Goemagot

Family: giants · Role: giant · First appears: Book I 15–17

Life events

Corineus hurled Goemagot from a rock into the sea, killing the giant.(Book I 15–17 · 📍 Lam Goemagot)
- With: Corineus
- “At which Corineus, highly enraged, roused up his whole strength, and snatching him upon his shoulders, ran with him, as fast as the weight would allow him, to the next shore, and there getting upon the top of a high rock, hurled down the savage monster into the sea; where falling on the sides of craggy rocks, he was torn to pieces, and coloured the waves with his blood.”

with Brutus (Brutus orders Goemagot preserved for a combat.) “Brutus had given orders to have him preserved alive, out of a desire to see a combat between him and Corineus, who took a great pleasure in such encounters.”
with Corineus (They engage in a wrestling combat.) “At the beginning of the encounter, Corineus and the giant, standing, front to front, held each other strongly in their arms, and panted aloud for breath; but Goemagot presently grasping Corineus with all his might, broke three of his ribs, two on his right side and one on his left.”
enemies with Brutus “On a certain day, when Brutus was holding a solemn festival to the gods, in the port where they at first landed, this giant with twenty more of his companions came in upon the Britons, among whom he made a dreadful slaughter.”
enemies with Corineus “Brutus had given orders to have him preserved alive, out of a desire to see a combat between him and Corineus, who took a great pleasure in such encounters. Corineus, overjoyed at this, prepared himself, and throwing aside his arms, challenged him to wrestle with him.”

Extracted from the original text of The History of the Kings of Britain. Made with Rho MD.