| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Kwanonn" | Japan | Merciful One. A Buddhist boddhisattva and Asian Goddess. Japan |
| Goddess name "Kwanseieun" | Korea | Merciful One. A Buddhist boddhisattva and Asian Goddess. Korea |
| Goddess name "Kybele" | Phrygian | Phrygian mother of the gods; an Asiatic goddess åśśociated with Rhea |
| Goddess name "Kybele/ Kybebe/ Cybele" | Phrygian / NW Turkey | A rather important Asian mother goddess who likely started as a mountain goddess |
"Libya" | Greek | 1. A daughter of Epaphus and Memphis, from whom Libya (Africa) is said to have derived its name. By Poseidon she is said to have been the mother of Agenor, Belus and Lelex. 2. A daughter of Palamedes, and by Hermes the mother of Libys. 3. A sister of Asia. Greek |
"Ma" | Asia Minor | The personification of fruitfulness. Asia Minor |
| Demon name "Magic Rings" | Italy | This superstition arose from the belief that magicians had the power of imprisoning demons in rings. The power was supposed to prevail in Asia, and subsequently in Salamanca, Toledo, and Italy. |
"Malambruno" | Spain | The giant, first cousin of queen Maguncia, of Canday'a, who enchanted Antonomasia and her husband, and shut them up in the tomb of the deceased queen. The infanta he transformed into a monkey of bråśś, and the knight into a crocodile. Don Quixote achieved their disenchantment by mounting the wooden horse called Clavileno. |
"Mamaldi" | Amur / Siberia | She is the co-creator of earth but she was killed by her husband for creating Asia, for spite she created souls for at the magicians he built |
"Mamaldi Amur" | Siberia | Co-creator of earth but she was killed by her husband for creating Asia, for spite she created souls for at the magicians he built Siberia |
| God name "Meilichius" | Greek | I. e. the god that can be propitiated, or the gracious, is used as a surname of several divinities. 1. Of Zeus, as the protector of those who honoured him with propitiatory sacrifices. At Athens cakes were offered to him every year at the festival of the Diasia. |
| God name "Men Ascaenus" | Antioch / Asia Minor | A local tutelary god |
| God name "Men Ascaenus Antioch" | Asia Minor | Local tutelary god Asia Minor |
| God name "Men Phygia" | Asia Minor | God of the moon who ruled over in the heavens, but the underworld as well Asia Minor |
"Menoetius" | Greek | 1. A son of Japetus and Clymene or Asia, and a brother of Atlas, Prometheus and, Epimetheus, was killed by Zeus with a flash of lightning, in the fight of the Titans, and thrown into Tartarus. (Theogony of Hesiod 507) |
| Goddess name "Meter" | The essence of the great mother of all gods, equating most closely to GAIA | Mother goddess, Greek. Known throughout the Greek Empire and generally the object of devotion by individuals rather than large cult followings. Also known as Meter oriae (mother of the mountain). Her popularity is thought to have spread from northern Ionia. Herodotus mentions a festival of Meter in Kyzikos. Probably derived originally from the western Asiatic great mother (see KYBELE).... |
| Goddess name "Nemesis" | Greco - Roman | Goddess of justice and revenge. The dreaded deity who, with the Furies, is responsible for transporting the souls of the guilty to Tartarus. She is also described as the deification of indignation. Her presence may be symbolized by the fabulous winged griffon. Her cult was predominantly at Rhamnus (Attica), where a magnificent temple was built in her honor in the fifth century BC, and in Smyrna. She also had a temple at Iconium in Asia Minor. According to legend, ZEUS raped her and she bore HELEN in consequence. In certain respects she provides a parallel with the goddess ERINYS. Her cult became one of morality.... |
| Goddess name "Nike" | Greco - Roman | Goddess of victory. Depicted as a winged messenger bringing the laurel wreath to the victor of battle. Though of Greek origin, appearing in the Theogony of Hesiod, she was adopted by the Romans and worshiped extensively throughout Asia Minor, including Sardis. In some depictions the goddess ATHENA carries NIKE as a small winged figure. Also VICTORIA (Roman).... |
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