Mamona (sometimes also Mamuna) is a synonim for Mammon - demon described in New Testament as a demon of wealth and greed. In the Slavic mythology Mamona was a wild female spirit of the forest or the mountains. She resembled such nature goddesses as Artemis and is said to lead one down the wrong path, literally and figuratively. She was a servant of goddess Dziewona. Currently, the word mamona is used figuratively and derogatory in the Polish language as a synonym to money. This, however, has biblical origins, see Mammon. In Portuguese, the word mamona is the name for the seed of the castor oil plant.
