| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Mam" | Mayan / Yucatec, Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of evil. A much-feared deity who lives beneath the earth and only emerges in times of crisis. Depicted in the form of a flat, life-sized piece of wood dressed as a scarecrow and set upon a stool. He is offered food and drink during Uayeb, the period of five unlucky days at the end of the year, after which the figure is undressed and unceremoniously thrown away. During Uayeb devotees fast and refer to the god as grandfather.... |
| Goddess name "Mama-Kilya (mother moon)" | Inca / pre - Columbian South America / Peru, etc | moon goddess. The consort of the Sun god INTI, she is important in the calculation of time and regulating the Inca festival calendar. The Indians consider that an eclipse of the moon is a time of great danger, caused by a mountain lion or snake eating the moon, and perform a ritual making as much noise as possible to frighten the predator off.... |
| Goddess name "Mami" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Mother goddess. Identified in the Atrahasis texts and other creation legends and probably synonymous with NINHURSAG A. She was involved in the creation of mankind from clay and blood. The name almost certainly came into use because it is the first word that a child formulates. Also Mama; Mammitum.... |
| Spirit name "Mana uDmuta" | s | Mana and his Likeness, or Likeness of spirit. Relates to the Mother of Life, coutnerpart of the Living spirit in Mani's system. Early Nazorean |
| Spirit name "Manda dHiia" | s | Manda-d-Hiya, the son of Nis'ibtun. Manda d Hiia means Gnosis of Life, or Temple of the Living Ones. A Savior spirit sometimes identified with Hibil. Looks out for humanity. Younger brother of Hibil-Ziwa. Sometimes Mani's Living spirit, but often Yeshu and Miryai. Identified with Yeshu when he was baptized by John. Manda dHiia and Mahzian appear to have originally been titles for the Living spirit, but ones attached to Yeshu later on. Early Nazorean |
"Mansa, Matsya, Madya, Maithuna, Mudra" | Hindu | M. The five M's: Mansa, Matsya, Madya, Maithuna, and Mudra (flesh, fish, wine, women, and gesticulation). The five forms of Hindu asceticism. |
| God name "Maponos" | Celtic / Continental / European / British | Tribal deity. A youthful god worshiped by the Brigantes tribe in Britain and probably åśśimilated with APOLLO in the Romano-Celtic period.... |
"Mecca's Three Idols" | Arabic | Lata, Aloza, and Menat, all of which Mahomet overthrew. |
| Goddess name "Medeine (of the trees)" | Pre - Christian Latvian | Woodland goddess. Known from medieval måñuścripts.... |
| King name "Megapenthes" | Greek | A son of Proetus, was king of Argos, and father of Anaxagoras and Iphianeira. He exchanged his dominion for that of Perseus, so that the latter received Tiryns instead of Argos. (Apollodorus. ii.) He is said to have afterwards slain Perseus. Greek |
| Goddess name "Meiess" | Pre - Christian Latvian | moon god. Consort of the Sun goddess SAULE. He is a guardian deity of travelers and military expeditions.... |
| God name "Meness" | Latvia | God of the moon as well as the guardian of travelers and military expeditions Latvia |
"Mestor" | Greek | The name of four mythical personages, of whom nothing of interest is related. Greek |
| Goddess name "Mezamat" | Latvia | Goddess of all Forests Latvia |
| Goddess name "Mezamat/ Mezamate" | Latvia | She is the goddess of all Forests |
| Goddess name "Mezamate" | Latvian | Goddess of the woods. Latvian |
| God name "Mezavirs" | Latvia | God of all Forests Latvia |
| God name "Mezavirs/ Mezadeva" | Latvia | He is the god of all Forests |
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