| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Spirit name "Maheo" | Cheyenne | The void dwelling omnipotent Great spirit and creator who created the water, light and air. With the help of Coot he made land by placing mud on the back of Grandmother Turtle, who then became the earth. Cheyenne Indians |
"Mahesvari" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | The female energy of Mahesvara or Siva or as Durge the consort of Siva. Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
| Goddess name "Mahesvari" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. A SAKTI who in later Hinduism became one of a group of seven MATARAS regarded as of evil intent. Also one of eight ASTAMATARAS. In another grouping one of a group of nine NAVASAKTIS who, in southern India, rank higher than the SAPTAMATARAS. Attributes: antelope, arrow, ax, bow, club, drum, prayer wheel, staff and trident.... |
| Demon name "Mahisa" | Hindu | demonic god Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
| Goddess name "Mahisa (buffalo)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | demonic god. Depicted most frequently in the form of a buffalo, but he also confounds the gods by changing himself into many other animal guises. He is eventually slain by the goddess DEVI in the form of MAHISASURAMARDINI.... |
| Goddess name "Mahisasruramardini" | Hindu | Form of the goddess Devi Hindu / Puranic |
| Goddess name "Mahisasuramardini (slayer of the buffalo demon)" | Hindu / Puranic | Form of the goddess DEVI. Appearing from the fourth century AD onward, this goddess is a DURGA form of Devi. She possesses up to twelve arms holding an åśśortment of weapons and may be seated on a lion. According to legend, the form arose in response to the threat from the demonic MAHISA who was eventually slain by the goddess Devi with his own sword. Attributes: ax, banner, bell, bow, club, conch, drum, hook, lizard, mirror, noose, prayer wheel, shield, sword, staff and trident. Three-eyed.... |
"Mahpiyato" | Lakota | After the time of creation, the world was divided into three regions; the sky, the earth and waters and the underworld. When Mahpiyato created humans, they were placed in the subterranean region.. The Lakota, Plains Indians |
"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. |
| Goddess name "Malhal Mata" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. One of seven SAKTIS who in later Hinduism became regarded as SAPTAMATARAS (mothers) of evil intent. Particularly known in Bengal as a bringer of disease.... |
| God name "Mam" | Mayan / Yucatec, Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of evil. A much-feared deity who lives beneath the earth and only emerges in times of crisis. Depicted in the form of a flat, life-sized piece of wood dressed as a scarecrow and set upon a stool. He is offered food and drink during Uayeb, the period of five unlucky days at the end of the year, after which the figure is undressed and unceremoniously thrown away. During Uayeb devotees fast and refer to the god as grandfather.... |
"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. |
| God name "Mandhata (thoughtful)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | God. Minor avatara of VISNU. One of the lords of the universe.... |
| God name "Mangar-kunjer-kunja" | Australia | A lizard god who created humans. He found the first beings, Rella manerinja, on one side of a hill; they were fused together and he separated them with a knife and cut holes for their mouths, ears, and noses, then gave them the knife, spear, shield, fire, boomerang, and the tjurunga, and lastly gave them a system of marriage. Australia |
"Manjughosa" | Buddhist | Speaks from the depths of Enlightened awareness and transforms wrong views into Wisdom. A Buddhist Bodhisattva |
| God name "Manmatha" | Hindu | God of love, represented as a young and handsome winged man who wields a bow and arrows. His bow is made of sugarcane with honeybees on it as the string and his arrows are decorated with five kinds of fragrant flowers. Its string is made of a chain of honeybees. Hindu |
| God name "Mantchu Muchangu" | Africa | Strange but by teaching humans how to make clothes & covering their bodies he ended up being the god of dressmakers |
"Margutte" | France | A giant ten feet high, who died of laughter on seeing a monkey pulling on his boots. France |
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