EVERY Major God of the Seas from Mythology Explained

Meet 21 major sea gods from mythology around the world! From the African Yoruba deity Mami Wata and her serpents to the iconic Greek god of the Sea, Poseidon and his bride Amphitrite.
We also explain lesser known deities like the Sea god from Finnish mythology, Ahti and the goddess Mazu from Chinese mythology. With a short introduction to the tales and myths using lighthearted animation.
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[@nick.9000]

i’d love to see deities of the moon / night!

[@waldllwyn139]

Oops All Hekate

[@disgruntledbob2812]

Seconded!

[@yaqubebased1961]

Yzad Māh is objectively the best.

[@akhiil.Suryavanshi]

actually in hinduism god of water is varuna Deva and god of seas is Samudra Deva.

[@independentopinion5302]

Where exactly did you hear Samudra Deva , Varuna is the only god of Ocean

[@heiAMB]

LOL 😂😂😂 Varuna is God of Water and God of Ocean.

[@heiAMB]

Varuna is One and Only Aditya which Resemble Water and Ocean

[@heiAMB]

Varuna is One and Only Aditya which Resemble Water and Ocean

[@akhiil.Suryavanshi]

@@independentopinion5302 Blud, there are different river goddesses, aren't there? Just like that there's a god of the seas. But Varuna is the main element character, so he can control them all if he likes.

[@ivansalazar767]

Music gods next please!!!

[@Cake_With_CaKe]

I was waiting for Iemanjá to appear, she is part of the Afro-Brazilian pantheon and is an orixá of the sea, fertility and motherhood

[@sau2949]

Iemanjá is very similar to Kianda in Angola, Kianda is the godess of the sea and sh eis celebrated by the the fishermen in ilha de Luanda em Angola. In Brasil you also give gifts to the sea?

[@Cake_With_CaKe]

@@sau2949 yes yes, They are very similar because Afro-Brazilian religions are a preservation of the culture of enslaved peoples, hence the similarities between the original stories of the African continent.

[@Sanedit7]

​@@Cake_With_CaKe uma entidade de crenças africanas não é brasileira! Prefiro só os deuses que os índios acreditavam. Mané cultura de africano furreco 🤮

[@joaovitorfarinabraga690]

Can you do a list of all Gods of wisdom/ knowledge ?

[@FutureMythology]

Absolutely fascinating! This video brilliantly introduces us to 21 major sea gods from diverse mythologies worldwide

[@Seshnaga]

I love Christian mythologies too!

[@roelantverhoeven371]

pity you forgot Nehalennia she was a pagan Frankish goddess of the sea, wisdom, trade and fertility... in the area that is now Northern Belgium and southern Netherlands... she was also associated with the scheldt river particularly

[@vegetathebatman5485]

Love this! Maybe one of like nature deities or something with plants, please and thank you🍀

[@_the__house_75]

Do Sun God's next PLEASE 🥺🙏🏾

[@lunasolarii]

Great video as always! 👍

[@DarknessandLore]

Thank you!

[@andresospi8005]

Awesome video, please do Ice/winter gods video! ❄❄

[@majorasmask5523]

Please cover the Goddesses of Love. Edit: Subscribed

[@vanzzx9836]

Aww i wish aman sinaya was here :) she's the goddess of the sea/ocean in philippine mythology , my fav of all time as well

[@lucasnobrebarbosa812]

I'd love to see something like "angelical/celestial creatures across mythologies"

[@georgeolaroiu3807]

Can you make another video Demons & Monsters Part 2 next?

[@branflakes5723]

Can you do all gods of love and beauty?

[@a_Certain_Scientific_Absurdist]

Can you do a "Gods of Luck" video?))

[@Archis_world]

Let me explain a bit more about hinduism... • Indra deva- he is a god of rain, • Varuna deva- he is god of sky and water • Samudra deva- he is a king of oceans and • Ganga devi- she is a goddess of rivers and personification of river ganga • and there are many goddesses who resemble the different water bodies.

[@phinguyenthi8913]

I think Lady Buddha Quan Âm also deserves to be on this list!! In Vietnam, she is considered the goddess of the sea, supporting seafarers. Although the origin of this goddess is from Indian Buddhism, in Vietnam we have variations and myths to suit Vietnamese folk beliefs!!

