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  2. Ryūjin - Wikipedia

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    Ryūjin shinkō (竜神信仰, "dragon god faith") is a form of Shinto religious belief that worships dragons as water kami. It is connected with agricultural rituals, rain prayers, and the success of fishermen. The god has shrines across Japan and especially in rural areas where fishing and rains for agriculture are important for local ...

  3. Dragon King - Wikipedia

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    A folk religious movement of associations of good-doing in modern Hebei is primarily devoted to a generic Dragon God whose icon is a tablet with his name inscribed on it, utilized in a ritual known as the "movement of the Dragon Tablet". [53] The Dragon God is traditionally venerated with dragon boat racing. In coastal regions of China, Korea ...

  4. List of dragons in mythology and folklore - Wikipedia

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    Ryūjin, the dragon god of the sea in Japanese mythology. Kuzuryū: A nine-headed dragon. Gozuryū: A five-headed dragon. [31] Hai-Riyo: The Hai-Riyo are fabulous composites from Japanese mythology [citation needed]. They have the body, claws, and wings of a bird with the head of a dragon. The Hai-Riyo are related to the Ying-Lung. [32] Uwabami

  5. List of water deities - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. Ao Run - Wikipedia

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    Ao Run (敖闰) or Ao Ji (敖吉), is the Dragon King of the West Sea (西海龙王, Xīhǎi Lóngwáng) and one of the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas in Chinese religion and Korean mythology. [1] As an important belief in Chinese folk religion, Four Dragon King Temples are built around the place to worship the Dragon Kings. [2]

  7. Watatsumi - Wikipedia

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    The etymology of the sea god Watatsumi is uncertain. Marinus Willem de Visser (1913:137) notes consensus that wata is an Old Japanese word for "sea; ocean" and tsu is a possessive particle, but disagreement whether mi means "snake" or "lord; god". "It is not impossible" he concludes, "that the old Japanese sea-gods were snakes or dragons."

  8. Leviathan - Wikipedia

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    The element of competition between God and the sea monster and the use of Leviathan to describe the powerful enemies of Israel [22] may reflect the influence of the Mesopotamian and Canaanite legends or the contest in Egyptian mythology between the Apep snake and the sun god Ra. Alternatively, the removal of such competition may have reflected ...

  9. Ryūgū-jō - Wikipedia

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    Ryūgū or Ryūgū-jō is the fabulous mythical residence of the Ryūjin (Dragon God) or Sea God, or the princess Otohime. [1] It is also equated with the "fish-scale palace" (iroko no goto tsukureru miya) which was the Sea God Watatsumi's palace mentioned in the Kojiki (8th century). [1]