| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Man of Sin" | Roman | The Roman Catholics say the Man of Sin is Antichrist. The Puritans applied the term to the Pope of Rome; the Fifth-Monarchy men to Cromwell; many modern theologians apply it to that "wicked one" (identical with the "last horn" of Dan. vii.) who is to immediately precede the second advent. |
| God name "Manda d-Hiia Mandaean" | Christian / early | this god is concerned with teaching of life, redemption & a savior / redeemer |
"Martha" | Christian | Patron saint of good housewives, is represented in Christian art as clad in homely costume, bearing at her girdle a bunch of keys, and holding a ladle or pot of water in her hand. Like St. Margaret, she is accompanied by a dragon bound, but has not the palm and crown of martyrdom. The dragon is given to St. Martha from her having destroyed one that ravaged the neighbourhood of Marseilles. Christian |
| Goddess name "Medeine (of the trees)" | Pre - Christian Latvian | Woodland goddess. Known from medieval måñuścripts.... |
| God name "Meher" | Pre - Christian Armenian | Sun god. Closely linked with the Persian model of MITHRA, he is the son of Aramazd who appears in the form of fire. In contrast to this imagery, his home is said to be in a cave and he takes the animal guise of a raven.... |
| Goddess name "Meiess" | Pre - Christian Latvian | moon god. Consort of the Sun goddess SAULE. He is a guardian deity of travelers and military expeditions.... |
| Goddess name "Meiulis" | Pre - Christian Lithuanian | moon god. Consort of the Sun goddess.... |
"Mephistopheles" | Christian | Mephistophilis, Mephostophilus. A sneering, jeering, leering tempter. The character is that of a devil in Goethe's Faust. He is next in rank to Satan. Christian |
"Mephistopheles/ Mephisto" | Christian | The devil as found in the literature for magic & necromancy from the middle ages |
| Angel name "Michael" | Hebrew / Christian | Prince of the celestial armies, commanded by God to drive the rebel angels out of heaven. Gabriel was next to him in command. Hebrew / Christian |
| God name "Milcom" | Hebrew / Christian | Milcom god of the Ammonites whose cult Solomon introduced in Jerusalem. In the Book of Judges the name is replaced by Chemosh. Milcom may be identifiable with Molech. |
| God name "Mirsa" | Pre - Christian Caucasus region | God of light. Probably derived from the Persian god MITHRA. Also the deity responsible for fire.... |
| God name "Mistilleinn" | Norse | Mistletoe. The mistletoe or mistle-twig, the fatal twig by which Balder, the white Sun-god was slain. After the death of Balder, Ragnarok set in. Balder's death was also symbolical of the victory of darkness over light, which comes every year at midwinter.. The mistletoe in English households at Christmas time is no doubt a relic of a rite lost in the remotest heathendom, for the fight of light and darkness at midwinter was a foreshadowing of the final overthrow in Ragnarok. The legend and the word are common to all Teutonic peoples of all ages. Norse |
| God name "Mithra" | Persia | A god of war & light that had all the trappings of Christianity from 400BCE-200CE |
| God name "Modimo" | Tswana / Botswana, South Africa | Universal god. A monotheistic deity possibly, though not with certainty, influenced by Christianity. Not specifically a creator god, since the universe and MODIMO have always been. Perceived as the river of existence which flows endlessly through space and time. He rules the light and dark opposites in the universe, as well as the proper order of life on earth.... |
| Goddess name "Modron (another)" | Celtic / Welsh | Mother goddess. The mother of MABON, whom she subsequently loses. Her cult is closely linked with that of Mabon and she may originally have been one of the aspects of the goddess(es) MORRIGAN. In Christian times some authors believe that she became St. Madrun.... |
"Mohadi" | Koran | The twelfth Imaun, who is said to be living in concealment till Antichrist appears, when he will come again and overthrow the great enemy. Koran |
| Goddess name "Mokos" | Pre - Christian Slavonic European | Goddess of fertility. Identified in the Nestor Chronicle as a goddess of midwifery. Her cult was taken over by that of the Virgin Mary.... |
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