Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Yaqhucnin" | Siberia | The supreme being and creator. Siberia |
God name "Yayutsi" | Siberia | After ascending through several heavens in visionary consciousness, the shaman converses with the creator god Yayutsi and also bows before the moon and Sun in turn. Finally, at the celestial abode of bai Ulgan, the shaman learns details of future weather patterns and the outcome of the harvest. The shaman then collapses in a state of ecstatic release. The Altai, Siberia |
God name "Yeloje" | Yukaghir / Siberia | Sun god. A benevolent deity who personifies justice and morality. The Rainbow is said to be his tongue. Also PU'GU; Ye'rpeyen.... |
Spirit name "Yina'mna'ut (fog woman)" | Yakut / southeastern Siberia | spirit of mists and fogs. Her consort is fog man YINA'MTIAN and she is believed to live in a mythical settlement with other spirits.... |
Spirit name "Yina'mtian (fog man)" | Yakut / southeastern Siberia | spirit of mists and fogs. His consort is fog woman YINA'MNA'UT and he is believed to live in a mythical settlement with other spirits.... |
Demon name "Yine'ane'ut" | Koryak / southeastern Siberia | Guardian spirit. One of the daughters of Big Raven, QUIKINN.A'QU, regarded as a shamanka engaged in a constant struggle with the underworld demons, the kalau. Her sister is Cana'ina'ut and she is the consort of the earth spirit TANUTA.... |
Spirit name "Yobin-Pogil" | Yukaghir / southeastern Siberia | Forest spirit. The apotheosis of the woodlands and their guardian deity.... |
Spirit name "Ytsigy" | Siberia | The highest benevolent deity of the Gilyak is known as Ytsigy and they call the universe Kurn, and apply the same name to their highest anthropomorphic deity. The 'owner' spirit of the mountain, and the mountain itself, is named Pal, and the sea and its 'owner' they call Tol. Gilyak. Siberia |
Goddess name "Zonget" | Siberia | A Mansi nature goddess. Siberia |
Goddess name "Zonget Khanty" | Siberia | The goddess of hunting |