The Greek expression lyssa may mean "frenetic fury" or "madness", typical of Bacchus/Dionysus.
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The name may derive from Lucis or Lusis, an ancient people mentioned in Avienus's Ora Maritima (4th century) and based on the Massaliote Periplus of the 6th century BC), and Tan, from Celtic Tan (Stan), or Tain, meaning a region or implying a country of waters, a root word that formerly meant a prince or sovereign governor of a region.
James Brown Craven, who gave detailed descriptions of the works above in his catalogue raissonée (1910) of Michael Maier, also included the 1654 English translation of Lusus Serius: or, Serious Passtime. A Philosophical Discourse ...wherein Hermes or Mercury is declared King of all Worldly things.