Mythology

(q.v.) who was probably the hero of the deluge in the second Babylonian version of themyth Xisusthrus: In the Babylonian creation myth, after man was created, they became eviland it was decided to destroy them. One man, Xisusthrus, alone, with his family andservants was saved. “He took riches, seeds of all kinds, his family and his servants inthe ark and closed the door. For six days and nights the storm continued and began tosubside on the seventh. He then sent forth a dove which returned. After that a swallow
which did the same, and lastly a raven which did not return. Xisusthrus, after that,
came forth with his family and servants and offered sacrifices” (S. BURROWS, TheOpen Door, Lond., 1926, p. 158). He was later made a demigod and his family becamea race of giants. He corresponds to Noah of the Biblical deluge myth. (For other parallels
of the deluge myth see FRAZER, Folklore in the Old Testament, Vol. I.) Xmas: Vide Christmas, Beans, Coal, Birth, Carrying, Bread, Crumb, Cross-roads,
Water, Pie, Tree, Dog, Light, Shirt, Grass, Theft, Stone, Hoop, Vermin, Elder, Egg, Salt,
Lightning, Fire, Walking, Yule Log, Fruit, Call. Xuthus: Gr. Myth. Husband of Io. Y Yaai: In Vancouver Island these are fairy-like beings who dwell on the summit of mountains.
They are illusive and disolve at will like foam. Yak: (pron. jak). In Bengal it is a ghostly custodian of a treasure with which it wasburied alive. Formerly misers and others buried little boys alive with ceremonial ritesalong with their treasures, under the impression that they themselves would re-acquiretheir wealth in one of their future births. (TAGORE, Mashi and other Stories, p. 104;
KANKAVATI; Ethnologie du Bengale, pp. 97, 98.) Yakshas: Hind. Myth. A class of supernatural beings. They have no very special attributes,
but they were generally inoffensive and classed as good people, but they occasionally
appear as imps of evil. (Dowson, H.C.D., p. 373.) Yama: Hind. Myth. The deification of the first mortal to die, who became king and judgeof the dead and chastiser of the souls. In the Vedic period his abode was supposed tobe in the sky; later, like Pluto, he was the lord of the infernal regions. He is green incolour, with red garments, has inflamed eyes, rides a buffalo, and carries a club and
noose. Yarrow: To dream of this weed denotes, to the married, deaths in the family; to theunmarried that they will be deprived of the object of their affection.

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