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Yami

Twin sister of Yama, who speaks with him in the dialogue hymn Rigveda 10.10.

Sources: Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896), hymns read for the Vedic layer; Vedic Mythology, A. A. Macdonell (1897) · see Yami's web

Relations 4

Yami child of

Vivasvat (God)
Yama and Yami are the first twins, children of Vivasvat and Saranyu.
Saranyu (God)
Saranyu, wife of Vivasvat, is the mother of the twins Yama and Yami.

Yami received a boon from

Yama (God) · Yama dines at Yamuna's house
Grants Yamuna's wish for the day of Yama Dwitiya.

Yami sibling of

Yama (God)
Yama and Yami are twins; the dialogue hymn RV 10.10 is between them.

Stories 2

Yami's grief and the making of night
Origin · as the mourning twin sister · 2 tellings
Yama dines at Yamuna's house
Festival story · as as Yamuna, the sister who feeds him · 4 tellings

Cited

Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896), hymns read for the Vedic layer § 10.10 Primary text (translation)
Vedic Mythology, A. A. Macdonell (1897) § s77 Scholarly