# Thunderdell

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**Thunderdell** (Welsh: *Taranau*), also recorded as **Thunderdel**, **Thunderel**, **Thundrel**, **Thunderdale**, or **Thunderbore**, was a two-headed [giant](/source/Giant) of [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall) slain by [Jack the Giant-Killer](/source/Jack_the_Giant-Killer) in the stories of [Tabart](/source/Benjamin_Tabart) and others.[1]

## Appearance

In *Jack the Giant Killer*, Thunderdell first appeared where he crashed a banquet that was prepared for [Jack](/source/Jack_(hero)). During this time, he chanted "fee fau fum." Jack defeats and beheads the two-headed giant with a trick involving the house's moat and drawbridge.

According to one version of the story from 1800, Thunderdell (here identified as "Thunderful") hails from the [North Pole](/source/North_Pole). He attacks Jack's banquet in order to avenge the deaths of two giants he had earlier slain, but is himself defeated and his heads sent to the court of [King Arthur](/source/King_Arthur).

## Popular culture

- Thunderdell is in the *[Monster in My Pocket](/source/Monster_in_My_Pocket)* where his number is #98.
- The Thunderdell name is used for a giant in *[Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story](/source/Jack_and_the_Beanstalk:_The_Real_Story)* who was portrayed by [Bill Barretta](/source/Bill_Barretta). This version is based on the giant from "[Jack and the Beanstalk](/source/Jack_and_the_Beanstalk)".

## References

1. Bushnell, Adam (27 August 2022). ["Jack the Giant Killer"](https://books.google.com/books?id=d7NmEAAAQBAJ&dq=thunderdell&pg=PA89). *Misplaced Myths and Lost Legends: Model Texts and Teaching Activities for Primary Writing*. Sage Publications UK. pp. 87, 89. ISBN 978-1-5297-9157-0.

## External links

- [Gandolf.com](http://www.gandolf.com/cornwall/giants/jack_giant_killer_2.shtml)

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