A leopard-like or cheetah-like monster from the legends of the Khoikhoi people of south-western Africa, his name means the 'thrower down' or 'not-a-leopard/cheetah'. The creature sat on the edge of a great pit and dared passers-by to throw stones at him. The stone always rebounded and killed the thrower, who then fell into the pit. When the trickster-god HEITSI-EIBIB approached it, he declined to aim a stone until he had diverted the monster's gaze. He then struck Ga-gorib under the ear and tumbled it into its own trap. Another version of this legend tells of how Heitsi-eibib was chased around the pit before he slipped and fell in it. He managed to escape but had to wrestle with the monster for a long while before he succeeded in pushing Ga-Gorib into the pit (MFL)
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