Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

6 YYacacoliuhqui (curved nose)Minor god of commerce and merchants. Aztec(classical Mesoamerican) [Mexico]. One of thegroup classed as the YACATECUHTLI complex.Yacahuiztli (nose spine)Underworld goddess. Aztec (classical Mesoamerican)[Mexico]. With her consort YACATECUHTLIshe engendered the night in Aztec cosmogony.One of the group classed as the MICTLANTE-CUHTLI complex.Yacapitzahuac (sheep-nose)Minor god of commerce and merchants. Aztec(classical Mesoamerican) [Mexico]. One of thegroup classed as the YACATECUHTLI complex.Yacatecuhtli (nose lord)God of commerce and merchants. Aztec (classicalMesoamerican) [Mexico]. Head of the groupclassed as the Yacatecuhtli complex.YahMoon god. Egyptian. Yah may have been animport to Egypt brought by Semitic immigrantswho based his profile on the Mesopotamian godSIN. He is mentioned largely from the twentiethcentury BC onward and is depicted in humanform, but can also be represented by the falconand the ibis.Ya’halan (cloud man)Guardian spirit. Koryak [southeastern Siberia].The son of the supreme being TENANTO’MWAN,his consort is YINE’ANE’UT. In alternative traditionhe is the son of the supervisor being,INA’HITELAN. He is a protector of young couples,and youths beat a sacred drum invoking the spiritto turn the heart of a girl.Ya’halna’utGuardian spirit. Koryak [southeastern Siberia].Ya’china’ut (moon woman)Moon spirit. Koryak [southeastern Siberia]. Thepersonification of the moon.Yajna (sacrifice)God. Hindu. A minor avatara of VIŠNU andembodiment of the Brahmanic ritual.352