Yapese primordial sky-maker; classed as deity. Native name Gavur li yel yel (also Gāvur li yalyal). Gloss 'First Sky-Maker'. He stands above the sky-god Yalafath in the cosmogonic hierarchy: Gavur li yel yel makes Yanolop, who makes the five further sky deities, of whom Yälfaath the Elder then creates humankind.