| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Hiruko" | Japan | The Japanese god of fishermen, good luck, and workingmen, as well as the guardian of the health of small children. He is one of the Seven Gods of Fortune and the only one of the seven to originate from Japan. |
| Goddess name "Immap Ukua" | Inuit / eastern Greenland | Sea goddess. The mother of all sea creatures and invoked by fishermen and seal-hunters. See also SEDNA.... |
| God name "Jokinam" | Lake Albert / East Africa | lake god. The owner of the lake cows which graze at the bottom of lake Albert and which are herded by drowned fishermen.... |
| Spirit name "Ka'cak" | Siberian Inuit / eastern Siberia | Sea spirit. A fierce old woman who lives in the ocean depths and owns all the creatures of the sea. She is said to feed off the bodies of drowned fishermen and is the subject of sacrifice.See also ARNAKUA'GSAK.... |
| Spirit name "Kere'tkun" | Chukchee / eastern Siberia | Sea spirit. The chief being in the ocean depths, known to the maritime Chukchee. His consort is Cinei'nen. He owns all the creatures of the sea and is said to wear a cloak of walrus gut and to be extremely fierce. He feeds on the bodies of drowned fishermen and is the subject of sacrifice. Also Peruten.... |
| God name "Kho" | Vietnamese | Vietnamese god of fishermen. |
| God name "Khu" | Vietnamese | the brother of the Vietnamese god of fishermen. |
| God name "Kianda" | Kimbundu / Angola, southern Africa | God of the sea. Guardian of the Atlantic Ocean and its creatures. Invoked by fishermen who place offerings on the spéñïś. His presence may be symbolized by a skull.... |
| Goddess name "Ma-zu" | Chinese | Sea goddess. Known from the coastal regions of southeastern China as a benevolent guardian of fishermen, and closely linked with the goddess KUAN YIN.... |
| God name "Mabon (son)" | Celtic / Welsh | God of youth. The son of an earthly mother, MODRON. According to legend he was abducted when three days old. Also a god of hunters and fishermen. He is known particularly from northwestern Britain and his cult extends along the region of Hadrian's Wall. Known from many Romano-Celtic inscriptions and syncretized with the Romano-Greek god APOLLO.... |
"Merrow" | Irish | A mermaid, believed by Irish fishermen to forebode a coming storm. There are male merrows, but no word to designate them. |
| Spirit name "Merrows" | s | Both male and female, are spirits of the sea, of human shape from the waist upwards, but from the waist downwards are like a fish. The females are attractive, but the males have green teeth, green hair, pig's eyes, and red noses. Fishermen dread to meet them. |
| God name "Morva signifies Locus Maritimus" | Britain | Morva signifies Locus Maritimus. Sea-women and sea-daughters. "The fishermen who were the ancestors of the Church, came from the Galilean waters to haul for men. We, born to God at the font, are children of the water. Therefore, all the early symbolism of the Church was of and from the sea. The carvure of the early arches was taken from the sea and its creatures. Fish, dolphins, mermen, and mermaids abound in the early types, transferred to wood and stone."' cornwall, Britain |
| Deities name "Munakata-No-Kami" | Shinto / Japan | Sea gods. A group of three KAMIS, generally identified as the SUMIYOSHI-NO-KAMI, who protect seafarers, including fishermen. They are the subject of special worship by the JInguKogo sect, whom they escorted to Korea in distant times. They are also tutelary deities of poets and may have a purifying function. Their main sanctuaries are the Sumiyoshi Taisha in Osaka and the Munakata-Taisha.... |
| God name "Ndauthina" | Fiji | The god of sailors and fishermen. When he was a toddler, his mother tied fiery reeds to his head. He has roamed the coral reefs with a hood on ever since. He is a trickster and a patron of adulterers, and a seducer of women. Fiji |
| Goddess name "Nerrivik" | Inuit | Sea goddess. The mother of all sea creatures, invoked by fishermen and seal hunters.See also SEDNA.... |
| God name "Ni" | Chimu Indian / pre - Columbian South America / coastal areas of Peru | Sea god. A significant deity in the pantheon, revered by fishermen. Often linked with SI, the moon god.... |
| Spirit name "Nuli'rahak (big woman)" | Siberian Inuit | Sea spirit. A fearsome old woman who lives in the ocean depths and owns all the sea creatures. She feeds off the bodies of drowned fishermen.See also ARNA'KUAGSAK.... |
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