![Yamata (Yama) — King of the Dead (Yamadut) (Tibetan) [No evidence in supplied sources]](/_next/image?url=%2Fapi%2Fmedia%2Ffile%2Fcover_yamata-yama---king-of-the-dead-yamadut.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
No origin story for a Tibetan King of the Dead is present in the supplied sources. The materials examined consist of a Wikipedia article describing a 1919 Hungarian film titled "Yamata" and a Wikidata entry for the insect genus "Yamatarotes." Neither source offers any mythic or historical account linking those names to Tibetan cosmology, nor do they provide narrative material about origins, genealogy, or mythic emergence of a death-king figure in Tibetan tradition.
No description of appearance for a Tibetan supernatural Yamata/Yama/Yamadut appears in the provided materials. The only appearance-related data in the sources are cast listings for the film "Yamata" (e.g., Gábor Rajnay credited as "Yamata, the servant"), which pertain to a fictional film character and cannot be taken as ethnographic or mythic description of a Tibetan deity or spirit.
The supplied sources contain no information on powers, abilities, or supernatural behaviors for any Tibetan King of the Dead. The film synopsis briefly mentions a plot about a slave's revolt and provides no supernatural attributions, while the Wikidata taxon entry contains no behavioral folklore. Therefore no abilities or modes of action can be documented from these sources.
Moroi
A moroi is a revenant or undead spirit in Romanian and neighbouring Central/Eastern European folklore associated with failed birth/death rites and nocturnal harm. Traditions variously describe it as a phantom, a kind of vampire or ghost, or the spirit of an unbaptized infant or malformed child born of supernatural conception.
Szelanya
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Szélatya
Szélatya (also attested as Szélkirály) is presented in the cited sources as a deity associated with wind. The available references identify the figure as a wind god but provide only minimal details; one source labels the figure 'Turkic' while another describes it as 'Hungarian.'
Turul
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Ördög
Ördög (Old Hungarian: Ürdüng) is a shape‑shifting supernatural being from Hungarian mythology and early Hungarian paganism associated with dark or evil forces and the underworld. In post‑conversion sources it was identified with the Christian devil, though pre‑Christian accounts also present ambivalent roles such as an assistant in cosmogony and a collector of human souls.
Yama-uba
A Japanese yōkai of the mountains variously depicted as an old mountain crone, a mountain mother/princess, or an ambivalent mountain spirit who may harm travelers or aid the kind. She appears across folktales, Noh drama, and ukiyo-e, occupying roles from man‑eating hag to guardian linked to household fortune in some regions.
Yamabito
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Yamachichi (Yamajijii)
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Yamajijii
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Yamawaro
A class of mountain-dwelling yōkai reported in western Japan (especially Kyūshū) that appear as childlike humanoids. They function as explanatory agents for strange mountain phenomena, act as tricksters who harass livestock or intrude on houses and baths, and sometimes help woodcutters in return for exacting food or drink offerings. Many local traditions identify them as kappa that seasonally migrate between rivers and mountains.
Yamunā
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Yanantin
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Community Record
- [1]Yamata. Wikipedia contributors. "Yamata." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamatawiki
- [2]Yamatarotes (Wikidata entry). Wikidata. "Yamatarotes" entry. http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14538577other