| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Yaldabaoth" | Gnostic Christian | Creator God. The so-called prime parent of Gnostic cosmogony, engendered by PISTIS SOPHIA out of the nothingness of chaos, provided with form and given charge over the substance of the cosmos. Yaldabaoth is, at first, unaware of the existence of Pistis Sophia and, by his own powers, engenders seven androgynous beings, placing them in seven heavens. He decrees himself alone and allpowerful, whereupon Pistis Sophia names him SAMAEL (blind god). Of his offspring, the most significant is SABAOTH, who stands against his father and on the side of Pistis Sophia. When she eventually reveals herself to Yaldabaoth as pure radiant light, he is humbled.... |
| Deities name "Yamadar Maraja" | Hindu | Collective name for the deities and spirits of the underworld. Hindu |
"Yao" | Jewish | The name of the demiurge in Gnostic scripture. |
"Yasi" | Bolivia | The great chief was named Yasi (Moon), and he had a child. One day, a Jaguar was playing rough with the child, and bit it too hard on the head. The young child died, and when Yasi heard of his child's death, he wanted some answers. Yasi wanted to know who murdered his precious child, but none of the animals would tell. Yasi became so angry that he stretched the necks ofthe howler monkeys, put spines on the backs of porcupines, twisted the feet of the ant eaters, and threw the tortoise down so hard, that it could no longer walk fast. Bolivia |
"Yeti" | Nepal | The Yeti is an alleged ape-like animal said to inhabit the Himalaya region of Nepal and Tibet. The names Yeti and Meh-Teh are commonly used by the people indigenous to the region, and are part of their history and mythology. |
| 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 |
| Spirit name "Yukasar" | Nazorean | Source of Radiance. The name means: "The spirit of success". Son of Ptahil who answered Kusta. Early Nazorean |
| God name "Yum Cimil" | Mayan / Yucatec, Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of death. Depicted with a skull head, bare ribs and spiny projections from the vertebrae, or with bloated flesh marked by dark rings of decomposition. He wears bell-like ornaments fastened in the hair. Sacrificial victims were offered to the god by drowning in the sacred pool or cenote. Also God A.... |
| King name "Yur" | Nazorean | Yur Rba, Yuraba. Being of brilliant light. Another name of Yawar-Ziwa, Treasurer, king of Light worlds. Early Nazorean |
"Zacynthus" | Greek | A son of Dardåñuś of Psophis who is said to have led a colony to the island of Zacynthus, which derived its name from him. Greek |
"Zagreus" | Greek | A surname of the mystic Dionysus, whom Zeus, in the form of a dragon, is said to have begotten by Persephone, previously to her being carried off by Pluto. Greek |
| God name "Zamama" | Hittite | A Hittite war god. His Hurrian name was Astabis. |
| King name "Zanclus" | Roman | A mythical king, and son of Gegenus, from whom the town of Zancle in Sicily derived its name. |
"Zosteria" | Locris | A surname of Athena among the Epicnemidian Locrians. Locris |
"Zosterius" | Greek | Occurs as a surname of Apollo in Attica. Greek |
"Zygia" | Greek | And Zygius, are surnames of Hera and Zeus, describing them as presiding over marriage. Greek |
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