| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Kus" | Akkadia | God of herdsmen Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia / Sumeria |
| God name "Kus" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | God of herdsmen. Identified in the Theogony of Dunnu.... |
| Goddess name "Lachesis" | Pre - Homeric Greek | Goddess of lot-casting. According to Hesiod one of the daughters of ZEUS and THEMIS. One of an ancient trio of MOIRAI with KLOTHO and ATROPOS, she sustains the thread of life and is depicted carrying a scroll.... |
| Goddess name "Lahar" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | God of cattle. According to legend, he was sent to earth by the gods ENLIL and ENKI, to work in conjunction with the grain goddess AS'NAN. In iconography he usually has ears of corn sprouting from his shoulders. He may also carry a bow and club and is often depicted with a ram at his feet.... |
| 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.... |
| Goddess name "Lilith" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Goddess of desolation. She is perceived as a demonic figure who, in the epic legend of Gilgames and the Huluppu Tree takes up residence in INANA'S holy tree growing on the banks of the Euphrates in Unug. When the hero Gilgames attacks Lilith she escapes into the desert wastes.... |
| God name "Lugal-Irra" | Akkadia | Chthonic underworld god Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia / Sumeria |
| God name "Lugal-Irra" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Chthonic underworld god. Probably a minor variation of ERRA, the Babylonian plague god. The prefix Lugal means lord. Often coupled with MES LAM TAEA, god of war.... |
| God name "Lulal" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | God of uncertain status. Mentioned as living in BadtIbira in the Sumerian text Descent of Inana. Also linked with a god Latarak.... |
| God name "MIN" | Egypt | Fertility god. Min is the most significant deity in the Egyptian pantheon in respect of sexual virility. In some genealogies he is the son of ISIS, in others he represents Isis's consort with HORUS as their child. Min is depicted in anthropomorphic form wearing a modius bearing two plumes and a hanging ribbon. He is generally drawn in profile, legs together and with his left arm raised into the angle made by his royal flail. The most obvious feature of the iconography is a strongly erect śéméñ. Min is represented in older art by two serrated cones projecting horizontally from a disc. His sacred animal is probably a white bull and he is also åśśociated with the tall lettuce species (Lac tuca sativa), the shape of which may be reminiscent of an erect phallus.... |
| God name "Make Make" | Polynesian / Easter Island | Sea god. The tutelary deity of the Easter Islanders, he created mankind and animals. His sacred animal is the sea swallow and the huge anthropomorphic stone figures which characterize the island's archaeology form part of his cult.... |
| Goddess name "Mami" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Mother goddess. Identified in the Atrahasis texts and other creation legends and probably synonymous with NINHURSAG A. She was involved in the creation of mankind from clay and blood. The name almost certainly came into use because it is the first word that a child formulates. Also Mama; Mammitum.... |
| Goddess name "Mamitu" | Akkadia | Goddess of treaties and oaths, as well as a judge in the underworld Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia |
| Goddess name "Mamitu" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Goddess of oaths and treaties. One of the consorts of NERGAL and subsequently identified as a chthonic underworld deity. Also Mammetu.... |
| God name "Manannan Mac Lir" | Ireland / Welsh / Scots | The god of the sea. He is often seen as a psychopomp, whose responsibility is to escort newly-deceased souls to the afterlife, and considered to have strong connections to the Otherworld islands of the dead, the weather, and the mists between the worlds. Ireland / Welsh / Scots |
| God name "Mandanu" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian | God of Divine judgment. Known from the neo-Babylonian period.... |
| God name "Manmngal" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Chthonic underworld god. A minor deity, the consort of birdU.... |
| God name "Manungal" | Akkadia | Chthonic underworld god Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia / Sumeria |
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