Watatsumi
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Watatsumi, also pronounced Wadatsumi, is a legendary kami, Japanese dragon and tutelary water deity in Japanese mythology. Ōwatatsumi no kami is believed to be another name for the sea deity Ryūjin an
Genkai Sea from Futamigaura Beach
Watatsumi Shrine in Tarumi-ku, Kobe
Watatsumi Shrine in Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
Amaterasu cave crop
Ryūjin
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Ryūjin, which in some traditions is equivalent to Ōwatatsumi, was the tutelary deity of the sea in Japanese mythology. In many versions Ryūjin had the ability to transform into a human shape. Many bel
Watatsumi
…and tutelary water deity in Japanese mythology. Ōwatatsumi no kami (大綿津見神; "great deity of the sea") is believed to be another name for the sea deity Ryūjin (龍神, Dragon God) and also for the Watatsumi Sanjin (綿津見三神; "Three Watatsumi gods"), which rule the upper, middle and lower seas respectively and were…
Ryūjin presents the Tide jewels, by Hokkei, 1820
Ryūjin sends off Urashima Tarō back home on a Tai, by Hokkei, 1820
The Dragon King part of a statue representing "Takenouchi no Sukune Meeting the Dragon King of the Sea", dated 1875–1879, Japan.
Dragon King sculpture with residual traces of pigment, dated 11th–12th century, Japan.