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Kora), god of the Tano river Bia, god of the Bia river Birim, goddess of the Birim river Bosomtwe, antelope god of the Bosomtwe river Ayensu, god of the
List_of_water_deities
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River god may refer to: River gods (Greek mythology) River deities, among the various water deities from different cultures River God, a 1993 novel This
River_god
1993 novel by Wilbur Smith
River God is a novel by author Wilbur Smith. It tells the story of the talented eunuch slave named Taita, his life in Egypt, the flight of Taita along
River_God
Greek and Roman mythological creature
mountainous regions; forests; springs. Other nymphs were part of the retinue of a god (such as Dionysus, Hermes, or Pan) or of a goddess (generally the huntress
Nymph
1992 novel
The River of God is a 1992 novel published by West End Games. The River of God is a novel in which a team of mercenaries find themselves in the mysterious
The_River_of_God
Independent film studio
Bracken, one of the only survivors of the River God's attacks. Bracken recalls that his unit encountered the River God during a skirmish with Viet Cong forces
Oats_Studios
Gigantic river god in Chinese mythology
Líng Shén; lit. 'god of giant spirit') is a gigantic river god in Chinese mythology. He is usually associated with the Yellow River. It is said that Juling
Juling_Shen
Deity in the Chinese pantheon
include: Guanjiang Shen (Chinese: 灌江神; pinyin: Guànjiāng Shén; lit. 'God of Guan River') Xiansheng Erlang Zhenjun (Chinese: 顯聖二郎真君; pinyin: Xiǎnshèng Èrláng
Erlang_Shen
King of Ephyra in Greek mythology
(now known as Corinth). He reveals Zeus's abduction of Aegina to the river god Asopus, thereby incurring Zeus's wrath. His subsequent cheating of death
Sisyphus
Muse of epic poetry
to be the mother of Sirens by the river-god Achelous. Another account adds that Calliope bore Rhesus to the river-god Strymon. Calliope is usually shown
Calliope
Topics referred to by the same term
refer to: Hapi (Nile god), an Egyptian river god Hapy, an Egyptian funerary deity Apis (deity), also spelled Hapis, an Egyptian god worshipped in Mem Happy
Hapy
River gods in Greek mythology
of Oceanids Kawa-no-Kami, Suijin - the god of River in Japanese mythology. Hebo - the god of the Yellow River. LSJ, s.v. ποταμός. Graf, paras. 1–3. Graf
River_gods_(Greek_mythology)
Ancient Greek god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses
Greece the river god Acheloos is represented as a bull or a man-bull. Burkert suggests that the Hellenic cult of Poseidon as a horse god may be connected
Poseidon
Legendary leader of the Paionians in the Trojan War
Pyraechmes. Asteropaios was the son of Pelagon, who was the son of the river god Axios and the mortal woman Periboia, daughter of Akessamenos. Asteropaios
Asteropaios
Figure in Greek mythology
was in various retellings a mortal woman or a nymph, daughter of a river god. The god Apollo fell in love with Daphne and chased her against her wishes
Daphne
Italian river in Tuscany
The river god Arno is the personification of the river. He is commonly portrayed as a reclining, bearded figure holding an urn from which the river waters
Arno
Muse of dancing and chorus in Greek mythology
Apollonius of Rhodes, Terpsichore was the mother of the Sirens by the river god Achelous. The Etymologicum Magnum mentions her as the mother of the Thracian
Terpsichore
River-god in Greek mythology
In Greek mythology, Phyllis (Φύλλις) was the god of the homonymous river in Bithynia. By a local meadow nymph, he became father of a son Dipsacus, who
Phyllis_(river_god)
Water deity in Greek mythology
also Skamandros (Ancient Greek: Σκάμανδρος) or Xanthos (Ξάνθος), was a river god in Greek mythology. The meaning of this name is uncertain. The second
Scamander
River mentioned in Greek mythology
Eridanus (/əˈrɪdənəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἠριδανός) is a river. Eridanus is also the name of the river god associated with this stream. Hesiod, in the Theogony
Eridanos_(mythological_river)
4th-century BC Chinese philosopher and engineer
people to the river god He Bo. Although the earlier statesman Sunshu Ao is credited as China's first hydraulic engineer (damming a river to create a large
