| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Edeke" | Uganda | God of calamity and disasters. Uganda |
| God name "Erra" | Akkadian | The god of mayhem and pestilence who brought plagues and other calamities. Akkadian |
| Monster name "Hesione" | Greek | A daughter of Laomedon, and consequently a sister of Priam. When Troy was visited by a plague and a monster oh account of Laomedon's breach of promise, Laomedon, in order to get rid of these calamities, chained Hesione to a rock, in accordance with the command of an oracle, where she was to be devoured by wild beasts. Greek |
| God name "Hunahpu" | Mayan | A god, who with his twin Xbalamwque, overcame the powers of evil and of death of his father, then rose to the heavens to become the Sun and the moon. Mayan |
"Libya" | Greek | 1. A daughter of Epaphus and Memphis, from whom Libya (Africa) is said to have derived its name. By Poseidon she is said to have been the mother of Agenor, Belus and Lelex. 2. A daughter of Palamedes, and by Hermes the mother of Libys. 3. A sister of Asia. Greek |
| Nymph name "Limnaea" | Greek | Limnetes, Limnades, Limnegenes, i. e. inhabiting or born in a lake or marsh, is a surname of several divinities who were believed either to have sprung from a lake, or had their temples near a lake. Instances are, Dionysus at Athens, and Artemis at Sicyon, near Epidaurus, on the frontiers between Laconia and Messenia, near Calamae, at Tegea, Patrae; it is also used as a surname of nymphs that dwell in lakes or marshes. Greek |
| Demon name "Magic Rings" | Italy | This superstition arose from the belief that magicians had the power of imprisoning demons in rings. The power was supposed to prevail in Asia, and subsequently in Salamanca, Toledo, and Italy. |
"Malamanganga'e" | Polynesia | Creator being who was a personification of light Polynesia |
"Malamanganga'e (light eastward)" | Polynesian | Creator being. One of the two personifications of light who, with MALAMANGANGAIFO, engendered Lupe, the dove, whose consort is rock. From these primordial principles came several generations of supernatural beings whose descendants engendered mankind.... |
"Malamangangaifo" | Polynesia | The other creator being that was a personification of light |
"Malamangangaifo (light westward)" | Polynesian | Creator being. See also MALAMANGANGA'E.... |
"Malambruno" | Spain | The giant, first cousin of queen Maguncia, of Canday'a, who enchanted Antonomasia and her husband, and shut them up in the tomb of the deceased queen. The infanta he transformed into a monkey of bråśś, and the knight into a crocodile. Don Quixote achieved their disenchantment by mounting the wooden horse called Clavileno. |
| Goddess name "Muttalamman" | Dravidian | Plague goddess, especially identified with smallpox Dravidian / Tamil |
| Goddess name "Muttalamman (pearl-mother)" | Dravidian / Tamil / southern India | Plague goddess. Specifically identified with smallpox. Also Mutyalamma.... |
| Goddess name "Muttalamman/ Mutyalamma" | Davidian / Tamil | A plague goddess identified with smallpox |
| God name "Mutyalamma" | Andhra | A hill god and Pearl-Mother. Andhra |
| God name "Paean" | Greek | The physician of the celestial gods; the deliverer from any evil or calamity. Greek |
| Goddess name "Pele" | Polynesian / Hawaii | Volcano goddess. According to tradition she arrived in Hawaii in a canoe, having sailed from Tahiti. She may derive locally from the more familiar Polynesian moon goddess, HINA, since one of her alternative names is Hina-Ai-Malama (Hina who devours the moon).... |
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