Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Maia" | Greco - Roman | Chthonic or earth goddess. Originally, in pre-Homeric times, a mountain spirit who subsequently became a minor consort of ZEUS. The Romans worshiped her as an obscure goddess of the plains who became briefly a consort of JUPITER, and they perceived her as the mother of the messenger god Mercury. Her cult was åśśociated with that of VulcanUS. Possibly the origin of the name of the month of May.See also MERCURIUS.... |
God name "Maianwatahe" | Sioux | God of plenty and prosperous hunting. Sioux |
"Maimoa-a-Longona" | Polynesia | The iron rock called Touiafutuna was split asunder and there leapt forth the second pair of the primordial male and female twins, Atungake and Maimoa-a-Longona. Tonga, Polynesia |
God name "Mainatavasara" | Melanesia | One of Fiji's fourteen vanua; the ancient gods. Melanesia |
"Maipe" | Argentina | A supreme being åśśociated with the darkness of night, the violent wind of the desert and other dangers. Argentina |
"Maiph" | Argentina | A supreme being, considered beneficent. The Pampean / Patagonians, Argentina |
"Mair" | Brazil | The demiurge of the Urubu. Brazil |
God name "Maira-Monan" | Brazil | Maire-Monan. Among the Tupinamba, the creator god. Among the Tupi, a culture hero. Brazil |
Deity name "Maitresse Amelia" | Haitian | A loa or minor deity. Haitian Vodun |
"Maitreya" | Buddhist | Designate Buddhist / India |
"Maja" | Sioux | earth mother Sioux |
God name "Majas Gars" | Latvia | household god Latvia |
God name "Majas Gars" | Pre - Christian Latvian | household god. Invoked until very recent times in country districts as a deity who would bring prosperity to the family home.... |
God name "Majestas" | Roman | A divinity worshipped at Rome. She is mentioned in connection with Vulcan, and was regarded by some as the wife of that god, though it seems for no other reason but because a priest of Vulcan offered a sacrifice to her on the first of May. Roman |
Goddess name "Maju" | Basque | God who is the consort of the mother goddess and a Divine spirit Basque |
Goddess name "Maju" | Basque / Pyrenean region | God. The consort of the mother goddess MARI, he appears in the guise of a serpent.... |
"Makarom Manouwe" | Indonesia | The masculine principle lives in the sky and sometimes in the Sun, a primordial pair with Makarom Mawakhu. Island of Keisar, Indonesia |
"Makarom Mawakhu" | Indonesia | The feminine principle is Present in the earth, and forms a primordial pair with Makarom Manouwe. Island of Keisar, Indonesia |