Yawm Saub (God of Creation)
Yawm Saub (also Yer Shau or simply Saub — 'The One Who Knows Everything') is the high god and creator in Hmong cosmology. He is the supreme celestial being who created the world and all living things, though he is somewhat remote and delegates daily affairs to lesser spirits. Saub is depicted as polygynous, living in a celestial house with a garden and pigs — very human in his nature yet all-seeing and all-knowing. When the evil spirit Ntxwj Nyog began devouring human souls, Saub sent the first shaman Siv Yis to combat him. It was Saub who advised the surviving siblings after the great flood t