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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 ...
A Greek dryad depicted in a painting. In religion, a nature deity is a deity in charge of forces of nature, such as water, biological processes, or weather.These deities can also govern natural features such as mountains, trees, or volcanoes.
Hahay-i Wuhti (Pour Water Grandmother) Hano Mana (Tewa Maiden) Hé-é-e Wuhti (He Wuhti, Hehea Mana, Hehee, Teakwaina Mana) (Warrior Woman) Heoto Mana (Guard Woman) Horo Mana (Yohozro Wuhti) (Cold-bringing Woman) Kahaila Mana (Turtle Maiden) Kokopelmimi; Kokyang Wuhti (Spider Grandmother) Koyemsi Mana (Mudhead Maiden) Mosairu Mana (Buffalo Maiden)
others called her the daughter of Zeus; loved by Poseidon The Thessalids: Peneus River, Thessaly daughters of the river god Peneus • Daphne-do- loved by the god Apollo; see below entry of Daphne • Menippe-do- wife of Pelasgus, by whom she became the mother of Phrastor • Stilbe-do- bore to Apollo twin sons, Centaurus and Lapithus ...
Pages in category "Water goddesses" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Acionna; Ahurani; Ak Ana;
They may be called Navki, Rusalki, and Vily. The Proto-Slavic root *navь-, which forms one of the names for these beings, means "dead", [3] as these minor goddesses are conceived as the spirits of dead children or young women. They are represented as half-naked beautiful girls with long hair, but in the South Slavic tradition also as birds who ...
The noun goddess is a secondary formation, combining the Germanic god with the Latinate -ess suffix. It first appeared in Middle English, from about 1350. [3] The English word follows the linguistic precedent of a number of languages—including Egyptian, Classical Greek, and several Semitic languages—that add a feminine ending to the language's word for god.