| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "MOT (death)" | Canaanite / Phoenician / northern Israel, Lebanon / Syrian coastal regions | God of natural adversity. ot is the Canaanite representation of adversity in the natural world. He lives in a pit within the earth and is responsible for its annual death from drought and heat: he has scorched the olive, the produce of the earth and the fruit of the trees. He engages in the clåśśic confrontation with the Canaanite hero and national god, BAAL. Though the duel results in Baal's demise, his death is avenged by his twin sister ANAT, who slays Mot, then cleaves, winnows, burns and grinds him with a millstone, in what appears to be a ritual allied to the sowing of seed and harvesting (see OSIRIS). Baal is later restored. The conflict probably formed the basis of an annual ritual drama at the Canaanite New Year which was held in the autumn. In the texts Mot is the son of Il and his mother is AS'ERAH (ATHIRAT).... |
| God name "Mahadeya (mighty god)" | Hindu / Puranic | God. An important epithet of SIVA with three heads (two male, one female) signifying the three aspectsAghora (right), Saumya (center) and Sakti (left). Attributes: ax, bell, hook, mirror, noose, staff, sword, tree and trident. Also identified as a manifestation of Siva and one of the EKADASARUDRAS (eleven forms of RUDRA). In northern India among tribes including the Gonds, the expression Mahadeo (great god) is directed toward Siva as the supreme deity.... |
| God name "Makila" | Californoa | The thunder god who gave the people knowledge and taught them hunting and fishing and the arts. With Kuksu, the creators. The northern Pomo, California |
| God name "Malakbel" | Pre - Islamic northern Arabian | vegetation god. Mentioned as the brother of AGLIBOL on an inscription at Palmyra dated to AD 132.... |
| God name "Malik (king)" | Pre - Islamic northern Arabian | Tutelary god. Known from inscriptions.... |
| God name "Marnas" | Pre - Islamic northern Arabian | Local tutelary god. Probably regarded as a fertility deity, his cult was centered at Gaza at the Marneion sanctuary and probably succeeded that of Dagon. He may have been the subject of a colossal statue attributed to ZEUS found near Gaza.See also DAGAN.... |
| Goddess name "Mata (great mother)" | Hindu | Primeval mother goddess. The archetypal progenitrix of all living things. She becomes the tutelary goddess of every village in northern India, but is also seen as a plague goddess åśśociated with smallpox, in which case her epithet becomes Maha Mai. Her Tamil counterpart is Amman.... |
| 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).... |
| Goddess name "Mujaji" | Lovedu / South Africa | Rain goddess. She is said to reside in the northern Drakensberg mountains and sends both destructive tempests and gentle generative Rain. In past times she was propitiated with sacrifices of cattle and occasionally young girls. She is represented by a lineage of mortal queens on whose fabulous reputation the author Rider Haggard based the novel She. Also Modjadji.... |
| God name "Nahi" | Arabia | The patron god of Thamud, in northern Arabia. |
| God name "Nahi" | Pre - Islamic northern Arabian | Guardian god. Generally of benevolent nature.... |
"Nordre or North" | Norse | A dwarf presiding over the northern regions. Norse |
| Spirit name "Omuqkatos" | N America | The Great spirit who is the Sun. The Blackfeet, Northern Plains, Canada / United States |
| Supreme god name "Orotalt" | Pre - Islamic / Arabian | Tutelary god. Thought to equate with the northern Arabian god RUDA (Ruldaiu). Mentioned by Herodotus in Hellenic times as a supreme god and possibly syncretized with DIONYSOS.... |
| Goddess name "PustI (growth)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Fertility goddess. In northern India she is the second consort of VIS'NU, but elsewhere may also be linked with SARASVATI and named as a consort of GANESA.... |
| God name "Qos" | Pre - Islamic northern Arabian | Local weather god. Apparently known as the deification of an outcrop of black basalt on the north side of the Wadi Hesa [near Kirbet Tannur]. Also a god of Rainbows. Depicted seated on a throne flanked by bulls. Attributes include a branched thunderbolt held in the left hand. A worshiper is seen offering him an eagle.... |
| God name "Quzah (archer)" | Pre - Islamic northern Arabian | mountain and weather god. Probably equating to QOS and worshiped by the Idumaean tribe to the south of Judea as a storm god. Also claimed to have been known near Mecca. Attributes include a bow which shoots arrows of hail.... |
| Supreme god name "Raiden Atzhie" | Europe | The supreme god and ruler over all the gods, men, and things in the world. The first person in a trinity of Raiden-Attje, Raiden-Akka, Raiden-Kiedde. The Lapps, Northern Europe |
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