| Magasta | Mahome | Maker | Malia | Malkion |
| Manthi | Maran Gor | Mastakos | Mee Vorala | Metsyla |
| Mikaday | Mikyh | Mirintha | Molanni | Mostal |
| Murthdrya |
He is not illustrated in merman religion.
Mahome is the common fire. She has befriended man, but refused the beasts her comfort. She is the servant of the gods, and prepares the meals for their mighty feastings.
She is usually shown as a firepot used to store embers, or as a peasant woman holding the same.
Maker is sometimes pictured as a huge man in a workman's apron.
Malia is pervasive and leads mortals to the halls of Hell even if they avoid every other fate. Not even her greatest worshiper is safe from her embrace if he outlasts the span of years allotted to his species.
She is usually shown as a woman pocked and dripping with diseases, or as a headless body with a single huge maw in its belly, two stout legs, and many arms sprouting from about her torso, with which to snatch victims.
Portraits show him as a stately man in robes of the current fashion, bearded or not as is currently in vogue, with his right hand raised in the gesture of solace. His arms are a silver circle beneath which sits a silver castle, all on a blue background. The circle and castle are separated by crossed silver rods.
Manthi is not pictured by mermen.
Her statues portray a stout, blocky woman, hands clenched into fists and foot raised to stamp the earth.
Mastakos is shown as a blue-skinned man driving a chariot pulled by dragonflies or seahorses.
Her images are shaped as various plants among the elves. The trolls carve her image from dead matter on which will grow fungus, always in the shape of a leg with feet in both directions, and topped by a shape like a seven-cusped tooth.
He is usually shown as a perfect sphere dressed in voluminous billowing robes with seventeen red ribbons on the empty sleeves. Sometimes Metsyla is rendered in a human form though with three eyes; two closed but with the third, upper eye, open. He usually floats above the ground.
He is painted as a grinning old man with a wispy beard, wearing imperial robes and a peasant's straw hat. His left hand rests on the obelisk into which he first inscribed his laws (alternately, he holds an unrolled scroll), his right hand is planted on his hip. A weasel peeps from one pocket, and Luck Bats flitter out from another. The rosy glow symbolizing loving kindness in Kralorela encircles his feet and expands upward to include his left hand.
As is the common custom among the mer-tribes, Mirintha is never represented in illustrations.
She is usually rendered as a homely woman, bowed at the waist in a position of submission to a superior.
Dwarves never make images of Mostal. Other races picture him as a broad strong dwarf.
The Waertagi and sea elves show her as a sea elf, with fins of trailing kelp.
Maker
Dwarf and Elf pantheons -- an Elder God
Maker is a primal dwarf concept. Along with Grower, Maker helped form the universe. Maker took the raw materials of the universe and arranged them into purposeful constructions. He assigned the world's natural laws and built the Spike. He is sometimes confused with Mostal or the World Machine by non-dwarfs.Malia [MAL-ee-uh]
Chaos and Troll pantheons -- mother of disease, one of the Unholy Trio
Malia was a fertile goddess who was either captured and enslaved by Ragnaglar, or freely joined his plot (depending on the storyteller). She was part of the spell made by Ragnaglar and Thed which allowed chaos into the world. Though she eventually broke from the alliance, she was transformed into a death goddess and has never freed herself of the taint. Her type of death seems unclean and vile. She is worshiped by the filthy broos and also receives propitiatory worship from the rest of the world.For more information on Malia, see the Cult of Malia.
