Water Deities 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 was more important.
Aztec
Atl god of water in Aztec mythology (Central Mexico) Atlaua god of fishermen in Aztec mythology Chalchiuhtlatonal god of water in Aztec mythology Balkan Rodon god of the sea in Illyrian mythology (Balkans) Britain Dylan Eil Ton sea god in Welsh mythology (pre-Christian Britons) Arnemetia water goddess in British mythology Manannán mac Lir (Irish) Manawydan (Welsh) Llyr (Welsh) German folklore/Scandinavian folklore Nix Greek Anapos (water god of eastern Sicily in Greek mythology) Asopus river god in Greek mythology, and father to river nymph Aegina Crinaeae (fountains) Doris goddess of the Mediterranean Sea, wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids in Greek mythology Eleionomae (marshes) Helead (fen) Hydros god of freshwater in Greek mythology Limnades/Limnatides (lakes) Naiads (usually fresh water) Neptune/ Poseidon god of the sea in
Hindu
Saraswati goddess of knowledge in Hinduism, originally a river goddess (the Saraswati River was named after her) Irish Manannán mac Lir sea and weather god in Irish mythology Boann goddess of the River Boyne in Irish mythology Inuit Aipaloovik Alignak god of tides in Inuit mythology (Siberia, Greenland and Alaska) Arnapkapfaaluk Idliragijenget Sedna Tootega goddess that walked on water in Inuit mythology Italy Nethuns god of wells in Etruscan mythology (Italy) Lithuanian mythology Bangputys Maori mythology Tangaroa Native America Untunktahe water god with great magical powers in Native America (Lakota) mythology Norse Rán, goddess who collects the drowned in a net Njórd, seagod who lives at Nóatun Portugal Duberdicus god of water in Lusitanian mythology (Portugal) Shinto Susanoo Sumeria Enki god of the freshwater ocean of groundwater under the earth in Sumerian mythology (also referred to as Ea) Abzu - water lord in Sumerian mythology that threatens to take back the creation of men by a universal flood, but is imprisoned beneath the earth by Enki (Mesopotamia) Ninhursag - goddess of the waters and consort of Enki in Sumerian mythology Tonga (Zambizi Valley Zimbabwe) Nyami Nyami Vedic religion Varuna (celestial ocean) Various rivers associated with goddesses in the Rigveda, such as Sarasvati (Sarasvati River) and Yamuna Yoruba religion/Afro-American religions Yemaja Mami Wata River Gods Achelous, Acheron, Aeas, Aegaeus, Aesepus, Almo, Alpheus, Amphrysos, Apidanus, Ardescus, Asopus, Asterion, Axius Caicus, Cayster, Cebren, Cephissus, Chremetes, Cladeus or Kladeos, Clitunno (Roman mythology), Cocytus, Cratais Crinisus, Cydnos Enipeus, Erasinus, Eridanus, Euphrates, Evenus Granicus Haliacmon, Heptaporus, Hermus Inachus, Istrus or Ister Ladon Meander, Mincius Nessus, Nilus, Numicius, Nymphaeus Pactolus, Parthenius, Phasis, Peneus Rhesus, Rhine, Rhodius, Sangarius, Scamander, Simoeis, Sperchius, Strymon Termessus, Tiberinus (Roman mythology) Chiron in Greek mythology, one of the Centaurs, the son of the Titan Cronus and Philyra, an Oceanid or sea nymph. Chiron lived at the foot of Mount Pelion in Thessaly. Hyades in Greek mythology, daughters of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Aethra, the five (or more) sisters of the Pleiades who nursed the infant wine god, Dionysus,... Nymph in Greek mythology, any of a large class of inferior female divinities. The nymphs were usually associated with fertile, growing things, such as trees, or with water. Pleiades in Greek mythology, the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione: Maia, Electra, Taygete, Celaeno, Alcyone, Sterope, and Merope. Nereus In Greek religion, sea god called by Homer “Old Man of the Sea,” noted for his wisdom, gift of prophecy, and ability to change his shape. Atlas in Greek mythology, son of the Titan Iapetus and the Oceanid Clymene (or Asia) and brother of Prometheus (creator of mankind). In Homer's Odyssey, Book I, Atlas seems to have been a marine creature. Io in Greek mythology, daughter of Inachus (the river god of Argos) and the Oceanid Melia. Under the name of Callithyia, Io was regarded as the first priestess of Hera, the wife of Zeus. They were not immortal but were extremely long-lived and were on the whole kindly disposed toward men. They were distinguished according to the sphere of nature with which they were connected. The Oceanids, for example, were sea nymphs; the Nereids inhabited both saltwater and freshwater; the Naiads presided over springs, rivers, and lakes
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