Occult Literature
Olaf Jansen Meets the Giant Sailors
A boat from an enormous ship brings six sailors to Olaf Jansen's becalmed sloop near a forested riverbank. They speak an unfamiliar language, inspect the travellers' compass and invite them aboard; their gestures convince Olaf that the encounter is friendly. Williams uses the extreme difference in scale to make the visitors' astonishment visible while showing curiosity rather than combat.
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John A. Williams. "Olaf Jansen Meets the Giant Sailors" [editorial title]. In The Smoky God, Willis George Emerson. Forbes & Company, Chicago, 1908 scan, 1908, Forbes & Company. Source scan leaf 105. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/smoky-giants
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
The giant civilisation is fictional. The plate's figures are identified from the encounter and caption, not treated as evidence of an actual population.
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John A. Williams. Olaf Jansen Meets the Giant Sailors. The Smoky God. Scan leaf 105. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/smoky-giants