Marines Kingdom Deities

Marine Kingdom Deities

Further, in the New Testament, we find numerous references to the sea and its symbolism in Jesus' ministry. In Mark 4:35-41, Jesus calms a storm on the Sea of Galilee, showcasing His authority over nature. This act is more than a display of power; it conveys a theological message about Jesus' divine nature, as He pacifies the very elements that ancient cultures might have attributed to sea deities. By commanding the wind and the waves, Jesus reveals His role not only as a savior but also as a sovereign over creation itself, countering any competing notions of marine gods.

Moreover, water plays a crucial role in the life of believers, serving as a symbol of spiritual cleansing and renewal. In John 4:13-14, Jesus speaks of "living water," which represents eternal life and fulfillment found in Him. This metaphor emphasizes that true sustenance and abundance do not come from deities of the natural world but from a relationship with God. The waters of the marine kingdom, therefore, can be reinterpreted within a biblical framework to reflect the profound spiritual truths of God's provision, healing, and transformative power, reiterating that while water has deep cultural significance, it ultimately points back to the Creator, who holds dominion over all creation.

This list of marine kingdom deities are clickable, the underlined links will take you to more information concerning these beings.

• Eingana, mother of all

• Rainbow Serpents, creators of Dreamtime

• Ungud, serpent god bring fortunes

• Wirnpa, creator of rain

• Yurlungur, the copper serpent

• Atlaua, god of water, archers, and fishermen

• Chalchiuhtlicue, goddess of water, lakes, rivers, seas, streams, horizontal waters, storms, and baptism

• Opochtli, the god of fishing and birdcatchers

• TlÄloc, the god of water, fertility, and rain

• Tlaloque, a group of rain, water, and mountain gods

• Ezili, goddess of sweet water, beauty, and love

• Yam (god), the sea god

• 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), the god of the River Wear and healing

• Danu (Dana), Continental Celtic river goddess. Her Irish variation was an ancestor/mother goddess.

• Dylan Eil Ton (Welsh)

• Grannus, a god associated with spas, the sun, fires, and healing thermal and mineral springs

• Lí Ban (Irish), the water goddess

• Lir (Irish), the god of the sea

• LlÅ·r (Welsh), the god of the sea

• Manannán mac Lir (Manx, Isle of Man), the god of the sea

• Nantosuelta, river goddess of fire, the earth, healing, and fertility[2]

• Nodens, the god associated with healing, the sea, hunting and dogs

• Sinann (Irish), goddess of the River Shannon

• Sequana (Gaulish), goddess of the River Seine

• Selkie Selkie

Chinese sea goddess Mazu

• Ehuang & Nuying, goddesses of the Xiang River

• Gonggong, a red-haired dragon with the head of a man and water god who, together with his associate Xiang Yao, is responsible for the great floods

• Hebo, the god of the Yellow River

• Longmu, goddess of the Xijiang River in the Lingnan area

• Mazu, goddess of the sea and protector of seafarers

• Tam Kung, sea deity worshiped in Hong Kong and Macau with the ability to forecast weather

Honorable Kings of the Water Immortals (Shuixian Zunwang)

• Han Ao or Lu Ban, the inventors

• Qu Yuan, Wu Zixu, and Xiang Yu, famous suicides lost in rivers

• Yu the Great, tamer of China’s Great Flood

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

• Nommos, amphibious spirits that are worshiped as ancestors

• Anuket, goddess of the Nile and nourisher of the fields

• Hapi, the god of the annual flooding of the Nile

• Khnum, the god of the Nile

• Nephthys, goddess of rivers, death, mourning, the dead and night

• Nu, uncreated god, the personification of the primordial waters

• Osiris, the god of the dead and afterlife; originally god of water and vegetation

• Satet, goddess of the Nile River’s floods

• Sobek, the 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

• Agwé, a sea loa

• Clermeil, a river loa

• Mami Wata, a water loa

• Pie, a lake and river loa

• Dakuwaqa, a shark god

• Daucina, the god of seafaring

• Ahti, the 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.

Main article: Greek sea gods

• The Achelous, the Greek river god

• Aegaeon, the god of violent sea storms and ally of the Titans

• Alpheus, river god in Arcadia

• Amphitrite, sea goddess and consort of Poseidon and thus queen of the sea

• 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 sea monsters

• Charybdis, a sea monster and spirit of whirlpools and the tide

• Cymopoleia, a daughter of Poseidon and goddess of giant storm waves

• 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

  • Euryale

  • Medusa

  • Stheno

• The Graeae, three ancient sea spirits who personified the white foam of the sea; they shared one eye and one tooth between them

• 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

• 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, freshwaters nymphs

  • Nereides, sea nymphs

  • Oceanides, nymphs of freshwater sources

• Oceanus, Titan god of the Earth-encircling river Okeanos, the font of all the Earth’s fresh-water

• Palaemon, a young sea god who aided sailors in distress

• Phorcys, the god of the hidden dangers of the deep

• Pontus, the primeval god of the sea, father of the fish and other sea creatures

• Poseidon, Olympian god of the sea and king of the sea gods; also god of flood, drought, earthquakes, and horses. 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 sea monster, later authors made up a backstory of her being a Nereid transformed into a monster due to Circe’s jealousy

• 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, the primordial goddess of the sea

• Thaumas, the 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

• Kamohoalii, the shark god

• Kanaloa or Tangaroa, the god of the ocean and magics and underworld with forms of cephalopod

• NÄmaka, sea goddess

• Ukupanipo, shark god who controls the amount of fish close enough for the fisherman to catch

