Garuda

By Adam Kaplan

The Garuda was created from and egg, his father was the creator-rishi Kasyapa, and his mother was Vinata. The Garuda is a large mythical half bird half man creature that appears in Hindu and Buddhist mythology. In Hindu myth, Garuda is a lesser divinity, the vehicle of Vishnu, the supreme preserver deity. Hindus have gave various names to him, such Amritaharana ("stealer of amrit") Gaganeshvara ("lord of the sky"), and Suparna ("having beautiful wings").

In Buddhism the Garudas are a race of winged beings who exist in rivalry with the Nagas the serpentine sea creatures. Garuda have been described in many different ways, although mainly he has the upper body and wings of an eagle while his lower body is human. The Garuda has a golden body, red wings, and a white face with a giant beak. Garuda wears a golden crown on his head. Garuda has two or four arms, and has various accessories including earrings, anklets, and bracelets.

Garuda appearances
 * Garuda The Movie: In 2005, Bangkok begins the second phase of building their city subway system. But they accidentally discover something more. They have awoken an ancient animal which hibernates for more than ten thousand years. The army has to use the troops to block the construction site of the subway in order to detain the monster. The special soldiers are sent to fight with the monster. Even with their hi-tech military hardware, they are still unable to stop the monster. The mythological monster, a garuda, escapes from the tunnel, and begins to terrorize the city of Bangkok.
 * Garuda Indonesia, the Indonesian national airline.
 * Garud Command Force, an elite special forces unit of the [|Indian Air Force].
 * The Garuda 1satellite
 * Garuda Pancasila, the national emblem of Indonesia.
 * Garuda, a record label from trance producer Gareth Emery.
 * Garuda, a warship featured in Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla 2
 * [|Ike Garuda], the main character of the comic book //The Transmutation of Ike Garuda//
 * [|Garuda (Chouseishin)], the Ultra-Star God of the Fire Tribe in [|Chouseishin Gransazer].
 * [|Races of Bas-Lag#Garuda], a fictional race of humanoid avians appearing in the novel //Perdido Street Station// by China Miéville
 * a masked [|professional wrestler], portrayed by Japanese Tomokazu Morita.
 * [|Garuda (video game character)], from the [|Street Fighter EX] series of games
 * Garuda 1, a character in [|Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation] in the [|Ace Combat] universe.
 * Garuda 2, a character in [|Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation] in the [|Ace Combat] universe.
 * Garuda, a commonly recurring enemy in the [|Final Fantasy] video games series, later being a Celestial Avatar to summon in [|Final Fantasy XI] . First appearance in the series was in [|Final Fantasy III] as a Boss enemy.
 * [|Garudamon] - an Ultimate level digimon in the children's TV series [|Digimon]



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"Garuda (disambiguation)." //Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia//. Web. 23 Mar. 2011. .