| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Xolotl" | Aztec | The god of lightning and a psychopomp who aided the dead on their journey to Mictlan, the afterlife. He also worked part time as the god of fire and of bad luck. Aztec |
| 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 |
| Goddess name "Yama (1) (twin; alternatively the restrainer)" | Hindu / Vedic | God of death. The son of Vavasvan and Saranju, or of SURYA and SANJNA, his consort is DHUMORNA or YAMI. Yama is also the judge of the dead and the twin sibling of Yami, goddess of death. When KRSNA is perceived as the embodiment of the cosmos, his eye-teeth are Yama. He evolved into a dikpala or guardian of the southerly direction. His animal is a black buffalo. Color: black.... |
"Yeng-Wang-Yeh" | China | Greatest of the Lords of death he judges all souls newly arrived to the land of the dead and decides whether to send them to a special court for punishment or put them back on the Wheel of Transmigration. China |
| God name "Ysum" | Japan | God of the dead, receptor of the souls of the dead, who cleanses the souls he receives in fire and hands them on to Amida. Japan |
| Goddess name "Zywie" | Poland | Goddess of health and healing. She is åśśociated as the spirit of the dead worshipped by the Lusatians, and is also the goddess of regeneration and rebirth. Poland |
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