Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Lesa SE" | Africa | A creator god |
God name "Lianja" | Nkundo / Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa | God. He became the subject of an epic known as Nsongo and Lianja and is regarded today less as a god than a heroic figure, probably under the influence of Christianity.... |
Deities name "Libanza" | Bangala / Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa | Creator god. One of a pair of supreme deities with his sister / consort Nsongo. He lives at the bottom of the river Congo, traveling the waterways and bringing floods as punishment as well as to generate prosperity. He is regarded as being generally benevolent. Also Ibanza.... |
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 |
Spirit name "Loa" | Puerto Rico / Haiti | spirit beings. The gods of the voodoo cult who were originally imported by slaves from West Africa. An amount of Christian influence is present in their makeup.... |
God name "Loba" | Duala / Cameroon, West Africa | Sun god. Local people pray to this deity after Sunset to ensure that he will appear again the following morning.... |
God name "Loba Duala" | Africa | God of the Sun Africa / Cameroon |
Goddess name "Loko" | Fon / Benin, West Africa | God of trees. The brother of the hearth goddess AYABA. Invoked particularly by herbalists before obtaining Medicines from the bark and leaves of Forest trees.... |
Goddess name "Lomo" | Ngbandi / Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa | Goddess of peace. One of seven deities invoked at Sunrise each day.... |
Goddess name "Luamerava" | Africa | Goddess of sexual desire. Africa |
God name "Lubanga" | Bunyoro / Uganda, East Africa | God of health. He is invoked by offerings of beer and his sanctuaries are surrounded by rows of trees.... |
God name "Lubangala" | Bakongo / Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa | Rainbow god. The chief adversary of the storm god. He stills the thunder and makes his appearance in the sky. Considered to be the guardian of the earth and sea, including the village and its community.... |
Goddess name "Ma" | Africa | The Goddess of Creation, and mother of Mbali-yamswira. South Africa |
Goddess name "Mahalbiya Hausa" | Africa | Goddess of healing, fevers, ulcers Africa |
Supreme god name "Mahu Fon" | Africa | She is the supreme goddess of the earth as well as a goddess of the moon & fertility |
Goddess name "Mamlambo" | Zulu / Natal, South Africa | River goddess. Considered to control all the rivers running through Natal. Also a patron of beer-makers, who are usually women.... |