Lefs

Lydian · deity · mythic · deity

Lydian Zeus (Lews > Lefs), a rain-bringer cited in 4th-century BC votive and funerary texts; less prominent than the old storm-god.

Domains

sky rain

Powers

Send down rain in the tradition of Anatolian Tarhunt

Relations

equated with: Zeus

Sources

Sasseville, 'Lefs: a Greek god in Lydian disguise', in Studies on Lydia

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