| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Mahabala (very strong)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | God. A fearsome emanation of AMITABHA and a dikpala (guardian) of the northwestern quarter. Color: red. Attributes: jewel, snakes, sword, tiger skin, trident and white fly whisk. Three-headed.... |
| God name "Mahabja" | Hindu | Snake god, a Naga Hindu / Puranic |
| God name "Mahabja" | Hindu / Puranic | Snake god. One of a group of seven MAHANAGAS.... |
| Goddess name "Mahacinatara (Tara of Tibet)" | Buddhist / Mahayana / / Lamaist / Tibet | Goddess. An emanation of AKSOBHYA and, in Lamaism, a fearsome form of the Vajrayana goddess, EKAJATA, who may be depicted with up to twelve heads and twenty-four hands. She stands upon a corpse. Attributes: arrow, ax, blue lotus, bow, cup, image of Aksobhya on crown, knife, skull, snake, staff, sword, tiger skin and trident. Three-eyed.... |
| God name "Mahamayuri" | Buddhist | Snake god Hindu / Buddhist / Mahayana |
| Deities name "Mahanaga" | Hindu | Snake god. A group of seven deities identical with a group of seven nagadevas.... |
| God name "Mahapadma" | Hindu | Snake god Hindu |
| God name "Mahapadma (great lotus)" | Hindu | Snake god. Attributes: rosary and waterjar. Three-eyed.... |
| Goddess name "Malinalxochitl" | Aztec | Sorceress and goddess of snakes, scorpions and insects of the desert. Aztec |
| Goddess name "Mama-Kilya (mother moon)" | Inca / pre - Columbian South America / Peru, etc | moon goddess. The consort of the Sun god INTI, she is important in the calculation of time and regulating the Inca festival calendar. The Indians consider that an eclipse of the moon is a time of great danger, caused by a mountain lion or snake eating the moon, and perform a ritual making as much noise as possible to frighten the predator off.... |
| Goddess name "Manasa" | Hindu | A naga and goddess of fertility. She is popularly known as the goddess of wish fulfilment and one who protects against snakebite. She is also åśśociated with the earth and higher knowledge. Hindu |
| Goddess name "Manasa" | Hindu | Snake goddess. The daughter of KASYAPA and KADRU and the sister of the lord of serpents, Vasuki. She is also a gracious aspect of PARVATI. Known particuarly from Bihar, Bengal and Assam. She stands upon, or is shaded by, a seven-headed snake. Attributes: snake and waterjar.... |
| Goddess name "Manasi" | Indian | The Goddess of Snakes. Indian |
| God name "Mehen" | Egypt | Minor chthonic underworld god. The guardian of the barque of the Sun god RE during its påśśage through the underworld at night. Depicted in the form of a coiled snake.... |
| 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 "Mucalinda" | Buddhist | Tutelary god. The guardian of a lake near Bodh Gaya. He is identified as a king of the nagas or snake gods and is said to have protected the BUDDHA from a storm by coiling around him.... |
| Deities name "Nagaraja" | Hindu | Snake god. The generic title of a deity equating with the terms mahoraga (great serpent) or nagadeva. Such deities were worshiped in India as early as the Indus Valley civilization (prior to 1700 BC).... |
| Goddess name "Naueet" | Egypt | Primordial goddess. One of the eight deities of the OGDOAD representing chaos, she is coupled with the god NUN and appears in anthropomorphic form but with the head of a snake. The pair epitomize the primordial abyss. She is also depicted greeting the rising Sun in the guise of a baboon.... |
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