| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Yamadevtas" | Hindu | The servants of Yama, who escort sinners to Hell. The dying are looked up by two Yamadevtas and one messenger of Vishnu. Hindu |
| Spirit name "Yazatas" | Zoroastrian | Connectors of the heavenly and earthly areas. They catch the light of the Sun and send it down to earth. They are needed by men for cleansing, help with the ridding of evil spirits and to forgo the tortures of the Zoroastrian hell. Zoroastrian |
| Goddess name "Yemoja" | Yoruba / Nigeria, West Africa | Goddess of water. The creatrix of all the rivers in the area, particularly the river Ogun. She is chiefly worshiped by women and the sacred river water is considered a remedy for infertility. She is propitiated with animal and vegetable sacrifices. Attributes: cowrie shells.... |
"Ygdrasil" | Norse | The "World Tree", a gigantic ash tree, thought to connect all the nine worlds of Norse cosmology. Sometimes it is called Mimamei?r or Lera?. According mythology, Asgard, Alfheim and Vanaheim rest on the branches of Yggdrasil. The trunk is the world-axis piercing through the center of Mi?gar?r (often called Midgard), around which Jotunheim is situated, and below which lies Ni?avellir, also called Svartalfheim. The three roots stretch down to Hel, Niflheim, and Muspelheim, although only the first world hosts a spring for Yggdrasil. |
| Goddess name "Yolkai Estan" | Navaho / USA | Fertility goddess. The sister of the principal fertility goddess, ESTSANATLEHI, she was engendered by the gods, who gave life to an image made from white shells.... |
"Yuletide" | Germanic | Has been held as a sacred festival by numberless nations. |
"Zakkum" | Koran | A tree growing in the Muhammadan hell, from which a food is prepared for the damned of inexpressible bitterness. "How will it be for him whose food is Zakkum?"- The Koran. |
"Zara-ma-yha-who" | Aboriginal | A little red man, about 4 feet tall, with a large head and mouth. The tips of the fingers and toes were shaped like the suckers of an octopus. They lived in wild fig trees and capture their prey by dropping on påśśers-by. A Zara-ma-yha-who might jump on top of the person and drain their blood with their hands and feet. Their victims rarely died from the initial encounter, but because the person was left in a weak and helpless state, the yara-ma-yha-who would return later and swallow the victim. It then drank water and took a nap. When it awoke, it would regurgitate the undigested portion of its meal, which, if the meal was a person, that person would still be alive. Aboriginal |
"Zouchoten or Zochoten" | Buddhist | one who expands, one who enlarges; a reference to his role in helping people expand wisdom and increase moderation. Relieves people of their suffering by helping them to expand their wisdom. Buddhist Guardian of East |
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