and killed Cormelian; they buried her at Chapel Rock. Jack the Giant Killer The giant of St. Michael's Mount also appears in the English fairy tale "Jack the Giant Killer", early chapbook versions of which are the first to name him Cormoran. According to Joseph Jacobs' account, Cormoran is 5.5 m (18 ft) tall and measures about 2.75 m (9 ft) around the waist. He lives in a cave on St Michael's Mount, using the times of ebb tide to walk to the mainland. He regularly raids the countryside, "feast[ing] on poor souls…gentleman, lady, or child, or what on his hand he could lay," and "making nothing of carrying half-a-dozen oxen on his back at a time; and as for…sheep and hogs, he would tie them around his waist like a bunch of tallow-dips." In Jacobs's version, the councillors of Penzance convene during the winter to solve the issue of Cormoran's raids on the mainland. After offering the giant's treasure as reward for his disposal, a villein farmer's boy named Jack takes it upon himself to kill Cormoran. Older chapbooks make no reference to the council, and attribute Jack's actions to a love for fantasy, chivalry, and adventure. In both versions, in the late evening Jack swims to the island and digs a 6.75 m (22 ft) trapping pit, although some local legends place the pit to the north in Morvah. After completing the pit the following morning, Jack blows a horn to awaken the giant. Cormoran storms out, threatening to broil Jack whole, but falls into the hidden pit. After being taunted for some time, Cormoran is killed by a blow from a pickaxe or mattock. After filling in the hole, Jack retrieves the giant's treasure. According to the Morvah tradition, a rock is placed over the grave. Today this rock is called Giant's Grave. Local lore holds that the giant's ghost can sometimes be heard beneath it. For his service to Penwith, Jack is officially titled "Jack the Giant-Killer" and awarded a belt on which was written: Here's the right valiant Cornishman, Who slew the giant Cormoran. Tom the Tinkeard The giant of St. Michael's Mount also appears in the drolls about Tom the Tinkeard, a local Cornish variant of "Tom Hickathrift". William Bottrell recorded a tale of the giant's last raid: here, the giant is not killed, but lives to grow old and frail. Becoming hungry, he