| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Yuanni" | Karaiben | One of the many souls which inhabit the human body, this has its seat in the heart and it rises after death into the sky to receives a completely new body. Karaiben |
"Yue-Laou" | Chinese | The old man of the moon who unites with a silken cord all predestined couples, after which nothing can prevent their union. Chinese |
"Yufafin" | Nazorean | A pair, with Yufin, of heavenly Beings who bless humankind. Early Nazorean |
"Yufin" | Nazorean | A pair, with Yufafin, of heavenly Beings who bless humankind. Early Nazorean |
"Yukabar Ziwa" | Nazorean | Yu-kha-war Zi-wa. A heavenly being. Yokabar brought peace into the world. Early Nazorean |
| Spirit name "Yukasar" | Nazorean | Source of Radiance. The name means: "The spirit of success". Son of Ptahil who answered Kusta. Early Nazorean |
| God name "Yukateuctli" | Aztec | God of the ways, of merchants and travellers. Aztec |
| Goddess name "Yuki Onne" | Japan | Goddess of death by freezing Japan |
"Yule Swain" | s | A kind of Santa Klaus among the Lapps. He is eleven feet high, and rides on a goat. He appears on St. Thomas's Day, and continues his visits till Christmas Eve; but where he comes from and whither he goes nobody has the least idea. |
"Yuletide" | Germanic | Has been held as a sacred festival by numberless nations. |
| 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.... |
"Yumboes" | African | Fairies of African mythology, about two feet high, of a white colour, and dressed like the people of Jaloff. Their favourite haunt is the range of hills called The Paps. |
| God name "Yun T'ung" | China | God of clouds. China |
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