List of water deities - wikipedia List of water deities 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. Another important focus of worship of water deities has been springs or holy wells. As a form of animal worship, whales and snakes ( hence dragons ) have been regarded as godly deities throughout the world ( other animals are such as turtles, fish, crabs, and sharks ). In Asian lore, whales and dragons sometimes have connections. Serpents are also common as a symbol or as serpentine deities, sharing many similarities with dragons. Contents 1 Aztec mythology 2 Ainu mythology 3 Armenian mythology 4 Australian aboriginal mythology 5 Benin mythology 6 Canaanite mythology 7 Celtic mythology 8 Chinese mythology 9 Dogon mythology 10 Egyptian mythology 11 Fon / Ewe mythology 12 Fijian mythology 13 Finnish mythology 14 Greek mythology 15 Hawaiian mythology 16 Hittite mythology 17 Hindu / Vedic mythology 18 Igbo mythology 19 Incan mythology 20 Inuit mythology 21 Japanese mythology 22 Korean mythology 23 Kyrgyz mythology 24 Lithuanian mythology 25 Luganda mythology 26 Lusitanian mythology 27 Māori mythology 28 Mayan mythology 29 Mesopotamian mythology 30 Micronesian mythology 31 Native American mythology 32 Norse / Germanic mythology 33 Persian / Zoroastrian mythology 34 Philippine mythology 35 Physiologus 36 Pirate lore 37 Roman mythology 38 Shilluk mythology 39 Slavic mythology 40 Island Nations mythology 41 Taíno mythology 42 Tonga mythology 43 Yoruba mythology 44 Vietnamese mythology 45 Viking lore 46 See also 47 References Aztec mythology Tlaloc, god of thunder, rain, and earthquakes. Chalchiuhtlicue, goddess of water, lakes, rivers, seas, streams, horizontal waters, storms, and baptism. Huixtocihuatl, goddess of salt. Opochtli, god of fishing. Tlaloques, gods of drops. Tlaloquetotontli, goddess of the rivers. Ainu mythology Amemasu, monster in the lakes Hoyau Kamui, or Oyau Kamui, Rapushinupurukuru, or Sakusomoai ~ epu, serpentine or dragon - like god with wings and stench ( possessing both natures of evil god and guardian ), master of Lake Tōya Repun Kamui, god of the sea, often referring to orca Armenian mythology Astghik, goddess of water sources Tsovinar, goddess of seas and storms Australian aboriginal mythology Eingana, mother of all Rainbow Serpents, creators of dreamtime Ungud, serpent god bring fortunes Wirnpa, creator of rain Yurlungur, the copper serpent Benin mythology Ezili, goddess of sweet water, beauty, and love Canaanite mythology Lotan, sea monster Yam ( god ), god of death for creatures in rivers and the sea Celtic mythology Acionna ( Gaulish ) - a water goddess / genius loci of the Orleanais region and the Essonne Belisama, goddess of lakes and rivers, fire, crafts and light Boann - goddess of the River Boyne ( Irish ) Condatis, ( Gaulish ) - god of the River Wear and healing Danu ( Dana ) - goddess of the Danube ( Celtic overlords ruled Germanic tribes before Rome attacked Gaul ). Later her name was added to the Tuath Dé. Dylan Eil Ton ( Welsh ) Grannus, a god associated with spas, the sun, fires and healing thermal and mineral springs Lí Ban ( Irish ), water goddess Lir ( Irish ), god of the sea Llŷr ( Welsh ), god of the sea Manannán mac Lir ( Irish ), god of the sea Nantosuelta, river goddess of fire, the earth, healing, and fertility Nodens, god associated with healing, the sea, hunting and dogs Sinann ( Irish ), goddess of the River Shannon Sequana ( Gaulish ), goddess of the River Seine Chinese mythology Gonggong, red - haired dragon with the head of man, and water god who is responsible for the great floods, together with his associate, Xiang Yao Mazu, water goddess and protector of seafarers Hebo, God of the Yellow River Longmu, Goddess of the Xijiang River in the Lingnan area Ehuang & Nuying, Goddesses of the Xiang River Tam Kung, sea deity worshiped in Hong Kong and Macau with the ability to forecast weather Honorable Kings of the Water Immortals ( Shuixian Zunwang ) Yu the Great, tamer of China 's Great Flood Qu Yuan, Wu Zixu, and Xiang Yu, famous suicides lost in rivers Han Ao or Lu Ban, the inventors Dragon Kings of the Four Seas Ao Kuang, Dragon King of the Eastern Sea Ao Qin, Dragon King of the Southern Sea Ao Run, Dragon King of the Western Sea Ao Shun, Dragon King of the Northern Sea Dogon mythology Nommos, amphibious spirits that are worshipped as ancestors Egyptian mythology Hapi, God of the annual flooding of the Nile Anuket, Goddess