| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Macuilxochitl" | Aztec | Macuilxochitl (five flower) - the god of games and gambling, and chief of the Ahuiateteo, the gods of excess. Aztec |
| Goddess name "Mahamantråñuśarini (following the great sacred text)" | Buddhist | Guardian goddess. One of a group of five MAHARAKSAS (protectresses) who are thought to be personifications of amulets or mantras. Also an emanation of the DHYANIBUDDHA RATNASAMBHAVA, alternatively of AKSOBHYA. She is a guardian of the west, south and eastern quarters according to separate traditions. Color: blue, black, green, white or red. Attributes: most commonly noose and staff. From four to twelve arms; may be three-headed.... |
| Goddess name "Mahamayuri (great daughter of the peaçõçk)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Goddess. An extremely popular deity and an emanation of AMOGHASIDDHI. A female BODHISATTVA or buddha-designate. Also one of a group of five MAHARAKSAS (protectresses) who are thought to be personifications of amulets or mantras. Color: green, red or yellow. Attributes: alms bowl, arrow, banner, bow, fly whisk, image of Amoghasiddhi on crown, jewel, mendicant, peaçõçk feather, prayer wheel, sword and water jar. Three-eyed and may occasionally appear three or four-headed.... |
| Goddess name "Mahapratisara (great protectress)" | Buddhist | Guardian goddess. One of a group of five MAHARAKSAS (protectresses) who are thought to be personifications of amulets or mantras. A guardian of the central or southern direction. Also an emanation of the DHYANIBUDDHA RATNASAMBHAVA. Color: yellow. Attributes: arrow, ax, banner, bow, conch, image of Ratnasambhava on crown, jewel, noose, parasol, prayer wheel, reliquary, sword, staff and trident. Three-headed and three-eyed.... |
| Goddess name "Maharaksa (great protectress)" | Buddhist | Group of guardian goddesses. Personifications of amulets or mantras. Common attribute: a parasol.... |
| Goddess name "Mahasitavati (great cold one)" | Buddhist | Guardian goddess. One of a group of five MAHARAKSAS (protectresses) who are thought to be personifications of amulets or mantras. Also an emanation of the DHYANIBUD DHA AMITABHA (or sometimes RATNASAMBHAVA). A guardian of the north or west quarter. Color: red, yellow or green. Attributes: arrow, ax, banner, Book, bow, bowl, image of Amitabha on the crown, lotus, noose, peaçõçk feather, staff, sword and trident. Three-eyed and may be three-headed.... |
| Goddess name "Malinalxochitl" | Aztec | Sorceress and goddess of snakes, scorpions and insects of the desert. Aztec |
| God name "Mam" | Mayan / Yucatec, Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of evil. A much-feared deity who lives beneath the earth and only emerges in times of crisis. Depicted in the form of a flat, life-sized piece of wood dressed as a scarecrow and set upon a stool. He is offered food and drink during Uayeb, the period of five unlucky days at the end of the year, after which the figure is undressed and unceremoniously thrown away. During Uayeb devotees fast and refer to the god as grandfather.... |
| Goddess name "Manasa" | Hindu | A naga and goddess of fertility. She is popularly known as the goddess of wish fulfilment and one who protects against snakebite. She is also åśśociated with the earth and higher knowledge. Hindu |
| Goddess name "Mariana" | Belem | A goddess of healing & protector of sailors |
| Goddess name "Mariana" | Belem | Goddess of healing and protector of sailors Belem |
| Goddess name "Matlalceuitl aka Matlalcueje" | Aztec | Goddess of Rainfall and singing. Identified with Chalchiuhtlicue. Aztec |
| Goddess name "Matlalcueye" | Aztec | Minor goddess of fertility. Aztec |
| Goddess name "Matlalcueye (her skirt is blue)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor fertility goddess. One of the group clåśśed as the TLALOC complex, closely åśśociated with water.... |
| Goddess name "Mayahuel" | Aztec | A minor fertility goddess åśśociated with the maguey plant |
| Goddess name "Mayahuel" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor fertility goddess. One of the group clåśśed as the Ometochtli complex åśśociated with the maguey plant from which pulque is brewed. She may be depicted seated upon a tortoise beside an agave plant in bloom. According to legend she was abducted by QUETZALCOATL and subsequently dismembered by wild animals. From the fragments grew the first agave plants.... |
| Goddess name "Mayahuel aka Mayahual" | Aztec | Mayouel, the goddess of maguey, and by extension, alcohol. Aztec |
| God name "Meilichius" | Greek | I. e. the god that can be propitiated, or the gracious, is used as a surname of several divinities. 1. Of Zeus, as the protector of those who honoured him with propitiatory sacrifices. At Athens cakes were offered to him every year at the festival of the Diasia. |
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