Grandfather Creator

Deity (the remote creator-god). English title leads (Yawm = 'grandfather/respected elder'); native RPA Yawm Saub in alt/transliterations. Hmong has no traditional script, so the term is given in the standard Romanized Popular Alphabet (RPA).

Domains

• creation of the world
• shamanic power

Powers

• Endows chosen humans with the powers of the shaman
• Advises the flood-surviving siblings how to repeople the world

Epithets

• Saub

Relations

• mentor: Flood-Surviving Brother and Sister

Sources

• Nicholas Tapp, 'Hmong Religion', Asian Folklore Studies, vol. 48, no. 1, 1989
• Jean Mottin, History of the Hmong, Odeon Store, Bangkok, 1980