Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Maturaiviran" | Hindu | Locally worshiped god. Of fearsome character, he is the deification of a seventeenth century policeman who eloped with a princess and was slain. Known from southern India, where he is also a god of wine. Attributes: shield and sword.... |
Goddess name "Maya" | Hindu | A goddess of illusion |
Goddess name "Maya(devi)" | Buddhist | Mother goddess. The mother of the BUDDHA perceived as the world lotus or PADMA from which the Buddha was born. She equates with the Hindu goddess LAKSMI. The term is also applied to the personification of the visible universe and, in Hinduism, as an epithet of the goddess DURGA.... |
Goddess name "Mayan" | Hindu | Goddess of illusion Hindu |
God name "Meghanada (cloud roar)" | Hindu | Minor god. A son of Ravana who once briefly bested INDRA and became known as the Indra-conqueror.... |
God name "Meghanda" | Hindu | Minor god Hindu |
Goddess name "Mena" | Hindu | Goddess of mountains Hindu |
Goddess name "Mena" | Hindu | mountain goddess. The consort of HIMAVAN and the mother of GANGA and PARVATI.... |
Goddess name "Mhalsa" | Hindu / late | Minor goddess. The consort of KHANDOBA and considered to be a form of the goddess PARVATI. Locally worshiped at Jejuri, near Poona in western India.... |
Goddess name "Mhsala" | Hindu | Minor goddess considered to be a form of Parvati Hindu |
Goddess name "Minaksi (fish eyed)" | Hindu | Local fish goddess. Regarded as a SAKTI of SI IVA (i.e. PARVATI) and the daughter of KUBERA. She is the mother of Ugra. Minaksi is known mainly from southern India where one of her main temples is at Madurai.... |
Goddess name "Minaski" | Hindu | Local fish goddess Hindu |
Goddess name "Minaski/ Minaci" | Hindu | A local fish goddess |
God name "Mitra" | Hindu | Minor Sun god of light and wisdom Hindu / Puranic / Vedic |
God name "Mitra (friend)" | Hindu / Vedic / Puranic | Minor Sun god. An Aditya, one of six descendants of ADITI, he was originally åśśociated with VARUNA (Vedic), ruling the day while Varuna ruled the night. It is from this model that first MITHRA (Persian) and then MITHRAS (Roman) were derived. He is also the god of intimate friendship. Attributes: two lotuses, trident and a sacrificial drink or soma.... |
Demon name "Mohini (illusion)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor incarnation of VIS'NU. Mohini is an avatara who appears in the form of an enchantress whose form Vis'nu adopted briefly to deceive demons attempting to remove the ambrosia created by churning the primeval ocean of milk (see also GARUDA). Vis'nu used the same guise to dupe and seduce the god SIVA.... |
God name "Mon" | Kafir / Afghanistan / Hindukush | A warrior god & hero from prehistoric origins and around today |
God name "Mon Kafir" | Afghanistan | warrior god and hero from prehistoric origins and around today Afghanistan / Hindukush |