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The Yeti is one of the most well-known mythical creatures around the world. Tibetan mythology also has a version of the Yeti myth alongside Chinese and Russian myths. [7] The large creature was said to resemble an ape and in recent years this myth has been adapted into different forms, like a kids’ movies such as Abominable or Smallfoot. It ...
Pages in category "Tibetan legendary creatures" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. Druk; G.
Tibetan legendary creatures (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Tibetan mythology" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The Snow Lion (sometimes spelled snowlion; Tibetan: གངས་སེང་གེ་, Wylie: gangs seng ge; Chinese: 雪獅) is a celestial animal of Tibet. It is the emblem of Tibet, representing the snowy mountain ranges and glaciers of Tibet, [ 1 ] and may also symbolize power and strength, and fearlessness and joy, east and the earth element.
Pha Trelgen Changchup Sempa (Tibetan: ཕ་སྤྲེལ་རྒན་བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་པ།, Wylie: pha sprel rgan byang chub sems pa) is a mythical monkey-ancestor of the Tibetan people. With King Gesar and Avalokiteśvara, of whom he is an incarnation, he is one of the most important figures in Tibetan culture. [1]
Tibetan dwarf hamster, Urocricetus alticola LC; Kam dwarf hamster, Urocricetus kamensis LC; Family: Sciuridae. Genus: Marmota (marmots) Himalayan marmot, Marmota himalayana LC; Genus: Eupetaurus (woolly flying squirrels) Tibetan woolly flying squirrel, Eupetaurus tibetensis DD
In the mountains of eastern India, an elusive creature meandered across the landscape, hidden under the cover of darkness. ... Tibetan brown bears are believed to be the “basis of the yeti ...
Preta (Sanskrit: प्रेत, Standard Tibetan: ཡི་དྭགས་ yi dags), also known as hungry ghost, is the Sanskrit name for a type of supernatural being described in Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Chinese folk religion as undergoing suffering greater than that of humans, particularly an extreme level of hunger and thirst. [1]