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vetala

creature from Hindu mythology
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vetala

Summary

vetala is a mythical creature[1]. vetala draws 293 Wikipedia views per month (mythical_creature category, ranking #45 of 263).[2]

Key Facts

  • vetala's image is recorded as Vetala realistic.jpg[3].
  • vetala's instance of is recorded as mythical creature[4].
  • vetala's instance of is recorded as hematophage[5].
  • vetala's Commons category is recorded as Vetala[6].
  • vetala's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04lw1m[7].
  • vetala's from narrative universe is recorded as Hindu mythology[8].
  • vetala's different from is recorded as zombie[9].
  • vetala's different from is recorded as Jiangshi[10].
  • vetala's different from is recorded as vampire[11].
  • vetala's different from is recorded as draugr[12].
  • vetala's different from is recorded as ghoul[13].

Why It Matters

vetala draws 293 Wikipedia views per month (mythical_creature category, ranking #45 of 263).[2] vetala has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] vetala is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). vetala. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/vetala
MLA “vetala.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/vetala.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_vetala_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{vetala}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/vetala}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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