[@heiAMB]

In Reality, Indian Buddhism had no God except Buddha.

[@phinguyenthi8913]

@@heiAMB Besides Theravada Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism also exists in parallel. Both are Indian Buddhism, dude!! When Buddhism was introduced to our country from Indian missionaries (around the beginning of the 1st century BC), Mahayana Buddhism had a stronger spread in our Vietnamese community, cuz in all aspects, Buddhism Mahayana is suitable to connect with the local beliefs of the Vietnamese people. And the truth is, any religion introduced to Vietnam is changed to suit local beliefs.

[@phinguyenthi8913]

@@heiAMB one more for you, Actually, LadyBuddha Quan Âm in Buddhism is male, but when Buddhism was introduced from India to Vietnam, we created Avalokiteśvara ( original image ) with a female gender because at that time My country is a matriarchal country, with the concept that Buddha can also be a woman, why not?? and we still call her Lady Buddha Quan Âm to this day

[@pcfrost2123]

I hope you also make compilations of Ice/Snow Gods. It is very underrated and we need to know. EVERY Major God of the Ice/Snow from Mythology Explained, please....

[@xaviermitchell9542]

Make a video on the Gods and Goddesses of Love

[@meg2249]

Would be neat to see a list of odd gods/goddesses that don’t really fit into any categories. Like there is a Japanese goddess of the bathroom. Could be interesting to see!

[@nordicstorm9666]

That kind of gods belong to animism religions, like the japanese Shinto, which you are referring to. Those religions believe that most (if not all things) have gods or spirits governing them. Shinto alone I think is said to have 8 million, so that kind of video would take way too long

[@SpookyDisneyPrincess]

There’s also Jurate, the Lithuanian mermaid goddess of the sea who lived in an amber castle in the Baltic. She fell in love with the mortal Kastytis, only for the god Perkunas to kill him and destroy her castle.

[@CarlosGarcia-jz6dm]

The picture you used to represent La Sirène is actually a picture of Iemanjá, the godess (orixá) of the see and water in the Candoblé and Ubanda religions.

[@akhripasta2670]

Varuna holded the position of Indra(King of Devas) , that's why he is associated with swarga.

[@dragondph4519]

I want to see every giant sea serpent in mythology

[@Redprint.]

You should do goddesses of beauty

[@undertalefan5867]

Do Wisdom gods!

[@KamenRider1]

Seconded. Athena is the best.

[@DaunStevia-px1th]

Love to watch Nyai Roro Kidul got called by the sea with Nokia 6600 😅😅😅😅

[@kaptenkukang]

Tangaroa / Tagaroa also believed by the Austronesians, there is speculation with Indonesian word "Tenggara" which means Southeast that perhaps the word was refers to the Tangaroa diety. and in some source, Nyi Roro Kidul is just a subject to a higher diety "Kanjeng Ratu Kidul" the true queen of south Java sea, so Roro Kidul is just her henchwoman.

[@taylorgang4716]

correction,in indonesia(javanese) nyi rara kidul isn’t goddes of southern seas,she more like a right hand of goddes, the real goddes of southern seas is called ratu kidul/queen of southern(indian ocean)

[@hanikazuha]

Oh my God, as an Indonesian I least expected Nyi Roro Kidul would make it on the list

[@Seshnaga]

Please do explain every major gods of abrahamic mythology! Like Christian mythology, islamic mythology, jewish mythology...

[@maxmatthews3443]

5:23 Can anyone clear this up? Isn't Ukemochi the food god or were there just two food gods?

[@Am-ih5nf]

Varuna in the Rigveda is incessantly associated with the “cosmic waters.”

[@Sanedit7]

Make a video about the gods of Brazil

[@malakaisam6409]

How about sun gods next?

[@ashura6626]

8:06 the God you ve shown along side varundev is not mitra he is suryadev(sun god)

[@ailalorentzen4133]

Sedna (and "sassuma arnaa" in greenlandic), is also apart of Greenland, not only Canada and alaska.

[@enalew4344]

What about Olokun

[@LuckySketches]

I can't believe there's one literally named Mommy Water.

[@KdotLINE]

And one named "Long Wang" haha.

