| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Make Make" | Polynesian / Easter Island | Sea god. The tutelary deity of the Easter Islanders, he created mankind and animals. His sacred animal is the sea swallow and the huge anthropomorphic stone figures which characterize the island's archaeology form part of his cult.... |
| Supreme god name "Makonaima" | British | Makunaima. The supreme god and creator who sent his son Sigu to rule over the earth. Among the Makushi he created the sky and earth, vegetation, animals and men. Among the Ackawoi and Caribs, he created birds, animals, and food plants, åśśisted by his son Sigu. British Guiana |
"Makunaimma" | Caribbean / C America | He is the creator of the heavens, humans, & animals in no particular order |
"Mana" | Oceanic | A concept of an impersonal force or quality that resides in people, animals, and inanimate objects and that instills in the appreciative observer a sense of respect or wonder. Oceanic |
| Spirit name "Manabozho aka Nanabush" | Ojibwa | Manabozo, a spirit trickster figure and culture hero. He was the son of a human mother and Bangishimog, a spirit father. Nanabozho most often appears in the shape of a rabbit and is characterized as a trickster. He was sent to earth by Gitchi Manitou to teach the Ojibwe, and one of his first tasks was to name all the plants and animals. Ojibwa |
| Goddess name "Mayahuel" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor fertility goddess. One of the group clåśśed as the Ometochtli complex åśśociated with the maguey plant from which pulque is brewed. She may be depicted seated upon a tortoise beside an agave plant in bloom. According to legend she was abducted by QUETZALCOATL and subsequently dismembered by wild animals. From the fragments grew the first agave plants.... |
| God name "Meher" | Pre - Christian Armenian | Sun god. Closely linked with the Persian model of MITHRA, he is the son of Aramazd who appears in the form of fire. In contrast to this imagery, his home is said to be in a cave and he takes the animal guise of a raven.... |
| God name "Meiden" | Lithuania | He is the god of Forest & animals, figures doesn't it |
| God name "Michabon" | Ottawa / Canada | This god is guilty of creating humans from animals |
| God name "Michabon Ottawa" | Canada | God who created humans from animals |
| God name "Michalon" | Canada | God who created humans from animals. Central Canada |
| Goddess name "Morongo" | Zimbabwe | Goddess of the evening star, gave birth to the animals of creation and then went on to create humans. Zimbabwe |
| God name "Naguai" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Tutelary deity. A generic name for a personal god. A nagual generally takes the form of an animal and it may be adopted either by a mortal being or by another deity.... |
"Nahual" | Aztec | From the Nahuatl word nahualli which was used to refer to practicioners of harmful magic. In the aztec belief system the day of a persons birth caluclated in the Tonalpohualli would determine the nature of the person - each day was åśśociated with an animal which could have a strong or weak aspect. |
| Goddess name "Ninhursaga" | Sumeria | Mother divinity and goddess of wild animals, plants and fertility. Sumeria |
| Goddess name "Nirmali" | Kafir / Afghanistan | Birth goddess. Goddess of the childbirth but usually separated from the rest of the village. She is invoked by women during labor or menstruation. Her sacred animal is the ram. There is an argument that she is, in fact, a manifestation of the goddess Disani rather than a distinct deity. Also Shuwe.... |
"Nyambe" | Africa | One of Nyambe's creations was Kamunu, the first human being. Nyambe gave Kamunu the task of naming all the other creations and told the human being that all the animals were his siblings. As such he should look after them. Lozi, South West Africa |
"Nyambi" | Africa | In the beginning Nyambi made all things. He made animals, birds. At that time he lived on earth with his wife, Nasilele. Africa |
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