Mythology

Yatus: “Sorcerers.” These are the male partners of the Pairikas (q.v.).
Yawn: In Turkestan yawning is a most sinful and dangerous habit; it rises from an evil
place in the heart (SCHUYLER, Vol. II, p. 29), or in India, a Bhut may go down your
throat, or part of your soul may escape. (CROOKE, P.R., Vol. I, p. 240.)
Yawning is caused by Death calling you. Snap your middle finger and the thumb as an
antidote. (India.-JACKSON, F.L.N., Vol. II, p. 54.)
Ydalir: Norse Myth. Uli’s dwelling in Asgard.
Yeast: If you dream of yeast, it tells you what you next undertake will prosper and your
wife will be in the family-way.
Yebisu: A modern Japanese deity. He is represented with a shining countenance and
wearing an old Japanese costume; he is pictured as an angler with a fish dangling at
the end of his line. Merchants pray to him for success in trade.
Yedogonya: Serbian Folklore. They are demons who influence the state of the weather,
and are said to fight with each other among the mountains, their missiles being huge
boulders and uprooted trees.
Yedza: The Polish equivalent of the Baba-Yaga (q.v.).
Yellow: Evil spirits are afraid of yellow. (India.-CROOKE, Vol. II, p. 28.)
A yellow leaf in peas or beans foretells a death. (STRACKERJAN, Vol. II, p. 69.)
Jaundice can be cured by drinking water in which something yellow has been cooked.
(Jew. Enc., Vol. V, p. 426; SCHIFFER, Urquell, Vol. V. p. 290.)
In China charms are written on yellow paper. (DOOLITTLE, Vol. II, p. 308.)
Yen Wang: The Chinese equivalent of Pluto or Yama.
Yew: To dream of a yew tree denotes the death of an aged person, through which you
will receive some benefit.
Yezad, Yezdam: Persian Myth. The principle of good as opposed to Ahriman, the principle
of evil. Yezad created twenty-four good spirits and, to keep them from the power of
the evil one, enclosed them in an egg; but Ahriman pierced the shell; hence there is no
good without some mixture of evil. The Greeks called him Or(o)mazes.
Yezibaba: The Slovakian equivalent of the Baba-Yaga (q.v.).
Yezidi: One of a sect of reputed devil-worshippers of Armenia and the Caucasus.
Yggdrasil: Norse Myth. The great tree which supports the universe. A wise eagle sits at
the top; the roots are gnawed by Nithhogg and other serpents. The squirrel Ratatosk

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