| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Mauthe Dog" | Manx | A spectre hound that for many years haunted the ancient castle of Peel town, in the Isle of Man. This black spaniel used to enter the guard-room as soon as candles were lighted, and leave it at day-break. While this spectre-dog was present the soldiers forebore all oaths and profane talk. One day a drunken trooper entered the guard-house alone out of bravado, but lost his speech and died in three days. Manx |
| Goddess name "Mawu" | Benin | Goddess of peace, joy, motherhood. happiness, and the sky Benin / Fon |
| Goddess name "Mawu" | Fon / Benin, West Africa | (1) moon goddess. The sister of the Sun god LISA. She is also considered to bestow fertility and motherhood and is generally benevolent in nature.(2) sky god. Ewe [Togo, West Africa]. Among the tribe neighboring the Fon. Mawu is perceived as male and a creator deity. He favors the color white and is also benevolent and generous in nature.... |
| God name "Mawu Ewe" | Tongo | sky god Tongo |
| Goddess name "Mawu Fon" | Benin | Goddess of the moon Benin |
"May Molloch" | Irish | May Molloch or The Maid of the Hairy Arms. An elf who condescends to mingle in ordinary sports, and even to direct the master of the house how to play dominoes or draughts. Like the White Lady of Avenel, May Molloch is a sort of banshee. Irish |
| Goddess name "May-day" | Roman | Polydore Virgil says that the Roman youths used to go into the fields and spend the calends of May in dancing and singing in honour of Flora, goddess of fruits and flowers. The early English consecrated May-day to Robin Hood and the Maid Marian, because the favourite outlaw died on that day. Stow says the villagers used to set up May-poles, and spend the day in archery, morris-dancing, and other amu√åǧïñåts. |
| 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 "Maya[devi]" | Buddhist | A mother goddess |
| Goddess name "Mayahuel" | Aztec | A minor fertility goddess åśśociated with the maguey plant |
| Goddess name "Mayahuel" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor fertility goddess. One of the group clåśśed as the Ometochtli complex åśśociated with the maguey plant from which pulque is brewed. She may be depicted seated upon a tortoise beside an agave plant in bloom. According to legend she was abducted by QUETZALCOATL and subsequently dismembered by wild animals. From the fragments grew the first agave plants.... |
| Goddess name "Mayahuel aka Mayahual" | Aztec | Mayouel, the goddess of maguey, and by extension, alcohol. Aztec |
| Goddess name "Mayajalakrama-Kurukulla" | Buddhist / Mayhayana | A goddess |
| Goddess name "Mayajalakrama-Kurukulla (one who proceeds in the net of illusion)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Goddess. The personification of all DHYANIBUDDHAS. Color: red. Attributes: arrow, bow, hook, images of the five Dhyanibuddhas, lotus (red), pitcher, rosary and waterjar.... |
| Goddess name "Mayan" | Hindu | Goddess of illusion Hindu |
| Goddess name "Mayan[devi]" | Buddhist | Mother goddess Buddhist |
| Goddess name "Mayanhuel" | Mexico | Goddess of the night sky and of drunkenness Mexico |
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