Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Men Ascaenus" | Antioch - near - Pisidia | Local tutelary god. Possibly originating as a Persian moon god and known chiefly from a description by Strabo. He enjoyed a substantial cult including a temple some 1,200 meters above sea level. His symbol is the head of a bull above a crescent moon and wreath; it appears on local coinage circa AD 200. The popularity of the cult earned antagonism from the Roman occupation.See also MEN.... |
God name "Men Ascaenus Antioch" | Asia Minor | Local tutelary god Asia Minor |
God name "Men Phygia" | Asia Minor | God of the moon who ruled over in the heavens, but the underworld as well Asia Minor |
"Men Shen" | China | Two guardians of doorways China |
Deities name "Men Shen" | Chinese | God of påśśage. One of a pair of deities, armed with bow and arrows, who guard doorways and gates. Paper images are pinned to entrances of homes during the New Year celebrations to ward off evil spirits.... |
Goddess name "Mena" | Hindu | Goddess of mountains Hindu |
Goddess name "Mena" | Hindu | mountain goddess. The consort of HIMAVAN and the mother of GANGA and PARVATI.... |
God name "Menahka" | Mandaean Irak | God of the Sun |
Goddess name "Menchit" | Egypt | Originally a foreign war goddess, and the female counterpart, and thus wife, to Anhur. It was said that she had come from Nubia with Anhur. Her name depicts this warrior status, as it means she who måśśacres. Egypt |
"Mene" | Greek | A female divinity presiding over the months. Greek |
Supreme god name "Menechen" | Chile | Supreme god Chile |
Supreme god name "Menechen/ Pillan/ Gueu-Pillan Aruucania" | Chile | The supreme God |
King name "Menelaus" | Greek | A son of Atreus, and younger brother of Agamemnon and Anaxibia. He was king of Lacedaemon, and married to the beautiful Helen, by whom he was the father of Hermione and Megapenthes. Greek |
God name "Meness" | Latvia | God of the moon as well as the guardian of travelers and military expeditions Latvia |
God name "Menesthius" | Greek | 1. A son of Areithous and Philomedusa, of Arne in Boeotia, was slain at Troy by Paris. 2. A son of the river-god Spercheius or of Borus and Polydora, was one of the commanders of the hosts of Achilles. Greek |
Goddess name "Meng Po" | China | Goddess of justice China |
Goddess name "Meng-Po-Niang" | China | Goddess who stands at the Ninth Chinese Hell. Her magic potion was administered to each soul, so that they would forget their past lives. China |
Goddess name "Menhit" | Egypt | Lion goddess Egypt |