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Water god in an ancient Roman mosaic. Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Gaziantep, Turkey. A water deity is a deity in mythology associated with water or various bodies of water.Water deities are common in mythology and were usually more important among civilizations in which the sea or ocean, or a great river was more important.
Several types of water deities conform to a single type: that of Homer's halios geron or Old Man of the Sea: Nereus, Proteus, Glaucus and Phorkys. These water deities are not as powerful as Poseidon, the main god of the oceans and seas. Each is a shape-shifter, a prophet, and the father of either radiantly beautiful nymphs or hideous monsters ...
Water gods in Meitei mythology (2 P) Pages in category "Water gods" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Water gods (5 C, 44 P) I. Ice and snow deities (10 P) R. Rain deities (2 C, 47 P) S. Sea and river deities (5 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Water deities"
Izanagi, forefather of the gods, god of creation and life and first male; Izanami, Izanagi's wife and sister, goddess of creation and death, first female; Konohanasakuya-hime, the blossom princess and symbol of delicate earthly life; Shinigami, god of death; Suijin, god of water; Fūjin, god of wind; Kagu-tsuchi, god of fire
Names of God, names of deities of monotheistic religions This page was last edited on 14 November 2024, at 17:37 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
God of mortality and father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius, and Atlas. Mnemosyne: Mνημοσύνη (Mnēmosýnē) Goddess of memory and remembrance, and mother of the Nine Muses. Oceanus: Ὠκεανός (Ōceanós) God of the all-encircling river Oceans around the Earth, the fount of all the Earth's fresh-water. Phoebe: Φοίβη ...
Anẓar, god of rain in Berber mythology. Achek, wife of the rain god Deng in Dinka mythology; Mangwe, a water spirit known as "the flooder" in the beliefs of the Ila people of Zambia [1] Oya, goddess of violent rainstorms in Yoruba mythology; Sinvula, god of rain in Bantu mythology; Nanvula/Nomvula goddess of rain Bantu mythology