Ximen_Bao
Greek mythological characters
Ἀργιόπη, romanized: Argiópē) may refer to: Argiope, naiad daughter of the river god Nile. She was wife of King Agenor of Tyre and mother of Europa, Cadmus
Argiope_(mythology)
Character in Greek mythology
to a Pre-Greek word". In some versions, Narcissus was the son of the river god Cephissus and nymph Liriope,[citation needed] while Nonnus instead has
Narcissus_(mythology)
Ancient Greek god of the wilds, shepherds, and flocks
religion and mythology, Pan (/pæn/; Ancient Greek: Πάν, romanized: Pán) is the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, rustic music and impromptus, and companion
Pan_(god)
Daughter of the Asopos river and the nymph Metope
romanized: Kórkura) is the naiad daughter of the river-god Asopos and the nymph Metope, herself the daughter of the river-god Ladon. She is the personification and
Corcyra_(mythology)
Ruler of Troy in Greek mythology
the same name, and the son of Erichthonius by Astyoche (daughter of the river god Simoeis) or of Ilus I,[citation needed] from whom he inherited the throne
Tros_(mythology)
Ancient Greek river god
Ἀχελῷος, Akhelôios) was the god in ancient Greek religion and mythology associated with the Achelous River, the largest river in Greece. According to Hesiod
Achelous
birth of Helen of Troy and Polydeuces (Pollux). Liriope; raped by the river god Cephissus, resulting in the birth of Narcissus. Metis; pursued and eventually
List of rape victims from ancient history and mythology
List_of_rape_victims_from_ancient_history_and_mythology
Multiple figures in Greek mythology
Heracles. Thebe, daughter of the river god Boeotian Asopus, and the Arcadian naiad Metope (daughter of the river god Ladon), who was said to have consorted
Thebe_(mythology)
Characters of the Greek mythology
Boeotia. Pelagon, also called Pelasgus, son of the river-god Asopus by the naiad Metope, daughter of the river Ladon. He was brother to Ismenus, Corcyra, Salamis
Pelagon
Roman water deity
Tiberinus is a figure in Roman mythology. He was the god of the Tiber River. He was added to the 3,000 rivers (sons of Oceanus and Tethys), as the genius of
Tiberinus_(god)
Daughter of Asopus in Greek mythology
daughter of Asopus (a river god) and the eponym of the city Sinope on the Black Sea. Sinope's mother was Metope, daughter of the river-god Ladon. In one account
Sinope_(mythology)
River god in Greek mythology
romanized: Hydaspēs), was a river god of Pentapotamia with an extraordinary swift stream that flows into the Saronitic Syrtis. It is the modern day Jhelum River ("Vitasta"
Hydaspes_(mythology)
Major deities of the Greek pantheon
Olympians, Cronus and Rhea, and the river god Alpheus, with the status of the Graces (here apparently counted as one god) being unclear. Plato connected "twelve
Twelve_Olympians
God of the underworld in Greek mythology
[háːi̯dεːs], later [háːdeːs]), in the ancient Greek religion and mythology, is the god of the dead and riches and the King of the underworld, with which his name
Hades
South African novelist (1933–2021)
eventual overthrow.[citation needed] River God (1993) The Seventh Scroll (1995)* Warlock (2001) The Quest (2007) Desert God (2014) Pharaoh (2016) The New Kingdom
Wilbur_Smith
River-god of Argos
Ancient Greek: Ἀστερίων, gen.: Ἀστερίωνος, literally "starry") was a river-god of Argos. Asterion was presumably[original research?] one of the sons
Asterion_(god)
Tonga god
known as the Zambezi River God or Zambezi Snake Spirit, is one of the most important gods of the people living along the Zambezi River. The Nyami Nyami is
Nyami_Nyami
Father of centaurs in Greek mythology
romanized: Kentauros) is the son of Apollo and Stilbe, daughter of the river-god Peneius and the naiad Creusa. He is the twin brother of the hero Lapithes
Centaurus_(Greek_mythology)
1995 novel by Wilbur Smith
which is the focus of the book, refers to another novel by the author, River God. The novel was adapted into a miniseries in 1999. This book is set in
The_Seventh_Scroll
Ancient Roman festival
Volturnus, 'god of the waters,' god of fountains. Volturnus was a tribal river god who later was identified as god of the Tiber river. The Volturno River, in
