Rakshasa

Origin and tradition

Hindu and Buddhist traditions describe rakshasas as powerful beings, often demonic, deceptive, and able to change form.

Illustration in this atlas

A tusked humanoid or beautiful stranger whose true shape may show claws, blazing eyes, and backward moral gravity.

References and further reading

1. britannica.com — rakshasa

These references offer further reading. Accounts and depictions vary; the atlas illustration is interpretive artwork, rather than historical or scientific evidence.