Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Lina" | Norse | The Goddess of Flax. Norse |
"Linden Tree" | Greek | Baucis was converted into a linden tree. Philemon and Baucis were poor cottagers of Phrygia, who entertained Jupiter so hospitably that he promised to grant them whatever request they made. They asked that both might die together, and it was so. At death Philemon became an oak and Baucis a linden tree. Their branches intertwined at the top. Greek |
"Lindia" | Greek | A surname of Athena, derived from the town of Lindus, in the island of Rhodus, where she had a celebrated temple. Greek |
"Linga" | Hindu | A symbol of Divine generative energy, especially a phallus or phallic object worshiped as a symbol of Shiva. Hindu |
God name "Linga" | Hindu | Symbol representing a god. The phallic form of SIVA.... |
Goddess name "Linksmine" | Slavonic | Goddess of Good Cheer, invoked at feasts and banquets. Slavonic |
"Linus" | Greek | The personification of a dirge or lamentation, and therefore described as a son of Apollo by a Muse. Greek |
"Liosalfar" | Scandinavian | The light Alfs who dwell in the city Alf-heim. They are whiter than the Sun. Scandinavian |
Goddess name "Lipse" | Greek | wind goddess Greek |
God name "Lir" | Ireland | God of the ocean. Ireland |
"Lir" | Ireland | Father of Fionmala. On the death of Fingula, the mother of his daughter, he married the wicked Aoife, who, through spite, transformed the children of Lir into swans, doomed to float on the water till they heard the first måśś-bell ring. Ireland |
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.... |
Angel name "Liris" | Hebrew | A proud but lovely daughter of the race of man, beloved by Rubi, first of the angel host. Her påśśion was the love of knowledge, and she was captivated by all her lover told her of heaven and the works of God. At last she requested Rubi to appear before her in all his glory, and as she fell into his embrace was burnt to ashes by the rays which issued from him. Hebrew |
God name "Lisa" | Fon / others / Benin, West Africa | Creator god. Probably the equivalent of LESA in parts of East Africa. The supreme deity, whose more or less monotheistic role may have been influenced by the spread of Islam and Christianity.... |
God name "Lisa Fon" | Africa | God of the Sun Africa |
God name "Lisa Fon/ Dahomey" | Africa | A Sun god |
"Litae" | Greek | A personification of the prayers offered up in repentance. They are described as the daughters of Zeus, and as following closely behind crime, and endeavouring to make amends for what has been done but whoever disdains to receive them, has himself to atone for the crime that has been committed. Greek |
God name "Litavis" | Breton | God of the forge. Breton |