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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."
Koujeng Leima (ꯀꯧꯖꯦꯡ ꯂꯩꯃ), a consort of God Koupalu and one of the nine goddesses who participated in the festival of Thangjing. Nungthel Leima (ꯅꯨꯡꯊꯦꯜ ꯂꯩꯃ), Goddess of the first villager, daughter of Koupalu and Kounu. Taoroinai (ꯇꯥꯑꯣꯔꯣꯏꯅꯥꯏ), serpentine dragon god from the Moon.
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.
In Mesopotamian religion, Tiamat (Akkadian: 𒀭𒋾𒀀𒆳 D TI.AMAT or 𒀭𒌓𒌈 D TAM.TUM, Ancient Greek: Θαλάττη, romanized: Thaláttē) [1] is the primordial sea, mating with Abzû (Apsu), the groundwater, to produce the gods in the Babylonian epic Enûma Elish, which translates as "when on high."
Sumiyoshi sanjin (住吉三神) is the generic name for the three Shinto gods Sokotsutsu no O no Mikoto (底筒男命), Nakatsutsu no O no Mikoto (中筒男命), and Uwatsutsu no O no Mikoto (表筒男命). [1] The Sumiyoshi sanjin are regarded as the gods of the sea and sailing. They are sometimes referred to as the Sumiyoshi daijin ...
Lugala'abba ("Lord of the Sea" [423]) was a god associated both with the sea and with the underworld. [424] Lugalbanda: Uruk, Nippur, and Kuara [425] Lugalbanda was an early legendary king of the Sumerian city-state of Uruk, who was later declared to be a god. [425] He is the husband of the goddess Ninsun and the father of the mortal hero ...
In Greek mythology, Proteus (/ ˈ p r oʊ t i ə s, ˈ p r oʊ t. j uː s / PROH-tee-əs, PROHT-yooss; [1] Ancient Greek: Πρωτεύς, romanized: Prōteús) is an early prophetic sea god or god of rivers and oceanic bodies of water, one of several deities whom Homer calls the "Old Man of the Sea" (hálios gérôn). [2]
Helios, as the sun god, received the area that is closest to the sky, while Poseidon, who is the sea god, got the isthmus by the sea. [184] At another time, Poseidon came to an agreement with another goddess, Leto, that he would give her the island of Delos in exchange for the island of Calauria; he also exchanged Delphi for Taenarum with Apollo.