| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Ma" | Greek | Ma signifies probably mother, as in Aeschylus, who applies it to the earth to designate her as the mother of all. Greek |
"Ma" | Greek | Rhea herself was by the Lydians called Ma, and that bulls were sacrificed to her, whence the name of the town Mastaura was derived. Greek |
| God name "Mabon (son)" | Celtic / Welsh | God of youth. The son of an earthly mother, MODRON. According to legend he was abducted when three days old. Also a god of hunters and fishermen. He is known particularly from northwestern Britain and his cult extends along the region of Hadrian's Wall. Known from many Romano-Celtic inscriptions and syncretized with the Romano-Greek god APOLLO.... |
"Macar or Macareus" | Greek | 1. A son of Helios and Rhodes, or, according to others, a son of Crinacus, who after the murder of Tenages fled from Rhodes to Lesbos. Greek |
"Macedon" | Greek | A son of Zeus and Thyia, and a brother of Magnes, from whom Macedonia was believed to have derived its name. Greek |
| Demon name "Maenades" | Greek | The priestesses of Dionysus, who at the celebration of his festivals gave way to expressions of frenzied enthusiasm, as if they were under the spell of some demonic power. Greek |
| Goddess name "Maenads" | Greek | A goddesses of intoxication |
"Maera" | Greek | One of the four daughters of Erasinus of Argos. |
"Maera" | Greek | A daughter of Atlas, was married to Tegeates, the son of Lycaon. |
"Maera" | Greek | A daughter of Proetus and Anteia, was one of the companions of Artemis, but was killed by her after she had become by Zeus the mother of Locrus |
"Magnes" | Greek | 1. A son of Aeolus and Enarete, became the father of Polydectes and Dictys by a Naiad. The scholiast of Euripides calls his wife Philodice, and his sons Eurynomus and Eioneus but Eustathius calls his wife Meliboea, and mentions one son Alector, and adds that he called the town of Meliboea, at the foot of mount Pelion, after his wife, and the country of Magnesia after his own name. 2. A son of Argos and Perimele, and father of Hymenaeus from him also a portion of Thessaly derived its: name Magnesia. 3. A son of Zeus and Thyia, and brother of Macedon. Greek |
| God name "Mahes" | Egypt | Sun god. An ancient deity worshiped chiefly in the region of the Nile delta and representing the destructive power of the Sun's heat. Depicted in the form of a lion. Also Miysis (Greek).... |
| Goddess name "Maia" | Greek | Goddess of midwives, the night sky, spring, fertility and fire Greek |
"Maia" | Greek | Or Mcuas, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione (whence she is called Atlantis and Pleias), was the eldest of the Pleiades, and in a grotto of mount Cyllene in Arcadia she became by Zeus the mother of Hermes. Areas, the son of Zeus by Callisto, was given to her to be reared. Greek |
| Nymph name "Maliades" | Greek | nymphs who were worshipped as the protectors of flocks and of fruit-trees. The same name is also given to the nymphs of the district of the Malians on the river Spercheius. Greek |
| God name "Mammon" | Syriac | The god of this world. Mammon was the Syrian god of wealth, similar to Plutus of Greek and Roman mythology. Syriac |
| God name "Mandulis" | Greek | God of the Sun Greek / Nubian |
| Goddess name "Mandulis [Greek]" | Nubian | Sun god. Mandulis was chiefly revered in a Greco-Roman cult. His most important sanctuary was at Kalabsha, close to the Aswan High Dam, and now relocated. A sanctuary was also constructed on the Greek island of Philae where he seems to have enjoyed an åśśociation with the goddess ISIS. Also Merwel (Egyptian).... |
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