| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Messene" | Greek | A daughter of Triopas, and wife of Polycaon, whom she induced to take possession of the country which was called after her, Messenia. She is also said to have introduced there the worship of Zeus and the mysteries of the great goddess of Eleusis. In the town of Messene she was honoured with a temple and heroic worship. Greek |
| Goddess name "Messor" | Roman | Minor goddess concerned with the growth and harvesting of crops Roman |
| God name "Messor" | Roman | Minor god of Agriculture. Concerned with the growth and harvesting of crops.... |
"Mestor" | Greek | The name of four mythical personages, of whom nothing of interest is related. Greek |
"Mestra" | Greek | A daughter of Erysichthon, and granddaughter of Triopas. She was sold by her hungry father, that he might obtain tha means of satisfying his hunger. In order to escape from slavery she prayed to Poseidon, who loved her, and conferred on her the power of metamorphosing herself whenever she was sold, and of thus each time returning to her father. Greek |
"Metabus" | Greek | A son of Sisyphus, from whom the town of Metapontum, in Southern Italy, was believed to have derived its name. Greek |
"Metaneira" | Greek | The wife of Celeus, and mother of Triptolemus, received Demeter on her arrival in Attica. Pausanias calls her Meganaera. Greek |
| Angel name "Metatron" | Jewish | demon / angel of countenance and custodian of strength, OK Jewish |
| Goddess name "Meter" | Greek | Mother goddess Greek |
| 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).... |
| King name "Metion" | Greek | A son of Erechtheus and Praxithea, and husband of Alcippe. His sons, the Metionidae, expelled their cousin Pandion from his kingdom of Athens, but were themselves afterwards expelled by the sons of Pandion. Greek |
"Metis" | Greek | The personification of prudence, is described as a daughter of Oceåñuś and Thetys. At the instigation of Zeus, she gave to Cronos a vomitive, whereupon he brought back his children whom he had devoured. Greek |
| Goddess name "Metis" | Greek | Goddess of wisdom. The daughter of OKEANOS and TETHYS. The original consort of ZEUS and mother of ATHENA. According to legend, Zeus swallowed her because he feared she would engender a child more powerful than he.... |
| Goddess name "Metsaka" | Huichol Indian / Mesoamerican / Mexico | moon goddess. Known as grandmother moon, she is the consort of the fire god TATEVALI. She guards the Huichol against the god of death, TOKAKAMI.... |
| Goddess name "Metsaka Huichol" | Mexico | Goddess of the moon. Mexico |
| God name "Metztli" | Aztec | Lowly god of worms who failed to sacrifice himself to become the Sun, and became the moon instead, his face darkened by a rabbit. Aztec |
| Deities name "Metztli" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor moon god. One of the group of deities belonging to the TEZCATLIPOCA complex.... |
| Deities name "Mexitli (maguey-hare)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor god of war. One of the group of deities belonging to the HUITZILPOCHTLI complex.... |
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