Editing Giant (section)

===Chilean===
{{see also|Chilean mythology}}
There are tales of giants in the northern Chilean port town of [[Caldera, Chile|Caldera]] telling of giants who play with ships moving them from one port to another.<ref name=Sonia2015>{{Cite book|title=Mitos de Chile: Enciclopedia de seres, apariciones y encantos|last=Montecino Aguirre|first=Sonia|publisher=[[Catalonia (publisher)|Catalonia]] |year=2015|isbn=978-956-324-375-8 |pages=307–308|chapter=Gigante |language=es}}</ref> Tales of the same area also tells of giants who are able to crush humans with their feet and when laying down to sleep being so long as to reach from the mountains to the sea.<ref name=Sonia2015/> In some stories the giants are black humanoids or black bulls.<ref name=Sonia2015/> In [[Zona Sur|southern Chile]] there are stories of giants said to belong to certain volcanoes such as [[Calbuco (volcano)|Calbuco]] and [[Osorno (volcano)|Osorno]].<ref name=Sonia2015/>

The [[mythical city]] of [[Tololo Pampa]] in northern Chile is said to be guarded by a giant known by various names including; ''Pata Larga'', ''Gigante Minero'' and ''Minero Gigante''.<ref name=plath-79>{{Cite book |title=Folklore chileno |last=Plath |first=Oreste |publisher=Editorial Nascimiento |year=1979 |location=Santiago, Chile |pages=116 |language=Spanish |author-link=Oreste Plath}}</ref> The giant enters to the mountains to obtain riches to the princess of Tololo Pampa.<ref name=plath-79/> If a person manages to watch the giant while he works folklore says the person will be blessed with [[good luck]] for the rest of their life.<ref name=plath-79/>