Lachesis (Lach′esis). One of the three goddesses of Fate, the Parcae. She spun the thread of life.
Lacinia (Lacin′ia). A name of Juno.
Lactura. One of the goddesses of growing corn.
Ladon (La′don). The dragon which guarded the apples in the garden of the Hesperides. Also the name of one of Actaeon’s hounds. Also the river in Arcadia to which Syrinx fled when pursued by Pan, where she was changed into a reed, and where Pan made his first pipe.
Laelaps (Lae′laps). One of Diana’s hunting-dogs, which, while pursuing a wild boar, was petrified. Also the name of one of Actaeon’s hounds.
Laksmi (Laks′mi) Hindoo goddess of wealth and pleasure. One of the husbands of Vishnu.
Lamentation, see Cocytus.
Lamia (Lam′ia). An evil deity among the Greeks and Romans, and the great dread of their children, whom she had the credit of constantly enticing away and destroying.
Lamp, see Lares and Penates.
Lampos (Lam′pos). One of Aurora’s chariot horses, the other being Phaeton.