| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Deity name "Kinich Ahau" | Mayan | A solar deity and father of Itzamna. Mayan |
| Goddess name "Koliada" | Poland | Koljada, Kolyada. Goddess of time and personification of the Winter solstice. Poland |
"Krak" | Poland | Legendary founder of Cracow. He rescued the people from control of a dragon. |
| Deity name "Krishna" | Hindu | 'Black.' This name occurs in the Rigveda, but without any relation to the great deity of later times. The earliest mention of Krishna, the son of Devaki, is in the Chhandogya Upanishad, where he appears as a scholar. Hindu |
| Goddess name "Kuanja" | Angola | Goddess of hunting. Angola |
| Demon name "Kuvalaswa" | India | A prince of the Solar race, who had 21,000 sons. Attended by his sons he attacked the great Asura, Dhundhu, who lived in a sea of sand, and haråśśed the devotions of the pious sage Uttanka. They unearthed the demon and slew him. India |
| Goddess name "L'etsa'aplelana" | Bella Coola / PNW Canada | The goddess who initiates the shamans |
| God name "Lahurati" | Elamite / Iran | A solar deity. Appears to have been the counterpart of the Akkadian god Ninurta. Elamite / Iran |
"Lalaia'il" | Bella Coola | The Manitou that initiated the shaman |
| God name "Lalaia'il" | Bella Coola Indian / British Columbia, Canada | God of shamans. The deity who initiates into the shamanistic circle. He lives in the Forest and carries a wooden wand bound with cedar bark which he waves, creating a singing noise. He also frequents woodland lakes and ponds. When a woman meets him she is said to menstruate, while a man develops a nose bleed. Also Kle-klati-e'il.... |
| 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.... |
"Louhi" | Finland | The matriarch of Pohjola, hostess of the underworld. |
| Goddess name "Ma" | Cappadocian / Anatolia / Turkey | Fertility and vegetation goddess. The tutelary goddess of Pontic Comana, she was served by votary priestesses acting as sacred prostitutes, and biennial festivals were celebrated in her honor. Gradually she took on an added role as a warrior goddess with solar connotations and ultimately became syncretized with the Roman goddess BELLONA. On coins of the Comana region she is depicted with the radiate head of a solar deity carrying weapons and a shield.... |
| Goddess name "Mahodadhi" | Buddhist | Minor goddess Buddhist / Meola |
| Goddess name "Marici" | Buddhist | Solar goddess Buddhist / China |
| Goddess name "Marzana" | Poland | Goddess of Winter Poland |
| God name "Musisi Ndonga" | Angola | Messenger god Angola |
| Deity name "Nefertem aka Nefertum" | Egypt | Nefer-Tem, Nefer-Temu, the young Atum at the creation of the world had arisen from the primal waters. Since Atum was a solar deity, Nefertum represented Sunrise, and since Atum had arisen from the primal waters in the bud of an Egyptian blue water-lily, Nefertum was åśśociated with this flower. Egypt |
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