Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Opochtli (left)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor god of lake fishermen and hunters. One of the group clåśśed as the TLALOC complex.... |
Goddess name "Sedna" | Inuit / Baffin Land | Sea goddess. The mother of all the creatures of the sea and invoked by fishermen.... |
Deities name "Sumiyoshi-No-Kami" | Shinto / Japan | Sea gods. A general name for guardian deities of seafarers, including fishermen, they include the three MUNAKATA-NO-KAMI. They are the focus of special worship by the Jingu-Kogo sect, whom they escorted to Korea. They are also patrons of poets and have a purifying role. The main sanctuary is the Sumiyoshi Taisha at Osaka.... |
God name "Tana'ao" | Polynesian / Marquesas Islands | weather and sea god. A local variation on the Polynesian god TANGAROA, known as a god of winds and a tutelary deity of fishermen.... |
God name "Yebisu" | Japan | God of the seas, patron of fishermen, merchants and sailors; the younger brother of the Sun god was cast out by their parents because he was disfigured. Japan |