However, the Book of Joshua, describing the actual conquest of Canaan in a later generation, makes no reference to such people living there. The Bible also tells of Gog and Magog, who later entered European folklore, and of the famous battle between David and the Philistine Goliath. While Goliath is often portrayed as a giant in retellings of the Biblical narrative, he is much smaller than other"
"king Nimrod, son of Canaan, as the one who introduced astrology and attempted to kill Abraham. In Armenian legend, the ancestor of the Armenian people, Hayk, defeated Nimrod (sometimes equated with Bel) in a battle near Lake Van. In the Hungarian legend of the Enchanted Stag (more commonly known as the White Stag [""Fehér Szarvas""] or Silver Stag), King Nimród (aka ""Ménrót"" and often described as ""Nimród the Giant"" or ""the giant Nimród"", descendant of one of Noah's ""most wicked"" sons, Kam (references abound in traditions, legends, several religions and historical sources to persons and nations bearing the name of"
"Lamech (father of Noah) Lamech (; ""Lemeḵ"") was a patriarch in the genealogies of Adam in the Book of Genesis. According to Christianity he is part of the genealogy of Jesus in Luke 3:36. Additionally, Lamech (Arabic: ""Lamk"") is also mentioned in Islam in the various collections of tales of the pre-Islamic prophets, which mentions him in an identical manner. Lamech is the eighth-generation descendant of Adam (Genesis 5:25), the son of Methuselah, and the father of Noah (), in the genealogy of Seth in Genesis 5. In Genesis 5:12-25, Lamech was a son of Methuselah, who was a grandson"
"named Ogygia. The historian Josephus mentions Ogyges as the name of the oak by which the Hebrew patriarch Abram dwelt while he lived near Hebron. Furthermore, Og, also called ""Ogias the Giant"", who was king of Bashan in the Old Testament; was described as a giant in Deut 3:11, viewed by the Hebrews as having aided Noah in building the Ark, thus Noah allowed him to stay on the deck of the Ark. The first worldwide flood in Greek mythology, the Ogygian deluge occurred during his reign and derives its name from him, though some sources regard it as a"