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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.
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Several types of water deities conform to a single type: that of Homer's halios geron or Old Man of the Sea: Nereus, Proteus, Glaucus and Phorkys. These water deities are not as powerful as Poseidon, the main god of the oceans and seas. Each is a shape-shifter, a prophet, and the father of either radiantly beautiful nymphs or hideous monsters ...
In Greek mythology, the naiads (/ ˈ n aɪ æ d z, ˈ n eɪ æ d z,-ə d z /; Ancient Greek: ναϊάδες, romanized: naïádes), sometimes also hydriads, [1] are a type of female spirit, or nymph, presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of fresh water.
Tutu – body of a striding, winged lion, the head of a human, other heads of hawks and crocodiles projecting from the body, and the tail of a serpent; Urit-en-kru – A lioness headed hippopatomus goddess; Griffin (Europe) Lamassu (Mesopotamian) Lampago mythical heraldic beast in the form of a "man-tiger or man-lion" Leo –
Water spirits (10 C, 137 P) W. Wetlands in folklore (1 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Water in mythology" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The bishop-fish, a piscine humanoid reported in Poland in the 16th century. Aquatic humanoids appear in legend and fiction. [1] " Water-dwelling people with fully human, fish-tailed or other compound physiques feature in the mythologies and folklore of maritime, lacustrine and riverine societies across the planet."
In Celtic mythology: An Each uisge is a particularly dangerous "water horse" supposed to be found in Scotland; [3] its Irish counterpart is the Aughisky. The Gwragedd Annwn are female Welsh lake fairies of great beauty. A Kelpie is a less dangerous sort of water horse. There are many similar creatures by other names in the mythology including: