Gagoji - Gagoji

Japanese: ガゴジ - がごじ
Gagoji - Gagoji

…They are also called monsters, demons, or demonic creatures, and because many of them can change into various shapes, they are also called ghosts or ghosts. Folk words that are the general term for monsters can be roughly divided into the mo-series mo, mo-mo, momonger, mokko, amo, and anmo found in eastern Japan, and the ga-series gagama, gagamo, gango, gagoji, and gamo found in western Japan. Mononoke, as the manifestation of things, a general term for spiritual beings or mystical powers, is a representative term for monsters that appear in historical documents, and when contrasted with kami-no-ke, the manifestation of gods, it meant the manifestation of evil things.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Gagoji" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…妖異,妖物,魔物ともいい,またその多くがさまざまな事物に姿を変えることができるので,〈ばけもの〉〈おばけ〉などとも呼ばれる。妖怪の総称に相当する民俗語は,大別して,東日本に分布する〈モー〉系のモー,モーモー,モモンガー,モッコ,アモ,アンモなどと,西日本に分布する〈ガ〉系のガガマ,ガガモ,ガンゴー,ガゴジ,ガモなどに分けられる。霊的存在ないしは神秘的力の総称である〈もの〉の示現としての〈物の怪(もののけ)〉は,歴史的文献に現れた妖怪の総称の代表といえる語であり,神の示現としての〈かみのけ〉と対比される場合には邪悪な〈もの〉の発現を意味していた。…

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