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In Hindu culture, each water body is worshipped as a form of God. Hence, the rivers are worshipped as goddesses and the ocean is worshipped as a god. Varuna, the Lord of All the Water Bodies. Ap, group of water goddesses. Apam Napat, god of fresh water, such as in rivers and lakes. Danu, goddess of primordial waters, mother of Vritra and the ...
Doris (/ ˈ d oʊ r ɪ s /; Ancient Greek: Δωρίς/Δωρίδος means 'bounty' [1]), in Greek mythology, was a sea goddess. She was one of the 3,000 Oceanids , daughters of the Titans Oceanus [ 2 ] and Tethys .
Perseis' name has been linked to Περσίς (Persís), "female Persian", and πέρθω (pérthō), "destroy" or "slay" or "plunder". [citation needed]Kerenyi also noted the connection between her and Hecate due to their names, denoting a chthonic aspect of the nymph, as well as that of Persephone, whose name "can be taken to be a longer, perhaps simply a more ceremonious, form of Perse ...
Sedna (Inuktitut: ᓴᓐᓇ, romanized: Sanna, previously Sedna or Sidne) is the goddess of the sea and marine animals in Inuit religion, also known as the Mother of the Sea or Mistress of the Sea. The story of Sedna, which is a creation myth, describes how she came to rule over Adlivun , the Inuit version of the underworld .
daughters of the river god Erasinos; attendants of the goddess Britomartis. • Anchiroe-do- - • Byze-do- - • Maera-do- - • Melite-do- - The Hydaspides: Hydaspers River, India daughters of the river god Hydaspes and Astris, they were nurses of the god Zagreus, the first-born Dionysos The Inachides: Inachos River, Argos
Scylla as a maiden with a kētos tail and dog heads sprouting from her body. Detail from a red-figure bell-crater in the Louvre, 450–425 BC. This form of Scylla was prevalent in ancient depictions, though very different from the description in Homer, where she is land-based and more dragon-like.
Pleione was the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys who were the Titan God and Goddess of bodies of water. [3] Pleione was mother to seven daughters, known as the Pleiades. Their names were: Maia, Electra, Taygete, Alcyone, Celaeno, Sterope and Merope. [3] She is often said to be the mother of Calypso with Atlas as well. [4]
d3sign/Getty Images. 26. Mona. This feminine moniker of Italian origin means “aristocratic,” but in Old English it translates to “moon.”. 27. Cressida. Cressida is a feminine name that ...