Decoding Mythology Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Yama is the Hindu god of death, accountability and the afterlife. Often ignored, his history is long and complex, reaching back to Vedic, Indo-Iranian and Indo-European mythological traditions. The Sanskrit word yama means ‘twin,’ which alludes to his earliest mythic origins. Indo-European creation myths tell...