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Gods, Goddesses, Ghosts, Ghoulies,
Heroes, Villains and Things That Go Bump In The Night
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Y
- Y, called the Pythagorean letter because the Greek letter
upsilon was taken represent the sacred triad, formed by the duad
proceeding from the monad; and also because it represents the
dividing of the paths of vice and virtue in the development of
human life.
- Ya Rba - One of the names of the Great Sealing of the Mighty
Sublime Life. Early Nazorean
- Yacu—mama, mother of waters. A fabulous
sea—snake, fifty paces long and twelve yards in girth, said
to lurk in the lagunes of South America, and in the river Amazon.
This monster draws into its mouth whatever passes within a
hundred yards of it, and for this reason an Indian will never
venture to enter an unknown lagune till he has blown his horn,
which the yacu—mama never fails to answer if it is within
hearing. By this means the danger apprehended is avoided. South
America
- Yacatecuhtli, "He Who Goes Before", the patron god of
commerce and travelers, especially merchant travelers. Aztec
- Yadatan. One of two beings who bequeath wings of glory and
open heavenly doors for the ascending elect. See Adatan. Early
Nazorean
- Yeddariye. The creator formally known as Niottsi. The supreme
god of the Chipewyan. Canada
- Yagastaa. He who dwells on High is my father. He sent me down
to help you because your village was so unhappy, your women
always weeping for their lost children. The Carrier Indians
- Yagrenat "Land of the King of the World," an Avatar of
Vishnu. Hindu
- Yagute. A deity depicted in the form of a lion. Arabian
- Yakista, the God of the Sky and the Light. Athapascans
- Yaksha. Well-meaning natural spirits, guardians of buried
treasure. Hindu
- Yaha-Yaha. Angels which come against those who send the evil
eye against the Baptized. Early Nazorean
- Yahia-Yuhana.John the Baptist. Early Nazorean
- Yahoo. A savage; a very ill—mannered person. In
Gulliver's Travels the Yahoos are described as brutes with human
forms and vicious propensities. They are subject to the
Houyhnhnms, or horses with human reason.
- Yalafath, a mighty and benevolent deity, who sits in the sky
and views placidly the work of his hands and the operations of
the multitudes of kan (also called yan), or genii, mostly evil
and malevolent, each busy in his own sphere of activity.,
Micronesia
- Yaluk, the chief lightning god, and ruled over the lesser
ones, such as Cakulha. Mayan
- Yaluz-Yaluz. A Divine Being associated with Baptism and
mentioned in the Nazorean Credo. "Joyful and Rejoicing" Early
Nazorean
- Yam, Yamm, Ya'a, or Yaw, God of rivers and of the sea. In
some myths he is one of the 'ilhm (Elohim) or sons of El.
Ugaritic
- Yama. 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
- Yamadar Maraja. General name of the Gods of the underworld.
India
- Yamadar Maraja. Collective name for the deities and spirits
of the underworld. Hindu
- Yamadevtas. The servants of Yama, who escort sinners to Hell.
The dying are looked up by two Yamadevtas and one messenger of
Vishnu. Hindu
- Yamandaga. One of the senior gods. Depicted with six hands,
holding a scepter, a pair of ropes, two drinking vessels and an
animal skin. Coloured blue with red palms and soles, he has
snakes coiled around ankles and wrists and another forming a
necklace; another necklace is made up of human heads. His crown
is made of flowers and skulls. Kalmuck
- Yamanduga. One of the Nadman-Dobshot, an emenation of
Monsushari. He was changed into a horrible sight by Jakshiamuni
so he could go against Tjotjitjalba. Yamanduga is depicted
surrounded by flames, with a blue body, with ten heads, twenty
horribly-beweaponed arms and twenty clawed feet dancing on a heap
of tortured people. Tibetan
- Yamba, Yemba. The supreme deity of the Kulu. Nigeria
- Yambe, the queen of the underworld. Norse
- Yambuvan. An Avatar of Brahma in the form of a huge bear. In
the war against Ravana, Yambuvan led an army of bears to Ceylon.
Hindu
- Yamulla. A field God who received the souls of the faithful.
His wooden statues stood in many places, and received sacrifices
for the god in bowls made for that purpose. Baltic Sea coast
- Yamunia. River goddess of the eponymous tributary to the
Ganges. Hindu
- Yang, is the brighter element; it is active, light,
masculine, upward-seeking and corresponds to the day. Yin is
often symbolized by water or earth, while Yang is symbolized by
fire, or wind. China
- Yang Dag Rgyal Po. The power-granting king and an epithet of
the wish-fulfilling gem. Tibet
- Yang Chen, Goddess of learning and teaching Buddhist
- Yangombi, God of creation Bantu
- Yanguang Pusa, Goddess of healing and eyes China
- Yansa, Goddess of fire Brazil
- Yanwang, God of death China
- Yao. The name of the demiurge in Gnostic scripture.
