Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Mata" | Ireland | The Sea-Turtle that could suck down a man in armour. Ireland |
Goddess name "Mata (great mother)" | Hindu | Primeval mother goddess. The archetypal progenitrix of all living things. She becomes the tutelary goddess of every village in northern India, but is also seen as a plague goddess åśśociated with smallpox, in which case her epithet becomes Maha Mai. Her Tamil counterpart is Amman.... |
Goddess name "Matara" | Hindu | Mother goddess applied to the Divine mothers Hindu |
Goddess name "Matara" | Hindu | Mother goddess. Applied collectively to groups of deities, the Divine mothers, also more specifically to the consort of the god KASYAPA. As Divine mothers they are also regarded as SAKTIS. The numbers vary according to separate traditions and they are therefore identified as the SAPTAMATARAS (seven), ASTAMATARAS (eight) and NAVASAKTIS (nine). Less commonly there may be up to fifty mataras in a group. Their images are normally carved in stone (very few exist in metal) and they are depicted seated, often upon a corpse, and may be of terrifying appearance.... |
Goddess name "Mataras" | India | Group of goddesses India |
Goddess name "Mataras/ Ambikas" | India | A Group of goddesses |
God name "Matarisvan" | Hindu | Minor messenger god Hindu / Epic |
God name "Matarisvan" | Hindu / Vedic | Minor messenger god. The attendant of AGNI.... |
Goddess name "Mater Matula" | Italy | A sky goddess |
Goddess name "Mater Matuta" | Roman | Goddess of the dawn, the sky and seafaring Roman |
Goddess name "Mater Matuta" | Italic | sky goddess. The personification of the dawn light who evolved into a fertility deity concerned with childbirth. She is also a tutelary goddess of mariners.See also ISIS.... |
Goddess name "Matergabiae" | Lithuania | Goddess of fire, and the home Lithuania |
King name "Math fab Mathonwy" | Welsh | A king of Gwynedd who needed to rest his feet in the lap of a virgin unless he was at war, or he would die. Welsh |
"Mathgen" | Ireland | Mathgen - the great magician of the Tuatha de Danaan who had the power to topple mountains onto his enemies. Ireland |
Goddess name "Mathit" | Egypt | Tree goddess who helps the dead climb to heaven Egypt |
King name "Matholwch" | Ireland | A king of Ireland, is a character in the Second Branch of the Mabinogi |
God name "Mathonwy" | Welsh | A benevolent ruler of the underworld akin to Beli, or perhaps that god himself under another title, for the name Math. Welsh |
Goddess name "Mati syra zemlya" | Slavic | Goddess of justice Slavic |