Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

Mictlantecuhtli 197MessorMinor god of agriculture. Roman. Concernedwith the growth and harvesting of crops.MeterMother goddess, Greek. The essence of the greatmother of all gods, equating most closely to GAIA.Known throughout the Greek Empire and generallythe object of devotion by individuals ratherthan large cult followings. Also known as Meteroriae (mother of the mountain). Her popularity isthought to have spread from northern Ionia.Herodotus mentions a festival of Meter inKyzikos. Probably derived originally from thewestern Asiatic great mother (see KYBELE).MetisGoddess of wisdom. Greek. The daughter ofOKEANOS and TETHYS. The original consort ofZEUS and mother of ATHENA. According to legend,Zeus swallowed her because he feared shewould engender a child more powerful than he.MetsakaMoon goddess. Huichol Indian (Mesoamerican)[Mexico]. Known as “grandmother moon,” she isthe consort of the fire god TATEVALI. She guardsthe Huichol against the god of death, TOKAKAMI.MhalsaMinor goddess. Hindu (late). The consort ofKHANDOBA and considered to be a form of thegoddess PARVATI. Locally worshiped at Jejuri,near Poona in western India.Micapetlacoli (dead mat chest)Minor chthonic underworld goddess. Aztec (classicalMesoamerican) [Mexico]. One of the groupof deities belonging to the MICTLANTECUHTLIcomplex.Michi-No-KamiGods of passage. Shinto [Japan]. The genericname for three KAMIS associated with roads andcrossroads. They also protect the boundariesof house and environs and may be known asYakushin gods, guardians against plague. SeeKUNADO. Also Chiburi-No-Kami.MictecacihuatlChthonic underworld god. Aztec (classicalMesoamerican) [Mexico]. One of a pair of deitieswith MICTLANTECUHTLI. In the primeval watersof the cosmos, they generated the monstrousgoddess CIPACTLI, from whom the earth wasformed.MetztliMinor moon god. Aztec (classical Mesoamerican)[Mexico]. One of the group of deities belongingto the TEZCATLIPOCA complex.Mexitli (maguey-hare)Minor god of war. Aztec (classical Mesoamerican)[Mexico]. One of the group of deitiesbelonging to the HUITZILPOCHTLI complex.MictlantecuhtliChthonic underworld god. Aztec (classicalMesoamerican) [Mexico]. The creator of theunderworld, Mictlan. Depicted with a skull-likeappearance and protruding teeth. Also one of apair of deities with MICTECACIHUATL. In theprimeval waters of the cosmos, they generatedthe monstrous goddess CIPACTLI, from whom theearth was formed. In alternative traditions he isthe god of the sixth of the thirteen heavens,