- Yao-Shih Fwo, the Buddha of Medicine of the Master of
Healing. China
- Yaparamma, Goddess of commerce. India
- Yaqhucnin. The supreme being and creator. Siberia
- Yarikh, God of the moon. Canaan
- Yarilo, God of fertility. Slavic
- Yarovit, God of victory. Slavic
- Yarris, God of pestilence. Hittite
- Yasi. 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
- Yataa aka Yatala. The Source of All Being who uses the
chameleon as a messenger. Sierra Leone
- Yawar. "Dazzling", a solar deity. Early Nazorean
- Yawar Ziwa. There is Dazzling Radiance. Husband of Simat
Hiia. (Mani's Great Builder) Early Nazorean
- Yaxcocahmut, a bird god of the Aztecs
- Yaya Zakurai, Goddess of spring. Japan
- Yayutsi. After ascending through several heavens in visionary
consciousness, the shaman converses with the creator god Yayutsi
and also bows before the Moon and Sun in turn. Finally, at the
celestial abode of bai Ulgan, the shaman learns details of future
weather patterns and the outcome of the harvest. The shaman then
collapses in a state of ecstatic release. The Altai, Siberia
- Yazatas. Connectors of the heavenly and earthly areas. They
catch the light of the sun and send it down to earth. They are
needed by men for cleansing, help with the ridding of evil
spirits and to forgo the tortures of the Zoroastrian hell.
Zoroastrian
- Ydaler. Uller's dwelling. Norse
- Yeba Ka, Male leader of the gods Navaho
- Yebaad, Female leader of the gods Navaho
- Yebisu. God of the seas, patron of fishermen, merchants and
sailors; the younger brother of the sun god was cast out by their
parents because he was disfigured. Japan
- Yegl'ie Yukaghir See Lo'cin-coro'mo
- Yehl. God who transformed himself into a pebble, now into a
blade of grass, and, being thus swallowed by women, was reborn.
Tlingit
- Yetl, 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.
- Yeitso, Child of the sun, a giant in Navaho legend
Navaho
- Yemanja, Yemonja, a mother goddess; patron deity of women,
especially pregnant women; and the Ogun river, the waters of
which are said to cure infertility. Yoruba
- Yemao. Mother of Yokahuna and a Haitian moon goddess.
- YeMayan, Goddess of the deep sea Caribbean/Imanje
- Yeng-Wang-Yeh. 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
- Yen cheng, God of robbers China
- Yen Lo, God of death China
- Yen Wang, God of death China
- Yeth—Hounds. Dogs without heads, said to be the spirits
of unbaptised children, which ramble among the woods at night,
making wailing noises. Devonshire, Britain
- 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.
- Yezd. Chief residence of the Fire—worshippers. They
have kept the sacred fire alight above 3,000 years, without
suffering it to go out for a second. The sacred fire is on the
mountain Ater Quedah (Mansion of the Fire), and he is deemed
unfortunate who dies away from the mountain. Persia
- Ygdrasil. The "World Tree", a gigantic ash tree, thought to
connect all the nine worlds of Norse cosmology. Sometimes it is
called Mímameiðr or Lérað. According
mythology, Ásgard, Álfheim and Vanaheim rest on the
branches of Yggdrasil. The trunk is the world-axis piercing
through the center of Miðgarðr (often called Midgard),
around which Jötunheim is situated, and below which lies
Niðavellir, also called Svartálfheim. The three roots
stretch down to Hel, Niflheim, and Muspelheim, although only the
first world hosts a spring for Yggdrasil.
- Yhi, Goddess of light and creator goddess Karraur
- Yiacatechutli, God of merchants. Mexico
- Yima, the first human, the first king of the world. His
brother divided him, whereby the earth, life and social order
were created. Persia
- Yin, receptive, feminine, dark, passive force, and Yang,
creative, masculine, bright, active force, are descriptions of
complementary opposites rather than absolutes. Any Yin/Yang
dichotomy can be seen as its opposite when viewed from another
perspective.
