Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Mami" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Mother goddess. Identified in the Atrahasis texts and other creation legends and probably synonymous with NINHURSAG A. She was involved in the creation of mankind from clay and blood. The name almost certainly came into use because it is the first word that a child formulates. Also Mama; Mammitum.... |
Goddess name "Mamitu" | Akkadia | Goddess of treaties and oaths, as well as a judge in the underworld Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia |
Goddess name "Mamitu" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Goddess of oaths and treaties. One of the consorts of NERGAL and subsequently identified as a chthonic underworld deity. Also Mammetu.... |
God name "Mandanu" | Akkadia | God of Divine judgment Babylon / Akkadia |
God name "Mandanu" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian | God of Divine judgment. Known from the neo-Babylonian period.... |
"Mania" | Etruscan | An ancient and formidable Italian, probably Etruscan, divinity of the lower world, is called the mother of the Manes or Lares |
Spirit name "Mania" | Etruscan | An ancient and formidable Italian, probably Etruscan, divinity of the lower world, is called the mother of the Manes or Lares. As regards her being the mother of the Manes or Lares, the idea seems to have been, that the souls of the departed on their arrival in the lower world became her children, and either there dwelt with her or ascended into the upper world as beneficent spirits. |
Spirit name "Manitu" | Algonquin Indian / USA | Creator god. A vaguely defined being who controls all things and imparts knowledge to the tribe. He may be identified as the great spirit in the sky. Probably similar to MANITO.... |
God name "Manmngal" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Chthonic underworld god. A minor deity, the consort of birdU.... |
God name "Manungal" | Akkadia | Chthonic underworld god Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia / Sumeria |
God name "Maponos" | Celtic / Continental / European / British | Tribal deity. A youthful god worshiped by the Brigantes tribe in Britain and probably åśśimilated with APOLLO in the Romano-Celtic period.... |
God name "Marduk" | Babylon | God of fertility , the lord of all the gods Babylon / Mesopotamia |
God name "Marnas" | Pre - Islamic northern Arabian | Local tutelary god. Probably regarded as a fertility deity, his cult was centered at Gaza at the Marneion sanctuary and probably succeeded that of Dagon. He may have been the subject of a colossal statue attributed to ZEUS found near Gaza.See also DAGAN.... |
God name "Martu" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Tutelary god. The patron god of the city of Ninab mentioned in the texts but never re-discovered. Probably not a true Sumerian deity but adopted from an unknown western Semitic culture. He is sometimes identified as a storm god.... |
Goddess name "Måśśåśśi" | Zimbabwe | Goddess of the morning star Zimbabwe |
Goddess name "Mella" | Zimbabwe | Goddess of healing, sorcery and shamanism. Zimbabwe |
God name "Men" | Phrygian / Turkey | moon god. Ruler of both upper and lower worlds. Probably also a god of healing, he was subsequently adopted by the Greeks and Romans. The cult was popular during the imperial period, but its inscriptions were written in Greek.... |
God name "Merodach" | Babylon | God of the Sun Babylon |