Volturnalia
Sculpture by Pierino da Vinci
The Young River God with Three Putti is a marble sculpture of about 1548 by the Mannerist artist Pierino da Vinci (c. 1529 – 1553/1554), now in the Musée
Young River God with Three Putti
Young_River_God_with_Three_Putti
Mother of Asopus in Greek mythology
born the river-god Asopus to Poseidon. Otherwise, Celusa might be the same with Pero, the so called mother of the river-deity by the marine god. Xenophon
Celusa
Topics referred to by the same term
to: Rhesus of Thrace, a king in Greek mythology In Greek mythology, a river-god, son of Oceanus and Tethys Rhesus (play), the Ancient Greek tragedy thought
Rhesus
Heroic son of Euphemus in Greek mythology
was a Greek mythological hero, son of Euphemus and a descendant of the river god Axios. Eurybarus was a young man but brave, and by divine inspiration
Eurybarus
Ancient Roman river god
eponymous god of the small river Almo, a tributary of the Tiber in the vicinity of Rome. The river god Almo itself, though identified by the river which carries
Almo_(god)
Figure in Greek mythology
Oceanid Clymene or the Oceanid Ceto. She married the river god Hydaspes (the modern Jhelum River) and became mother of Deriades, king of the Indians.
Astris
Queen in Greek mythology
In Greek mythology, Memphis (Ancient Greek: Μέμφις), daughter of river-god Nilus was the wife to Epaphus, and mother of Libya. She and her husband were
Memphis_(wife_of_Epaphus)
own hounds. Aeacus: son of Zeus and Aegina who was the daughter of a river god. He was the father of Telamon and Peleus and grandfather of Ajax and Achilles
List_of_demigods
Greek mythology
probably the daughter of one of the Boeotian or Phocian river gods. Liriope was raped by the river-god Cephissus, who was himself the son of Pontus and Thalassa
Liriope_(mythology)
Several women in Greek mythology
one version. Naïs, the mother of King Hypseus of the Lapiths, by the river-god Peneus. In some accounts, the mother of Hypseus was called Philyra or
Naïs_(mythology)
List of deities of the Celtic peoples
Condatis - a Gallic and Brittonic god of the confluences of rivers Cunomaglus - a Brittonic hunter god Cuslanus - a god in Cisalpine Gaul associated with
List_of_Celtic_deities
Story from ancient Greek mythology
that her mother is either the nymph Creusa or Gaia and her father was a river god (either Peneus or Ladon). As a Roman, Ovid called the gods by their Roman
Apollo_and_Daphne
River-god in Greek mythology
Paeonian river god, the son of Oceanus and Tethys. He was the father of Pelagon, by Periboea, daughter of Acessamenus. His domain was the river Axius, now
Axius_(mythology)
Topics referred to by the same term
island of the Cyclades Hyperia, in Greek mythology, a daughter of the river god Inachus Hyper Hyperion This disambiguation page lists articles associated
Hyperia
River god in Ghana
Antoa Nyamaa is a river god and deity in Ghana, with a shrine in the town of Antoa in the Ashanti Region. The river is considered the spiritual supreme
Antoa_Nyamaa
Japanese dragon
Takamagahara, the god Susanoo (須佐之男) descended to a place called Torikami (鳥髪) in the land of Izumo, where he found a chopstick floating down the River Hi (簸川,
Yamata_no_Orochi
Topics referred to by the same term
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hapi can refer to: Hapi (Nile god), an Egyptian river god Hapi (Son of Horus), an Egyptian funerary deity Hapi, Iran, a
Hapi
Disambiguation
wedding night. According to Hippostratus, Europe was the daughter of the river-god Nilus and begotten all the 50 daughters of Danaus. In some accounts, the
Europa_(mythology)
Ancient Greek river and river god
River and its eponymous river god, but also seems to have been an alternative name for Pontic Olbia, a town situated near the mouth of the same river
Borysthenes
Character in Greek mythology
daughter of Ares and Tereine, daughter of the river-god Strymon. Hipponous, son of Triballos (eponym or god of the Triballoi (Τριβαλλοί) tribe of Thrace)
Thrassa
Semitic title often used in reference to deities
rivers. Anxiety about water availability for crops and trees increased the importance of his cult, which focused attention on his role as a rain god.
