Gargoyle• Creature
Gargoyles are a semi-sentient stone creatures used as guards for rooms in Hogwarts. Read MoreGhosts• Creature
Ghosts are an unusual type of magical creature. In some ways, they’re not creatures at all, but rather characters just like Harry, Ron, Dumbledore, and all the other living people. But they aren’t quite the same, of course; they are semi-transparent, non-corporeal beings. Only wizards can become ghosts, and then… Read MoreGhoul• Creature
Ghouls are slimy, buck-toothed, ugly creatures which live in the attics or barns of wizards. They are dim-witted and are content to throw things around now and then. Ghouls are relatively harmless creatures who live on spiders and moths (FB). Read MoreGiant dung beetle• Creature
A large beetle seen rolling a giant ball of dung inside the suitcase of Newt Scamander (WFT). Read MoreGiant grub• Creature
A giant grub is the white, foot-long larvae of an unknown creature. Read MoreGiants• Creature
Giants are a humanoids of extremely large size and near-human intelligence. Full-blooded giants are about twenty feet tall (GF24). They are not as intelligent as wizards but are capable of communication, both in their native language and, at times, in English (OP20). They now live mostly in remote mountain… Read MoreGiant Squid• Creature
The giant squid is a gigantic, relatively friendly cephalopod which lives in the Hogwarts Lake. The largest invertebrate known to Muggle science, the giant squid can grow to 70 feet in length. While the giant squid is a deep salt water creature, at least one giant squid lives… Read MoreGiant Storm Petrel• Creature
Seabirds with long pointed wings and huge bills. Read MoreGlow bugs• Creature
Insects with the ability to create their own light. Read MoreGlowing Tentacled Creature• Creature
A luminous creature bottle-fed by Newt Scamander inside his case in 1926 New York (WFT). Read MoreGlumbumble• Creature
The Glumbumble is a magical furry grey insect from Northern Europe.(FB)… Read MoreGnome• Creature
The gnome is a common garden pest resembling a potato with legs; it is about a foot tall and has hard, bony feet (CS3, FB). Every so often, a garden must be “de-gnomed,” which involves grasping the gnomes by the ankles, swinging them around a few times… Read MoreGnomes and other small human-like creatures• Creaturewildebeest• Creature
Either of two species – the black wildebeest and the blue wildebeest – of large antelopes, each of which has long shaggy heads, hooked horns, and long tails (NSOED). Read Moregoat• Creature
Non-magical farm animal with surprising uses. Goats are one of the oldest domesticated animals and are raised all over the world for their milk, meat, hair and skin. … Read MoreHalf-goblins• CreatureGoblins• Creature
Goblins are a race of highly intelligent creatures who live side by side with wizards. Read MoreGorgon• Creature
A Gorgon is a magical creature from Greek mythology. Looking at a Gorgon turns the viewer into stone. It is therefore very important not to meet a Gorgon’s eyes at any time. Appearances Hagrid uses the phrase “Gallopin’ Gorgons” during his first meeting with Harry Potter (PS4). The… Read MoreGraphorn• Creature
A large, grayish-purple humpbacked creature which lives in the mountains of Europe. Graphorns have two extremely sharp gold horns. They are extremely dangerous animals. Graphorn hide is even tougher than dragons’ and also repels spells (FB). It walks on large four-thumbed feet. … Read MoreGrass snake• CreatureGriffin• Creature
The Griffin is a strange creature with the front body of an eagle and hindquarters of a lion. Griffins eat raw meat (FB). Godric Gryffindor, the founder of Gryffindor house, may have gotten his name from this beast. Read MoreGrim• Creature
The Grim is a ghostly image of a large dog-like beast. Seeing one portends death (PA6). Read MoreGrindylow• Creature
Grindylows are found throughout Britain and Ireland, including the lake on the grounds of Hogwarts in Scotland. Pale green in colour, these water demons have sharp horns, pointed fangs and brittle spindly fingers. Grindylows show aggression towards humans, wizards or Muggles, but merpeople have been known to domesticate them. Read MoreGuinea fowl• Creature
The guinea fowl is a large turkey-like bird native to Africa, often domesticated. Read MoreGuinea pig• Creature
