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The history of thousands of years of contact with Chinese and various Indian myths (such as Buddhist and Hindu mythology) are also key influences in Japanese religious belief. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Japanese myths are tied to the topography of the archipelago as well as agriculturally-based folk religion , and the Shinto pantheon holds uncountable ...
Like the Japanese description of the beast, in Chinese and in Scandinavian lore this beast is infamous for kidnapping and drowning people as well as horses. The siyokoy of the Philippine islands is also known for kidnapping children by the water's edge. [citation needed] A frog-face vodyanoy is known in Slavic mythology.
Aquaman was a founding member of the reformed JLA [45] and remained an active, if sometimes reluctant member of that team, until the "Our Worlds at War" storyline in 2001 (shortly after the cancellation of Aquaman vol. 5), during which Aquaman and the city of Poseidonis disappear during a battle between Aquaman and an Imperiex probe.
Aquaman has also had run-ins with the Olympian sea deities. Poseidon had long relinquished the title of Sea King to Orin of Atlantis, but when Aquaman's subjects lost faith in him, Poseidon arranged a challenge with his son Triton. [34] Aquaman bested Triton and the godling fell from grace with his father.
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."
A legend from Tanushimaru, Fukuoka says that a local river is where all kappa originate. A clan of kappa once lived in the Yellow River in China, but migrated to Kuma River.
Yamata no Orochi legends are originally recorded in two ancient texts about Japanese mythology and history. The 712 AD Kojiki transcribes this dragon name as 八岐遠呂智 and the 720 AD Nihon Shoki writes it as 八岐大蛇 .
Fudo claims that he is an immovable being whose presence lies anywhere, protecting over all the living things, in a reference to the Hindu deity Acalanātha, also known as Fudō in Japanese mythology. Crea Dolosera (クレア・ドロセラ, Kurea Dorosera) Voiced by: Sakura Tange (Japanese); Carrie Savage (English)