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Ym
ヤム

Artwork from Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers

Origin Levantine culture
Race(s) DragonDevil Survivor
Devil Survivor: Overclocked
Devil Survivor 2
Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker

DrakeShin Megami Tensei IV
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
Kētai Akuma Densho
Alignment(s) Dark-ChaosDevil Summoner: Soul Hackers

Ym is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

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Origin

Yamm,[a] also spelled Yam, is the personification and god of the sea in ancient Levantine polytheism. Famously in the Baal Cycle, he competes with Baal for title of king of the gods and is El's preferred choice, but he ultimately loses.

In his Phoenician History, Philo of Byblos mentions Pontos[b] as being in conflict with Demarous (Baal), and he is said to be the father of Sidon, the eponymous goddess of the city of Sidon in Phoenicia. Pontos is likely a Greek translation of the name of Yamm (both Pontos and Yamm meaning "sea").[1]

Several mentions of YHWH taming the sea[c] in the Bible are thought to be evoking the imagery of the personified Yamm.[2][3]

Design

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Gameplay

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Shin Megami Tensei IV

A dragon that appears in ancient Semitic lore of the Palestinian region. He is enemies with Baal, the god of fertility and agriculture.

He gains his powers by dwelling underwater and ruling the seas and rivers, where he causes floods. Baal defeated him, but since there are similarities to Tiamat's death at Marduk's hands in Babylonian lore, some believe that Ym and Tiamat are the same being.

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse

A dragon that appears in ancient Semitic lore of the Palestinian region. He is enemies with Baal, the god of fertility and agriculture.
He gains his powers by dwelling underwater and ruling the seas and rivers, where he causes floods. Baal defeated him, but since there are similarities to Tiamat's death at Marduk's hands in Babylonian lore, some believe that Ym and Tiamat are the same being.

Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
(3DS)

A dragon that appears in ancient Semitic lore of the Palestinian region. He is enemies with Baal, the god of fertility and agriculture.
He gains his powers by dwelling underwater and ruling the seas and rivers, where he causes floods. Baal defeated him, but since there are many similarities to Tiamat's death at Marduk's hands in Babylonian lore, some believe that Ym and Tiamat are the same being.

Devil Survivor: Overclocked

A dragon that appears in ancient Semitic lore of the Palestinian region. He is enemies with Baal, the god of fertility and agriculture.

He gains his powers by dwelling underwater and ruling the seas and rivers, where he causes floods. Baal defeated him, but since there are similarities to Tiamat's death at Marduk's hands in Babylonian lore, some believe that Ym and Tiamat are the same being.

Devil Survivor 2

A dragon that appears in ancient Semitic lore of the Palestinian region. He is enemies with Baal, the god of fertility and agriculture.

He gains his powers by dwelling underwater and ruling the seas and rivers, where he causes floods. Baal defeated him, but since there are similarities to Tiamat's death at Marduk's hands in Babylonian lore, some believe that Ym and Tiamat are the same being.

Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker
Kētai Akuma Densho

ウガリット神話に登場する、地上の海や川を支配するとされる龍。バアル神と敵対する。

出身地：パレスチナ
ヤムはパレスチナ地方のウガリット神話に登場する龍で、豊饒神バアルと敵対した存在であると伝えられている。水中に住み、海や川を支配することによって魔力を得ている龍であり、洪水を引き起こすと言われている。ヤムは先に述べた主神バアルによ

って倒されるが、これはバビロニア神話で主神マルドゥックが海の女神ティアマトを倒す話と共通する部分が多い。そのため、ヤムとティアマトは同一の存在であると考えられることもある。
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Nomenclature

The localized name, Ym, represents the name as written in Ugaritic, without vowels or geminated consonants (as is common in scripts used for Semitic languages), rather than the actual pronunciation (Yamm).

Names in Other Languages
Language Name Meaning
English Ym
Japanese ヤム Yamu Yam; vocalized form of Ym.
Korean 얌 Yam Yam

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Notes

  1. ↑ Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎎 (vocalized Yamm-)
  2. ↑ Greek: Πόντος, romanized Póntos
  3. ↑ Hebrew: יָם, romanized yām

References

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  1. ↑ The Phoenician History of Philo of Byblos: A Commentary (1981), Albert I. Baumgarten. Published by E. J. Brill. pp. 207-209. ISBN-13: 978-90-04-06369-3. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004295681
  2. ↑ Smith and Pitard 2009, p. 603.
  3. ↑ Smith and Pitard 2009, pp. 256-257.
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