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GABRIEL - (Judeo-Christian) One of the archangels, Gabriel seems to have acted primarily as a messenger of God, announcing the births of Jesus and John the Baptist, and visiting the prophet Muhammed (he was known as Jibril, of course, in the Islamic tradition).

GAIA - (Greek) The goddess of the earth, the mother of all the gods in Greek mythology. She was married to both Pontus (the ocean) and Ouranos (the sky), and had many children, ranging from the divine Titans to the monstrous Cyclops and hundred-headed monsters.

GAKI - (Buddhist) A gaki is a kind of ghost that always hungers and thirsts, and dwells in a special hell called "gaki-do." It is said that people who are too jealous and selfish become gaki when they die.

GALAHAD - (Arthurian) The son of Lancelot du Lac, Galahad the Knight was known for his chastity and devotion to finding the Holy Grail.

GANDHARVA - (Hindu) The Gandharvas were semi-divine beings renowned for their hedonistic lives and their love of music. Chitrangada, the king of the Gandharvas, was the Court Musician for the gods.

GANESHA - (Hindu) Ganesha is the Hindu god of good luck and fortune, who removes all obstacles from the paths of his devotees. He is the son of Siva and Parvati, and he has the head of an elephant (for various reasons; either his father Siva cut off his natural head in anger, or the god of misfortune, Saniswara, accidentally made it fall off when Parvati DEMANDED that Sani bless her new son). He is the elder brother of the war god Skanda. In his four hands he carries a conch shell, a elephant goad, a noose (to sever your ties with the ego), and a bowl of sweets (his fondness for these sweets is legendary.) Sometimes he is holding the broken end of his tusk in his fourth hand; he broke off one of his tusks (1) to use as a pen to write the epic poem Mahabharata as it was dictated to him, or (2) he lost his tusk in a fight with the rather impatient sage Parashurama, who wanted to see Siva IMMEDIATELY even though Ganesha delicately hinted that his mother and father were 'sleeping now.'

GARRISON - (original) The troops of the New World Order that were hired to guard the laboratory where the kegare is being extracted from people who used the Joker curse.

GENBU - (Chinese) One of the four occult Chinese gods. Genbu takes the form of a black turtle, a turtle mating with a snake, or a black warrior. Genbu rules over the element earth, the season winter, and the direction north.

GENKUROU - (Japanese) A legendary fox-spirit who appears in a Kabuki play. In the story, he takes the form of a vassal of the fugitive lord Yoshitsune Minamoto. This vassal, Sato Tadanobu, was assigned the task of guarding Minamoto's sister. However, when Minamoto questioned Tadanobu, he had no idea that he had been given this task. Minamoto was about to punish Tadanobu as a traitor when his sister arrived - with a man who looked exactly like Sato Tadanobu. Confused, Minamoto asked his sister who was the real Sato. She didn't know, but remembered that Sato seemed to appear magically at her side when she beat upon the antique drum she had been carrying with her. She beat upon the drum, and the second Sato turned into a fox. The fox explained that a thousand years ago, there had been a drought, and the villagers had caught a pair of foxes, skinned them, and made them into a drum that they successfully used to pray for rain. This fox was the son of those two foxes, and had followed that drum for a thousand years because he wanted to be close to his parents. Touched by the fox's filial devotion, Minamoto gave the fox a full name - Yoshitsune Genkurou - and gives the drum to the fox as a reward for protecting his sister. The fox thanks him and lets him know that someone is going to attack his mansion tonight - but the fox has set up magical defenses to protect Minamoto's hideout. That night, the fox drives off the attackers and disappears with his drum.

GENJO - (Chinese) Genjou Sanzou is the monk-hero of the famous Chinese epic "Saiyuki." Saiyuki tells the story of the monk Tripataka (Sanzou) who was told by the Boddhisatva to go to India, accompanied by Sha Gojyo the kappa, Cho Hakkai the pig, and Son Gokuu the monkey. He wore a sutra around his shoulders that would control Son Gokuu if Sanzou recited it.

GHOST - (universal) The spirit of someone who died with a grudge, or someone who does not realize that they have died yet. They can rest in peace if they are able to fulfill a wish they had in life, resolve their grudge, or become aware that they are dead.

GIRIMEKRA - (Sri Lankan) A demonic black elephant that is ridden by Mara, the enemy of Buddha. This monster may be related to the holy white elephant Airavata of Hinduism, which is transformed into a demon in Sri Lanka due to the religious conflicts between Sri Lanka and India.

GOZU-TENNOU - (Japanese) The ox-headed emperor. Originally a Buddhist god, Gozu-Tennou became a Japanese god that protected against plagues, and was identified with Suzano-o.

GREED - (original) The personification of the Cardinal Sin "Greed."

GREMLIN - (European) An evil spirit that causes mechanical failures. It seems to be a fairly new urban legend; it supposedly caused mechanical problems in British fighter planes during WWII.

GRIMIES - (alien from Area 51) The aliens that are being cloned in Area 51 by the U.S. Government. The genetic material for the clones was taken from the crashed UFO.

GULLINBURSTI - (Norse) (was Grinbulsti) The golden boar of Freyr, the god of fertility.

GUNDARI MYOU-OU - (Buddhist) One of the five great kings of Buddhism, Gundari Myou-ou has three eyes, eight arms, and fights demons. He's draped in snakes, making his statues easily recognizable.

GUZFAN - (Judeo-Christian) See: Xaphan

GYOKUKOU TAITEI - (Chinese) Apparently he was the prince of Byouraku country. He eventually became the emperor of the Heavenly World. After the Sung dynasty, he ousted Genshi Tenson and became the Highest God. Incidentally, January 9 of the old lunar calendar is his birthday, and his nickname was "Gyokukou".

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