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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.
In Japanese mythology, Takitsuhiko (also Taki-tsu-hiko) is a god of waterfalls. [1] He is known also as 'Prince Cataract', and is the son of Ajisukitakahikone as well as the nephew of Takemikazuchi .
The origin of the waterfall's name is not completely clear. In modern Icelandic, the name can be read either as "waterfall of the goð (gods)" or "waterfall of the goði (chieftain)." Linguist and placename expert Svavar Sigmundsson suggests that the name derives from two crags at the falls which resemble pagan idols.
The primacy of water gods is reminiscent of, and may even have been influenced by, ancient Near Eastern mythology - where Tiamat (salt water) and Apsu (fresh water) are the first gods of the Enuma Elish, and where the Spirit of God is said to have "hovered over the waters" in Genesis. Pontus is the primordial deity of the sea.
Another daughter, Sinope, tricked three amorous gods into leaving her virginity intact. Inachus, the first king of Argos and progenitor of the Argive line through his son Argus. Nilus, Egyptian river god and the father of numerous daughters who mingled with the descendants of Inachus, forming a dynasty of kings in Egypt, Libya, Arabia and Ethiopia.
Bacchus – god of wine, nature, pleasure and festivity; equivalent to the Greek god Dionysus Ceres , goddess of growing plants and motherly relationships; equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter Diana , goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness and the moon; equivalent to the Greek goddess Artemis
loved by the god Poseidon by whom she became the mother of Busiris: Argiope: Nile River, Egypt daughter of the river Nilus; wife of Agenor and mother of Europa, Phoenix, Cilix and Cadmus; commonly known as Telephassa: Asterope or Hesperia: Cebren River, Troad daughter of the river god Cebren and lover of Aesacus, also called Hesperia: Caliadne ...
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