maya

In Hinduism, Buddhism, and certain other East Asian religions, the transitory, manifold appearance of the sensible world, which obscures the undifferentiated spiritual reality from which it originates; the illusory appearance of the sensible world.

The power of a god or demon to transform a concept into an element of the sensible world.

In Hindu mythology: Illusion or deceptive appearance.

[capitalized] Such appearance personified as a female who acts a part in the production of the universe, and is considered to have only an illusory existence.

Of or pertaining to the Mayas, an aboriginal tribe of Yucatan, distinguished for their civilization and as the possessors of an alphabet and a literature when America was discovered.