MABINOGEON, plural of Mabinogi, fairy tales and romances of the Welsh
MADOC, a forester of King Arthur
MAELGAN, king who imprisoned Elphin
MAHOMET, great prophet of Arabia, born in Mecca, 571 AD, proclaimed worship of God instead of idols, spread his religion through disciples and then by force till it prevailed, with Arabian dominion, over vast regions in Asia, Africa, and Spain in Europe
MAIA, daughter of Atlas and Pleione, eldest and most beautiful of the Pleiades
MALAGIGI the Enchanter, one of Charlemagne's knights
MAMBRINO, with invisible helmet
MANAWYD DAN, brother of King Vran, of London
MANTUA, in Italy, birthplace of Virgil
MARATHON, where Theseus and Pirithous met
MARK, King of Cornwall, husband of Isoude the Fair
MARSILIUS, Spanish king, treacherous foe of Charlemagne
MARSYAS, inventor of the flute, who challenged Apollo to musical competition, and, defeated, was flayed alive
MATSYA, the Fish, first avatar of Vishnu
MEDE, A, princess and sorceress who aided Jason
MEDORO, a young Moor, who wins Angelica
MELAMPUS, a Spartan dog, the first mortal endowed with prophetic powers
MELANTHUS, steersman for Bacchus
MELEAGER, one of the Argonauts (See Althaea)
MELIADUS, King of Lionesse, near Cornwall
MELICERTES, infant son of Ino. changed to Palaemon (See Ino, Leucothea, and Palasmon)
MELISSA, priestess at Merlin's tomb
MEMNON, the beautiful son of Tithonus and Eos (Aurora), and king of the Ethiopians, slain in Trojan War
MENELAUS, son of King of Sparta, husband of Helen
MENOECEUS, son of Creon, voluntary victim in war to gain success for his father
MENTOR, son of Alcimus and a faithful friend of Ulysses
MEROPE, daughter of King of Chios, beloved by Orion
MESMERISM, likened to curative oracle of Aesculapius at Epidaurus
METAMORPHOSES, Ovid's poetical legends of mythical transformations, a large source of our knowledge of classic mythology
METANIRA, a mother, kind to Ceres seeking Proserpine
METEMPSYCHOSIS, transmigration of souls—rebirth of dying men and women in forms of animals or human beings
METIS, Prudence, a spouse of Jupiter
MEZENTIUS, a brave but cruel soldier, opposing Aeneas in Italy
MIDGARD, the middle world of the Norsemen
MIDGARD SERPENT, a sea monster, child of Loki
MILKY WAY, starred path across the sky, believed to be road to palace of the gods
MILTON, John, great English poet, whose History of England is here largely used
MIME, one of the chief dwarfs of ancient German mythology
MINERVA (Athene), daughter of Jupiter, patroness of health, learning, and wisdom
MINO TAUR, monster killed by Theseus
MOLY, plant, powerful against sorcery
MOMUS, a deity whose delight was to jeer bitterly at gods and men
MONAD, the "unit" of Pythagoras
MONSTERS, unnatural beings, evilly disposed to men
MONTH, the, attendant upon the Sun
MORAUNT, knight, an Irish champion
MORGANA, enchantress, the Lady of the Lake in "Orlando Furioso," same as Morgane Le Fay in tales of Arthur
MORGANE LE FAY, Queen of Norway, King Arthur's sister, an enchantress
MORGAN TUD, Arthur's chief physician
MORPHEUS, son of Sleep and god of dreams
MORTE D'ARTHUr, romance, by Sir Thomas Mallory
MULCIBER, Latin name of Vulcan
MUNIN, one of Odin's two ravens
MUSAEUS, sacred poet, son of Orpheus
MUSES, The, nine goddesses presiding over poetry, etc—Calliope, epic poetry, Clio, history, Erato, love poetry, Euterpe, lyric poetry; Melpomene, tragedy, Polyhymnia, oratory and sacred song Terpsichore, choral song and dance, Thalia, comedy and idyls, Urania, astronomy
MUSPELHEIM, the fire world of the Norsemen
MYCENAS, ancient Grecian city, of which Agamemnon was king
MYRMIDONS, bold soldiers of Achilles
MYSIA, Greek district on northwest coast of Asia Minor
MYTHOLOGY, origin of, collected myths, describing gods of early peoples