Malkion [MAL-kee-on]
Malkioni pantheon -- first prophet of the invisible god
The creed of the men of the West states: "There is only the Invisible God, and Malkion is his prophet." Malkion came to men in the Darkness and taught them the ways of the Creator. He taught them to live and survive in a world which contained evil. The essence of his teaching is that the universe is not soulless for those who practice sorcery, and that they can enter the realm of Solace after death. All Malkioni regard Malkion's principles as essential to right action. He showed men the proper social classes and how to be happy with one's role in life.Manthi [MAN-thee]
Merman pantheon -- king of the seas
Manthi is the ruler of all water beings, though he is still subservient to his brother Magasta, who controls all the powers of the sea. Manthi fathered other spirits who oversee regional affairs and receive worship from local intelligent beings. Two children are important only in the sea: Sshorg of the Sea of Terror in the east, and Banthe of the Western Ocean. A third child, Lorian, is important to sky worshipers as well.Maran Gor [MAH-rahn GOR]
Orlanth and Pamalt pantheons -- earthquake goddess
This goddess is often called the Earth Shaker. She is the sister of Ernalda, and was once generous and kind. Maran took no husband or lover. When the troubles of the Gods War came, she took the title of Gor, and became an object of fear and awe. She was then a destroyer and was powerful and famous during that black time. Now she is only actively worshiped by those that enjoy the carnage which is her most precious gift. Most great earth temples still include shrines to this deity, and prayers are sent to deflect her wrath.For more information on Maran Gor, see the Cult of Maran Gor.
Mastakos [mah-STAH-koes]
Orlanth pantheon -- Orlanth's charioteer, the god with no home
Mastakos was captured by Orlanth at Daliath's Well of Wisdom. Mastakos continually travels over all the world, but whenever he is called by Orlanth he instantly appears to serve him. He is rarely worshiped in his own right.Mee Vorala [MEE voh-RAH-lah]
Elf and Troll pantheons -- goddess of fungi and dark elves
The world throngs with two kingdoms of life: plants and animals. All members of these kingdoms eventually die. A third kingdom, the fungi, consists of members who breed on the decay of life. Thriving on death, multiplying in corruption, feeding even on their own death, the molds, mushrooms, and slimes of Mee Vorala recycle the necessary elements of life through the world.Metsyla [met-SIGH-lah]
Eastern pantheon -- the Light of Enlightenment
Metsyla was created by Yelm to teach others spiritual truths, he never left the site of his creation, and he spread his influence over Kralorela. Though Metsyla was always clear-sighted in his enlightenment, he never learned to be close to things, or to be wise, or to search his inner feelings for their truths. Similar traits mark his worshipers and have plagued the region for all of its history.Mikaday [MIK-uh-dae]
Eastern pantheon -- Watcher of the Populace
Mikaday was well-known for disguising himself and wandering among the Kralori people. He invented lawmaking and bureaucracy.Mikyh
Eastern, Hsunchen, Orlanth, and Pamalt pantheons -- mother of animals
see Hykim and MikyhMirintha [meer-IN-thah]
Merman pantheon -- the sea nymph, ancestor of mertribes
Mirintha is more often known by her title Sea Nymph Mother. She begat hundreds of daughters by the Undine King who are called Mirinthe or naiads. By Phargon, a powerful person with an upper-body like a man and a lower half like a fish, she begat ten strong sons who looked like their father and became the founders of the mertribes which now people the seas.Molanni [moe-LAHN-ee]
Yelm pantheon -- calm air
Molanni is the daughter of Vadrus, a dead storm god. While her kin are changeable and violent, she is unmoving, like the air which is sleeping, hiding, stagnant, or ill. She took as her lover her kinsmens' enemy, Yelm. Their child Daga blights all the world.Mostal [MOS-stul]
Dwarf god -- the maker, god of dwarfs
Some of Mostal's titles include Machine God, Keeper of the World Mill, and Master of Stone. Mostal is believed to be a son of the earth and mighty Acos, god of Law from the Celestial Court. From his father he inherited power over stone, which is sometimes called the Lawful Element. He was skilled at all kinds of making and building, and possesses an inborn distrust and lack of understanding for Aldrya, the Grower. In the Godtime he and his brother Stone were slain by elves. Now, dwarfs work steadfastly to repair Mostal's machine, so that the world will work right again.For more information on Mostal, see the Mostal-Dwarfs: Mythos, heresies, and Lore.
Murthdrya [murth-DRIGH-ah]
Elf and Merman pantheons -- goddess of sea elves
Murthdrya is also called Sea-Aldrya, and she is the mother of all ocean vegetation. When she mated with Grandfather Mortal she also became the mother of the sea-elves.
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