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Bulan (Pangasinense mythology): the merry and mischievous moon god, whose dim palace was the source of the perpetual light which became the stars; guides the ways of thieves [11] Wife of Mangetchay (Kapampangan mythology): wife of Mangetchay who gave birth to their daughter whose beauty sparked the great war; lives in the Moon [ 12 ]
The original Proto-Indo-European lunar deity, *Meh₁not appears to have been male, with many possible derivatives including the Homeric figure of Menelaus. [citation needed] Cultures with male moon gods often feature sun goddesses. An exception is Hinduism and Philippine animism featuring both male and female aspects of the solar divine.
Lunar symbolism dominates his iconography. The god is usually shown with the horns of a crescent emerging from behind his shoulders, and he is described as the god presiding over the (lunar) months. [2] Strabo describes Mēn as a local god of the Phrygians. Mēn may also be influenced by the Zoroastrian lunar divinity Mah. [3]
Pages in category "Lunar gods" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. ... Marama (mythology) Mayari; Men (deity) N. Napir; O. Osiris; P.
Possible depiction of the Moon God Chandra in his chariot with wife and attendant, 2nd-1st century BCE, Shunga period, West Bengal. [ 15 ] The origin of Soma is traced back to the Hindu Vedic texts , where he is the personification of a drink made from a plant with the same name .
*Meh₁not-is reconstructed based on the Norse god Máni, the Slavic god Myesyats, [note 2] [6] and the Lithuanian god *Meno, or Mėnuo (Mėnulis). [21] Remnants of the lunar deity may exist in Latvian moon god Mēness , [ 22 ] Anatolian (Phrygian) deity Men ; [ 23 ] [ 22 ] Mene , another name for Selene , and in Zoroastrian lunar deity Mah ...
Coinage of Kushan ruler Huvishka, with the Lunar deity Mah (Mao) on the reverse, 2nd century CE.The lunar crescent appears behind the shoulders. [7]Herodotus states that the moon was the tutelary divinity of the Iranian expatriates residing in Asia Minor. [8]
The ancient Greek language had three grammatical genders (masculine, feminine and neuter), so when a god or a goddess personified an object or a concept, they inherited the gender of the corresponding noun; selene, the Greek noun for 'Moon', is a feminine one (whereas men is a masculine one), so the deity embodying it is also by necessity ...