Hungry Ghost
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Similar creatures | Krasue and Kalag |
|---|---|
| Regions | East Asia |
| South Asia | |
| Southeast Asia | |
| Grouping | Legendary creature |
| Sub grouping | Nocturnal, revenant |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 995156 |
About Hungry Ghost
Hungry ghost is a concept in Chinese Buddhism, Chinese traditional religion, Vietnamese Buddhism and Vietnamese traditional religion representing beings who are driven by intense emotional needs in an animalistic way. The term 餓鬼 èguǐ, literally "hungry ghost", is the Chinese translation of the term preta in Buddhism.