| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Spirit name "Manito/ Manitou/ Manitu" | Lapiti / Algonquin / Lakota / Ojibiwa & other tribes | The Great spirit |
| Spirit name "Manitou" | Algonquin | Manito, Manitu, in traditional Algonquian First Nations culture, is the Great spirit, the Creator of all things and the Giver of Life. "Manitou" is an Algonquin word for "spirit", and "Gitche Manitou" means "Great spirit". |
| Spirit name "Manitu" | Algonquin Indian / USA | Creator god. A vaguely defined being who controls all things and imparts knowledge to the tribe. He may be identified as the great spirit in the sky. Probably similar to MANITO.... |
| Spirit name "Mantra or Mintra" | Persian | A spell, a talisman, by which a person holds sway over the elements and spirits of all denominations. Persian |
| Spirit name "Maruts" | India | This is a group of storm spirits |
| Supreme god name "Mayin" | Tungus / eastern / central Siberia | Supreme god. A benevolent but remote deity who breathes life into newborn children and receives the spirits of the dead.... |
| Spirit name "Mazzikin the" | Jewish | These are rather evil spirits that like to make things rough for humans |
| Spirit name "Mbomba" | Mongo / Nkundo / Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa | Creator god. He operates through intermediaries known as bilima and through the spirits of the dead, bakali. Also known as landa, Komba, Mbombo, Njakomba and WAI. Among the Ngbandi people there is recognized a vast water monster or river god by the same name.... |
| Spirit name "Me'mdeye-Eci'e" | Yukaghir / eastern Siberia | Fire spirit. A benevolent being residing in the sky and known as father fire.... |
| Spirit name "Me'mdeye-Ecl'e" | Yukaghir / Siberia | Known as father fire, a fire spirit |
| Spirit name "Me'mdeye-Ecl'e Yukaghir" | Siberia | Known as father fire, a fire spirit Siberia |
| Spirit name "Medr" | Ethiopia | Ancient earth spirit, gender unknown Ethiopia |
| Supreme god name "Meiechei (master of men)" | Araucania Indian / southern Andes | Supreme god. Also known as Pillan (heaven) and, west of the Andes, Guenu-Pillan (spirit of heaven).... |
| Deities name "Men Shen" | Chinese | God of påśśage. One of a pair of deities, armed with bow and arrows, who guard doorways and gates. Paper images are pinned to entrances of homes during the New Year celebrations to ward off evil spirits.... |
| Spirit name "Menninkäinen" | Finland | A fairy spirit, gnome. |
| Spirit name "Mens" | Roman | I. e. mind, a personification of mind, worshipped by the Romans. She had a sanctuary on the Capitol. The object of her worship was that the citizens might always be guided by a right and just spirit. Roman |
| Spirit name "Mermaid" | Arabic | A sea-spirit, the upper part a woman and the lower half a fish. |
| Spirit name "Merrows" | s | Both male and female, are spirits of the sea, of human shape from the waist upwards, but from the waist downwards are like a fish. The females are attractive, but the males have green teeth, green hair, pig's eyes, and red noses. Fishermen dread to meet them. |
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