| Yamsur | Yanafal Tarnils | Yanmorla | Yara Aranis | Yelm |
| Yelmalio | Yelorna | Yinkin | Young Elementals | Young Gods |
He is shown as a soldier, armed and armored.
She is usually represented as an old woman wrapped in a red shawl, usually sitting upon a three-legged stool.
She is shown sitting cross-legged, with four arms, each of which holds a weapon or makes a gesture to destroy her foes. Her image decorates the cover of the Gods of Glorantha box.
Yelm is sometimes shown as the golden solar disc, often as middle-aged man clad in imperial garb, or in one of his lesser incarnations such as the spear god, horse god, etc.
He is shown as a warrior, carrying a long spear and armored in gold.
She is usually shown as a young woman riding a unicorn. She is armored, with radiant star rays around her head.
His image is either that of the animal, or of a human with the animal's head.
When the Red Goddess came, she released the Young Elementals from their imprisonment. Their cults generally are unsophisticated and simple, fulfilling more mystical than religious interests. They are vulgarly named Damosel Darkness, Squire Sea, Lady Land, and Liege Light.
These deities are usually shown grouped as four columnar statues, black, blue, green, and yellow. They are sometimes shown as young men and women, skins colored as their elements, serving the red goddess.
Yanafal Tarnils [YAHN-ah-fahl TAR-nils]
Lunar pantheon -- Ram and Warrior, one of the Seven Mothers
Yanafal Tarnils was an exiled nobleman from Yuthuppa who still ruled his lands. He later defeated his master, Humakt, in battle. His cult resembles Humakt's cult in most respects, though it is less narrow-minded. High honor and bravery are upheld by the Yanafal Tarnils soldiery. He is the major war god of the Empire, though there are others that are nearly as popular.For more information on Yanafal Tarnils, see the Cult of the Seven Mothers.
Yanmorla [yahn-MOR-lah]
Pamalt pantheon -- Grandmother Earth, an Old God
Yanmorla is the Wise Woman of Pamalt's Gods Council. She receives and comforts the souls of the dead and is sometimes paired with Cronisper. Her doorstep is guarded by the Earth Witch.Yara Aranis [YAH-rah ah-RAHN-iss]
Lunar pantheon -- horse eater, goddess of the Reaching Moon.
This savage goddess, the daughter of the Red Emperor and Gorgorma, was conceived to terrorize and slay the horse nomads. The cult is more popular in the northern Lunar empire, but a shrine is included in all borderland temples.For more information on Yara Aranis, see The Redline History: Third Wane.
Yelm [YEHLM]
Yelm pantheon -- sun god and emperor
Yelm in the god of the Middle Fire and brother of Lodril and Dayzatar. Yelm was not always bound to his path in the sky, but once traveled freely. His disastrous feud with Orlanth was one of the most important struggles of the Gods War, for when Yelm was slain by Orlanth his demise marked the Lesser Darkness which filled all the cosmos with fear, allowing chaos to seep in.Yelmalio [yehl-MAHL-ee-oh]
Elf and Yelm pantheons -- frontier god
After the sun fell and the sky retreated from the surface world, when the volcanoes went cold and the hearthfires were but glowing coals, Yelmalio remained. Wounded, robbed, and hounded from place to place, Yelmalio carried the spark of life throughout the Darkness. Frozen, limping through the leafless forests, the glow of Yelmalio warmed the elves and humans who clung to the light. He fought fiercely, and in the Greater Darkness even aided Orlanth, an old foe who grudgingly settled their feud.For more information on Yelmalio, see the Cult of Yelmalio.
Yelorna [yehl-OR-nah]
Yelm pantheon -- star huntress
Yelorna is Yelmalio's sister and, like him, was one of the "sparks" left in the Great Darkness after the sun's death. Her worshipers ride unicorns, remain celibate, and enshrine holy axes (though no cultist may ever lift an axe in anger).Yinkin [YIHN-kin]
Orlanth pantheons -- ancestor of shadow cats
The god of shadow cats is a half-brother to Orlanth, born of the same mountain mother. The lesser animal god served as Orlanth's friend and ally through all his wars, and is now honored in the storm pantheon for it.Young Elementals
Lunar pantheon -- source of primal magic
When the Spike exploded and left a jagged gap in the world, creation again anew within that gap just as it had occurred originally. This new creation expanded and grew, separated from the rest of the world by an impassable barrier of chaos. First darkness formed in this miniature new universe, then water, then earth, then sky. These were the Young Elementals. Air might have formed next, but the Gods War ended and the new creation ceased, trapped outside of Time.Young Gods
Orlanth pantheon
The storm gods were the last of the elemental gods born, and they protested that they had been cheated of their power by those who came before. Many other spirits and deities joined in the protest, and collectively these rebels were termed the Young Gods. Most Lightbringers are included in this category, as are most storm deities, and many local demigods.Next Letter