Yidam
Yidam The Yidam are Buddhist meditation deities. Their images serve as portals and bridges, not dissimilar in nature from Eastern Orthodox icons. Yidams are featured…
Year: 2017
Yokai
Yokai : Bewitching Apparitions Yokai are spirits of Japan, a vast category incorporating thousands of different spirits of all kinds, some anonymous but many with…
Yucahu
Yucahu : Large and Powerful as the Sea; Spirit Without Male Ancestor ALSO KNOWN AS: Yucahu Bagua Maorcoti CLASSIFICATION: Zemi ORIGIN: Taino Yucahu is the…
Yuki-Onna
Yuki-Onna : Lady of the Snows; Snow Woman; The Snow Princess Travellers caught in snowstorms in Japan, especially in the mountains, describe encountering a ghostly…
Yurei
Yurei, a Japanese word that literally means “faint soul,” refers to a kind of ghost. The word is now sometimes used to indicate any kind…
Zagaz
A Zagaz is a Djinn held responsible for the deaths of infants. Dr. Françoise Legey, author of The Folklore of Morocco, a medical practitioner who…
Citipati
Citipati The Charnel Lords; Lords of the Cemetery ALSO KNOWN AS: The Chitipati ORIGIN: Tibet The Citipati were two ascetics who meditated so deeply that…
Cihuateteo
The Cihuateteo are Aztec female warrior spirits, souls of women who died in childbirth, considered the equivalent of dying valiantly in battle. The Aztec afterlife…
Cihuacoatl
Cihuacoatl : Snake Woman Cihuacoatl, divine snake woman, is a native of the Valley of Mexico long before it was known by that name. The…
Chung-Li Chuan
Chung-Li Chuan ALSO KNOWN AS: Zhong Li-Quan ORIGIN: China Chung-li Ch’uan, Chief of the Eight Immortals, allegedly lived during the Chou Dynasty (1122–249 BCE). A…