| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Lapithes" | Greek | A son of Apollo and Stilbe, the brother of Centaurus, and husband of Orsinome, the daughter of Eurynomus, by whom he became the father of Phorbas, Triopas, and Periphas. He was regarded as the ancestor of the Lapithae in the mountains of Thessaly. Greek |
"Laputa" | Swift | The flying island inhabited by scientific quacks, and visited by Gulliver in his "travels." These dreamy philosophers were so absorbed in their speculations that they employed attendants called "flappers," to flap them on the mouth and ears with a blown bladder when their attention was to be called off from "high things" to vulgar mundane matters. Swift |
| Spirit name "Lar Familiaris" | Roman | Ancestral spirit. A personal and vaguely defined deity brought into the house from the surrounding land.... |
| God name "Laran" | Etruscan | God of war Etruscan |
| God name "Laran" | Etruscan | God of war. Depicted as a youth armed with a lance and helmet and dressed in a cape.... |
| Ghost name "Lares" | Roman | Either domestic or public. Domestic lares were the souls of virtuous ancestors exalted to the rank of protectors. Public lares were the protectors of roads and streets. Domestic lares were images, like dogs, set behind the hall door, or in the lararium or shrine. Wicked souls became lemures or ghosts that made night hideous. Penates were the natural powers personified, and their office was to bring wealth and plenty, rather than to protect and avert danger. Roman |
| 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.... |
| Spirit name "Lars Familiarus" | Roman | The spirit of the founder of the house, which never left it, but accompanied his descendants in all their changes. Roman |
| Goddess name "Larunda" | Sabine | Chthonic and earth mother goddess Sabine |
| Goddess name "Larunda" | Sabine | Chthonic goddess. An early Italic earth mother who, in Roman times, according to some traditions, became the mother of the LARES. Also Lara (Roman).... |
| Ghost name "Larvae" | Roman | Mischievous spectres. The larva or ghost of Caligula was often seen, according to Suetonius, in his palace. Roman |
| Angel name "Larz" | Enochian | A minor angel. Enochian |
| God name "Lasas" | Etruscan | These are female god like beings of the pantheon, they may be winged or unwinged & some names are known |
| God name "Lasas" | Etruscan | Female godlike beings of the pantheon, they may be winged or unwinged and some names are known Etruscan |
| Goddess name "Lasghusyamala" | Hindu | Minor goddess Hindu / Puranic |
| Spirit name "Laskowice" | Slavic | These are satyr type Forest spirits with a close relationship with the Wolf |
| Goddess name "Låśśair" | Ireland | Goddess of midsummer. Ireland |
"Lasya" | Buddhist | Graceful Mother of the world. Buddhist |
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