Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Magna Mater" | Roman | The queen of heaven, Mother of All the Gods, Great Mother of the gods, Creatrix of the Universe, etc. Mother goddess from the beginning of time and exists in almost every ancient mythology. She is the earth or bears the planet and beings out of herself. |
Goddess name "Mahal Mata" | Hindu | Mother goddess Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
Goddess name "Mahamataras" | Hindu | Group of goddesses Hindu |
Goddess name "Mahamataras" | Hindu | Group of goddesses. Personifications of the SAKTI of the god S IVA.... |
Goddess name "Mahesvari" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. A SAKTI who in later Hinduism became one of a group of seven MATARAS regarded as of evil intent. Also one of eight ASTAMATARAS. In another grouping one of a group of nine NAVASAKTIS who, in southern India, rank higher than the SAPTAMATARAS. Attributes: antelope, arrow, ax, bow, club, drum, prayer wheel, staff and trident.... |
Goddess name "Mala (garland)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Mother goddess. One of a group of ASTAMATARA deities. Color: red or yellow. Attributes: garland of Forest flowers, or of jewels.... |
Goddess name "Malhal Mata" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. One of seven SAKTIS who in later Hinduism became regarded as SAPTAMATARAS (mothers) of evil intent. Particularly known in Bengal as a bringer of disease.... |
Goddess name "Mat" | Slavic | Goddess of the earth Slavic |
Goddess name "Mat/ Zemlya Syra" | Slavonic | The earth goddess |
Goddess name "Mata" | Hindu | Primeval mother goddess Hindu |
Goddess name "Mata (great mother)" | Hindu | Primeval mother goddess. The archetypal progenitrix of all living things. She becomes the tutelary goddess of every village in northern India, but is also seen as a plague goddess åśśociated with smallpox, in which case her epithet becomes Maha Mai. Her Tamil counterpart is Amman.... |
Goddess name "Matara" | Hindu | Mother goddess applied to the Divine mothers Hindu |
Goddess name "Matara" | Hindu | Mother goddess. Applied collectively to groups of deities, the Divine mothers, also more specifically to the consort of the god KASYAPA. As Divine mothers they are also regarded as SAKTIS. The numbers vary according to separate traditions and they are therefore identified as the SAPTAMATARAS (seven), ASTAMATARAS (eight) and NAVASAKTIS (nine). Less commonly there may be up to fifty mataras in a group. Their images are normally carved in stone (very few exist in metal) and they are depicted seated, often upon a corpse, and may be of terrifying appearance.... |
Goddess name "Mataras" | India | Group of goddesses India |
Goddess name "Mataras/ Ambikas" | India | A Group of goddesses |
Goddess name "Mater Matula" | Italy | A sky goddess |
Goddess name "Mater Matuta" | Roman | Goddess of the dawn, the sky and seafaring Roman |
Goddess name "Mater Matuta" | Italic | sky goddess. The personification of the dawn light who evolved into a fertility deity concerned with childbirth. She is also a tutelary goddess of mariners.See also ISIS.... |