of the Nile, and nourisher of the fields Nephthys, Goddess of rivers, death, mourning, the dead and night Nu, uncreated God, personification of the primordial waters Khnum, God of the Nile River Satet, Goddess of the Nile River 's floods Sobek, God of the Nile river, depicted as a crocodile or a man with the head of a crocodile. Tefnut, Goddess of water, moisture and fertility. Osiris, God of the dead and afterlife. Originally god of water and vegetation. Fon / Ewe mythology Agwé, a sea loa Mami Wata, a water loa Clermeil, a river loa Pie, a lake and river loa Fijian mythology Daucina, god of seafaring Dakuwaqa, a shark god Finnish mythology Ahti, god of the depths and fish Iku - Turso, a malevolent sea monster Vedenemo, a goddess of water Vellamo, the wife of Ahti, goddess of the sea, lakes and storms. Greek mythology Main article : Greek sea gods Aegaeon, god of violent sea storms and ally of the Titans Achelous, Greek river god Akheilos, shark - shaped sea spirit Alpheus, river god in Arcadia Amphitrite, sea goddess and consort of Poseidon Anapos, water god of eastern Sicily Brizo, goddess of sailors Carcinus, a giant crab who allied itself with the Hydra against Heracles. When it died, Hera placed it in the sky as the constellation Cancer Ceto, goddess of the dangers of the ocean and of sea monsters Charybdis, a sea monster and spirit of whirlpools and the tide Cymopoleia, a daughter of Poseidon and goddess of giant storm waves Delphin, the leader of the dolphins, Poseidon placed him in the sky as the constellation Delphinus Doris, goddess of the sea 's bounty and wife of Nereus Eidothea, prophetic sea nymph and daughter of Proteus Electra, an Oceanid, consort of Thaumas Eurybia, goddess of the mastery of the seas Galene ( Γαλήνη ), goddess of calm seas Glaucus, the fisherman 's sea god Gorgons, three monstrous sea spirits Stheno Euryale Medusa The Graeae, three ancient sea spirits who personified the white foam of the sea ; they shared one eye and one tooth between them The Harpies, winged spirits of sudden, sharp gusts of wind Hippocampi, the horses of the sea The Ichthyocentaurs, a pair of centaurine sea - gods with the upper bodies of men, the lower fore - parts of horses, ending in the serpentine tails of fish Bythos Aphros Ladon, a one hundred - headed sea serpent who guarded the western reaches of the sea, and the island and golden apples of the Hesperides Leucothea, a sea goddess who aided sailors in distress Nerites, watery consort of Aphrodite and / or beloved of Poseidon Nereus, the old man of the sea, and the god of the sea 's rich bounty of fish Nymphs Naiades, fresh water nymphs Nereides, sea nymphs Oceanides, Ocean water nymphs Oceanus, Titan god of the Earth - encircling river Okeanos, the font of all the Earth 's fresh - water Pan, Patron God of fishing Palaemon, a young sea god who aided sailors in distress Phorcys, god of the hidden dangers of the deep Pontus, primeval god of the sea, father of the fish and other sea creatures Poseidon, Olympian God of the Oceans and king of the sea gods ; also god of rivers, storms, flood and drought, earthquakes, and horses. He controlled every aspect of the seas. His Roman equivalent is Neptune. Potamoi, deities of rivers, fathers of Naiads, brothers of the Oceanids, and as such, the sons of Oceanus and Tethys. Proteus, a shape - shifting, prophetic old sea god, and the herdsman of Poseidon 's seals Psamathe, goddess of sand beaches Scylla, a Nereid metamorphosed into a sea monster The Sirens, three sea nymphs who lured sailors to their death with their song The Telchines, sea spirits native to the island of Rhodes ; the gods killed them when they turned to evil magic Tethys, Titan goddess of the sources fresh - water, and the mother of the rivers ( Potamoi ), springs, streams, fountains and clouds Thalassa, primordial goddess of the sea Thaumas, god of the wonders of the sea and father of the Harpies and the rainbow goddess Iris Thetis, leader of the Nereids who presided over the spawning of marine life in the sea, mother of Achilles Triteia, daughter of Triton and companion of Ares Triton, fish - tailed son and herald of Poseidon Tritones, fish - tailed spirits in Poseidon 's retinue Σέργιο, god of the frogs and amphibians, often taking a frog form himself when on Earth Hawaiian mythology Kanaloa or Tangaroa, god of the ocean and magics and underworld with forms of cephalopod Kamohoalii, shark god Nāmaka, sea goddess