| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Spirit name "Kwoth" | Sudan | Is considered to be the spirit in or of the sky. Like all spirits Kwoth is invisible and omnipresent, but he manifests himself in a number of forms. Nuer, eastern Sudan |
| Spirit name "Laskowice" | Slavic | These are satyr type Forest spirits with a close relationship with the Wolf |
| Spirit name "Lemures" | Greek | Spectres or spirits of the dead, which were believed by the Romans to return to the upper world and injure the living. Some writers describe Lemures as the common name for all the spirits of the dead and divide all Lemures into two clåśśes; viz. the souls of those who have been good men are said to become Lares, while those of the wicked become Larvae. Greek |
| Spirit name "Lemures/ Larve" | Roman | These are evil spirits of the dead with two festivals one on nine November & 1 on 13 May |
| Spirit name "Lur" | Basques | Lurbira. earth mother of the Sun and of the moon. One of the main spirits of the beliefs and mythical traditions of the Basques. |
| Deities name "Mami Wata" | Africa | A pantheon of ancient water spirits or deities of the African diaspora. |
| Spirit name "Manes" | Greek | I.e. "the good ones" [mana], is the general name by which the Romans designated the souls of the departed but as it is a natural tendency to consider the souls of departed friends as blessed spirits, the name of Lares is frequently used as synonymous with Manes, and hence also they are called dii Manes, and were worshipped with Divine honours. Greek |
| Spirit name "Mania" | Etruscan | An ancient and formidable Italian, probably Etruscan, divinity of the lower world, is called the mother of the Manes or Lares. As regards her being the mother of the Manes or Lares, the idea seems to have been, that the souls of the departed on their arrival in the lower world became her children, and either there dwelt with her or ascended into the upper world as beneficent spirits. |
| Spirit name "Mantra or Mintra" | Persian | A spell, a talisman, by which a person holds sway over the elements and spirits of all denominations. Persian |
| Spirit name "Maruts" | India | This is a group of storm spirits |
| Supreme god name "Mayin" | Tungus / eastern / central Siberia | Supreme god. A benevolent but remote deity who breathes life into newborn children and receives the spirits of the dead.... |
| Spirit name "Mazzikin the" | Jewish | These are rather evil spirits that like to make things rough for humans |
| Spirit name "Mbomba" | Mongo / Nkundo / Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa | Creator god. He operates through intermediaries known as bilima and through the spirits of the dead, bakali. Also known as landa, Komba, Mbombo, Njakomba and WAI. Among the Ngbandi people there is recognized a vast water monster or river god by the same name.... |
| Deities name "Men Shen" | Chinese | God of påśśage. One of a pair of deities, armed with bow and arrows, who guard doorways and gates. Paper images are pinned to entrances of homes during the New Year celebrations to ward off evil spirits.... |
| Spirit name "Merrows" | s | Both male and female, are spirits of the sea, of human shape from the waist upwards, but from the waist downwards are like a fish. The females are attractive, but the males have green teeth, green hair, pig's eyes, and red noses. Fishermen dread to meet them. |
| Spirit name "Milk and knin" | Siberia | The names of the evil spirits and other bad powers. Gilyaks, Siberia |
| Ghost name "Mombo Wa Ndhlopfu" | Mozambique | Masters of the Forest, serpents that were credited with speech and bad breath. Often åśśociated with the flesh-eating maggots of corpses, ancestral spirits and ghosts took that form as a disguise. Ronga, Mozambique |
| Spirit name "Morva" | India | They are invisible sky spirits Andaman Is. / India Ocean |
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