1000 Mythological Characters Briefly Described / Adapted to Private Schools, High Schools and Academies

by Edward Sylvester Ellis

Liakura (Liak′ura). Mount Parnassus.

Liberal Arts, see Minerva.

Liber Pater (Li′ber Pa′ter). A name of Bacchus.

Liberty, see Bacchus.

Libissa (Lib′issa). Queen of fays and fairies.

Libitina (Libiti′na). A Roman goddess, the chief of the funeral deities.

Licentiousness, see Belphegor.

Ligea (Lige′a). A Greek syren or sea-nymph, one of the Nereides.

Lightning, see Agni.

Lilith (Li′lith). A Jewish myth representing a finely dressed woman who is a great enemy to new-born children. She was said to have been Adam’s first wife, but, refusing to submit to him, was turned from Paradise and made a specter.