In the mytho-historical tradition recorded in the supplied Wikipedia excerpt, Gelanor appears as an alternate personal name for Pelasgus, an Inachid king of Argos; this places the name within the royal genealogies and foundation-myth context of ancient Argos. Separately, the supplied Wikidata entry records Gelanor as a taxonomic genus name applied to a group of arachnids, reflecting the modern scientific practice of adopting classical names for biological taxa. The sources do not provide a linguistic etymology or narrative connecting the two uses.
As presented in the supplied sources, Gelanor has two referents: (1) as a human royal figure (Pelasgus/Gelanor) the implication is of a human kingly personage, but no physical description or iconography is provided in the excerpt; (2) as a genus of arachnids Gelanor denotes a group of spiders/arachnids, though no morphological description or diagnostic characters for the genus are supplied in the provided material.
No supernatural abilities, powers, or specific behaviors are attributed to Gelanor in the provided sources. The mytho-historical mention treats Gelanor as a human king (political or genealogical role), and the taxonomic mention treats Gelanor as a biological genus (implying ordinary arachnid biology), but no behaviors or abilities are detailed.
Gegants from Ripoll
Gegants from Ripoll refers to the local manifestation of the Catalan gegants (giants) tradition associated with the town/area of Ripoll in Catalonia. The provided sources are travel and regional descriptions that mention the regional context but do not supply detailed folkloric texts about the Ripoll gegants themselves.
Gegants from Tarragona
No information on the gegants of Tarragona is present in the provided source. The supplied material concerns the city of Terrassa and does not describe gegants, their appearance, history, rituals, or cultural role in Tarragona.
Gegants i Nans de l'Arboç
Gegants i Nans de l'Arboç are processional giants and dwarfs — large, human-form effigies used in public parades and festivals in the town of l'Arboç. They are civic, ceremonial objects created and carried by people for communal celebration rather than autonomous supernatural beings.
Gegants vells de Cervera
The Gegants vells de Cervera are processional giants — large anthropomorphic parade figures from the town of Cervera in Catalonia, Spain. They belong to the Catalan tradition of gegants used in civic and ceremonial processions and are presented in sources as cultural artifacts rather than animate supernatural beings.
Geira
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Geist
A German-language term with overlapping senses: a ghostly or haunting presence, an immaterial religious spirit (e.g., the Holy Spirit), and an intellectual or cultural animating principle (mind, Weltgeist, Zeitgeist). Its precise meaning depends on context and historical usage.
Gelede (Gẹlẹdẹ)
Gelede is a Yoruba public masquerade spectacle and the ritual institution that honors and manages the spiritual power of 'Mothers' (senior women, female ancestors and deities). As a multi-media performance of carved and painted headdresses, masks, dance and music, Gelede functions to celebrate fertility and motherhood, educate the community, and placate potentially dangerous female powers.
Gello
A child-strangling demoness of Greek and Byzantine tradition, the spirit of a young woman who died before marriage, now preying on pregnant women and newborns.
Gelonians (Geloni)
The Gelonians (Geloni) are described in Herodotus and later summaries as a settled, urbanized people of the forest‑steppe north of the Black Sea who inhabited the city of Gelonus. In Herodotus' ethnographic account they are distinguished from neighbouring nomads by agriculture, crafts, wooden temples, and a triennial Bacchic/Dionysian festival; archaeological verification of some claims (e.g., sanctuaries) is noted as lacking in the supplied sources.
Gemory (Gremory)
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Genderuwo
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General Ironfist
“General Ironfist” is not a single folkloric or mythic being but a recurring modern fictional epithet or proper name applied to disparate martial characters across games, pulp fiction, comics, and novels. The label signals martial authority, toughness, or fighting prowess in English-language popular media rather than a unified supernatural tradition.
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- [1]Pelasgus (king of Argos) — Wikipedia. "In Greek mythology, Pelasgus also known as Gelanor, was an Inachid king of Argos." — Wikipedia (Pelasgus (king of Argos))wiki
- [2]Gelanor (Wikidata entry Q5509068). Wikidata label: "genus of arachnids" for entity Q5509068 (Gelanor).wiki