Juno. Roman goddess of women and marriage. = Hera. Frigg.

Jupiter. (Jove). Roman chief god. = Zeus.

Kali. Hindu goddess of death and destruction.

Koran. (Qur’an.) 615-32. Islamic sacred book of God’s revelations to Muhammad.

Krsna. Hindu god. 8th incarnation of Vishnu.

Kuan Ti. 3C Chinese scholar, executed. Deified as god of war.

Lares. Roman gods of households and fields.

Lewis, Wyndham. 1882-1957. English satirical writer, artist. Founded Vorticism. Apes of God 1930.

Liber. Roman god of wine, fertility...Bacchus. = Dionysus.

Logos. Greek force of cosmic order and reason. Link between God and man. Philo.

Loki. Beautiful Norse god of evil.

Loyola, St. Ignatius. 1491-1556. Spanish soldier, founder of ascetic Jesuit Order, army of God working directly for the Pope. Spiritual Exercises 1548.

Luna. Roman moon goddess, = Selene.

Marcion. 144. Founded heretical sect with 2 Gods: imperfect Old Testament God and Jesus’ merciful God.

Marduk. Babylonian Lord of gods.

Maria Luisa. 1751-1819. Spanish queen to Charles IV. With lover Godoy, ruined Spain’s finances.

Mars. Roman god of war. = Greek Ares.

Masaccio, Tomaso. 1401-28. Florentine fresco painter. Introduced Humanism-man vs God central theme, proportion, perspective. Baptism of Peasants 1427.

Mercury. Roman messenger/commerce god.= Hermes.

Messiah. Redeemer of Christianity, Judaism, Islam who would come from God to save humanity.

Minerva. Roman goddess of wisdom and arts = Athena.

Mithraism. 5C BC-4C. Persian worship of Mithra, sun god of wisdom. Influenced Christianity. Adopted by Romans in Britain. Bull sacrifice.

Mnemosyne. Greek goddess of memory. Muses’ mother by Zeus.

Monarchianism. 190-3C. Christian Adoptionist heresy. God and Jesus are one being.

Monotheism. Religious doctrine holding that there is only one God.

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