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Tuesday, December 3, 2024

New Yeti/Bigfoot ogre footage

(Top 15s) Top 15 most convincing Bigfoot (ogre, Yakshi, Yeti, Yaksha) sightings caught on tape

Tonight is a big night for cryptozoology and Sasquatch / Bigfoot / Abominable Snowman / Yeti / Yowie / Skunk Ape / Almas / Orang Pendek research as American anthropologist Dr. Mireya Mayor, Ph.D. (who discovered the world's smallest primate and is now looking for the largest) from Expedition Bigfoot appears on Coast to Coast to discuss her primate research and discoveries (such as the world's smallest primate).
Giants/Almas/Yetis in Buddhist Central Asia

Tibetan Buddhists from Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, and Russia really believe in Bigfoot

Here are our names and us talking
These creatures are varieties of Yeti, different kinds of hominid primates. They are 100% real. (Some seem to be interdimensional with uncanny superhuman powers, which makes considering them "real" problematic).

Tibetan lore describes three main varieties of Yetis:
  • the Nyalmo, which has black fur and is the largest and fiercest, standing around 15 feet tall;
  • the Chuti, which stands around 8 feet tall and lives at an altitude of 8,000-10,000 feet (2,400 and 3,000 m) above sea level; and
  • the Rang Shim Bombo, which has reddish-brown fur and is only 3-5 feet (0.91 and 1.52 m) tall [12].
Other terms used by Himalayan peoples, many of them Vajrayana (Esoteric) Buddhists, do not translate exactly the same, but refer to legendary and indigenous wildlife:
  • Michê (Tibetan མི་དྲེད་, Wylie mi dred, ZYPY Michê), which translates as "man-bear" [8, 13].
  • Dzu-teh – dzu translates as "cattle" and the full meaning translates as "cattle bear," referring to the Himalayan brown bear [7][10][14][15].
  • Migoi or Mi-go (Tibetan མི་རྒོད་, Wylie mi rgod, ZYPY Migö/Mirgö) translates as "wild man" [10][15].
  • Bun Manchi – Nepali for "jungle man" that is used outside Sherpa communities where Yeti is the common name [16].
  • Mirka – another name for "wild-man."
Local legend holds that "anyone who sees one dies or is killed." The latter is taken from a written statement by Frank Smythe's Sherpas in 1937 [17].

  • Kang Admi is the "Snow Man" [15].
  • Jungli Admi is the "Wild Man" [18].
  • Xueren or Yeren (Chinese  雪人) is the "Snow Man."
Other names and locations
In Russian folklore, the Chuchuna is an entity said to dwell in Siberia. It has been described as 6-7 feet tall and covered with dark hair.

According to the native accounts from the nomadic Buddhist Yakut and Tungus tribes, it is a well-built, Neanderthal-like man wearing pelts and bearing a white patch of fur on its forearms.

It is said to occasionally consume human flesh (cannibalism because it is understood to be a kind of human, not an animal), unlike their close cousins, the Almas, Almasty, or Almastis. More: Yeti


Sasquatch clears campground + Bigfoot encounters from the Northern Cascades of Washington
(Salish Sasquatch) Nov. 29, 2024: We travel to Concrete, Washington, to speak with a man named James and his wife, Sandy. They share an encounter where a Sasquatch (Yakkha) entered a campground and cleared it out. James also shares his other encounters, including g a fantastic recall of Sasquatch stalking.

(Flash of Beauty: Paranormal Bigfoot)

New Bigfoot videos you haven’t seen! *EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE*
(Maximum Fear) Dec. 3, 2024: This is new exclusive Bigfoot videos and footage that hasn't been seen! Today we take a look at new Sasquatch (Yakkha, Yeti, Rakshasa, Yowie, Sasquatch, Bigfoot) footage and sightings coming from India, Russia, Canada, Michigan (USA), and many other places, which is very convincing evidence of humanoid bipedal primates alongside humans around the world.

From HD Sasquatch trail cam videos to Bigfoot hunting clips, there is more new material to examine. This compilation showcases the best and clearest cryptid sightings and most convincing Sasquatch (wild men, bear men, monkey men) encounters.

So grab an "I Found Bigfoot" mug and allow fear to be maximized as we recap the Top 10 best Bigfoot ogre clips of all time. Caught on Camera 2024 2nd Channel: @MoreMaximumFear NEW BIGFOOT Maximum Fear Merchandise: maximumfear.myspreadshop.com

Monday, February 6, 2023

Man turns into body-modification alien (video)

Kingofwierd; Cassandra Yorgey, Exemplore/MSN, 2/6/23; edited, expanded by Wisdom Quarterly
Look, I chopped off my fingers to be more "alien"! Isn't it cool? Soon they'll take me up!

