preta

type of supernatural being in South and East Asian religions
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preta
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preta

Summary

preta ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (594 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • preta's religion is recorded as Indian religions[2].
  • preta's religion is recorded as Chinese folk religion[3].
  • preta's religion is recorded as Taoism[4].
  • preta's religion is recorded as Hinduism[5].
  • preta's religion is recorded as Buddhism[6].
  • preta's religion is recorded as Vietnamese folk religion[7].
  • preta's image is recorded as Pyetta (hungry ghosts).jpg[8].
  • preta's image is recorded as Gaki-Zoushi.jpg[9].
  • preta's image is recorded as Hermitage Museum XX-2398 Sinner Preta (fragment).jpg[10].
  • preta's image is recorded as Ang Thong (2024) Scenes of Buddhist hell at Wat Muang แดนนรก วัดม่วง - img 04.jpg[11].
  • preta's GND ID is recorded as 7573495-3[12].
  • preta's subclass of is recorded as ghost[13].
  • preta's subclass of is recorded as mythical creature[14].
  • preta's subclass of is recorded as nocturnal animal[15].
  • preta's part of is recorded as Q11355419[16].
  • preta's part of is recorded as six saṃsāra realms[17].
  • preta's Commons category is recorded as Preta[18].
  • preta's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0623dd[19].
  • preta's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • preta's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/preta[21].
  • preta's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'sa', 'text': 'प्रेत'}[22].
  • preta's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'pi', 'text': '𑀧𑁂𑀢'}[23].
  • preta's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'my', 'text': 'ပြိတ္တာ'}[24].
  • preta's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'km', 'text': 'ប្រេត'}[25].
  • preta's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'lo', 'text': 'ເຜດ'}[26].

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Personal Life

Religious affiliations include Indian religions[2], a major religious group[27], founded in -5000[28]; Chinese folk religion[3], a religion[29]; Taoism[4], a philosophical movement[30]; Hinduism[5], a religion[31]; Buddhism[6], a religion[32]; and Vietnamese folk religion[7], in Vietnam[33].

Why It Matters

preta ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (594 views/month).[1] preta has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] preta is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . tnm.jp. tnm.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . hermitagemuseum.org. hermitagemuseum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Jerimee · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    Subclass of → ghost, mythical creature, nocturnal animal
    Part of → Q11355419, six saṃsāra realms
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Hermitage Museum XX-2398 Sinner Preta (fragment).jpg"
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