MYTHOLOGY | NAME | TITLE |
Aztec | Chalchiuhtlatonal | God of water |
Tlaloc | God of rain, fertility, and water | |
Chalchiuhtlicue | Goddess of lakes, rivers, seas, streams, horizontal waters, storms, and baptism | |
Canaanite | Yam | God of rivers and the sea |
Celtic | Acionna | Goddess of water |
Lir | God of the sea | |
Chinese | Gong Gong | Water god (responsible for great floods) |
Egyptian | Khnum | God of creation and the waters |
Tefnut | Goddess of rain | |
Greek | Poseidon | King of the sea and lord of the sea gods; god of rivers, storms, flood and drought, earthquakes, and horses |
Pontus | Primeval god of the sea, father of the fish and other sea creatures | |
Finnish | Ahti | God of the depths and fish |
Vedenemo | Goddess of water | |
Hindu | Ganga | Goddess of the Ganges River |
Apam Napat | God of fresh water | |
Japanese | Suijin, Shinto | God of water |
Roman | Neptune | King of the sea |
Volturnus | God of the waters |
Saturday 7 May 2011
WATER IN MYTHOLOGY
Here are some water deities in various mythologies.
(Credits: "Water Deity", Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_deity>)
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