Baal
Greek mythological figures
slender pale neck. Ligeia, one of the Sirens. She was the daughter of the river-god Achelous and the Muse Melpomene or her sister Terpsichore. Ligeia's sisters
Ligeia_(mythology)
Person in Greek mythology
a descendant of the princess Io through his father Belus, and of the river-god Nilus as both the father of Achiroe, his mother and as a great, great-grandfather
Aegyptus
Daughter of the Phrygian river-god Sangarius in Greek mythology
(Ancient Greek: Νάνα) is a daughter of the Phrygian river-god Sangarius, identified with the river Sakarya located in present-day Turkey. She became pregnant
Nana_(Greek_mythology)
Ancient Greek river god
a river god and the son of Beres. Olganos is the offspring of Beres and the brother of Mieza and Beroia. He is said to be the eponym of the river of
Olganos
Name of several characters in Greek mythology
daughter of Meander, a river god. Alabanda (after whom the city is named) is her child by Car. Callirhoe, daughter of the river-god Nestus and mother of
Callirhoe_(mythology)
Greek mythological figures
romanized: Nessos) may refer to the following personages: Nessus, the river-god of the river Nestus (also called Nessus or Nesus) in Thrace. He is the son of
Nessus_(mythology)
River god in Greek mythology
was a river god said to be a son of Zeus and the Oceanid Asterope. The town of Acragas (modern Agrigento) in Sicily takes its name from the river, which
Acragas_(mythology)
Hamadryad in Greek mythology
Danaus had all of his progeny by a single woman, Europa, daughter of the river-god Nilus. In some accounts, he married his cousin Melia, daughter of Agenor
Atlanteia
Ancient Greek river god
mythology, Cebren (Ancient Greek: Κέβρην) was a Greek river-god,[citation needed] whose river was located near Troy. He was the son of Oceanus and Tethys
Cebren
Daughter of Dionysus in Greek mythology
'consecration') is the daughter of the wine-god Dionysus and Nicaea, a Naiad daughter of the river-god Sangarius and Cybele, a mother goddess. Concerning
Telete
Natural Disaster
the river god there and at Huanglinggan. He shifted the channel of the Yellow River past Xuzhou and Huaian, limiting the severity of the river's floods
1494_Yellow_River_flood
Set of mythological Greek characters
Cleopatra, daughter of King Tros of Troy and Callirhoe, daughter of the river-god Scamander. She was the sister of Ilus, Assaracus, Ganymede and possibly
Cleopatra_(mythology)
that may refer to following women: Alexirrhoe, a naiad daughter of the river-god Granicus. She secretly bore Aesacus to King Priam of Troy on the 'shady
Alexirrhoe
Set of mythological Greek characters
following figures: Asterion, one of the river gods. Asterius, one of the Giants. Asterion, an attendant of the starry-god Astraeus. Asterius, husband of Amphictyone
Asterius_(mythology)
River-god in Greek mythology
shepherd boy turned river god from the Peloponnese in southern Greece. He was traditionally the divine personification of the Selemnos, a river which flows in
Selemnus_(god)
Traditional religious beliefs and practices of the Akan people
taken in procession to the river for ritual cleansing. There was a bosombuw, small temple, or bosomdan, ‘room of the god(s)’, in which the shrines were
Akan_religion
Naiad, wife of Aegyptus
Caliadna, in Greek mythology, was a naiad of the river Nile, presumably one of the daughters of the river-god Nilus. She was one of the wives of King Aegyptus
Caliadne
Episode from the Book of Genesis
Greek mythology about Achilles' duel with the river god Scamander and Menelaus wrestling with the sea-god Proteus. Rosemary Ellen Guiley gives this summary:
Jacob wrestling with the angel
Jacob_wrestling_with_the_angel
Daughter of Alpheus in Greek mythology
