Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Mani" | Norse | moon or Maane. Brother of Sol (the Sun, feminine), and both were children of the giant Mundilfare. Norse |
God name "Mani" | Germanic / Nordic / Icelandic | moon god. He guides the chariot of the moon through the night sky and is involved in the downfall of the world at Ragnarok.... |
Goddess name "Marama" | Maori | Goddess of the moon Polynesia / Maori |
Goddess name "Marama" | Polynesian / Maori | moon goddess. She equates with the Tahitian goddess HINA, daughter of TANGAROA. Tradition has it that her body wastes away with each lunar cycle but is restored when she bathes in the sea from which all life springs.... |
Goddess name "Marina" | Slavic | Goddess of the moon Slavic |
Goddess name "Mawu" | Fon / Benin, West Africa | (1) moon goddess. The sister of the Sun god LISA. She is also considered to bestow fertility and motherhood and is generally benevolent in nature.(2) sky god. Ewe [Togo, West Africa]. Among the tribe neighboring the Fon. Mawu is perceived as male and a creator deity. He favors the color white and is also benevolent and generous in nature.... |
Goddess name "Mawu Fon" | Benin | Goddess of the moon Benin |
Goddess name "Meiess" | Pre - Christian Latvian | moon god. Consort of the Sun goddess SAULE. He is a guardian deity of travelers and military expeditions.... |
Goddess name "Meiulis" | Pre - Christian Lithuanian | moon god. Consort of the Sun goddess.... |
God name "Men" | Turkey | God of the moon who ruled the upper and lower world Turkey |
God name "Men" | Phrygian / Turkey | moon god. Ruler of both upper and lower worlds. Probably also a god of healing, he was subsequently adopted by the Greeks and Romans. The cult was popular during the imperial period, but its inscriptions were written in Greek.... |
God name "Men Ascaenus" | Antioch - near - Pisidia | Local tutelary god. Possibly originating as a Persian moon god and known chiefly from a description by Strabo. He enjoyed a substantial cult including a temple some 1,200 meters above sea level. His symbol is the head of a bull above a crescent moon and wreath; it appears on local coinage circa AD 200. The popularity of the cult earned antagonism from the Roman occupation.See also MEN.... |
God name "Men Phygia" | Asia Minor | God of the moon who ruled over in the heavens, but the underworld as well Asia Minor |
God name "Meness" | Latvia | God of the moon as well as the guardian of travelers and military expeditions Latvia |
God name "Menu" | Lithuania | God of the moon Lithuania |
God name "Menu/ Menulis" | Lithuania | The moon god |
Goddess name "Metsaka" | Huichol Indian / Mesoamerican / Mexico | moon goddess. Known as grandmother moon, she is the consort of the fire god TATEVALI. She guards the Huichol against the god of death, TOKAKAMI.... |
Goddess name "Metsaka Huichol" | Mexico | Goddess of the moon. Mexico |