Man undergoes extreme body modification to turn “alien”
Let's make out, KOW!
A body modification "enthusiast" says chopping off two of his fingers made him feel "complete." [Who are you to judge?]

He believes this is an “evolution project” to become less human and more alien, and he claims he’s less than halfway done. [He's 46% there and a nut. We'll let common sense be the judge.]

Madonna? (MSN)
He began is bod-mod journey at the age of 27, when he looked like the sort of large-muscled hunk that TV shows lead us to believe we will meet if we just buy a gym membership in January.

Tell me I'm still beautiful! Tell me!!!
He had a nose ring and pierced ears, but little by little he pushed the boundaries far past the predictable or expected.

He cut off his nose, ears, upper lip, and two of his fingers; he split his tongue; he dyed his teeth purple, cut a hole in the bottom of his lip, and added implants to various parts of his body such as a raised spiral around his forearm under his skin.

He claims all of these changes have boosted his "self-confidence." [When the aliens land and round everybody up, they'll give me a higher position than the other prisoners, right King of Wierd?]

Please like me! Please! I'll hire an airbrush artist to make me look human again! Please!!
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When asked what’s next, he says he’s ready to “take the leap” with leg amputation along with cutting off two more fingers. [You know there's a gal out there who loves it, gets it, and wants a relationship with KOW. She's probably champing at the bit just reading this. Yes, "champing," not "chomping." Look it up.]

While these changes certainly achieve the desired visual effect, none of these modifications will be passed on to offspring genetically, making it a misnomer to refer to it as any kind of “evolution.” [He could just take chemical drugs and harm his DNA and possibly pass that damage on.]

Some companies are attempting to make genetically-viable new species capable of reproduction through gene modification, although human testing would be wildly irresponsible at this point [unless done in secret at US and Chinese labs, as is certainly being done thanks to the CIA, DARPA, and similar secret police and spy agencies].

The company [named Colossal] intends to try and resurrect extinct species such as the dodo bird, Tasmanian tiger (thylacine), and Dumbo the furry elephant (woolly mammoth). More:
@kingofwierd #duet with @thefeedski this guy is doing all this stuff to try to make himself look like an alien. let me know what you guys think about this. maybe he really is an alien and he's just trying to get back to his roots. who knows. I haven't looked into it much but this is kind of bizarre. I hope you enjoy the video. #alien #aliens #ufo #wearenotalone #conspiracy ♬ original sound - TheFeedski

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Monster "lures" hikers off path in woods



Hikers "lured" off path in woods see a transparent thing hunting them
Cloaking is used in war and hunting.
They barely escaped to tell the tale, though this video is of Montgomery Woods just for atmosphere. Reddit is filled with wild stories, and this one is one of them.

A group of hikers in San Bernardino National Forest [just east of Los Angeles County] went off trail during a hike when the leader of their group thought she heard a woman calling out in distress (though none of the other hikers did).
They quickly became disoriented, losing track of where they were, as well as experiencing dizziness and other strange sensations. 

Hopelessly lost as night set in, one hiker was shocked to discover some "thing" climbing in the tree above her head. It was shaped like a human but was oddly transparent, like “heat waves on a pavement.”

They watched it for several minutes before noticing that all other sounds in the forest had stopped. When it began climbing again, they decided to get out of there. They were shocked to discover they were right back on the trail within minutes!

Do not go into this house.
Read all the gory details below. Was it a rakshasa, alien, skinwalker, woodland monster, shapeshifter, yaksha, djinn? Bigfoot (Sasquatch or the Native American soul-stealing beast "Tahquitz")? Some kind of weird forest spirit?

Or is it possible that what we think of as these disparate sorts of experiences are, in fact, the same thing after all? Maybe UFOs aren’t from outer space but from some sort advanced or supernatural terrestrial [or subterranean] group.

Perhaps the reason that both UFOs and Bigfoot-like creatures [are often sighted together and] are so difficult to both spot and photograph is because they, too, have these invisibility or cloaking capabilities.

