menk
nounEtymology Borrowed from Mansi (compare Northern Mansi менкв (menkv)).
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Arts, Biology, Cryptozoology, Folklore, History, Human sciences, Literature, Media, Natural sciences, Publishing, Sciences, Zoology Russia An animal described by the Mansi as a "forest giant", with anatomical features similar to a yeti, said to live in the area of Khantia-Mansia, Russia.
- This figure is called menk in Ob-Ugrian folklore and ritual.1996, Anthropology & Archeology of Eurasia, page 79:
- Although doors were jammed shut, the menk burst in with huge birch masks covered with hair made of hay.1999, Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer, The Tenacity of Ethnicity: A Siberian Saga in Global Perspective:
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- A new documentary, “Russian Yeti: The Killer Lives” airing June 1 on the Discovery Channel explores the remote possibility that a “menk” — the Russian^([sic – meaning Mansi]) word for Yeti — may have been responsible.2014, “Mysterious Deaths Of College Students Blamed On ‘Russian Yeti’”, in Huffington Post:
- Synonyms
- yeti, Russian yeti
- Related terms
- abominable snowman, Bigfoot, sasquatch, yowie