| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Deities name "Yamadar Maraja" | Hindu | Collective name for the deities and spirits of the underworld. Hindu |
"Yambe" | Norse | The queen of the underworld. Norse |
| God name "Yemeoonji" | Mongo / Nkundo / Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa | Creator god. According to tradition, he gave the Sun god Nkombe three parcels when the people complained the world was too dark; two were brightly colored and one was a dull gray. Realizing that he was about to be tricked, Nkombe opened the gray parcel and the world was flooded with light.... |
"Yetl" | Tlingit | The Raven of Tlingit legend, was the symbol of creation, maker of Forests and mountains, rivers and seas. He guided the Sun, the moon, and the stars and controlled the winds and the floods. Yetl gave light to the world. |
"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 "Yhi" | Australian aboriginal | Sun goddess and bringer of light. She is said to have been jointly responsible, with BAIAME, for the creation of humankind and in particular for the Karraur group of aborigines. Mythology records that she was asleep in the darkness of the primordial Dreamtime until she was awakened by a loud roaring or whistling noise from Baiame. As she opened her eyes the world became light and as she walked the earth plants grew in her footprints, to be followed by animals and, finally, humankind.... |
| King name "Yima" | Persia | The first human, the first king of the world. His brother divided him, whereby the earth, life and social order were created. Persia |
| 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.... |
"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 |
"Yukabar Ziwa" | Nazorean | Yu-kha-war Zi-wa. A heavenly being. Yokabar brought peace into the world. Early Nazorean |
| King name "Yur" | Nazorean | Yur Rba, Yuraba. Being of brilliant light. Another name of Yawar-Ziwa, Treasurer, king of Light worlds. Early Nazorean |
"Zahr'iil" | Nazorean | The underworld bride of Hibil-Ziwa who hovers over the bed of the pregnant women. Early Nazorean |
| 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 "Zurvan" | Persian / Iran | God of temporal time and fate. Once the focus of a cult of Zervanism in which he appeared as the father of AHURA MAZDA, the god of light, and AHRIMAN, god of darkness, in Zoroastrianism. He is perceived as a god of destiny and the controller of all roads which mankind may take, leading ultimately to the otherworld. He was adopted into Manichaean religion. Also Zervan.... |
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