| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Munume" | Bunyoro / Uganda, East Africa | God of weather. Invoked during times of drought or deluge and propitiated by means of sacrifice, usually an ox from the tribal chief and sheep or fowl from the villagers. The blood is sprinkled on the floor of the sanctuary and the flesh is eaten at the door.... |
| God name "Murcury" | Greek | The name Mercury is connected with the root merx (merchandise) and mercari (to deal, trade). The early Romans, being above all countrymen, had no need for a god of commerce. The Roman Mercury appeared only about the fifth century BCE. and was exclusively the god of merchants. For long he was known only in this capacity so that Plautus, in his prologue to Amphitryon, reminds his audience that Mercury presided over messages and commerce. Like certain other minor divinities - Pecunia, Aesculåñuś, Argentinus - he watched over tradesmen's profits. Greek |
"Muspellsheimr" | Norse | The abode of Muspel. This interesting word was not confined to the Norse mythology, but appears twice in the old Saxon poem Heliand. In these instances muspel stands for the day of judgment, the last day, and answers to Ragnarok of the Norse mythology. Norse |
| King name "Nabo or Nebo" | Babylon | One of the divinities of the Assyrians, supposed to be the moon. Many of the kings of Babylon åśśumed the name. |
| God name "Nabu" | Mesopotamia | God of wisdom and writing, worshipped by Babylonians as the son of Marduk and his consort, Sarpanitum, and as the grandson of Ea. Nabu's consort was Tashmetum. Mesopotamia |
| Deities name "Nagaraja" | Hindu | A Sanskrit word from naga (snake) and raj (king) meaning king of Snakes. It is applied to two main deities, Vasuki and Takshak. Vasuki and Takshak are brothers, children of Kashyap and Kadru, who are the parents of all snakes. Hindu |
| Spirit name "Naiades" | Greco - Roman | Animistic water spirits. Female personalities åśśigned the guardianship of fresh waters by the great gods, and invoked locally at sacred pools and springs. They were also regarded as minor patrons of music and poetry.... |
| Goddess name "Nanse" | Babylon | A goddess of widows, orphans and the poor. She stood for social justice and turned no one away so long as they were worthy of help. Babylon |
| Goddess name "Nanse" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Goddess of justice. A daughter of ENKI (or EA), she is linked with the interpretation of dreams. Mentioned sporadically in texts and most closely identified with the city of Lagas with a cult center at Sirara, but also the subject of a highly ethical hymn from Nippur. Also Nas, Nina.... |
| Spirit name "Napaeae" | Greco - Roman | Animistic spirits of valleys. Female personalities åśśigned the guardianship of fertile green valleys by the great gods and invoked locally in small country shrines.... |
"Nara-Narayana" | Hindu | Is broken down where Nara means human and Narayana means the Supreme divinity, or Vishnu. In the concept of Nara-Narayana, the human soul Nara is the eternal companion of the Divine Narayana. Hindu |
"Nath" | Sanskrit | Natha, is the proper name of a siddha sampradaya (initiatory tradition) and the word itself literally means "lord, protector, refuge". The related Sanskrit term Adi Natha means first or original Lord, and is therefore a synonym for Shiva, Mahadeva, or Maheshvara, and beyond these mental concepts, the Supreme Absolute Reality as the basis supporting all aspects and manifestatons of consciousness. |
| Deity name "Natos" | Indians | Sun deity of the Blackfoot Indians. |
| King name "Nausithous" | Greek | A son of Poseidon with Periboea the daughter of Eurymedon, was the father of Alcinous and Rhexenor, and king of the Phaeacians, whom he led from Hypereia in Thrinacia to the island of Scheria, in order to escape from the Cyclopes. Greek |
"Ndo" | China | The omniscient supreme being whose name also means the sky, the firmament, the weather. The Miao, China |
| God name "Nebo" | Babylonian | The Babylonian god of wisdom and writing, worshipped by Babylonians as the son of Marduk and his consort, Sarpanitum, and as the grandson of Ea. Nabo's consort was Tashmetum. |
| Angel name "Neciel" | Christians | angels of the Mansions of the moon. |
"Nehebkau" | Egypt | Originally the explanation of the cause of binding of Ka and Ba after death. Thus his name, which means one who brings together Ka. Since these aspects of the soul were said to bind after death, Nehebkau was said to have guarded the entrance to Duat, the underworld. Egypt |
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