List of legendary creatures (G)


 * 1) Gaasyendietha (Seneca) – Dragon
 * 2) Gagana (Russian) – Iron-beaked bird with copper talons
 * 3) Gaki (Japanese) – Ghosts of especially greedy people
 * 4) Gaokerena (Zoroastrianism) - Mythic plant
 * 5) Gallu (Mesopotamian) – Underworld demons
 * 6) Galtzagorriak (Basque) – Small demonic servants
 * 7) Gamayun (Russian) – Prophetic human-headed bird
 * 8) Gana (Hindu) – Attendants of Shiva
 * 9) Gancanagh (Irish) – Male fairy that seduces human women
 * 10) Gandabherunda (Hindu) – Double-headed bird
 * 11) Gandharva (Hindu) – Male nature spirits, often depicted as part human, part animal
 * 12) Gargouille (French) – Water dragon
 * 13) Garkain (Australian Aboriginal) – Flying humanoid who envelops his victims
 * 14) Garmr (Norse) – Giant, ravenous hound
 * 15) Garuda (Hindu) – Human-eagle hybrid
 * 16) Gashadokuro (Japanese) – Giant malevolent skeletons
 * 17) Gaueko (Basque) – Wolf capable of walking upright
 * 18) Geb (Egyptian) – God of the Earth, married to Nut
 * 19) Ged (Heraldic) – The fish pike
 * 20) Gegenees (Greek) – Six-armed giant
 * 21) Genderuwo (Indonesia) – Ape-like mystery
 * 22) Genius loci (Roman) – Spirit that protects a specific place
 * 23) German (Slavic) – Male spirit associated with bringing rain and hail
 * 24) Geryon (Greek) – Three-headed six-armed giant with three torsos and (in some sources) six legs
 * 25) Ghillie Dhu (Scottish) – Tree guardian
 * 26) Ghost – Disembodied spirits of those that have died
 * 27) Ghoul (Arabian) – Cannibalistic shapeshifting desert genie often classified as undead.
 * 28) Giant (Worldwide) – Immensely large and strong humanoids
 * 29) Giant animal (Worldwide) – Unusually large beasts
 * 30) Gichi-anami'e-bizhiw (Ojibwa) – Bison-snake-bird-cougar hybrid water spirit
 * 31) Gidim (Sumerian) – Ghost
 * 32) Gigantes (Greek) – Race of giants that fought the Olympian gods, sometimes depicted with snake-legs
 * 33) Gigelorum (Scottish) – Smallest animal
 * 34) Girtablilu (Akkadian) – Human-scorpion hybrid
 * 35) Gjenganger (Scandinavian) – Corporeal ghost
 * 36) Glaistig (Scottish) – Human-goat hybrid
 * 37) Glashtyn (Manx) – Malevolent water horse
 * 38) Gnome (Alchemy) – Diminutive Earth elemental
 * 39) Goblin (Medieval) – Grotesque, mischievous little people
 * 40) Gog (English) – Giant protector of London
 * 41) Gold-digging ant (Medieval Bestiaries) – Dog-sized ant that digs for gold in sandy areas
 * 42) Golem (Jewish) – Animated construct
 * 43) Gorgades (Medieval Bestiary) – Hairy humanoid
 * 44) Gorgon (Greek) – Fanged, snake-haired humanoids that turn anyone who sees them into stone
 * 45) Goryō (Japanese) – Vengeful ghosts, usually of martyrs
 * 46) Grassman (Ohio, USA) – Ape-like cryptid
 * 47) Gremlin (Folklore) – Creatures that sabotage airplanes
 * 48) Griffin (Heraldic) – Lion-eagle hybrid
 * 49) Grigori (Christian, Jewish, and Islamic mythology) – Fallen angels, father of Nephilim
 * 50) Grim (English and Scandinavian) – Tutelary spirits of churches
 * 51) Grim Reaper (Worldwide) – Death angel often thought to be God's/Satan's assistant
 * 52) Grindylow (English) – Malevolent water spirit
 * 53) Grootslang (South Africa) - Large snake often associated with diamonds
 * 54) Gualichu (Mapuche) – Malevolent spirit
 * 55) Guardian angel (Christian, Jewish, and Islamic belief) – Subclassification of angels that guard and protect a specific person or living being
 * 56) Gud-elim (Akkadian) – Human-bull hybrid
 * 57) Guhin (Japanese) – Anthropomorphic bird
 * 58) Gui Po (Chinese) – Ghost that manifests as an old woman
 * 59) Gui Shu (Chinese) – Ghostly tree that confuses travelers by moving
 * 60) Gulon (Germanic) – Gluttonous dog-cat-fox hybrid
 * 61) Gumiho (Korean mythology) – Demonic fox with thousands of tails believed to possess an army of spirits and magic in its tails
 * 62) Gurangatch (Australian Aboriginal) - An enormous reptile-fish whose movements carved out the landscape south of the Blue Mountains
 * 63) Gurumapa (Nepalese) – Child-eating demon
 * 64) Gwyllgi (Welsh) – Black dog
 * 65) Gwyllion (Welsh) – Malevolent spirit
 * 66) Gyascutus (American folklore) – Four-legged herbivore
 * 67) Gytrash (Lincolnshire and Yorkshire) – Black dog
 * 68) Gyūki (Japanese) – Bull-headed monster