| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Molpadia" | Greek | An Amazon, who was said to have killed Antiope, another Amazon, and was afterwards slain herself by Theseus. Her tomb was shown at Athens. Greek |
| God name "Moma" | S America | The moon god, ancestor of mankind and maker of the world. Uitoto, South America |
| God name "Moma" | Uitoto Indian / South America | Creator god. Originally the creator of mankind. When he was slain he entered and ruled the underworld. Also the apotheosis of the moon.... |
| God name "Moma Uitoto" | SA | A god that originally was the creator of mankind & the apotheosis of the moon |
| Ghost name "Mombo Wa Ndhlopfu" | Mozambique | Masters of the Forest, serpents that were credited with speech and bad breath. Often åśśociated with the flesh-eating maggots of corpses, ancestral spirits and ghosts took that form as a disguise. Ronga, Mozambique |
| God name "Mombo Wa Ndhlopfu (elephant face)" | Ronga / Mozambique, southern Africa | Tutelary god. An ancestral deity who lives in and controls the Forests, also appearing in the guise of a huge snake. He is propitiated by the sacrifice of a çõçkerel.... |
| God name "Mombo Wa Ndhlopfu Ronga" | Mozambique | A tutelary god that lives in & controls the Forest |
"Momus" | Greek | A son of Nyx, is a personification of mockery and censure. Thus he is said to have censured in the man formed by Hephaestus, that a little door had not been left in his breast, so as to enable one to look into his secret thoughts, Greek |
"Momus's Lattice" | Greek | Momus's Lattice or window. Momus blamed Vulcan because he did not set a window or lattice in the human breast for discerning secret thoughts. Greek |
"Monaciello [little monk]" | Italy | A sort of incubus in the mythology of Naples. It is described as a thick little man, dressed in a monk's garment and broad-brimmed hat. Those who will follow when he beckons will be led to a spot where treasure is concealed. Sometimes, however, it is his pleasure to pull the bed-clothes off, and sometimes to sit perched on a sleeper. Italy |
"Moneta" | Roman | A surname of Juno among the Romans, by which she was characterised as the protectress of money. Roman |
| Goddess name "Moneta" | Roman | Minor goddess of prosperity. The spirit of the mint, known particularly from the second century BC.... |
| Angel name "Monkir and Nakir" | Arabic | According to Mahometan mythology, are two angels who interrogate the dead immediately they are buried. The first two questions they ask are, "Who is your Lord?" and "Who is your prophet?" Their voices are like thunder, their aspects hideous, and those not approved of they lash into perdition with whips half-iron and half-flame. |
| God name "Monoecus" | Greek | A surname of Heracles, signifying the god who lives solitary, perhaps because he alone was worshipped in the temples dedicated to him. Greek |
| God name "Monos" | Greek | The god of pain & sarcasm |
| God name "Month/ Montu" | Egypt | The war god of Thebes that quit during the 11th dynasty, royal politics you see |
| God name "Montu" | Egypt | Local god of war. Worshiped in and around the district of Thebes in Upper Egypt. He is known from circa 2000 BC and possibly earlier, but came to special prominence overseeing the aggressive posture of Theban kings from the XI to XVIII Dynasty (2133-1320 BC). Montu is depicted in human form but with a falcon's head surmounted by twin plumes, a Sun disc and the uraeus (cobra). At some stage, probably as Month (Greek), he became identified with a sacred bull, Buchis.... |
"Moon-drop" | Roman | In Latin, virus lunare, a vaporous drop supposed to be shed by the moon on certain herbs and other objects, when influenced by incantations. Roman |
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