The supplied sources do not record a mythological origin story. The phrase appears in two overlapping registers: as a label applied (per Wikidata) to processional giants from Ververa — situating it within the longstanding Catalan practice of gegants in festivals — and as a rhetorical compound used in contemporary Catalan-language cultural and political writing to describe large institutional or technological actors and the re-emergence of old fears ('fantasmes'). No folkloric cosmogony or origin narrative is documented in the provided materials.
As a concrete referent the term points to processional giants consistent with Catalan gegants — large humanoid festival figures carried in procession — though no detailed visual description is provided in the sources. In its metaphorical use the phrase has no physical appearance; 'fantasmes' functions as a figurative state (e.g., 'fantasmes en potencia') rather than a described visual form.
No supernatural abilities are attributed in the provided materials. As processional objects they function in ceremonial display. In metaphorical use 'gegants' denotes powerful institutional or technological actors that reshape hegemony, and 'fantasmes' denotes recurring social anxieties or unresolved issues that can 'resurge' during moments of political or technological change. The sources provide sociopolitical behaviors (shifts in hegemony, support by governments, resurfacing fears) rather than magical powers.
*Perkʷūnos
*Perkʷūnos is the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European thunder‑god hypothesized by comparative linguistics and mythology. Scholarly reconstructions portray him as a storm or thunder figure associated with fructifying rain and as the combatant who fights a multi‑headed water‑serpent to release life‑giving waters; no direct attestations from the Proto‑Indo‑European period survive and the figure is inferred from later Indo‑European traditions.
*Péh₂usōn (reconstructed)
Péh₂usōn is a hypothetical Proto‑Indo‑European pastoral guardian reconstructed by comparative scholars from parallels in Greek and Vedic traditions. Proposed as a Graeco‑Aryan ancestor‑figure, the reconstruction describes a protector of flocks, roads, and travellers rather than an attested historical cultic personality.
57 Mnemosyne
57 Mnemosyne is a large main-belt asteroid (S-type) discovered in 1859 and named after the Greek Titaness Mnemosyne. It is a non-sentient astronomical body studied for its orbital and rotational properties and has been used in dynamical measurements related to Jupiter.
Abaddon
In Hebrew scripture Abaddon is primarily a noun meaning 'destruction' or a section/condition of the underworld paired with Sheol; in the New Testament Book of Revelation Abaddon is personified as an angelic figure (Greek Apollyon) described as the king of an army of locusts released from the abyss during the apocalypse.
Aban Yasht
The Aban Yasht is a hymn from the Persian tradition that praises Anahita, a goddess associated with water, fertility, and wisdom. It consists of 132 stanzas and is part of the 21 Yashts collection. (Note: - Power tier should be "Primordial" or possibly "Cosmic", given that it's a hymn of great spiritual significance and associated with a goddess. - The article incorrectly states that Anahita is associa)
Abath
No corroborated folkloric entity named "Abath" is documented in the provided sources. The string appears in the supplied material only as a surname/personal name in Aruban/Dutch-Caribbean archival records and as an unrelated taxonomic or encyclopedic hit; no mythic attributes, origin stories, rituals, or apotropaic practices for an entity called Abath are present in the documents reviewed.
Abatur
Abatur is an uthra (celestial emanation) in Mandaeism described as the 'father of the Uthras' and called the Ancient (ʿattīqā). He resides on the boundary between the World of Light and lower regions, functions as a judge who weighs souls (Abatur Muzania), and supplies instructions and materials to the demiurgic uthra Ptahil in accounts from the Diwan (Scroll) of Abatur.
Abatwa (Twa / Batwa)
Abatwa (also recorded as Twa, Batwa, Mutwa; singular forms Barhwa or Murhwa in some transcriptions) are indigenous hunter‑gatherer peoples of the Great Lakes region of Central Africa, historically identified as some of the earliest inhabitants of the area. The available sources treat them as human ethnic groups whose livelihoods, lands, and populations have been severely affected by conservation policies and modern violence.
Abellio
Abellio is a theonym attested in Roman‑period inscriptions from the Comminges area of the Pyrenees and reported as worshipped in the Garonne Valley of ancient Gallia Aquitania. Surviving evidence is limited to a small number of inscriptions; scholars have variously hypothesized solar or arboreal associations and compared the name to forms of Apollo or to Celtic Belenus, but the deity's precise role in local cosmology remains uncertain.
Abraham
Abraham (originally Abram) is the foundational patriarchal ancestor in the Hebrew Bible whose life establishes a covenantal relationship between his family/people and God. He functions as an exemplar of faith, the progenitor of promised descendants, and a narrative anchor for claims of land, blessing, and communal identity in later religious traditions.
Abraun
Abraun is an attested name in German-language plant-legend scholarship (Der abraun, ein beitrag zur pflanzensagenkunde, 1916) and a short database entry (Wikidata) labels it as a spirit from German mythology. Surviving accessible documentation is extremely limited: the principal academic treatment is a 1916 contribution to pflanzensagenkunde (plant-saga studies), but the excerpts available here contain only bibliographic metadata and do not record tales, descriptions, or rituals.
Abtin
Abtin (Persian: آبتین), attested also as Athwya, is a mythic ancestral figure in Iranian tradition described in Avestan and later epic literature as one of a small set of formative human-like figures involved in preparing the corporeal world and as the father of the epic hero-king Fereydun in the Shahnama.
Community Record
- [1]Wikidata: Q136458023 (Gegants Fantasmes). Wikidata entry labeling 'processional giants from Ververa' as Gegants Fantasmes.wiki
- [2]La conferència infinita (CCCB). CCCB text fragment discussing 'Els nostres cossos contenen la llavor de l'absencia: ... som fantasmes en potencia' and uses of 'gegants tecnologics' in critique of technological hegemony.literary
- [3]Diari de les idees 67 – IDEES. IDEES article examples using 'gegants corporatius', 'ressorgir de vells fantasmes', and related political metaphors.literary
- [4]Diari de les idees 22 – IDEES. IDEES reference mentioning 'la mort de Mikhail Sergueievitx Gorbatxov, un dels gegants de la politica' and use of 'fantasmes' in political commentary.literary
- [5]Wikipedia: Mercè Company (Gegants Fantasmes reference). Wikipedia page cited among sources; in provided notes it appears as a listed URL connected to 'Gegants Fantasmes'.wiki