Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Lomo Ngbandi" | Zaire | Goddess of peace, invoked at Sunrise every day. Zaire |
God name "Lubangala Bakongo" | Zaire | God of the Rainbow Zaire |
God name "Leza Bantu" | Zimbabwe | Creator god Zimbabwe |
Demon name "Lamia" | s | A hag or demon. Keats's Lamia is a serpent which had åśśumed the form of a beautiful woman, beloved by a young man, and gets a soul. |
"Land of Beulah" | s | In Pilgrim's Progress it is that land of heavenly joy where the pilgrims tarry till they are summoned to enter the cerestial City; the Paradise before the resurrection. |
"Limbus Fatuorum" | s | The Limbus of Fools, or Fool's Paradise. As fools are not responsible for their works, they are not punished in Purgatory, but cannot be received into heaven; so they go to a place called the Paradise of Fools. |
"Limbus Puerorum" | s | The Child's Paradise, for children who die before they are responsible for their actions. |
"Luggie" | s | The warlock who, when storms prevented him from going to sea, used to sit on "Luggie's Knoll." and fish up dressed food. |
"Luggnagg" | s | An island mentioned in Gulliver's Travels, where people live for ever. Swift shows the evil of such a destiny, unless accompanied with eternal youth. |
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.... |