Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

386 IndexIx Zacal Nok 145Ixtab 145Kabrakan 151Kaikara 152Kucumatz 166Kukulcan 166Mam 186Manohel-Tohel 189Menzabac 196Oxlahun Ti Ku 237Poxlom 250–251Totilma’il 321Tzultacah 325–326Yum Cimil 357Yum Kaax 357Zipakna 360Zotz 360Mayin 194Mayon 194Mazda 337Ma-zu 194Mbomba 194Mbombe 194Mbongo 194Mbotumbo 194meadows 68, 133measurement 321Medeine 194Medha 194medical divination 310medicine 350. See alsophysician deitiesmedicine buddha 187meditation buddha. See Bodhisattva;DhyanibuddhaMeditrina 194Meghanada 194Mehen 194Meher 194–195Mehet-Weret 195melissai (bees) 111Mellonia 195Melqart 94, 195, 198Me’mdeye-Eci’e 195memory 201Men 195Men Ascaenus 195Men Shen 195Mena 102, 125, 195menat ‘necklaces” 116Menechen 196Meness 196, 278Menulis 196Menzabac 110, 196merchants 87, 352mercredi (Wednesday) 348Mercurius 12, 196Meretseger 196meriah rituals 49, 53, 304Mes An Du 196Mes Lam Taea 178, 196Mesoamerica. See Aztecs;Mayans; MexicoMesopotamia viii. See alsoBabylon; Sumer; specificgods, e.g.: EnkimduA-a 1Adad 3An (1) 18Antu 21Anu (1) 21–22Aphrodite 24Dagan (1) 70Dumuzi 82Ea 85Enki 89–90Enlil 90Ereškigal 92Gerra 104Gibil 104Gula 107Hendursaga 120Ilabrat 135Im 136Inana 137–138Išara 141Isimud 141Iškur 142Ištar 142–143Kabta 151Kišar 161Kulla 167Kus 168Lahamu 170Lahar 170Lahmu 170Lilith 175Mami 186Mamitu 186Mandanu 187Marduk 189–190Mes Lam Taea 196Musdamma 207Nabu 209–210Nammu 211Namtar 212Nanaja 212Nanna (1) 212–213Nanše 213Nergal 218Ninegal 220Ningal 220–221Ningikuga 221Ningirama 221Ningiszida 221Ninhursaga 221–222Nin-Ildu 222Nin-Imma 222Nin’insinna 222Ninkarnunna 222Ninlil 222–223Ninmah 223Ninšubur 223Ninsun(a) 223Ninurta 224Nissaba 225Nušku 227Papsukkal 242–243Šakka(n) 271Šala 271Šamaš 272Šarra Itu 276Sin 285Sirara 286Sirsir 286Sirtur 286–287Šulman(u) 295–296Šul-pa-e 296Šulsaga 296Tiamat 314Ua-Ildak 327Uttu (vegetation andweaving) 330Utu (sunlight) 330–331Wer 347–348Zababa 358Zarpanitu(m) 358messengers. See also specificgods, e.g.: NinšuburHahana Ku 110Hermes 122–123Hermod 123Iris 140Isimud 141Mercurius 196Mlentengamunye 201Musisi 207Namtar 212Papsukkal 242–243Sasanadevata 277Sogblen 290Yamaduti 353Zhiwud 360Messor 197metalwork. See blacksmithingMeter 197Metis 37, 197, 232, 359metope 37Metsaka 197, 319Metztli 197Mexico ix. See also Aztecs;MayansChalchiuhtlicue 62–63Coatlicue 67Huitzilpochtli 130Metsaka 197Pitao Cozobi 248Quetzalcoatl 259Tajin 301Takotsi Nakawe 301Tamats PalikeTamoyeke 302Tate Hautse Kupuri305Tate Naaliwahi 305Tate Oteganaka 305Tate Rapawiyema 305Tate Velika Vimali305Tatosi 305Tayau 307Tayau Sakaimoka 307Tezcatlipoca 311–312Tlaloc 318Tokakami 319Xipe Totec 350Mexitli 197Mhalsa 159, 197Micapetlacoli 197Michi-No-Kami 167, 197Mictecacihuatl 66, 197,197, 318Mictlantecuhtli 197–198Acolmiztli 3Chalmecacihuilt 63Chalmecatl 63Cipactli 66Micapetlacoli 197Mictecacihuatl 197Nextepehua 219Tlalehitonatiuh 317Tzontemoc 325Yacahuiztli 352Yoaltecuhtf 356Midir 198midwives 277, 310Mihos 47, 198Mika-Hiya-Hi 198Mikal 198Mi-Kura-Tana-No-Kami198military prowess 342Milkastart 198Milkom 198Mi-Lo Fo 198milpas (smallholdings) 44,62Mimir 198–199Min 199, 258Minaksi 199Minato-No-Kami 14, 199miners 156Minerva 37, 55, 150,199–200, 295, 332, 345.See also Athena; PallasMing Dynasty 209Minos 28, 200, 312, 360Mirsa 200misfortune 33, 150, 283mist 355mistletoe 45, 127Mithra 9, 194, 200, 200,201