Megaera, one of the Furies, goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution Melinoe who presided over the property offered to the ghosts of the dead in the Underworld Melpomene daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne, muse of tragedy Menoetes an Underworld spirit who herded the cattle of Hades Menoetius, the Titan god of violent anger and rash action Mermaids, supernatural sea nymphs Merope goddess of the constellation Pleiades Mesembria goddess of noon Metope (one of the Naides, a fresh water nymph) Minthe (one of the Naides, a fresh water nymph) Mnemosyne was the Titan goddess of memory and the inventor of words Momus the spirit of mockery, blame, censure and stinging criticism Mormo a fearsome Underworld spirit or spirits in the train of Hecate Moros the spirit of doom Morpheus the god of dreams, who takes shape of humans Mousika or Musica goddess of the morning hour of music and study Roman Gods and Goddesses Names and Roles Maia, Goddess of fertility and Spring Mana Genita, goddess of infant mortality Manes, the souls of the dead who came to be seen as household deities. Mania, the consort of the underworld god Mantus Mantus, a god of the dead Mars the God of War and father of Romulus, the founder of Rome Mater Matuta, goddess of dawn and childbirth, patroness of mariners. Meditrina, goddess of healing Mefitis or Mephitis, goddess and personification of poisonous gases and volcanic vapours. Mellona or Mellonia, goddess of bees and beekeeping. Mercury, messenger of the gods and bearer of souls to the underworld Mena, Goddess of menstruation Mens, Goddess of the mind and consciousness Minerva, goddess of wisdom, war, the arts, industries and trades, and one of the Dii Consentes. Mithras, god of soldiers, light, truth, and honor Molae, daughters of Mars, probably goddesses of grinding of the grain. Moneta, Titan goddess of memory, equivalent to the Greek Mnemosyne Mors, god of death and equivalent of the Greek Thanatos. Morta, minor goddess of death and one of the Parcae (Roman equivalent of the Moirai). The cutter of the thread of life, her Greek equivalent was Atropos. Murcia or Murtia, goddess of sloth and laziness Muta was the Goddess of silence Mutunus Tutunus, a phallic god. |