Maybe the strange things that folks find in the woods, the creatures no one has seen and the voices [like the many inexplicable "Sierra Sounds" recordings of Sasquatches] that no one should respond to, are all part of this same, massive unknown. Source

Hair raising first-hand Bigfoot encounter. They're a kind of human, too.
"It makes the mind race that we have structures [newly discovered and publicized in Saudi Arabia] as big as five to six football fields, made of thousands of tonnes of stone, that not only cover such as massive geographic region but that also are 7,000 years old," Thomas, who co-directs AAKSAU, told the outlet.

Friday, July 1, 2022

Yeti: Bear Man of Buddhist Lore (PBS)


The Crazed Hunt for the Himalayan Yeti
(Monstrum, 3/11/20) The yeti is one of the world’s most notorious cryptids, one searched for in earnest and with great enthusiasm.

The huge, hairy bear-man monster is said to roam the valleys of the Himalayas, and some people out there are convinced the “abominable snowman” (actually man bear snow man) is real.

Does this snow monster really exist? Is it a type of bear or Bigfoot? An unidentified humanoid species (Almas, Gigantopithecus)? Himalayan Buddhist lore? Complete fiction?

Let’s find out in this episode of Monstrum. Host Dr. Emily Zarka examines the yeti’s origins, from the ancient Tibetan Buddhist folklore to the modern Westernized "abominable snowman" version.

These ogres are filthy, stink and live in the snow
She explains how Buddhist beliefs, a series of intrepid 20th-century explorers, and a creatively translated word make the yeti the creature we recognize today — and how it led to some pretty incredible scientific discoveries.
  • Written and hosted by Dr. Emily Zarka. Director: David Schulte. Executive Producer: Amanda Fox. Producer: Stephanie Noone. Illustrator: Samuel Allen. Editor: Derek Borsheim. Produced by Spotzen for PBS Digital Studios.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Gigantopithecus looks just like a yeti that goes on all fours (Concavenator/wiki)
  • Bellezza, John Vincent. Spirit-mediums, Sacred Mountains and Related Bon Textual Traditions in Upper Tibet: Calling Down the Gods. BRILL, 2005.
  • Capper, D. S. (2012). The Friendly Yeti. Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture, 6(1), 71-87. Available at: aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/14855.
  • Choi, Charles Q. “‘Yeti Hair? Nothing so Abominable, Scientists Find.” Live Science, Nov. 29, 2017. livescience.com/61048-yeti....
  • Hodgson, B. H. "Summary Description of Four New Species of Otter. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq., Resident at Catmandu, Nepal." Annals of Natural History, vol. 5, no. 28, 1840, p. 27+
  • Hodgson, B. H. “On the Mammalia of Nepal.” Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol. 1 (1832): pp. 335-349.
  • Howard-Bury, Lieut.-Col. C.K and Other Members of the Mount Everest Expedition. Mount Everest: The Reconnaissance, 1921. Longmans, Green and Co., 1922.
  • Kets de Vries, Manfred F. R. "Abominable Snowman or Bigfoot: A Psychoanalytic Search for the Origin of Yeti and Sasquatch Tales" Fabula, 23.1 (2009): 246-261.
  • Lan, Tianying, et. al. “Evolutionary history of enigmatic bears in the Tibetan Plateau‑Himalaya region and the identity of the yeti.” Proceedings Royal Society, 284: 20171804.
  • Loxton, Daniel, and Donald R. Prothero. Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids. Columbia University Press, 2013.
  • Regal, Brian. Searching for Sasquatch: Crackpots, Eggheads, and Cryptozoology, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
  • Ward, Michael. “Everest 1951: the footprints attributed to the Yeti—myth and reality.” Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, 8 (1997): pp. 29–32.
  • Waddell, Laurence Austine. Among the Himalayas. 2nd edition. Westminster: Archibald Constable and Co., 1900. "Yeti." Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained, edited by Una McGovern, Chambers Harrap, 1st edition, 2007.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2022

The Woman Who Married a Bear

Lisa M. (Friends of Jung); Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), CC Liu, Wisdom Quarterly
The History and Meaning of the Iconic Grateful Dead Bears - Extra Chill

Tonight, we’ll explore The Woman Who Married a Bear [i.e., who had sexual relations with an ogre, yaksha, rakshasa, wild-bear-man or Yeti, Sasquatch, Bigfoot], an ancient tale told in cultures around the world, about a young woman who lives with her family near snow-capped mountains [the home of yetis and yeren "wildmen" in Chinese] at the edge of the known world [such as Nepal/Bhutan/Tibet].


Yeren: China's "Wildman" [Bear-Man]
(South China Morning Post, 8/25/18) Tales of the Shennongjia Forest yeren, or "wildman" [sometimes Bearman], have been spread widely in China over the last four decades. Records of it can be found in ancient poetry books, dating back thousands of years. This "Bigfoot" has been described as a hairy, ape-like creature, with facial features that resemble a human. This mysterious figure is covered from head to toe with long brownish hair and has been sighted over 400 times during the last four decades in Shennongjia Forest and surrounding areas. SCMP interviewed witnesses, explorers, experts, and even opponents trying to unveil the mystery of the legendary monster.

Sex with stinkin subhuman ogres?
Myths, dreams, and visions visit all of us on the edges of the known world. It is the edges where our instinctive, collective, animal "souls" [or archetypal memories] hold the grail of renewal.

We are not separate. The Archetype of the Animal-Human-Divine [tiracchana-manusya-deva] is often symbolized as world creator in creation mythologies.

This ever-present wisdom of our shapeshifting creative animal [base or instinctive] selves seeks integration and expression.

Carl Jung discovered that living on the edge of his known world brought Big Dreams and visions, which led in time to the discovery of his life’s work.

Let’s bring our bear dreams to share and hold sacred. What heals and guides the individual self or soul can also heal and guide our world. Dream, Myth, and the World of Inter-being, Thursday, June 30, 2022, 7:00 PM | Meetup

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Trump and the anger-eating demon

Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven, Crystal Quintero, Wisdom Quarterly
At home with the Mango Moron: "Whatcha mad at now, Dad?" - "STFU, J-Boy!" - What, what did you call me? - "Jared-Boy, you stupid J*w. Go bring Ivanka in here." - "More incest?" - "Rrr!" (rense)
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He works for me, so I'll never go hungry.
There is a kind of "demon" (yakkha, rakshasa, asura, preta, naraka, naga) that devours angry aimed at it, is energized by, feeds on it, craves it and is nourished by it. What if a "devil" were overlooking Don John Trump's shoulder delighting in his fury, rage, and fumes? It could by son-in-law Jared Kushner, Steve Bannon, Dick Cheney, Satan, Micky Pence, anyone even Trump's alter-ego. Who fuels others' anger to bask in the vitriol?

Sunday, July 21, 2019

Adam and Eve: Adam's first wife Lilith

TREY the Explainer, 7/16/19; Pat Macpherson, Sheldon S., Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly


Who is Lilith? Adam’s first wife?
If the Patriarchs had their way...Barbie
Here is a video discussing the complex ancient history surrounding a biblical character named "Lilith." Let's answer the questions: Who was Lilith? Why is she forgotten? What did she mean to the Bible’s original authors? Get out your Dead Sea Scrolls for this detailed textual analysis of the biblical character. Please fact check what is said, as no expert, at the end of the day, is right all of the time, and Trey is not a bona fide "expert." He's just a guy who reads a lot, so check his sources. Look out for a Part II.

(Behind the Music) Documentary of 1997 Liltih Fair, women who rock
  • CITATIONS: Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible by Karel van der Toorn and Pieter Willem van der Horst
  • De-Demonising the Old Testament: An Investigation of Azazel, Lilith, Deber, Qeteb and Reshef in the Hebrew Bible by Judit M. Blair
  • The Early History of God by Mark S. Smith
  • The Exodus by Richard Elliot Friedman
  • Who Wrote the Bible? by Richard Elliot Friedman
  • Yahweh and the gods and goddesses of Canaan by John Day

Saturday, May 26, 2018

Werewolf, Bear-Wolf shot in Montana

Coast to Coast AM News; Seth Auberon, Pat Macpherson (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Looks like a dog-man, not a wolf
An odd canid [or lycanthrope of ancient lore] of some kind was shot and killed on a ranch in Montana. Its unique appearance has left experts baffled as to its true nature.

The mysterious creature was taken down on May 16th in the town of Denton when a rancher spotted the beast venturing perilously close to his livestock.
The impromptu monster hunter subsequently did his due diligence by phoning the Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks to report the unexpected event.

Officials with the department soon arrived and realized that they had something of a mystery on their hands as the creature's appearance didn't quite conform to one specific animal. Although its head and snout resembled a wolf, which is what the rancher had originally reported, there were other parts of the animal that raised questions about that assessment. Specifically, irregularities... More

Saturday, August 9, 2014

The Anger-Eating Demon

Seth Auberon, CC Liu, Wisdom Quarterly; Ven. Nyanaponika Thera, retelling of ancient Buddhist story from the Sakka Samyutta (SN 22)
The hot demon Kim Kardashian absorbs our hate and grows stronger (animalnewyork.com)
 
Once there lived a demon who had a peculiar diet: He fed on the anger of others. And as his feeding ground was the human world, there was no lack of food. He found it quite easy to provoke a family quarrel, or national and racial hatred, fanning the fire of racist hatred.
 
Even to stir up a war was not very difficult for him. And whenever he succeeded in bringing about a war, he could gorge himself. After all, once a war starts, hate multiplies exponentially by its own momentum and affects even normally kind, compassionate, and friendly people.
 
The demon!
The demon's food supply became so rich that he sometimes had to keep himself from overeating, being content with nibbling just a small piece of resentment found close by.
 
But as often happens with successful people, he became overbearing. One day, feeling bored, he thought, "Shouldn't I try it with the devas?" On reflection he chose the space world of the Thirty-Three, ruled by Sakka, King of the Devas (literally, "shining ones").

He knew that only a few of these devas had entirely eliminated the fetters of ill-will and aversion and fear, even though they were far above petty and selfish quarrels. So by magic power he transferred himself from Earth to that nearby celestial realm. He was lucky enough to arrive at a time when Sakka the divine king was absent.

There was none in the large audience hall, and soon the demon seated himself on Sakka's empty throne, waiting quietly for things to happen, which he hoped would bring him a tasty feast.

Soon some of the devas came to the hall. First they could hardly believe their divine eyes when they saw the ugly demon sitting on the throne, squat and grinning. Having recovered from their shock, they started to shout and lament: "Oh, ugly demon, how can you dare sit on the throne of our king? What gall! What disrespect! What a crime! You should be thrown headlong into some hell, straight into a boiling cauldron of oil! You should be quartered alive! Get out! Get out!"
 
While the devas grew more and more angry and incensed, the demon was pleased: From moment to moment he grew in size, in strength, and in power -- gorging on their hate. The anger he absorbed into his system started to ooze from his body as a smoky red-glowing mist. And this evil aura kept the devas at a distance, and due to their own anger, their own natural radiance dimmed.
 
Suddenly a bright glow appeared at the other end of the hall, and it grew into a dazzling light from which Sakka, the King of Devas, emerged. As a stream enterer (one entered upon the first stage of enlightenment), the undeflectible stream that leads to nirvana, was unshaken by what he saw.

The smoke-screen created by the devas' anger parted when Sakka slowly and politely approached the demon on his throne. "Welcome, friend! Please, stay seated. I can use another seat. May I offer you a drink of hospitality? Our Amrita nectar is good. Or do you prefer a stronger brew, some Soma perhaps?"
 
While Sakka spoke these kind and friendly words, the demon rapidly began to shrink to a diminutive size and finally disappeared, trailing behind a whiff of malodorous smoke which soon dissolved.

The New Hate (Goldwag)
The gist of this story dates back to the discourses of the Buddha. But even now over 2,600 years later, our world looks as if large hordes of Anger-Eating Demons were haunting it. And we are keeping them well nourished all over the Earth. Fires of hatred, greed, delusion, intolerance, and wide-traveling waves of violence threaten to engulf humankind. 

The grass roots of society are poisoned by conflict and discord, manifesting in angry thoughts and words and in violent deeds. There was a time to end our self-destructive slavery to our habitual impulses of hate and aggression. They better serve demonic forces than us.

The story reveals how these demons of hate can be exorcised -- not by more hate but by the power of gentleness and love, compassion and equanimity. If this power of loving-kindness can be developed and displayed at a grass-root level, in the widely spread net of our personal relationships, nations at large, and world at large, we will all be benefited by it.

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Satanic teen girl goes on killing spree (video)

Ashley Wells, Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven, Pfc. Sandoval, Wisdom Quarterly; Newsrender.com; The Associated Press; NJ.com; The Daily Item; Slayer; Dimmu Borgir
In court, the beautiful yakshini (ogress) Miranda Barbour, 19, is tired of killing (AP).


I have a swastika neck tattoo.
"KILL AGAIN" (Slayer): "Lurking in a dismal fog/ Hungry for your blood/ Seeking harmless victims/ Satisfy my need.// Schizophrenic lunatic/ Uncontrolled desire/ Rape and ravage lady fair/ Pledged to die// [CHORUS:] No apparent motive/ Kill and kill again/ Survive my brutal thrashing/ I'll hunt you till the end/ My life's a constant battle/ The rage of many men/ Homicidal maniac!// Trapped in mortal solitude/ Lift the gleaming blade/ Slice the flesh to shreds/ Watch the blood flow free// Hatred growing stronger/ None survive my wrath/ Suffer from the throbbing pain/ Yield your life to me.../ Chorus// Unrelenting need to kill/ Death upon you now/ Anxiously awaiting/ Next in line!"
 
 
Teen Killing Spree: less than 100 victims
Why? Miranda Barbour was molested since the age of 4 by her stepfather. Thanks, "dad."
 
Admittedly, maybe I got carried away.
SUNBURY - A Pennsylvania teen charged along with her newlywed husband with killing a man they met through Craigslist admitted to more slayings.

In a jailhouse interview with a newspaper, she said she has killed less than [100] other people across the country [and remembers where 22 of the bodies are buried]. Police claim they are investigating.
 
In an interview with The Daily Item in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, 19-year-old Miranda Dean now Mrs. Elytte Barbour [who says she began killing at age 13 as part of a Satanic cult] said she wants to plead guilty to killing Troy LaFerrara in November. 

Yakshi, Guimet Museum
She also said in the interview she has killed at least 22 other people from Alaska to North Carolina in the last six years as part of her involvement in a Satanic cult.
"I feel it is time to get all of this out. I don't care if people believe me. I just want to get it out," Barbour told the newspaper for a story published Saturday night. More


Satanic: Dimmu Borgir "Blood Hunger Doctrine" (Death Cult Armageddon)
A Buddhist "ogress" (yakshini)
Wisdom Quarterly (Wikipedia edit)
Hey, S happens when you work for Satan and fellow cult members who later deny you.

Yakkhas, Ventiane, Laos (Lucille Cottin/flickr)
What is a yakkha? In some lists (e.g., PvA. 45, 55) they range immediately above ghosts (petas); in fact, some of the happier ghosts are called yakkhas. Elsewhere (e.g., A.ii.38) they rank, in progressive order, between humans (manussā) and low ranking messenger-angels or fairies (gandhabbā). They are of many different kinds: spirits, ogres, dryads, ghosts, spooks. In the early records yakkha, like nāgā, as an appellative, was anything but depreciative. Thus, not only is Sakka, King of the Devas, referred to as a yakkha (M.i.252; J.iv.4; DA.i.264), but even the Buddha is spoken of as one in poetic diction (M.i.386). Many gods (devas), such as Kakudha, are so addressed (S.i.54). More

Yakshi, 3rd cent. BC, Patna Museum
Yakshinis (Sanskrit याक्षिणि, Pali yakkhini) are mythical beings in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain mythology.
 
A yakshini is the female counterpart of the male yakkha/yaksha (ogre, demon, monster). They both attend on Kubera, the Hindu god of wealth, who rules in the mythical Himalayan kingdom of Alaka [Buddhist Alavaka/Alavi?] They look after treasure hidden in the Earth and resemble fairies. Yakshinis are often depicted as beautiful and voluptuous, with wide hips, narrow waists, broad shoulders, and exaggerated, spherical breasts.
 
In the Uddamareshvara Tantra, 36 yakshinis are described, including their mantras and ritual prescriptions. A similar list of yakshas and yakshinis is given in the Tantraraja Tantra, where it says that these beings are givers of whatever is desired. Although they are usually benevolent, there are also yakshinis with malevolent characteristics in Indian folklore.
 
The list of 36 yakshinis given in the Uddamareshvara Tantra runs as follows:
  1. Vichitra (The Strange One)
  2. Vibhrama (The Amorous One)
  3. Hamsi (Swan)
  4. Bhishani (The Terrifying)
  5. Janaranjika (The People Entertainer)
  6. Vishala (The Large Eyed)
  7. Madhana (Lustful)... More
(EA) Slayer, "Praise of Death," The Ritz, New York, 1986

1 in 4 Americans don't know Earth revolves around Sun
(NEWSER) To put the brightest possible spin on this story is to say that three-quarters of Americans are fully aware that the Earth revolves around the sun. The downside, of course, is that means 1 in 4 are in the dark about what Discovery calls "probably the most basic question in science." The National Science Foundation asked that question and nine others of 2,200 Americans, with the average score on the quiz coming in at 6.5, reports Phys.org. Some other results noted by NPR: 
  • 39% answered correctly that "the universe began with a huge explosion."
  • Fewer than half -- 48% -- agreed that "human beings...developed from earlier species of animals." More