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Galley Beggars: Known to inhabit ancient burial sites. This entity is known to frighten it’s victim by removing it’s head.

Gargoyles: Stone demon like creatures that guard building from any dark spirit.

Gamayun: A bird with the face a beautiful woman with the ability to see the future.

Gandharvas: Male nature spirits, that are usually depicted with animal parts. They are the male counterparts of the Apsaras and are skilled in music. 

Gargouille: A dragon like creature found in France, with 4 legs, wings and a serpent like body. Their are a water-spouting dragon and are known to terrorize people on boats.

Garuda: Human/bird hybrid, he is the steed to Vishnu and eater of serpents. Symbol of strength and valor.

Gancanagth: A seductive male faery, known to seduce mortal woman and eventual the woman will die.

Gashadokuro

A gigantic skeleton, which were formed from the bones of people who died of starvation. They prey on humans by biting off their head and drink their blood.

Gaueko

A spirit that takes the form of anthropomorphic dog. They are in charge of not letting humans walk after dark and punish those who would have the courage to step outside the darkness.

Gegeness: A race of six armed giants that known to inhabit the island of Doliones.

German: Spirits that bring rain and hail. If they are asked for help, they will bestow rain and the help the crops grow. But can bring downpours and droughts.

Geryon: A three headed, six armed, and six legged giant. Who owns a double headed hound and heard of cattle. He was eventually defeated by Heracles.

Ghouls

Found in Middle Eastern folklore, these undead creatures have been known to lurk in graveyards. They have an appetite for human flesh, both dead and alive. There also known to shape shift into scavenger animals. 

Ghillie Dhu : A guardian birch tree spirit from Scottish folklore. They are seen a shy and misanthropic, but are kind to children.   

Gigelorum: Said to be the smallest creature, they are known to live inside the ear of a mite.

Girtablilu: A centaur version scorpions, they are the bodyguards of Shamash, the god of the sun, and gatekeepers to The Realm of Darkness.

Griffin: The griffin has the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle. Seen as guardians of secretly buried wealth, the griffin evolved from a ferocious animal of antiquity to become a symbol of strength and valor.

Gryla: An ogress form Iceland that has been known to kidnap naughty children on Christmas Eve. She is the mother of the Yule lads and the owner to the Yule cat.

Green Man: Male gaurdians of the forests. Usualy depicted with having a beared face made from leaves.

Ghosts

Ghosts are shadows of the deceased person’s life. Many reasons explain about why ghosts are bound to Earth, because of unfinished business in life, they weren’t properly buried, seeking revenge, or concerned for their loved ones. 

Genius: Invisible spirits, that guide and watch over a person’s life.

Gnomes

Depicted as very small people, often men that live in dark places, especially underground, in the depths of forests, or more recently in gardens. They are some times helping with plants and animals, some helping the household chores. While others are reclusive and prefer to stay underground or in dark forests, perhaps hoarding treasure, and others interacting mischievously or even harmfully with humans. 

Goblin: Goblins are wicked little creatures from Germanic and British Folklore, often believed to be the evil or merely mischievous opposite of the more benevolent faeries and sprits of lore.  Despite local variations, goblins have almost universally been described as troublemakers. They are either simply tricksters or mischievous, like immature children, or actually malevolent, evildoers, dangerous to human beings.

Gorgades: A race of hairy humanoids

Gremlins

A gremlin is an English folkloric creature, commonly depicted as mischievous and mechanically oriented, with a specific interest in aircraft. Legends concerning gremlins arose from airmen who claimed that failures in their craft were due to sabotage by gremlins.

Gorgon

In Greek Mythology, the Gorgons were three vicious female mythical creatures that lived on an island and possessed the ability to turn a person to stone by looking at them. They possessed both beautiful and hideous traits, the most famous being their head of coiled snakes instead of hair. Of the three, Medusa is perhaps the most famous of the Gorgons, being the only one of the three who was mortal. She, like many such creatures, met her doom at the hands of the hero Percus aided by the Gods.

Golem: Beings created from clay and are brought to life by magicians to do their bidding.

Giants

A race of human like creatures, known for their enormous size. Found in different folktales from around the world. They can be good or bad, wise or stupid.

Glaistig

A female water fae with the legs of a goat and clad in a green dress. She has been known for their two natures. She can seduce men and drink their blood, or help with children, the elderly or heading cattle.

Gragedd Annwn

Welsh water faeries.  If a mortal man take these faeries as their brides, their offspring will grown up to become famous physicians, doctors and even world leaders.

Grindylow: Malevolent water dwelling goblins, that are known to grab unsuspecting victims when they are close to the water’s edge. 

Gwyllions: Misanthropic mountain faeries from Welsh folklore. They are known to frighten travelers or mislead them. But if treated with kindness, they will not harm them.

Gui Po: A spirit that takes the form of a friendly old woman. They work in the households of rich families and retuned to those who help around the house.

Gui Shu: A rather mischievous tree spirit that are known to cause travels to become lost.

Gulon: Usually described about the size of a dog, the head and claws of a cat, a thick coat of fur, and the tail of a fox. It is a gluttonous creature for it’s strange eating habits after killing it’s victims.

Gurumapa: A child devouring demon from Hindu mythology.