Ukupanipo, shark god who controls the amount of fish close enough for the fisherman to catch Hittite mythology Illuyanka, dragon of the ocean Hindu / vedic mythology Varuna, the Lord of the All the Water Bodies Apam Napat, god of fresh water, such as in rivers and lakes Apah, god of fresh water, such as in rivers and lakes Ap, group of water goddesses Danu, goddess of primordial waters, mother of Vritra and the Danavas Dewi Danu Goddess Danu of the lake and waters of life, Balinese Hinduism Ganga goddess of the Ganges river and purity. Makara, mystical creature of waters Samundra, goddess of seas Sarasvati, goddess of knowledge and Sarasvati river Tapti, goddess of Tapti river Varuna, god of the water and the celestial ocean Yami, goddess of Yamuna river Igbo mythology Idemili, a river alusi Ogbuide, a lake alusi Urashi, a river alusi Oboshi river goddess Incan mythology Pariacaca, god of water and rainstorms Paricia, god who sent a flood to kill humans who did not respect him adequately Inuit mythology Aipaloovik, an evil sea god associated with death and destruction Alignak, a lunar deity and god of weather, water, tides, eclipses, and earthquakes Arnapkapfaaluk, a fearsome sea goddess Idliragijenget, god of the ocean Nootaikok, god who presided over icebergs and glaciers Sedna, goddess of the sea Japanese mythology See also : List of legendary creatures from Japan Ebisu, god of fortunes and fishery, often being referred to marine megafaunas such as whales and whale sharks ( hence being also called `` Ebisu - shark '' ) Hanzaki Daimyojin, gigantic Japanese giant salamander and master of the water Kuraokami, one of Suijin Mizuchi, Japanese dragon and sea god Miwa Myojin or Omononushi - no - kami, serpentine deity of waters Ōhoyamatsumi, god of mountains, sea and war Ryūjin or Watatsumi, Japanese dragon and tutelary deity of the sea Suijin, Shinto god of water Sumiyoshi sanjin, god of ocean and sailing Susanoo, Shinto god of storms and the sea Watatsumi, dragon king and ocean god Yamata no Orochi, serpentine monster but also regarded as an incarnation of violent river Korean mythology Imoogi or Imugi, giant serpents of Korean folklore which later become true dragons King Munmu, a king who wished to become a dragon before his death to protect Korea from the East Sea Dragon King, an undersea deity believed to determine the fortunes of fishermen and sailors Kyrgyz mythology Martuv, river goddess Presno, god of storms Lithuanian mythology Atrimpas, god of the sea and water Bangpūtys, god of sea and storm Divytis, deified hero of fishermen 's legends Dugnė, nymph goddess of rivers Ežerinis, god of lakes Gardaitis, spirit of ships and sailors Juratė, goddess of the sea Laumė, goddess of wild spaces, including waters Lietuvonis, god of rain Neris, nymph goddess of the Neris River Neringa, goddess of seacoasts Upinė, goddess of rivers and water springs Upinis Dievas, god of rivers Luganda mythology Sezibwa, goddess of the Sezibwa River Lusitanian mythology Bandua, theonym associated with fountains Duberdicus, god of the sea and rivers Durius, personification of the Douro river Maori mythology Ikatere, a fish god, the father of all the sea creatures including mermaids Rongomai, a whale god. Taniwha, deities or monsters ( often take forms resembling to dragons ) Tangaroa, god of the sea Tohora ( Maori name for southern right whales ), the great whale who saved legendary hero Paikea, famously known as the Whale Rider, ( also the Maori name for humpback whales ) from drowning and carried him to land. This led to the creation of New Zealand. Mayan mythology Chaac, god of rain Mesopotamian mythology Amathaunta, goddess of the ocean Abzu, god of fresh water, father of all other gods Asherah, Mother goddess whose title is `` She Who Walks Upon the Sea '' Enbilulu, god of rivers and canals Enki, god of water and of the River Tigris Marduk, god associated with water, vegetation, judgment, and magic Nammu, goddess of the primeval sea Nanshe, goddess of Persian Gulf, social justice, prophecy, fertility and fishing Sirsir, god of mariners and boatmen Tiamat, goddess of salt water and chaos, also mother of all gods Micronesian mythology Latmikaik, ocean goddess in the region of micronesia Native american mythology Ktchi at'husis and Weewilmekq, giant serpents or leeches in ( ( > Mi'kmaq people Mi'kmaq ) ) lore Also, in Native Choctaw ( Origin : Mississippi, Removal to : Oklahoma ) has Sinti