was the mother of Melainis by Hyamus. Melantheia, the daughter of the river-god Alpheus. According to Plutarch's Greek Questions, she was, by Poseidon
Melantheia
(Uranus). Terminus, the rustic god of boundaries. Tiberinus, river god; deity of the Tiber river. Tibertus, god of the river Anio, a tributary of the Tiber
List_of_Roman_deities
3rd-century Chinese engineer
valley. Li Bing became a cultural icon, known as the vanquisher of the River God and is compared to the Great Yu. Dujiangyan is still in use today and
Li_Bing_(Qin)
Nymph in Greek mythology
daughter of the river god Ladon, thus sister to Daphne. Her waters were near the town of Stymphalus in the Peloponnesus. She married the river god Asopus by
Metope_(mythology)
refer to the two different individuals: Chrysogenia, daughter of the river-god Peneus, and thus can be considered a naiad. She was the mother of Thissaeus
Chrysogeneia
daughter of the river god Aegaeus and mother of Hyllus by Heracles. Melite, one of the Erasinides, four naiad daughters of the Argive river-god Erasinus. Together
Melite_(mythology)
Water deity
Roman mythology, is a young nymph, a daughter of the river-god Achelous, who attracted the god Apollo and who is said to have flung herself into the
Castalia
Plataea (/pləˈtiːə/; Ancient Greek: Πλάταια) was a (naiad) daughter of the river-god or king of Plataea, Asopus. She is possibly the same with another daughter
Plataea_(mythology)
Korean god of the Amnok River
(Korean: 하박; Hanja: 河泊) is the Goguryeo god of the Amnok River or, according to an alternative interpretation, the sun god Haebalk (Korean: 해밝). According to
Habaek
Characters in Greek mythology
Danaus had all of his progeny by a single woman, Europe, daughter of the river-god Nilus. In some accounts, he married his cousin Melia, daughter of Agenor
Herse
were believed to cure diseases. She was an Elean naiad-daughter of the river-god Cytherus and sister to Synallasis, Pegaea and Calliphaea. List of Greek
Iasis
Greek mythological king of Pieria
several daughters, the eldest of whom, Periboea, had a son Pelagon by the river god Axius. RE, s.v. Akesamenos; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Akesamenai (Ἀκεσαμεναί)
Acessamenus
Story in Greek mythology
named after her. Narcissus was born to Liriope, a Naiad, and Cephissus, a river god. When he was born, Liriope asked the prophet Tiresias if he would live
Echo_and_Narcissus
Character in Greek mythology
romanized: Khlidanṓpē) was the naiad wife of King Hypseus of Lapiths, son of the river-god Peneus. The couple had four daughters: Cyrene, Themisto, Alcaea and Astyagyia
Chlidanope
Ancient Roman god of desire, affection and erotic love
desire") is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection. He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus and the god of war Mars.
Cupid
Character in Greek mythology
mother was either Tragasia, daughter of Celaenus; Cyanee, daughter of the river-god Meander; or Eidothea, daughter of King Eurytus of Caria. She fell in love
Byblis
Deity in Greek mythology
Creusa bore Hypseus, the future king of the Lapiths, and Stilbe to the river god Peneus. Through Hypseus, she was the grandmother of Cyrene, one of the
Creusa_(naiad)
Wife of Danaus
Hippostratus, Danaus had all his progeny begotten by Europa, the daughter of the river-god Nilus. In some accounts, he married Melia, daughter of his uncle Agenor
Elephantis_(mythology)
Daughter of Asopus in Greek mythology
needed]), a nymph, was either the daughter of the river god Asopus, Laconian king Oebalus, or the river god Achelous, in different sources. By Poseidon she
Pirene_(nymph)
River in North East England
Newcastle City Council). Sculpted by David Wynne, the massive bronze figure River God Tyne incorporates flowing water into its design. The Environment Agency
River_Tyne
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