Yeti (Abominable Snowman)

Origin and tradition

The Yeti is a Himalayan figure known through local stories, mountaineering reports, and popular culture. Its names and descriptions vary between communities. Reports of tracks do not establish a new species, and the modern image of an abominable snowman does not capture every local tradition.

Illustration in this atlas

A towering, bipedal ape-man covered in dense, shaggy reddish-brown or silver-white fur, with a conical skull and high-set predatory eyes.

References and further reading

1. britannica.com — Yeti

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