Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Maha-Ganapati" | Hindu | Elephant god, this time with 10 arms Hindu / Puranic |
Goddess name "Maha-Ganapati" | Hindu / Puranic | Elephant god. This form of the god GANESA possesses ten arms instead of the more normal four and may have a goddess, BUDDHI or SIDDHI, seated on the knee.... |
Goddess name "Mahuikez" | Polynesian | Fire god. Identified with earthquakes and possibly paralleling TOUIA FATUNA (iron stone goddess) in Tongan belief.... |
God name "Makawe" | New Zealand | The chief god of the Arawa, Ngatituwharetoa, and Whanganui tribes. New Zealand |
God name "Manannan (Mac Lir)" | Celtic / Irish / British | Sea god. Extensively worshiped. From the name is derived the Isle of Man where, according to tradition, the god is buried. He rules the Isle of the Blessed and determines the weather at sea. Father of the Irish hero Mongan. Also Manawyddaw (Welsh).... |
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.... |
Goddess name "Marian" | Greek | An ancient pagan Sea-goddess |
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 "Marutgana" | Hindu / Vedic | storm gods. The sons of RUDRA and attendants of INDRA. Also Maruts.... |
God name "Marutgana/ Maruts" | Hindu / Vedic | storm gods |
Goddess name "Mena" | Hindu | mountain goddess. The consort of HIMAVAN and the mother of GANGA and PARVATI.... |
Goddess name "Min Jok" | Uganda | Goddess Rain Uganda |
Goddess name "Modron" | Welsh | Divine Mother, one of the most powerful of the Celtic mother goddesses. She may have been the prototype of Morgan le Fay from Arthurian legend. Welsh |
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.... |
Goddess name "Morrigan" | Celtic | Morrigan, Morrighan, Goddesses of war of death and destruction from prehistoric origins Celtic / Ireland |
Goddess name "Morrigu/ Morrigan/ Morrighan/ Morgan/ Badb/ Nemain" | Irish / Wales / Britain | The Crone aspect of the goddesses who were a trinity responsible for war & ghosts |
God name "Mugizi" | Bunyoro / Uganda, East Africa | lake god. The guardian deity of lake Albert, invoked with offerings by those wishing to cross the lake in boats.... |
God name "Muhingo" | Bunyoro / Uganda, East Africa | God of war. Invoked specifically by warriors before entering battle.... |