| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Manohel-Tohel" | Mayan | Creator god. Mayan |
| God name "Manohel-Tohel" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Creator god. The deity concerned specifically with the creation of mankind, giving mortals body and soul and leading them from the caves into the light.... |
| Goddess name "Marici (shining)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | (1) Astral goddess. An emanation of VAIROCANA and also his female aspect or SAKTI. She is further identified as a buddha-designate or BODHISATTVA. She may also be the mother of SAKYAMUNI (a form of the BUDDHA). Considered by some to be the equal of the Hindu SURYA. She may be depicted in a three-headed form (as the Sakti of HAYAGRIVA), in which case her left head is that of a pig. She rides in a chariot drawn by seven boars. Color: red, yellow or white. Attributes: arrow, bow, fly whisk, horse's head image in the hair, needle, prayer wheel, staff, sword, thread and trident. Three-eyed.(2) Demiurge. Hindu. A product of the creator god BRAHMA.... |
| Goddess name "Masaya" | Nicaragua | Goddess of fire volcanoes and earthquakes Nicaragua |
| Demon name "Matsya" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Incarnation of the god VIS'NU. In this first avatara Vis'nu appears as a fish which, according to one legend, tows a ship carrying the law-giver MANU to safety after the primal flood. Matsya engages in an epic battle with the demon HAYAGRIVA who stole the Vedas from a sleeping BRAHMA. Usually depicted with a human torso carrying symbols, e.g. wheel and conch, on a fish's body.... |
| Goddess name "Maya" | Hindu | A goddess of illusion |
| Goddess name "Maya(devi)" | Buddhist | Mother goddess. The mother of the BUDDHA perceived as the world lotus or PADMA from which the Buddha was born. She equates with the Hindu goddess LAKSMI. The term is also applied to the personification of the visible universe and, in Hinduism, as an epithet of the goddess DURGA.... |
| Goddess name "Maya[devi]" | Buddhist | A mother goddess |
| Goddess name "Mayahuel" | Aztec | A minor fertility goddess åśśociated with the maguey plant |
| Goddess name "Mayahuel" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor fertility goddess. One of the group clåśśed as the Ometochtli complex åśśociated with the maguey plant from which pulque is brewed. She may be depicted seated upon a tortoise beside an agave plant in bloom. According to legend she was abducted by QUETZALCOATL and subsequently dismembered by wild animals. From the fragments grew the first agave plants.... |
| Goddess name "Mayahuel aka Mayahual" | Aztec | Mayouel, the goddess of maguey, and by extension, alcohol. Aztec |
| Goddess name "Mayajalakrama-Kurukulla" | Buddhist / Mayhayana | A goddess |
| Goddess name "Mayajalakrama-Kurukulla (one who proceeds in the net of illusion)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Goddess. The personification of all DHYANIBUDDHAS. Color: red. Attributes: arrow, bow, hook, images of the five Dhyanibuddhas, lotus (red), pitcher, rosary and waterjar.... |
| Goddess name "Mayan" | Hindu | Goddess of illusion Hindu |
| Goddess name "Mayan[devi]" | Buddhist | Mother goddess Buddhist |
| Goddess name "Mayanhuel" | Mexico | Goddess of the night sky and of drunkenness Mexico |
| Goddess name "Mayanjalakrama-Kurukulla" | Buddhist | Goddess Buddhist / Mahayana |
| Goddess name "Mayanvel" | India | Goddess of children India |
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