This figure is called menk in Ob-Ugrian folklore and ritual.
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Menk
Synonyms for "menk" (3 found)
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2 translations across 2 languages.
Polish
1 entries- menk noun (unidentified yeti-like animal)
Russian
1 entries- менкв noun (unidentified yeti-like animal)
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Although doors were jammed shut, the menk burst in with huge birch masks covered with hair made of hay.
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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.
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