Saturday 7 May 2011

WATER IN MYTHOLOGY

Here are some water deities in various mythologies. 


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
(Credits: "Water Deity", Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_deity>)

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