| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Mestra" | Greek | A daughter of Erysichthon, and granddaughter of Triopas. She was sold by her hungry father, that he might obtain tha means of satisfying his hunger. In order to escape from slavery she prayed to Poseidon, who loved her, and conferred on her the power of metamorphosing herself whenever she was sold, and of thus each time returning to her father. Greek |
| Goddess name "Mhaya" | Tanzania | Goddess of deserted lovers Tanzania |
"Morgane" | s | A fay to whose charge Zephyr committed young Påśśelyon and his cousin Bennucq. Påśśelyon fell in love with Morgane's daughter, and the adventures of these young lovers are related in the romance of Pereeforest. |
| Goddess name "Mujaji" | Lovedu / South Africa | Rain goddess. She is said to reside in the northern Drakensberg mountains and sends both destructive tempests and gentle generative Rain. In past times she was propitiated with sacrifices of cattle and occasionally young girls. She is represented by a lineage of mortal queens on whose fabulous reputation the author Rider Haggard based the novel She. Also Modjadji.... |
| Goddess name "Mujaji/ Modjajji Lovedu" | Africa | A goddess of Rain immortalized in the Book, She by Rider Haggard |
| Angel name "Nama" | Greek | A daughter of the race of man, who was beloved by the angel Zaraph. Her one wish was to love purely, intensely, and holily; but she fixed her love on a seraph, a creature, more than her Creator; therefore, in punishment, she was condemned to abide on earth, "unchanged in heart and frame," so long as the earth endureth; but when time is no more, both she and her angel lover will be admitted into those courts "where love never dies." Hebrew |
| Goddess name "Nambi" | Masai | A goddess of love & of sexuality |
| Goddess name "Nambi" | Masai | Goddess of love and of sexuality. Masai |
| Nymph name "Nana" | Greek | A nymph of Sangarius, a river located in present-day Turkey. She became pregnant when an almond from an almond tree fell on her lap. The almond tree had sprung where Agdistis, a mythical being connected with the Phrygian worship of Attes, was slain. Agdistis was a son of Cybele, the Mother of all things. Nana abandoned the baby, who was adopted by his grandmother, Cybele. The baby, Attis, grew up to become Cybele's servant and lover. Greek |
| Nymph name "Narcissus" | Greek | A son of Cephissus and the nymph Liriope of Thespiae. He was a very handsome youth, but wholly inaccessible to the feeling of love. The nymph Echo, who loved him, but in vain, died away with grief. One of his rejected lovers, however, prayed to Nemesis to punish him for his unfeeling heart. Greek |
| God name "Narkissos" | Greek | Minor god. The son of the river god Kephissos, he wasted away after falling in love with his own image reflected in water. The gods took pity on him and changed him into the flower of the same name. In Roman religion he becomes Narcissus.... |
| Goddess name "Nat" | Norse | night-goddess, daughter of Mimer (Wisdom) and sister of Urd (Fate). She brings to mankind refreshment and inspiration. Her lover is Delling, the red elf of dawn, and their son is Dag (Day). Norse |
| God name "Neleus" | Greek | A son of Cretheus and Tyro, the daughter of Salmoneus. Tyro, previous to her marriage with Neleus, is said to have loved the river-god Enipeus and in the form of Enipeus Poseidon once appeared to her, and became by her the father of Pelias and Neleus. Tyro exposed the two boys, but they were found and reared by horse-herds, and when they had grown up they learned who their mother was, and Pelias killed their foster-mother, who had ill-used Tyro. Greek |
| God name "Nicaea" | Greek | A nymph, the daughter of the river-god Sangarius and Cybele. A påśśionate huntress of exquisite beauty, she was beloved by a shepherd, Hymnus, who followed her and watched her closely. She finally became angry and shot him with one of her arrows. Greek |
| God name "Oenghus" | Ireland | A god of love, youth and poetic inspiration. Ireland |
| Angel name "Opiel" | Aramaic | An angel whose name can be found written on Aramaic love charms. |
| Goddess name "Oshun" | Santeria | Goddess of love, maternity and marriage. Santeria |
| Goddess name "Oshun" | Yoruba | A spirit-goddess who reigns over love, intimacy, beauty, wealth and diplomacy. Yoruba |
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