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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 spirits (11 C, 137 P) Pages in category "Mythological aquatic creatures" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total.
Monster may also be Native, but name was given from Native language by local whites & not the original name, if so. Sea goat – Half goat, half fish; Selkie – Shapeshifting seal people; Water bull – Nocturnal amphibious bull; Water Horse – General name for mythical water dwelling horses of many cultures
The bishop-fish, a piscine humanoid reported in Poland in the 16th century. Aquatic humanoids appear in legend and fiction. [1] " Water-dwelling people with fully human, fish-tailed or other compound physiques feature in the mythologies and folklore of maritime, lacustrine and riverine societies across the planet."
Water spirits (10 C, 137 P) W. Wetlands in folklore (1 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Water in mythology" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
In Greek mythology, the naiads (/ ˈ n aɪ æ d z, ˈ n eɪ æ d z,-ə d z /; Ancient Greek: ναϊάδες, romanized: naïádes), sometimes also hydriads, [1] are a type of female spirit, or nymph, presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of fresh water.
(Norse mythology) Maltet, the name of the spear of Baligant from The Song of Roland. (French folklore) Rhongomyniad (also Rhongomiant), the spear of King Arthur that he used to defeat the legendary Sir Thomas of Wolford. (Arthurian legend) Spear of Achilles, created by Hephaestus and given to Peleus at his wedding with Thetis. (Greek mythology)