| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Muso Koroni (the pure woman with the primeval soul)" | Bambara / Mali, West Africa | Chthonic fertility goddess. The mother of all living things, she introduced mankind to the principles of farming. She has a terrifying appearance, depicted either in human form, sometimes with many breasts (cf. ARTEMIS at Ephesus), or as a panther. In the latter guise she uses her claws to bring on menstruation in women and to cirçúɱcise both sexes. Prior to cirçúɱ cision a youth is said to possess wanzo, an untamed wildness. Muso Koroni is pursued by the Sun god, PEMBA, who impregnates her in the form of a tree (Acacia albida). Also Mousso Coronie.... |
| Goddess name "Mut" | Egypt | An ancient Egyptian mother goddess with multiple aspects that changed over the centuries. Rulers of Egypt supported her worship in their own way to emphasize their own authority and right to rule. Egypt |
| Goddess name "Mut" | Egypt | The patron goddess of Thebes. In Upper Egypt she is the counterpart of SAKHMET, the Lower Egyptian goddess from Memphis. After superseding the goddess AMAUNET, she became locally the consort of the Sun god AMUN, in which capacity she is the mother of the moon god KHONSU. She was also regarded as the Divine mother of the Theban kings. Mut is depicted in human form wearing a vulture headdress sur mounted by the twin crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt. She is typically dressed in a bright red or blue patterned gown. Less frequently she is drawn with a lion's head. She enjoyed a cult center at Thebes where her sanctuary was known as the Iseru.... |
| Goddess name "MutialAmma "PearlMother"" | Tamil | village mother goddesses represented by a stone. Tamil |
| Goddess name "Muttalamman (pearl-mother)" | Dravidian / Tamil / southern India | Plague goddess. Specifically identified with smallpox. Also Mutyalamma.... |
| God name "Mutu" | Assyria | Personification of death and the god of the underworld Assyria |
| God name "Mutyalamma" | Andhra | A hill god and Pearl-Mother. Andhra |
| God name "Mw-ene" | Africa | Designates God-meaning the Master, the Chief. The Sagala, East Africa |
| God name "Mwatuangi" | Kenya | A name for God meaning Cleaver One referring to his giving shape, details, distinctiveness to his creations. The Akamba, Kenya |
| God name "Mwenenyaga" | Kenya | The creator god who is involved in life ceremonies. The Kikuyu, Kenya |
| God name "Mwetyi" | Guinea | The supreme being who was also a god of oaths and punished perjury. The Shekuni, Guinea |
| Goddess name "Mycalessia" | Greek | A surname of Demeter, derived from Mycalessus in Boeotia, where the goddess had a sanctuary. Greek |
| God name "Myhs" | Egypt | A god of war and a guardian and a lord of the horizon. Egypt |
| Goddess name "Mylitta" | Greek | Goddess. The Hellenized version of the Akkadian goddess MULLILTU, consort of ELLIL and of ASSUR.... |
| God name "Myoken-Bohdisattiva" | Buddhist | Astral god and the god of healing eye-disease. Buddhist |
| God name "MyokennBooklhisattva" | Buddhist Chinese | Astral god. The apotheosis of the Pole Star, equating with AME-NO-KAGASEWO in Japanese Shintoism.... |
| God name "Myrrah" | Greek | A daughter of Cinyras and, mother of Adonis. Aphrodite inspired Myrrha with lust to commit incest with her father, Theias. Myrrha's nurse helped with the scheme. When Theias discovered this, he flew into a rage, chasing his daughter with a knife. The gods turned her into a myrrh tree and Adonis eventually sprung from this tree. Greek |
| Goddess name "Myrrha / Syyrna" | Western Semitic / Phoenician | Fertility goddess. Known from inscriptions as the mother of the god Kinnur. Also Syyrna.... |
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