| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Lao Lang" | China | God of actors. China |
| God name "Lao-Tsze" | Taoist / Chinese | God. Also known as the Most High Prince Lao, he is one of the three holy San Ch'ing whose images stand in a Taoist sanctuary. The tutelary god of alchemists. He is the founder of Taoism who, according to tradition was born with full command of speech, and with white hair, under a plum tree. His sacred animal is the water buffalo.... |
| Deities name "Lares" | Roman | Hearth deities. The lares are a peculiarly Roman innovation. Two children, born of a liaison between the god Mercury and a mute naiad, Lara, whose tongue had been cut out by Jupiter, became widely revered by Romans as house guardians. Iconographically they are depicted in the guise of monkeys covered with dog skins with a barking dog at their feet.See also LARUNDA, MERCURIUS.... |
| God name "Laughing Buddha" | China | Popular Buddhist deity; god of happiness and wealth. China |
| God name "Lebien-Poghl" | Yukaghir / Siberia | Animistic owner god & chief protector of the earth |
| God name "Lebien-Poghl Yukaghir" | Siberia | Animistic owner god and chief protector of the earth Siberia |
| God name "Lei Gong" | China | God of thunder. China |
| God name "Lei Kung" | China | A god of thunder |
| Deities name "Lei Kung" | Taoist / Chinese | God of thunder. He heads the deities of the pantheon who are responsible for storm, wind and Rain and is usually accompanied by YU SHIH, the god of Rain. He appears in anthropomorphic form from about the beginning of the Christian era, depicted as a strong, youthful figure holding hammer and chisel. In drama his movements are punctuated by rumblings on strings and drums. Circa AD 1000 he becomes depicted as a bird-like being with a monkey face. The transition was probably influenced by the popularity of the Hindu god GARUDA.... |
| God name "Lei Tsu" | China | God of innkeepers China |
| Goddess name "Lei-zi" | China | Goddess of thunder who also originated silk worm breeding. China |
| God name "Lendix-Tcux" | Chilcotin Indian / British Columbia, Canada | Tutelary god. The so-called transformer known by different names among many Indian tribes. He is a wanderer who can change shape from human to animal and who educates the human race. He often appears in the guise of a raven, or as a dog, and has three sons.... |
| God name "Lendix-Teux Chilcotin" | BC Canada | Tutelary god who educates the human race BC Canada |
| Goddess name "Leshachikha" | Slavonic | Forest Goddess, wife of the Forest god, Leshy and mother of Leshonki. Slavonic |
| God name "Li Lao chun" | China | God of farriers and of leather workers China |
| God name "Lir" | Celtic / Irish | God. The father of the sea god MANANNAN, the consort of Aobh and later of her sister Aoife. He had four children by Aobh: AED, Conn, Fiachra and Fionnuala. Out of jealousy Aoife turned the four into swans and set father and children against one another.... |
| God name "Liu Meng" | China | Agriculture god China |
| God name "Liu Pei" | China | God of basket makers China |
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