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vampiric.
Lilith: In Hebrew legend, she was Adam's first wife, who would not subordinate
herself to him and was turned into a demoness.
Lorelei: German. A beautiful siren who sat on a cliff above the Rhine, luring boatmen
to their death with her songs.
Luna: The Roman Moon Goddess, identified with Diana and the Greek Selene.
Malkuth: ('The Kingdom') Hebrew. Personification of Earth, of the Earth-soul; the
goddess in actual manifestation.
Mary Magdalene: Hebrew. Held in Christian tradition to have been a reformed
prostitute; but there are no biblical grounds for this whatsoever.
Maya: Hindu. The Goddess of Nature, the universal creatress.
Medusa: Greek. The only mortal member of the three Gorgons. Her hair was turned
to serpents by Athene because she dared to claim equal beauty with hers. Her gaze
turned men to stone.
Minerva: Roman. Wife of Jupiter, forming a triad with his other wife, Juno.
Morgan: ('Of the Sea') Arthur's half-sister Morgan le Fay; but would seem to be a
much older Goddess, possibly the Glastonbury Tor one, for her island is Avalon.
Neith: Egyptian. A very ancient Delta Goddess, protectress of Sais; her emblem was
the crossed arrows of a predynastic clan.
Nemesis: Greek. Daughter of Erebus and Nyx. Goddess of divine anger, against
mortals who offended the moral law, broke taboos or achieved too much happiness or
wealth.
Nicneven: Scottish Samhain Witch Goddess. Tradition places her night according to
the old (Julian) calendar, on 10 November.
Nimue: Arthurian. Thomas Mallory's name for the Lady of the Lake.
Nostiluca: Gaulish Witch Goddess.