Halahala (lord of poison)

God of poison. Buddhist (Mahayana). A form of AVALOKITESVARA. Typically seated on a red lotus with the SAKTI on the left knee. Color: white.

Hades HAY deez

Lord of the Underworld

Hades is one of the six Olympians, i.e. one of the six children of Kronos (Cronos) and Rhea. He and his two brothers divided creation into thirds and each took a portion for their own. Hades chose, as his dominion, The Underworld.

Ganapati (lord of hosts)

1. God. Hindu (Puranic). The more commonly recognized name of the elephant god GANESA, particularly favored in western India.

FREYR (lord)

ORIGIN Possibly Swedish or Germanic but extending throughout the Nordic region with lowest popularity in Iceland. Fertility god.

KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP Viking period (circa AD 700) and earlier, until Christianization (circa AD 1100).

SYNONYMS none confirmed, but possibly including Frodi (Denmark); YNG or ING; Lytir (Sweden).

FJORGYN

ORIGIN Nordic (Icelandic) region. Early fertility goddess.

KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP Viking period (circa AD 700) or earlier to Christianization (circa AD 1100).

SYNONYMS possibly lord.

CENTER(S) OF CULT none known.

Elagabal (lord of the mountain)

Local tutelary god. Syrian. Probably originating as a mountain deity with strong solar links.

Candesvara (the lord of Canda)

Minor god. Hindu (Epic and Puranic). A benevolent aspect of SˇIVA. Also an attendant on Sˇiva, said to have been a youthful cowherd. He sits on a lotus throne. Attributes: arrow, ax, bow, club, crown, hatchet, noose, rosary, snake, trident and water jar.

Bel

Generic title meaning “lord.” Mesopotamian (Babylonian-Akkadian). The Babylonian god MARDUK was often addressed as Bel, and the name occurs in the Vetus Testamentum. The New Year festival of akitu in Babylon included a ceremony of “leading Bel by the hand.” The name also appears at Palmyra as the tutelary creator god whose attributes include lightning and an eagle.

 

BAAL (lord)

ORIGIN Western Semitic (Canaanite) [northern Israel, Lebanon and later Egyptian]. Vegetation deity and national god.

KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 2000 BC or earlier to 200 BC.

SYNONYMS Aliyn Baal; HADAD.

ADONIS (lord)

ORIGIN Hellenic name adopted predominantly in Phoenician and Syrian culture and based on an old western Semitic deity [Lebanon and Syria]. Fertility and vegetation god.

KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 200 BC (Seleucid period) to circa AD 400.

SYNONYMS Adon (lord, Semitic).

CENTER(S) OF CULT mainly at Berytus and Aphaca.