L.

_Labarum_, the, of Constantine, inscribed with the monogram of Osiris, 350.

_Ladder_, the, of Jacob, 42; explained, 42-47.

_Lama_, the, of Thibet, considered divine, 118; the high priest of the Tartars, 118; the Pope of Buddhism, 118.

_Lamb_, the, of God, a personification of the Sun, 492.

_Lamb_, the oldest representation of Christ Jesus was the figure of a, 202, 503.

_Lamps_, feast of, 392.

_Lanthu_, born of a pure spotless Virgin, 248; the creator of the world, 248.

_Lao-Kiun_, born of a Virgin, 120; believed in one God, 120; formed the Tao-tsze, or sect of reason, 120.

_Lao-tse_ (see Lao-Kiun).

_Latona_, the mother of Apollo, 125.

_Law-giver_, Moses a, 59; Bacchus a, 59; Zoroaster a, 59; Minos a, 60; Thoth a, 60; Lycurgus a, 61; Apollo a, 61.

_Lazarus_, raised from the grave, 273.

_Leto_, a personification of darkness, 477.

_Libations_, common among all nations of antiquity, 317.

_Library_, the, of Alexandria, 438.

_Lights_, are kept burning before images in Pagan temples, 406.

_Lily_, the, or Lotus, sacred among all Eastern nations, 529; put into the hands of all "Virgin Mothers," 329.

_Linga_, the, and Yoni, adored by the Jews, 47; the symbol under which the sun was worshiped, 47, 496.

_Logos_, the, an Egyptian feature, 373; Apollo called, 373; Marduk of the Assyrians, called, 374; the, of Philo, 374; the, of John, 374; identical, 374.

_Loretto_, the Virgin of, 338; black as an Ethiopian, 338.

_Lotus_, the, or Lily, sacred among all Eastern nations, 329.

_Luke_, the Gospel "according" to, 456.

_Lycophron_, says that Hercules was three nights in the belly of a fish, 78.