Karura

Karura (迦楼羅 Karura) is a god from the manga and anime series "GeGeGe no Kitarō."
==Appearance==
==Personality==
In most adaptations, he has a wise and protective-like nature to those that pray for him.
In the fourth anime, he warned humanity's arrogance.
==History==
Karura is an Indian god that sealed away the Yōkai called Gyūki in Japan centuries ago. His appearances in the series are as the arch-nemesis of the Gyūki and sometimes the Mikoshi-Nyūdō. He is one of the 28 guardians of the 1000-armed Kannon.
===Manga===
===1971 Anime===
Gyūki appears in episode #15 of the second anime, Gyūki.GeGeGe no Kitarō (1971): Episode 15
===1985 anime===
He appears in episode #42 of the third anime adaptation, Yōkai Gyūki.GeGeGe no Kitarō (1985): Episode 42
===1996 anime===
He appears in episode six of the fourth anime adaptation, Runaway! Kitarō-Gyūki. GeGeGe no Kitarō (1996): Episode 6
===Yōkai Sen-Monogatari===
===2007 anime===
He appears in episode #14 of the fifth anime adaptation, Kitaro Dies?! Gyūki Reborn.GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018): Episode 14
===2018 anime===
He appears in episode #22 of the sixth anime adaptation, Berserk!! The Terrifying Yōkai Gyūki.GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018): Episode 22
==Powers and Abilities==
Flight: By using the pair of feathery wings on his back, Karura is able to fly, seemingly without the need to constantly flap them.
Expert Flutist: Karura is able to play an alluring tune on his flute, capable of attracting the attention of the Gyūki and making it follow him.
Vanishing: After sealing the Gyūki back in Gyūki Rock and warning the humans to never open it again, he vanishes from sight and presumably goes back to his shrine.
==Equipments==
Flute:
Talisman:
==Legend==
Karura is a modified incarnation of Garuda in Hinduism and Buddhism. 
==Trivia==
*In GeGeGe no Kitarō Yōkai Yōchō, Garuda appeared instead of Karura.
*In the Drawn & Quarterly releases, he is simply called "Kami".
==References==
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