Ferragut 5118734 127689924 2007-05-02T14:31:30Z RussBot 279219 Robot-assisted fix [[WP:DPL|links to disambiguation page]] Giant [[Image: Rolandandferragut.jpg|200px|thumb|Combat of Roland and the giant Ferragut]] In the [[Matter of France]], '''Ferragut''' was a [[Saracen]] [[Gigantism|giant]] that fought the [[paladin]] [[Roland]] in [[Nájera]] ([[Spain]]) in the late [[8th century]]. According to [[Codex Calixtinus#Book IV .E2.80.93 The Conquests of Charlemagne|Book IV]] of the [[Codex Calixtinus]], Ferragut was a descendant of [[Goliath]] and had been sent to Nájera from [[Syria]] by the [[Emir]] of [[Babylon]] to fight the [[Christian]] army of [[Charlemagne]]. The giant didn't fear any arrow or spear and had the strength of forty strong men. He was nearly twelve [[cubit]]s, his face was a cubit long, his nose a [[hand (unit)|hand]], his members nearly four cubits and his fingers three hands. Charlemagne sent several of his men to fight the giant: the [[Dacia|Dacian]] [[Ogier the Dane|Ogier]], [[Renaud de Montauban|Reinaldos of Montalbán]], Constantine king of Rome, Count Hoel, and twenty other fighters two by two, who were defeated effortlessly by the giant and put to prison. As soon as Roland obtained permission from Charlemagne he approached the giant himself and they fought for two days using swords, wooden sticks, stones and bare fists. They accidentally killed each other's horses but Roland could find no way of wounding the giant. On the third day Ferragut told Roland that his weakest point was in his [[navel]], and they had a conversation about religion discussing matters such as the [[Holy Trinity]], the [[Genesis]], the [[Immaculate Conception]] and [[Resurrection]] of [[Jesus]]. After this conversation another fight took place; this time Roland used the knowledge his opponent had given him, and killed him by inserting a spear in his navel. [[Category:Giants]] [[Category:Matter of France]]