It looked like something out of a comic book, but I wasn't about to laugh or criticize the local deity in this place.

The residents of the two houses gave offerings to the local deity.

Should we not offer up a prayer first of all to the local deities?

"For what would the local deity say, if the goat were withheld from him?"

What are you doing, setting yourself up here as the local deity?

There was a palpable sense of irritation that the local deities were not on the job.

May be they need a local deity to gain more spiritual protection.

It is based on the worship of local deities.

However, not only common people felt the need to appease local deities.

There is also evidence of local or regional deities.