A-Z: General definitions
- Maker
- Malapropism
- Malchus
- Malcolm X
- Malcontent
- Mammon
- Man of Sorrows
- Manger
- Manna
- Mantra
- Manuscript
- Many are Called
- Many Mansions
- Maranatha
- Marcus Aurelius
- Margery Kempe
- Mark
- Mark of Cain
- Mark of the Beast
- Mark Twain
- Marriage
- Marriage Service
- Mars
- Marshall Plan
- Martha
- Martin Luther
- Martyr
- Martyrdom
- Marxism
- Marxist
- Mary
- Mary Magdalene
- Mary of Bethany
- Mary Queen of Scots
- Mary Salome
- Mary Shelley
- Mary Tudor
- Mary Wollstonecraft
- Mary, the blessed Virgin
- Masculine Rhyme
- Masque
- Mass
- Master
- Matins
- Matthew
- Matthew Arnold
- Maundy Thursday
- Meander
- Mecca
- Medea
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A-Z: General definitions: Mars
Definition
Roman god of war. (Greek name, Ares.) Aphrodite, the goddess of erotic love, was married to Hephaestus but had no children with him. Her regular lover was Ares. With him, she had several children, including, some sources say, Eros. Hephaestus set a trap of a magic, invisible net over the bed, trapping the two lovers and inviting the other gods to see them.Greek god of war. (Roman name, Mars.)
Greek goddess of love; awarded the Golden Apple of Discord as 'the fairest', by Paris; mother of Eros. (Roman name, Venus.)
Greek god of metalwork. (Roman name, Vulcan.)
Son of Aphrodite, Greek god of love. (Roman name, Cupid.)
