Mythology

carries words of strife up and down. The tree binds Heaven, Earth and Hell together. Its
branches; extend over the whole earth, its top reaches heavens and its roots descend
to hell. The three Norns (q.v.) it under the tree, spinning the events of man’s life.
Ying Chow: Chin. Folklore. One of the three isles of the genii. In the island there is a
spring whose water resembles wine; “whoso quaffs a few measures of this beverage
becomes suddenly inebriated, and eternal life is given by the draught.” (MAYERS,
Chin. Read. Man., p. 289.)
Ymir: Norse Myth. The primeval giant from whose body the gods created the world.
Yogini: In the Panjab it is a kind of fairy who haunts waterfalls.
Yomi: Shinto Relig. It is supposed to be a land of darkness where deities, ugly females,
armies and road-wardens are also to be found. (ASTON, Shinto, p. 54.)
Yoni: The Hindu symbol of the fertility of nature under which the consort of a male deity
is worshipped; it is represented by an oval figure (the female organ). cf. Phallus.
Yugas: Hind. Cosmogony. One of the four ages of the world.
Yule Log: This log was supposed to be a protection against evil spirits and to assure
safety against lightning and thunder. (RAGNER.)
Yun Hwa Fu-jen: Chin. Myth. A daughter of Si Wang Mu.
She is reputed to haunt the peaks of Wu Shan. (MAYERS, Chin. Read. Man., p. 291.)
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Zagreus: Gr. Relig. Dionysus as a bull-god. “He is essen tially a ritual figure. the centre
of a cult so primitive, so savage, that a civilized literature instinctively passed him by, or
at most figured him as a shadowy Hades.” (WEBSTER quoting J. E. HARRISON.)
Zalak: A Persian monarch who had two boils on his shoulders. To ease the pain of
these boils he killed two men every day and applied their brains to the wounds. (BECK,
Key to Neuers. Kon. Gr., p. 14.)
Zahuiti: Egypt. Myth. Another name of Thoth (q.v.).
Zainmyangwa: (Tortoise). It “is an evil creature that destroys from midnight to dawn
thousands of creatures of the good spirit.” (VENIDAD, XIII.)
Zalambur: Moham. Myth. A son of Iblis, a jinn, who presides over places of traffic. (Jew.
Enc., Vol. IV, p. 521.)

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