Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Yu Shih" | Taoist / Chinese | Rain god. The so-called master of the Rain, he provides Rain to ripen the harvest.... |
God name "Yu Te" | China | God of vaccination China |
God name "Yu Tzu" | China | Rain god China |
God name "Yu-Chiang" | Chinese | God of ocean winds. He is depicted with the body of a bird and a human face.... |
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.... |
God name "Yukateuctli" | Aztec | God of the ways, of merchants and travellers. Aztec |
Goddess name "Yuki Onne" | Japan | Goddess of death by freezing Japan |
Spirit name "Yulgen" | Central Asia | According to the belief of the Altaians, the good spirits,aru neme, are all subjects of the good god Yulgen, and the bad spirits, kara neme, of the evil god Erlik. Yulgen is so kind and generous that he never does harm to men. Sacrifices are offered to him by all, but no one fears him. Every bridegroom must sacrifice to him a horse of a light colour after his marriage. |
God name "Yum Caax" | Mayan | lord of the woods is a god of wild plants and animals important to the hunters. He is equally a protector of the fields against the incursions of wild nature and invoked by traditional farmers. Mayan |
God name "Yum Cimih" | Mayan | God of death Mayan |
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.... |
God name "Yum Kaax" | Maya | A god of Agriculture & maize |
God name "Yum Kaax" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | vegetation god. The deity concerned with the growing and harvesting of maize, but also of husbandry in general. Depicted as a youthful figure with an ear of corn in his headdress. Also God E.... |
God name "Yun T'ung" | China | God of clouds. China |
Goddess name "Yurlunggur" | Australia | A Rainbow snake goddess, who oversaw the maturing and initiation of boys into manhood. She was a fertility goddess, åśśociated with rebirth and the weather. She is also known as Kalseru. Arnhem Land, Australia |
God name "Ywa" | Burma | The creator god of the Karen. Burma |
God name "Zaba" | Hurrite-Sabir | God of war. Hurrite-Sabir |
God name "Zababa" | Akkadian | An Akkadian war god. He was also adopted by the Hittites, who brought his worship to Anatolia. |