| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Maheo (all-spirit)" | Cheyenne / USA | Creator god. He first lived in the void and then created the great primordial water of life. He made the earth from a ball of mud and engendered mankind from one of his ribs which he implanted in earth woman (Christian influence has probably been exerted here).... |
| God name "Mahes" | Egypt | God of the Sun normally worshipped in the region of the Nile delta Egypt |
| God name "Mahes" | Egypt | Sun god. An ancient deity worshiped chiefly in the region of the Nile delta and representing the destructive power of the Sun's heat. Depicted in the form of a lion. Also Miysis (Greek).... |
| 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 "Mahi (earth)" | Hindu / Vedic | Minor goddess of sacrifice. She is invoked to appear on the sacrificial field before a ritual, and is identified with the act of prayer. Usually åśśociated with the goddess SARASVATI.... |
| Goddess name "Mahisa (buffalo)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | demonic god. Depicted most frequently in the form of a buffalo, but he also confounds the gods by changing himself into many other animal guises. He is eventually slain by the goddess DEVI in the form of MAHISASURAMARDINI.... |
| Goddess name "Mahisasruramardini" | Hindu | Form of the goddess Devi Hindu / Puranic |
| Goddess name "Mahisasuramardini (slayer of the buffalo demon)" | Hindu / Puranic | Form of the goddess DEVI. Appearing from the fourth century AD onward, this goddess is a DURGA form of Devi. She possesses up to twelve arms holding an åśśortment of weapons and may be seated on a lion. According to legend, the form arose in response to the threat from the demonic MAHISA who was eventually slain by the goddess Devi with his own sword. Attributes: ax, banner, bell, bow, club, conch, drum, hook, lizard, mirror, noose, prayer wheel, shield, sword, staff and trident. Three-eyed.... |
| Goddess name "Mahodadhi (the great ocean)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. An attendant of BUDDHAKAPALA.... |
| Supreme god name "Mahu Fon" | Africa | She is the supreme goddess of the earth as well as a goddess of the moon & fertility |
| Goddess name "Mahui Iki" | Polynesia | Goddess of fire and the underworld. Polynesia |
| Goddess name "Mahuika" | Polynesia | Goddess of earthquakes who rules the edges of the underworld Polynesia |
| Goddess name "Maia" | Greek | Goddess of midwives, the night sky, spring, fertility and fire Greek |
| Goddess name "Maia" | Greco - Roman | Chthonic or earth goddess. Originally, in pre-Homeric times, a mountain spirit who subsequently became a minor consort of ZEUS. The Romans worshiped her as an obscure goddess of the plains who became briefly a consort of JUPITER, and they perceived her as the mother of the messenger god Mercury. Her cult was åśśociated with that of VulcanUS. Possibly the origin of the name of the month of May.See also MERCURIUS.... |
| God name "Mainatavasara" | Melanesia | One of Fiji's fourteen vanua; the ancient gods. Melanesia |
| God name "Maira-Monan" | Brazil | Maire-Monan. Among the Tupinamba, the creator god. Among the Tupi, a culture hero. Brazil |
| God name "Majas Gars" | Pre - Christian Latvian | household god. Invoked until very recent times in country districts as a deity who would bring prosperity to the family home.... |
| God name "Majestas" | Roman | A divinity worshipped at Rome. She is mentioned in connection with Vulcan, and was regarded by some as the wife of that god, though it seems for no other reason but because a priest of Vulcan offered a sacrifice to her on the first of May. Roman |