• Aruna, the god of the sea

• Hatepuna, daughter of the sea

Varuna, the Lord of the All the Water Bodies

Matsya, the Fish Avatar of Vishnu

• Ap, a group of water goddesses

• Apam Napat, the god of freshwater, such as in rivers and lakes

• Danu, goddess of primordial waters, mother of Vritra and the Danavas

• Ganga, goddess of the Ganges river and purity

• Makara, mystical creature of waters

• Matsya, the fish avatar in the ten primary avatars of Hindu god Vishnu

• Sarasvati, goddess of knowledge, the Sarasvati river, and everything that

• Tapti, goddess of Tapti river

• Varuna, the god of the water and the celestial ocean

• Yami, goddess of Yamuna river

• Pariacaca, the god of water and rainstorms

• Paricia, the god who sent a flood to kill humans who did not respect him adequately

• Dewi Danu, Balinese Hindu water goddess

• Dewi Lanjar, Javanese Queen of the North Sea

• Nyai Roro Kidul, Javanese Queen of the South Sea (Indian Ocean)

• 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, the god of the ocean

• Nootaikok, the god who presided over icebergs and glaciers

• Sedna, goddess of the sea and its creatures

See also: List of legendary creatures from Japan

• Ebisu, the god of fortunes and fishery, often being referred to marine megafaunas such as whales and whale sharks (hence being also called “Ebisu-shark”)[3][4]

• Hanzaki Daimyojin, gigantic Japanese giant salamander and master of the water

• Kuraokami, one of Suijin

• Mizuchi, Japanese dragon, and the sea god

• ÅŒhoyamatsumi, the god of mountains, sea, and war

• RyÅ«jin or Watatsumi, Japanese dragon and tutelary deity of the sea

• Suijin, Shinto god of water

• Sumiyoshi sanjin, the 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 a violent river

• Imagemoogi 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

• BangpÅ«tys, the god of the sea and storm

• LaumÄ—, goddess of wild spaces, including waters

• Sezibwa, goddess of the Sezibwa River

• Bandua, theonym associated with fountains

• Duberdicus, the god of the sea and rivers

• Darius, the personification of the Douro river

• 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 dragons)

• Tangaroa, the 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.

• Chaac, the god of rain

• Abzu, the god of freshwater, father of all other gods

• Enbilulu, the god of rivers and canals

• Enki, the god of water and of the River Tigris

• Marduk, the god associated with water, vegetation, judgment, and magic

• Nammu, goddess of the primeval sea

• Nanshe, goddess of the Persian Gulf, social justice, prophecy, fertility, and fishing

• Sirsir, the god of mariners and boatmen

• Tiamat, goddess of saltwater and chaos, also the mother of all gods

• Ægir, the personification of the sea

• Freyr, the god of rain, sunlight, fertility, life, and summer

• Nehalennia, goddess of the North Sea

• Nerthus, mostly an earth goddess, but is also associated with lakes, springs, and holy waters

• Nine Daughters of Ægir, who personify the characteristics of waves

• Nix, water spirits who usually appear in human form

• Njord, the god of the sea, particularly of seafaring

• Rán, sea goddess of death who collects the drowned in a net, wife of Ægir

• Sága, wisdom goddess who lives near water and pours Odin a drink when he visits

• Tiddy Mun, a bog deity once worshiped in Lincolnshire, England who had the ability to control floods

• Donbettyr, master of all waters

• Ahurani, Ahurani is a water goddess from ancient Persian mythology who watches over rainfall as well as standing water

• Anahita, the divinity of “the Waters” (Aban) and associated with fertility, healing, and wisdom

• Apam Napat, the divinity of rain and the maintainer of order

• Haurvatat, the Amesha Spenta associated with water, prosperity, and health in post-Gathic Zoroastrianism

• Tishtrya, Zoroastrian benevolent divinity associated with life-bringing rainfall and fertility

• Sirena, mermaid

• Siyokoy, merman

• Coventina, Romano-British goddess of a sacred spring at Carrawburgh on Hadrian’s Wall

• Fontus, the god of wells and springs

• Juturna, goddess of fountains, wells, and springs

• Neptune, the god-king of the sea. His Greek counterpart was Poseidon.

• Salacia, goddess of saltwater. Neptune’s consort.

• Tiberinus, the genius of the river Tiber.

• Volturnus, a god of the Tiber who may originally have been a god of all rivers

• Kostroma, goddess of fertility. After discovering that her husband, Kupala, is her brother, she jumped into the forest lake (in other legends into the river Ra). After her death, she became a mavka (or rusalka).

• Mati-syra-zemla, moist mother, also the earth goddess

• Mokosh, moistness, the lady of waters, goddess of moisture

• Morskoi, the god and king of the sea

• Rusalki, female ghosts, water nymphs, succubi or mermaid-like demons that dwell in waterways.

• Veles, the god of earth, waters, and the underworld

• Vodyanoi, water demon who lived in lakes and rivers

• Great Serpent Degei, the supreme God

• Luagal, the serpent god of the sea

• Agunua, the serpentine god of the sea of Solomon Islands

• Ayida-Weddo, serpentine spirit among several island nations

• Atabey (goddess), Mother goddess of freshwater and fertility. The female counterpart of the god Yúcahu.

• Nyami Nyami, a river spirit of the BaTonga of Zambia and Zimbabwe

• Ak Ana, Goddess of water

• Lạc Long Quân, legendary ancestor of Vietnamese people.

• Cá Ông (Vietnamese name for blue whales, dolphins and whale sharks in some cases), king of the sea and patron of fishermen.

• Aspidochelone, colossal sea monster from the medieval bestiary Physiologus

• Davy Jones, the Devil of the seas in Western piratical lore

• Oshun, a river orisha

• Olokun, an ocean orisha

• Yemoja, a river orisha, and ocean orisha as well in new world Yoruba religions