- Yingxi Niang, Goddess of happiness China
- Ymir. 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
- Ymoja, Goddess of rivers and of the sea Yoruba
- Ynakhsyt, Goddess of cattle Yakut
- Ynti. Sun god and the god of the Collas. Inca
- Yokomatis, one of the two great creator-gods of the
Chungichnish. The other, his brother, is called Tuchaipa
- Yolkai Estsan, Goddess of war, the dawn, fire and the moon
Navaho
- Yosmir-Gufna. Under Yosmir-Gufna 12000 Uthras sit
- Yosmir-Ziwa. Source of sesame seed oil for the Misa. Early
Nazorean
- Ysum. A God who receives the souls of the deceased, washes
away their sins then hands them over to Amida. Japan
- Yokahuna. The Creator who rules the earth with his mum,
Yemao. Haitian
- Yoni, the Sanskrit word for "Divine Passage". The Ayurveda,
or Science of Life, described yoni as a part of the female
anatomy. Here the term was meant as a designation of respect for
women who gave birth, thus contributing to the continuation of
the community.
- Youanni. The main soul of humans, resides in the head.
Karaiben
- Ysbaddaden, the giant is the father of the beautiful Olwen.
He is cursed to die when his daughter marries, so when Culhwch
comes to court her, he is naturally perturbed. He tries to kill
Culhwch a number of times but ends up getting more injured in the
process. Celtic
- Ysum. 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
- Ytsigy. 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
- Yu Ch'iang, God of the ocean wind China
- Yu Huang Shang Ti, God China
- Yu Hwang-Shang See Shang Ti
- Yu Nu, Goddess of Leo China
- Yu Te, God of vaccination China
- Yu Tzu, Rain god China
- Yuanni. 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
- Yufin. A pair, with Yufafin, of Heavenly Beings who bless
humankind. Early Nazorean
- Yufafin. A pair, with Yufin, of Heavenly Beings who bless
humankind. Early Nazorean
- Yue—Laou, the old man of the moon who unites with a
silken cord all predestined couples, after which nothing can
prevent their union. Chinese
- Yukabar Ziwa, Yu-kha-war Zi-wa. A heavenly being. Yokabar
brought peace into the world. Early Nazorean
- Yukasar. Source of Radiance. The name means: "The spirit of
success". Son of Ptahil who answered Kusta. Early Nazorean
- Yukateuctli. God of the ways, of merchants and travellers.
Aztec
- Yuki Onne, Goddess of death by freezing Japan
- Yule Swain. 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, has been held as a sacred festival by numberless
nations.
China on December 25th as the anniversary of the birth of Buddha,
son of Mâa.
Druids held during the winter solstice the festival of
Nolagh.
Egypt held that Horus, son of Isis, was born towards the close of
December
Greece celebrated in the winter solstice the birth of Demeter, Dionyos,
and Herakle.
India. Numerous Indian tribes keep Yuletide as a religious
festival.
Mexico holds in the winter solstice the festival of
Capacrame
Persia at the same period honours the birth of Mithras.
Rome celebrated on December 25th the festival “Natais Solis
Invicta
Scandinavia held at Yuletide the festival called Jul, in honour
of Freya, wife of Odin.
- Yulgen. 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. Central Asia
- Yum Cimih, God of death Mayan
- Yum Caax, "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
- Yumboes. 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.
- Yun T'ung, God of clouds. China
- Yur, Yur Rba, Yuraba. Being of brilliant light. Another name
of Yawar-Ziwa, Treasurer, King of Light Worlds. Early
Nazorean
- Yurlunggur, a rainbow snake goddess, who oversaw the maturing
and initiation of boys into manhood. She was a fertility goddess,
associated with rebirth and the weather. She is also known as
Kalseru. Arnhem Land, Australia
- Yurugu. One of the male twins in the Cosmic Egg. He was
desperate to reproduce and broke the egg in search of a mate. His
search was unsuccessful so he used pieces of the yolk he to
create the earth and proceeded to mate with it. Nigeria
- Yusamin, Yu-sha-min, Yus'amin the Pure, son of Nis'ibtun.
Yushamin the pure is the Peacock Uthra sent out of the original
Land of Light. Archetype of the careless priest. Yusmin's Spouse
is Bihrat-Anana. Together they are the Second Life. Early
Nazorean
- Yusmir the First Vine - gave the staff of water to Yawar.
Early Nazorean
- Yusn. In the beginning Yusn, the Life-giver, created the
universe. New Mexico
- Yuzataq, Yu-za-tag. An epithet attached to Manda d Hiia. The
Holy Spirit. Early Nazorean
- Ywa. The creator god of the Karen. Burma
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