| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Deities name "Lares" | Roman | Hearth deities. The lares are a peculiarly Roman innovation. Two children, born of a liaison between the god Mercury and a mute naiad, Lara, whose tongue had been cut out by Jupiter, became widely revered by Romans as house guardians. Iconographically they are depicted in the guise of monkeys covered with dog skins with a barking dog at their feet.See also LARUNDA, MERCURIUS.... |
| God name "Lo Tsu Ta Hsien" | China | God of barbers and beggars China |
| Goddess name "Loko" | Fon / Benin, West Africa | God of trees. The brother of the hearth goddess AYABA. Invoked particularly by herbalists before obtaining Medicines from the bark and leaves of Forest trees.... |
| Demon name "Lu Dong-bin" | Taoist / Chinese | Immortal being. One of the eight immortals of Taoist mythology, he was once a mortal being who achieved immortality through his lifestyle. The tutelary god of barbers. Attributes include a sword with which he conquers demons.See also BA XIAN.... |
| God name "Lu Tong-Pin" | China / Taoist | Immortal being, he is Tutelary god of barbers. China / Taoist |
| King name "Mabb" | Irish | utter intoxication. Originally queen of Tara,later queen of the Faeries and mythological queen of Connaught. She dumped her husband, king Conchobar and created nine Irish kings in succession and took each one her lover. She was also a fierce battle queen. Irish |
"Magano" | Ethiopia | The supreme being of the Tambaro and the Sidamo, identified with the sky. Ethiopia |
| God name "Mehen" | Egypt | Minor chthonic underworld god. The guardian of the barque of the Sun god RE during its påśśage through the underworld at night. Depicted in the form of a coiled snake.... |
| Goddess name "Mehet-Weret (great flood)" | Egypt | Minor goddess åśśociated with creation accounts. In some versions of the story she epitomizes the primeval ocean, while in others she is the waterway on which the barque of the Sun god RE travels. She is depicted as a cow bearing a Sun disc between its horns and lying on papyrus reeds.... |
"Melior" | French | A lovely fairy, who carried off Parthenopex of Blois to her secret island in her magic bark. French |
| Goddess name "Muso Koroni (the pure woman with the primeval soul)" | Bambara / Mali, West Africa | Chthonic fertility goddess. The mother of all living things, she introduced mankind to the principles of farming. She has a terrifying appearance, depicted either in human form, sometimes with many breasts (cf. ARTEMIS at Ephesus), or as a panther. In the latter guise she uses her claws to bring on menstruation in women and to cirçúɱcise both sexes. Prior to cirçúɱ cision a youth is said to possess wanzo, an untamed wildness. Muso Koroni is pursued by the Sun god, PEMBA, who impregnates her in the form of a tree (Acacia albida). Also Mousso Coronie.... |
| Goddess name "Muso Koroni Bambarra" | W Africa | A chthonic fertility goddess of disorder |
| God name "Nanna/ As-im-babbar" | Mesopotamia / Sumeria / Iraq | A moon god |
| Angel name "Nbarc" | Nazorean | A minor angel. Early Nazorean |
| God name "Neper" | Egypt | God of grain and barley. Egypt |
"Niamh" | Ireland | The daughter of Manannan mac Lir and queen of Tir na nOg. She came down on a magical horse, Embarr, one day and asked Fionn mac Čú𝔪hail if his son Oisin would come with her to Tir na nOg. Oisin agreed and went with her to The Land of Youth. Ireland |
| God name "Ninkaranunna" | Mesopotamia / Sumeria / Babylon / Akkadian | A Barber god |
| God name "Ninkarnunna" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Barber god. An attendant of the god Ninurta.... |
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