Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Supreme god name "Latur Dano" | Indonesia | Counterpart of their supreme god which causes sickness, death and bad weather Indonesia / Nias Is. |
God name "Laughing Buddha" | China | Popular Buddhist deity; god of happiness and wealth. China |
God name "Laukosargas" | Prussia | God of grain and the fields Prussia |
Goddess name "Laverna" | Italic | Chthonic underworld goddess. Propitiated by libations poured with the left hand.... |
Goddess name "Le Fay" | Welsh | Goddess of the sea and of the Isle of Avalon Welsh |
God name "Lebien-Poghl Yukaghir" | Siberia | Animistic owner god and chief protector of the earth Siberia |
God name "Legba" | Haiti | God of the Sun and war Haiti |
Supreme god name "Legba" | Fon / Benin, West Africa | God of fate. The youngest son of the supreme god LISA and his consort, the moon goddess MAWU. He is also regarded as a messenger god, moving between Lisa and mankind on earth.... |
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 "Leiwani" | Hittite / Hurrian | Chthonic underworld goddess. Associated with charnel houses and probably modeled on the Sumerian ERES KIGAL.... |
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.... |
Goddess name "Lennaxidaq" | Kwakiutl | Goddess of wealth and luck Kwakiutl |
God name "Lesa" | southeastern African | Creator god. The name by which the supreme deity is known across a wide area of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Equating to LISA in regions of West Africa. Also regarded as a Rain god. Probably strongly influenced by Islam and, to a lesser extent, by Christianity. Also Leza.... |
Goddess name "Leshachikha" | Slavonic | Forest Goddess, wife of the Forest god, Leshy and mother of Leshonki. Slavonic |
God name "Leucetios" | Celtic | Thunder and storm god. Celtic |
Goddess name "Leukothea" | Greco - Roman | Sea goddess. Popular around the coasts of the Mediterranean with fishing communities. A mermaid who was originally Ino, a mortal daughter of Kadmos. She was wet nurse to DIONYSOS (BACCHUS), but became mad and threw herself in the sea with her son Melikertes. In another version of the story she was escaping the wrath of Athamas, king of Thebes. The gods elevated her to the status of goddess and her son became the god PALAEMON.... |
Goddess name "Levarcham" | Ireland | Goddess of physical prowess Ireland |
Goddess name "Lha-Mo (the goddess)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Goddess. Coming from the old Bon pantheon and equating with the Hindu goddess SRIDEVI.... |