| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| 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.... |
| Deities name "Mami Wata" | Africa | A pantheon of ancient water spirits or deities of the African diaspora. |
| Goddess name "Mamitu" | Akkadia | Goddess of treaties and oaths, as well as a judge in the underworld Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia |
| Goddess name "Mamitu" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Goddess of oaths and treaties. One of the consorts of NERGAL and subsequently identified as a chthonic underworld deity. Also Mammetu.... |
| Goddess name "Mamlambo" | Zulu | The mother goddess and the goddess of rivers. Zulu |
| Goddess name "Mamlambo" | Zulu / Natal, South Africa | River goddess. Considered to control all the rivers running through Natal. Also a patron of beer-makers, who are usually women.... |
| God name "Mammon" | Syriac | The god of this world. Mammon was the Syrian god of wealth, similar to Plutus of Greek and Roman mythology. Syriac |
"Man of Bråśś" | Crete | Talos, the work of Heph?stus. He traversed Crete to prevent strangers from setting foot on the island, and threw rocks at the Argonauts to prevent their landing. Talos used to make himself red-hot, and hug intruders to death. |
"Man of Sin" | Roman | The Roman Catholics say the Man of Sin is Antichrist. The Puritans applied the term to the Pope of Rome; the Fifth-Monarchy men to Cromwell; many modern theologians apply it to that "wicked one" (identical with the "last horn" of Dan. vii.) who is to immediately precede the second advent. |
"Mana" | Oceanic | A concept of an impersonal force or quality that resides in people, animals, and inanimate objects and that instills in the appreciative observer a sense of respect or wonder. Oceanic |
| 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 "Manabozho aka Nanabush" | Ojibwa | Manabozo, a spirit trickster figure and culture hero. He was the son of a human mother and Bangishimog, a spirit father. Nanabozho most often appears in the shape of a rabbit and is characterized as a trickster. He was sent to earth by Gitchi Manitou to teach the Ojibwe, and one of his first tasks was to name all the plants and animals. Ojibwa |
| Goddess name "Manah" | Aribic | One of the three chief goddesses of Mecca. The goddess of fate and the oldest of the three "Daughters of God". Aribic |
"Manang Jaban" | Bali | A Medicine man or woman, a witch doctor or wizard. There are both terrestrial and celestial Manang. Bali. |
| God name "Manannan (Mac Lir)" | Celtic / Irish / British | Sea god. Extensively worshiped. From the name is derived the Isle of Man where, according to tradition, the god is buried. He rules the Isle of the Blessed and determines the weather at sea. Father of the Irish hero Mongan. Also Manawyddaw (Welsh).... |
| God name "Manannan Mac Lir" | Ireland / Welsh / Scots | The god of the sea. He is often seen as a psychopomp, whose responsibility is to escort newly-deceased souls to the afterlife, and considered to have strong connections to the Otherworld islands of the dead, the weather, and the mists between the worlds. Ireland / Welsh / Scots |
| Goddess name "Manasa" | Hindu | A naga and goddess of fertility. She is popularly known as the goddess of wish fulfilment and one who protects against snakebite. She is also åśśociated with the earth and higher knowledge. Hindu |
| Goddess name "Manasa" | Hindu | Snake goddess. The daughter of KASYAPA and KADRU and the sister of the lord of serpents, Vasuki. She is also a gracious aspect of PARVATI. Known particuarly from Bihar, Bengal and Assam. She stands upon, or is shaded by, a seven-headed snake. Attributes: snake and waterjar.... |
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