| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Wulleb" | Micronesia | Was born in an oyster shell from between Loa's legs. When he lifted the top half of the shell, it became the sky, while the bottom became the earth. Micronesia |
| God name "Yakista" | Athapascans | The God of the sky and the Light. Athapascans |
| Deity name "Yalafath" | Micronesia | A mighty and benevolent deity, who sits in the sky and views placidly the work of his hands and the operations of the multitudes of kan (also called yan), or genii, mostly evil and malevolent, each busy in his own sphere of activity., Micronesia |
| King name "Yama" | Hindu | Son of the Sun, king of justice and the prince of the Patriarchen. As a judge of the underworld he sorts the souls of the dead and sends them to Swerga (the first sky), or Narak (the region of the queues). He owns a mirror of fire and golden scales, which show him the deeds of all men and weigh the souls of the dead. Hindu |
| God name "Yaro" | Kafa / Ethiopia | Creator god. A sky god to whom sacrifice is still possibly enacted on hill tops and river banks in rural areas. Became largely syncretized with the Christian god. Also Yero.... |
| God name "Yayu" | Ngbandi / Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa | sky god. One of seven gods invoked at daybreak.... |
"Ymir" | Norse | A primal giant, also called Aurgelmir; he was androgynous and had six heads. He was created as the first living being together with Audhumla when the fire of Muspellsheimr met the water of Niflheimr. Ymir is the ancestor of the Thursir, the Hrymthussir, and of the Aesir. Slain by his grandson Odin, his body was set adrift in the emptiness, and from the parts of his body the nine worlds were created. His blood is the water of the worlds, his hair are the trees, his skull is the sky, the brain the clouds, his flesh is Midgard and his eyebrows are a fence which protects Midgard. Norse |
| God name "Yu-ti" | Taoist / Chinese | sky god. The title by which the Jade Emperor, the most senior deity in the Taoist pantheon, is commonly known. He emerges as a deity circa AD 1000-1100 during the Sung Dynasty. The Chinese emperor is his earthly and more accessible incarnation.See also Yu HUANG SHANG TT.... |
"Yuanni" | Karaiben | One of the many souls which inhabit the human body, this has its seat in the heart and it rises after death into the sky to receives a completely new body. Karaiben |
| God name "Zalmoxis" | Thracian | sky god. Known from the writings of Herodotus. According to tradition he lived for some time on earth and then became ruler of the underworld. His makeup may have been influenced by the Osirian cult in Egypt.... |
| God name "Zeus" | Greek | The god of the sky & ruler of the Olympian gods |
"Zumiang-Nui" | India | The pre-existent female whose husband was Shuzanghu. They were the parents of Subbu-Khai-Thung, the earth, and Jongsuli-Young-Jongbu, the sky. The Chammai, Northeastern India |
| God name "dMu-bDud Kam-Po Sa-Zan" | Bon / Tibet | sky god. The head of the ancient pantheon in the Bon religion.... |
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