HUNDRED HANDED GIANT
Mythology of Greece and Rome
This is the name of a class of giants in the classical mythology of Greece and Rome. They were the three original sons of GAIA and URANUS and primordial monsters born of vast proportions with fifty heads and a hundred arms and hands, as the name implies. They were also known as HERCATONCHIRS (Greek) and CENTIMENES (Roman), both meaning “having a hundred heads.” They were origin ally three in number – Briareus, Cuttus, and Gyges – but others, such as Enceladus, were named later. URANUS was so disgusted by their appearance that he cast them into the darkness of Tartarus. They were the siblings of the TITANS and related to the Olympian gods, who made war on the TITANS. GAIA informed the king of the Olympian gods that the HUNDRED HANDED GIANTS were in Tartarus and could help defeat the TITANS. When they were released, they help defeat the Titans. When they were released, they helped the gods, and when the Titans in turn were cast into Tartarus by the victorious by the victorious gods the HUNDRED HANDED GIANS were given the task of being guards.
Source: Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth