Yeti (Race)

Yetis
Name	Yetis
Aliases	Abominable Snowmen, Migou, Mecheny, Meh The
Affiliation and Identity
Identity	Secret
Physical Characteristics
Body Type	Humanoid
Hair	White
Number of Limbs	4
Number of Fingers	5
Number of Toes	5
Origin and Status
Origin	Large hominids
Galaxy	Milky Way
Star System	Sol
Home	Earth
Base of Operations	Himalayas, in the countries of Nepal and Tibet, China
Place of Birth	Himalayas, in the countries of Nepal and Tibet, China
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Steve Ditko
First	Marvelman #30 (July, 1954)
First	Marvelman #30 (July, 1954)

History

Origin

The Yeti, or as they have become to be known, the Abominable Snowmen, are a fur-covered humanoid ape-like creature that inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal, India, and Tibet. It is unknown how much the Yeti relate to the Bigfoot or Sasquatch of North America. The name Yeti is commonly used by the people indigenous to the region. The scientific community and the world regarded the Yeti as a legend, but due to interaction with various heroes their identity is publicly known.

Paul Harper, a man who traveled back in time and encountered Neanderthals, also theorized that the Abominable Snowman was a Neanderthal that was preserved in time by an avalanche and thawed out millions of years later. It's possible this could have happened, but they would be lone individuals separate from the other varieties of encountered yeti.

Carl Hanson was obsessed with finding the Abominable Snowman, causing him to make a terrible miscalculation and use a cursed picture of the beast (which he stole) to search for him. The result was that Carl himself slowly became the Abominable Snowman as he searched for the real thing.

Various encounters

During a quest in Tibet, Shang-Chi was defeated by the Lama of Rachë Churân, who mind-controlled him to ascend the Minya Konka Mountain and throw himself off, but Shang-Chi was saved by one of the Yeti.

As the Silver Surfer traveled the Earth, he was attacked by Yetis. The Silver Surfer escaped, not wanting to harm the creatures, for they did it only because they distrusted man, not understanding them. The Silver Surfer saw that the humans, too, were like the Yeti, distrusting that they did not understand.

When Black Panther and Mister Little were travelling over the Himalayas, their plane was hit by a beam. Surviving, they were attacked by a Yeti, and Black Panther managed to knock it out using a rudimentary lever system that launched a heavy rock that smashed the creature in the face.

At another point, Elaine Simpson and Man-Thing were buried in an avalanche and were rescued by a group of Yetis who took them to the Norwegian explorer Hiram Swenson. He had discovered the tribe and decided to protect their culture from the outside world, by insuring its secrecy. Deciding that the Man-Thing and Elaine were a threat to the civilization, he had them taken prisoner. One of the elders of the tribe believed that the Man-Thing was their mammoth god and worshipped it. This belief did not remove them from their intended fate: to be burned at the stake. The Man-Thing managed to get free, and Roger Grafton arrived with an expedition team, shooting at the tribespeople and killing Swenson.

Alternate Realities

Earth-97161 (Home to the Pet Avengers)

Searching for his place in the world, Throg was sent by Thor to the Himalayas to search for a Yeti. Throg made contact with the creature, but the pair were pulled into the Dream Realm shortly after. There, they encountered a monstrous beast threatening the land. Upon meeting the Pet Avengers, Ms. Lion asked what the Yeti's name was, a name too difficult for him to pronounce, so Ms. Lion decided to call him "Hairball". With help from the other Pet Avengers and the unicorn Damiella, they were able to save the Dream Realm. After the battle, Hairball 2 decided to stay in that Realm with his true love, Damiella.

Miscellaneous

Representatives

Hairball 2, Guardian of the Gateway

Trivia

• The name Mi-Go, another form of "Migou", was used by H.P. Lovecraft in The Whisperer in Darkness to describe an alien race also known as the Fungi from Yuggoth. The name "Mi-Go" hasn't been in this understanding in Marvel Comics so far.

See Also

• 21 appearance(s) of Yeti (Race)
• 2 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Yeti (Race)
• 1 minor appearance(s) of Yeti (Race)
• 9 mention(s) of Yeti (Race)
• 2 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Yeti (Race)
• 3 image(s) of Yeti (Race)
• 8 representative(s) of Yeti (Race)