Deity

Yhi

Australian Aboriginal Deities

Yhi glyph

In Gamilaraay mythology, Yhi, sometimes also rendered Yarai or Yaay, is a female creator spirit and personification of the sun.

Facts

Attestation

Veneration Today

Actively venerated in a living tradition 1

Historicity

Not a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1

Function

Domain / Function

Sun 1

Identity

Gender

Female 2

Belief

Theology

Polytheistic: many gods 1

Sources

1. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend

Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File

2. Yhi, Structured Record (Wikidata Q)

WikidataWikidata property P21 (sex or gender)View the Source

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