The Mysterious Origins of the Cerne Abbas Giant

A gigantic ancient geoglyph lies unassumingly in the sleepy hills of Dorset, England. What secrets does this naked and belligerent, club-weilding giant keep? Frobisher Smith and Raven Black look into the hazy history of this mysterious cultural landmark and find a connection to the pagan hero Hercules, as well as the medieval hermit and healing saint, St. Eadwold, who was the brother of Edmund, King of East Anglia. We explore the ins and outs of this giant, which has reportedly had some of its features, and its intended meaning, changed over the ages.

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Links:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/jan/01/cerne-abbas-giant-is-hercules-and-was-army-meeting-point-say-historians
https://www.jstor.org/stable/27110114
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadwold_of_Cerne

Clip originally aired on Strange Realm episode #45:
https://rumble.com/v45rtvr-strange-realm-ep.-045-jan.-7th-2024.html