Holo. Sinti Holo is a giant, horned serpent. He who sees this creature in times of fasting or pain, will be granted spiritual gifts. Norse / Germanic mythology Ægir, personification of the sea Nine Daughters of Ægir, who personify the characteristics of waves Mímir, god of the spring of Mímisbrunnr, which gives the drinker wisdom, from which Odin sacrificed an eye to drink Rán, sea goddess of death who collects the drowned in a net Njord, god of the sea, particularly of seafaring Nehalennia, goddess of the North Sea Nerthus, goddess of lakes, springs, and holy waters Nix, water spirits who usually appear in human form Sága, goddess in the form of a waterfall Freyr, god of rain, sunlight, fertility, life, and summer Tiddy Mun, a bog deity once worshipped in Lincolnshire, England who had the ability to control floods Father Thames, personification of the River Thames in England Persian / Zoroastrian mythology Anahita, the divinity of ' the Waters ' ( Aban ) and hence associated with fertility, healing and wisdom. Tishtrya, Zoroastrian benevolent divinity associated with life - bringing rainfall and fertility. Haurvatat, the Amesha Spenta associated with water, prosperity, and health in post-Gathic Zoroastrianism Ahurani, Ahurani is a water goddess from ancient Persian mythology. She watches over rainfall as well as standing water. She was invoked for health, healing, prosperity, and growth. She is either the wife or the daughter of the great god of creation and goodness, Ahura Mazda. Her name means `` She who belongs to Ahura ''. Philippine mythology Amanikable, ill - tempered god of the sea Haik, another god of the sea Amansinaya, god of fishermen Sirena, mermaid Siyokoy, merman Magwayen, goddess of the sea and death Lidagat, second goddess of the sea. Known as the daughter of Magwayen Physiologus Aspidochelone, colossal sea monster Pirate lore Davy Jones, the Devil of the seas Roman mythology Fontus, god of wells and springs Juturna, goddess of fountains, wells, and springs Neptune, King of the sea. Greek counterpart : Poseidon Salacia, Neptune 's queen Tiberinus, the genius of the river Tiber. Volturnus, god of the waters Coventina, Goddess of a sacred spring at Carrawburgh, on Hadrian 's Wall Shilluk mythology Nyakaio, river goddess Slavic mythology Nepra, river goddess of the Dneiper River Omutnitsa, river goddess Czar Morskoy, god of the sea Vodyaanoi, water demon who lived in lakes and rivers Rusalki, female ghosts, water nymphs, succubi or mermaid - like demons that dwell in waterways. Veles, god of earth, waters, and the underworld Perepllut ( rus. Переплу́т ), god of alcohol and rivers Mokosh, moistness, lady of waters, goddess of moisture Mati - syra - zemla, moist mother, also the earth goddess Sur - mumy, mother of the river Viz - Anya, water mother ( Hungarian - Finno - Ugraic ) Viz - Leany, water maiden ( Hungarian - Finno - Ugraic ) Vu - ava, water woman Vut - kuva, wataer grandmother Ziimarzla, snow goddess Island Nations mythology Agunua, serpentine god of the sea of Solomon Islands Ayida - Weddo, serpentine spirit among several island nations Taíno mythology Atabey ( goddess ), Mother goddess of fresh water and fertility. Female counterpart of the god Yúcahu. Tonga mythology Nyami Nyami, a river spirit of the BaTonga of Zambia and Zimbabwe Yoruba mythology Yemoja, an ocean orisha Oshun, a river orisha Olokun, an ocean orisha Vietnamese mythology Lạc Long Quân, legendary ancestor of Vietnamese people. Cá Ông ( Vietnamese name for blue whales, also dolphins and whale sharks in some cases ), king of the sea and patron of fishermen. Viking lore Raudkembingur, a demonic whale with red hair See also Wikimedia Commons has media related to Water deities. Holy wells Nadi ( yoga ) Nature worship Sea monster Water chakra Water spirit References Jump up ^ 謝 婧, 下 園 知 弥, 宮崎 克則 ( 2015 ). `` 明 清 時代 の 中国 における 鯨 資源 の 利用 '' ( pdf ). 西南 学院 大 学 博物館 研究 紀要 第 3 号. Seinan Gakuin University : 9 -- 14. Retrieved 2016 - 01 - 16. CS1 maint : Uses authors parameter ( link ) Jump up ^ https://journeyingtothegoddess.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/goddess-nantosuelta/ Jump up ^ 村上 健司 編著 ( 2005 ). 日本 妖怪 大事 典. Kwai books. 角川 書店. p. 182. ISBN 978 - 4 - 04 - 883926 - 6. Jump up ^ 大藤 時彦 他 ( 1955 ). 民俗 学 研究 所 編, ed. 綜合 日本 民俗 語彙. 第 2 巻. 柳田 國男 監修. 平凡 社. p. 763. 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Question: who is the hawaiian god of the sea
Answer: Kanaloa or Tangaroa