Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

Mandulis 187MamlamboRiver goddess. Zulu [Natal, South Africa]. Consideredto control all the rivers running throughNatal. Also a patron of beer-makers, who are usuallywomen.Manannan (Mac Lir)Sea god. Celtic (Irish and British). Extensivelyworshiped. From the name is derived the “Isleof Man” where, according to tradition, the godis buried. He rules the “Isle of the Blessed”and determines the weather at sea. Father ofthe Irish hero Mongan. Also Manawyddaw(Welsh).ManasaSnake goddess. Hindu. The daughter ofKASYAPA and KADRU and the sister of the lord ofserpents, Vasuki. She is also a gracious aspect ofPARVATI. Known particuarly from Bihar, Bengaland Assam. She stands upon, or is shaded by, aseven-headed snake. Attributes: snake andwaterjar.Manasi (spiritual)Goddess of learning. Jain [India]. One of sixteenVIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI.Manat (fate)Goddess. Pre-Islamic Arabian. One of the socalledDaughters of ALLAH, she is primarily identifiedwith a shrine (lost) between Mecca andMedina.Manavi (descended from Manu)Goddess of learning. Jain [India]. One of sixteenVIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI.ManawatGoddess of destiny. Western Semitic(Nabataean). Mentioned in a large number ofinscriptions.ManawyddanSea god. Celtic (Welsh). The counterpart of theIrish god MANANNAN. He is the consort ofRHIANNON and is regarded as a skilled craftsman.sMan-Bla (physician)God. Buddhist-Lamaist [Tibet]. One of the morepopular medicine-buddhas and possibly derivedfrom Persian light-religion. Attributes: fruit andwaterjar.MandahCollective name of gods. Pre-Islamic Arabian.Guardian deities, whose chief responsibility isirrigation.MandanuGod of divine judgment. Mesopotamian (Babylonian-Akkadian).Known from the neo-Babylonianperiod.Mandhata (thoughtful)God. Hindu (Epic and Puranic). Minor avatara ofVIŠNU. One of the “lords of the universe.”Mandulis [Greek]Sun god. Nubian. Mandulis was chiefly revered ina Greco-Roman cult. His most important sanctuarywas at Kalabsha, close to the Aswan HighDam, and now relocated. A sanctuary was alsoconstructed on the Greek island of Philae where