yetis

Legendary mountain apes

Yetis is the plural of yeti, the legendary ape-like creature said to inhabit the Himalayas.

Also called the Abominable Snowman, the yeti occupies the same cryptozoological space as Bigfoot or Sasquatch—a large, elusive humanoid whose existence remains unproven: expeditions searching for yetis, yetis and other mythical beasts.

folklore

abominable snowman

Legendary Himalayan ape-creature

  • legendUnverified traditional tale
  • mythTraditional explanatory tale
  • talesSpoken or written narratives

oral tradition · superstition · monster · creature · narrative · ethnography · anthropology · fables · storytelling · indigenous

cryptid

sasquatch

Legendary North American ape-man

evidence · hoax · creature · specimen · discovery · unexplained · unidentified · research · fieldwork · expedition

Himalayan

Nepal

South Asian mountain nation

Annapurna · glacier · alpine · altitude · mountains · trekking · expedition · monastery · prayer flags · mountaineering

mysterious

enigma

Something hard to fathom

elusive · unseen · undiscovered · phantom · shrouded · cryptic · sighting · glimpse · shadowy · fleeting

winter

snow

Frozen crystalline precipitation

glacier · snowfield · frostbite · snowstorm · arctic · frozen · white fur · camouflage · harsh · subzero

Categories
Opposites
existence/verification status

yetisgorillas

Largest living primates

bears · snow leopards · museum specimens

habitat/climate

yetischupacabras

Folklore predator of livestock

sea serpents · Bigfoot · Loch Ness Monster

cultural origin

yetisBigfoot

Legendary North American ape-man

Wendigo · skinwalkers · trolls

Family

yeti

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G