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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 religion, a nature deity is a deity in charge of forces of nature, such as water, biological processes, or weather. These deities can also govern natural features such as mountains, trees, or volcanoes.
THE POTAMOI were the gods of the rivers and streams of the earth, all sons of the great earth-encirling river Okeanos (Oceanus). Their sisters were the Okeanides (Oceanids), goddesses of small streams, clouds and rain, and their daughters were the Naiades, nymphs of springs and fountains.
17 Σεπ 2021 · The Ourea were the primordial deities that represented the mountains of the world known to ancient Greeks. They were the children of Gaea—the personification of the Earth as a goddess, and the mother of almost all other gods of the Greek pantheon.
NYMPHAI (Nymphs) were female spirits of the natural world--minor goddesses of the forests, rivers, springs, meadows, mountains and seas. They were the crafters of nature's wild beauty, from the growing of trees, flowers and shrubs, to the nurture of wild animals and birds, and the formation of grottos, springs, brooks and wetlands.
30 Αυγ 2023 · Achelous was the name of both the largest river in Greece—flowing from the Pindus Mountains to the Ionian Sea—and the god of that river. A child of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys, Achelous was an ancient and powerful god.
In Greek mythology Achelous was a River-God of Aetolia in central Greece. As the god of the largest river in the region, he was often described as the god of fresh-water in general. Achelous once contested with Heracles for the hand of the Aetolian princess Deianeira.
