Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Lat" | Arabic | A female idol made of stone, and said to be inspired with life; the chief object of adoration by the Arabs before their conversion. |
God name "Lupi" | Aymara | God of the Sun whose wife is the moon. Aymara |
God name "ltztli (obsidian blade)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of justice. One of the group clåśśed as the TEZCATLIPOCA complex.... |
God name "Lendix-Teux Chilcotin" | BC Canada | Tutelary god who educates the human race BC Canada |
Demon name "Lilitu" | Babylon | Nocturnal demones who lingers on as the Jewish Lilith Babylon |
Demon name "Lucifer" | Babylon | Very haughty and overbearing. Lucifer is the name given by Isaiah to Nebuchadnezzar, the proud but ruined king of Babylon: "Take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, ... How art thou fallen, from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!" (Isa. XIV. 4, 12). The poets feign that Satan, before he was driven out of heaven for his pride, was called Lucifer. Milton, in his Paradise Lost, gives this name to the demon of "Sinful Pride." Christian / Gnostic |
Goddess name "Lahamu" | Babylonian | In the Babylonian story of creation, Lahama is the daughter of the primordial goddess Tiamat. She guards the gate to the sea; the sea is her dominion. She holds an overflowing vase; she contains, bestows the waters of life. The Seven Tablets of Creation |
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.... |
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 "Leza" | Bantu / Zimbabwe | A creator god |
Goddess name "Lahe" | Basque | Goddess of health. Basque |
Spirit name "Lamin" | Basque | A spirit of human form, generally female, with the feet of an animal. Basque |
"Lanabes" | Basque | A magic piano. Basque |
"Latsari" | Basque | Name given to the lamias and other beings that wash clothes during the night. Basque |
"Legor" | Basque | The personification of sterility. Basque |
Spirit name "Lur" | Basques | Lurbira. earth mother of the Sun and of the moon. One of the main spirits of the beliefs and mythical traditions of the Basques. |
"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.... |