A guinea pig is a roundish furry rodent often kept by Muggles as a pet. Read MoreGulping Plimpy• Creature
A kind of fish, shaped like a ball with two long, rubbery legs and webbed feet. The Gulping Plimpy is a subspecies of plimpy that is warded off by Gurdyroots. Read MoreGytrash• Creature
The Gytrash is a huge, spectral hound that lives in forests. Read More
Gargoyle
• Creature
Gargoyles are a semi-sentient stone creatures used as guards for rooms in Hogwarts. Read More
Ghosts
• Creature
Ghosts are an unusual type of magical creature. In some ways, they’re not creatures at all, but rather characters just like Harry, Ron, Dumbledore, and all the other living people. But they aren’t quite the same, of course; they are semi-transparent, non-corporeal beings. Only wizards can become ghosts, and then… Read More
Ghoul
• Creature
Ghouls are slimy, buck-toothed, ugly creatures which live in the attics or barns of wizards. They are dim-witted and are content to throw things around now and then. Ghouls are relatively harmless creatures who live on spiders and moths (FB). Read More
Giants
• Creature
Giants are a humanoids of extremely large size and near-human intelligence. Full-blooded giants are about twenty feet tall (GF24). They are not as intelligent as wizards but are capable of communication, both in their native language and, at times, in English (OP20). They now live mostly in remote mountain… Read More
Giant Squid
• Creature
The giant squid is a gigantic, relatively friendly cephalopod which lives in the Hogwarts Lake. The largest invertebrate known to Muggle science, the giant squid can grow to 70 feet in length. While the giant squid is a deep salt water creature, at least one giant squid lives… Read More
Glumbumble
• Creature
The Glumbumble is a magical furry grey insect from Northern Europe.(FB)… Read More
Gnome
• Creature
The gnome is a common garden pest resembling a potato with legs; it is about a foot tall and has hard, bony feet (CS3, FB). Every so often, a garden must be “de-gnomed,” which involves grasping the gnomes by the ankles, swinging them around a few times… Read More
wildebeest
• Creature
Either of two species – the black wildebeest and the blue wildebeest – of large antelopes, each of which has long shaggy heads, hooked horns, and long tails (NSOED). Read More
goat
• Creature
Non-magical farm animal with surprising uses. Goats are one of the oldest domesticated animals and are raised all over the world for their milk, meat, hair and skin. … Read More
Goblins
• Creature
Goblins are a race of highly intelligent creatures who live side by side with wizards. Read More
Gorgon
• Creature
A Gorgon is a magical creature from Greek mythology. Looking at a Gorgon turns the viewer into stone. It is therefore very important not to meet a Gorgon’s eyes at any time. Appearances Hagrid uses the phrase “Gallopin’ Gorgons” during his first meeting with Harry Potter (PS4). The… Read More
Graphorn
• Creature
A large, grayish-purple humpbacked creature which lives in the mountains of Europe. Graphorns have two extremely sharp gold horns. They are extremely dangerous animals. Graphorn hide is even tougher than dragons’ and also repels spells (FB). It walks on large four-thumbed feet. … Read More
Griffin
• Creature
The Griffin is a strange creature with the front body of an eagle and hindquarters of a lion. Griffins eat raw meat (FB). Godric Gryffindor, the founder of Gryffindor house, may have gotten his name from this beast. Read More
Grim
• Creature
The Grim is a ghostly image of a large dog-like beast. Seeing one portends death (PA6). Read More
Grindylow
• Creature
Grindylows are found throughout Britain and Ireland, including the lake on the grounds of Hogwarts in Scotland. Pale green in colour, these water demons have sharp horns, pointed fangs and brittle spindly fingers. Grindylows show aggression towards humans, wizards or Muggles, but merpeople have been known to domesticate them. Read More
Guinea fowl
• Creature
The guinea fowl is a large turkey-like bird native to Africa, often domesticated. Read More
Guinea pig
• Creature
A guinea pig is a roundish furry rodent often kept by Muggles as a pet. Read More
Gulping Plimpy
• Creature
A kind of fish, shaped like a ball with two long, rubbery legs and webbed feet. The Gulping Plimpy is a subspecies of plimpy that is warded off by Gurdyroots. Read More