[@ElGeyikli]

it’s not very known but they are also a Turkic pantheon. Talai : divinity of oceans Ukulan: god of lakes and sources Yayik khan: god of rivers Su Ana: the old spirit of water over the globe’s face before the extension of continents Su iyesi: other spirits related to a specific lake river etc In old western Oğuz culture : çay ninesi, which is an old woman living next to a specific lake, her spirit is relied to this lake and she is kind of owner and protectress of the lake and animals, she don’t really like people, especially those overusing lakes ressources or observing her lake too long. This legend is still alive among Turks and Azerbaijanis.

[@Raj-vl8mc]

Varun is the only water god in Hinduism and besides there are many other water goddesses like Goddess Ganga, Yamuna, Kalindi, Saraswati, Brahmaputra etc

[@Potocalter]

Thalassa Mythology: Medeinian Domain: Sea, Rain, Serenity Thalassa is the goddess of the sea, and has the same properties as the other medeinian gods, the Medeinians prayed to her in tikes of distress and in times of drout, unlike human gods, Thalassa lived with the other gods in Premo

[@mdairfa6705]

Posiden god of water laugh in here😂

[@Adam_Family_Prixxie]

Province Marshals Lop Buri Mystery is GOD Vishnu - Varuna - 🌳 Nymph Tree 🌲

[@laurenavx8145]

Fire goods please

[@DarknessandLore]

Our fire gods video is live: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWabeWuknbOKbM0

[@gericot2909]

What about the outer gods

[@stellahedstrom9190]

0:01 that looks just like Aphrodite

[@JuanitoEsBonito]

What about Mama Qucha, mother ocean of Incan Mythology✨

[@DamianDarkholme]

I'd say the Finnish God is more commonly known as Ahti, rather than Ahto. Also, due to how its origin are depicted in the national epic Kalevala, Sampo is often seen as more of a magical device than a talisman. But its true nature is a bit of an enigma.

[@DiegoSouza-qf5wq]

No Iemanjá? I'm disapoppointed ☹

[@JoseLuis-tq4tg]

It misses on Yemaya and Olokkun, African goddesses of the seas. Some describe these religions as voodoo but that’s not accurate.

[@djmaree2619]

What about Ogun?!?!

[@enalew4344]

Ogun isn’t a god of the sea or water. Ogun is the god of war. Olokun is the goddess of the sea and rivers in Yoruba/Edo/ Afro- Caribbean mythology

[@Philoooooooocaca]

aaaa u forgot Mẫu Thoải

[@elkingoh4543]

Amphitrite others Roman name is Furina if not mistake

[@sabernaturezasupremo5181]

Caramuru Brazil

[@puddingthes_j.wde5t.r0y3r4]

Good

[@arij9817]

What happened to Iranian goddess Anahita?😐😐😐😐

[@ponkee]

Long wang. Heh.

[@user-ey1wn9ml9p]

Isn’t Shiva a sea god too?

[@JakeerthJana-sy9pn]

Nah

[@VlexOP]

No , he is the supreme ruler of the cosmos

[@Nishanth_mementomori]

No he's more of the God of destruction so, closer to God of fire

[@heiAMB]

Where have you Learn those?

[@heiAMB]

​@@Nishanth_mementomori Nope, He's not Closer to Fire/Agni. As Per Shashtras, Shiva's Mean Void also You Can Say Existence with Non-Existence. Shiva also Supreme Time and End aka Destruction of Everything.

[@user-jv1lh4dv7v]

God of guns

[@taylorgang4716]

we only see in usa

[@mulyadirmansyahramadhan9074]

Nyai roro kidul

[@margaretbagnall4729]

I did not see you mention any african god of the sea. With these kind of thing Africa is always missed out. As if it doesn't exist.

[@sifamuderhwa6160]

He mentioned Mami Wata

[@Yeuygedtvib3drvgexfuhj9j3drrdr]

Please make video indian mythological creatures How are you making this type of video study mythology are by the internet

[@heiAMB]

Myth word also Originated from Sanskrit in 16th - 17th Century from Mithya.

[@hydraxon1988]

Third😅

[@josephmulcey5721]

first

[@Seshnaga]

Nothing from christian 'MYTHOLOGY'

[@KidPorkchop]

Wisdom/knowledge gods would be cool.

[@MauricioTafernaberri]

I went into the video expecting to see Yemanjá, a Divinity from African Yoruba mythology in the video (it became La sirene). In the video you put it very quickly and it was white, which became popular in Brazil.