Watatsumi
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ōwatatsumi, Ohowatatsumi, Watatsumi Sanjin, Watatsumi no Kami, Kaitō no Kami
, also pronounced Wadatsumi, is a legendary kami (神, god; deity; spirit), Japanese dragon and tutelary water deity in Japanese mythology. is believed to be another name for the sea deity Ryūjin (龍神, Dragon God) and also for the , which rule the upper, middle and lower seas respectively and were created when Izanagi was washing himself of the dragons blood when he returned from Yomi, "the underworld".
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Shinto
- Deity.children
- Toyotama-hime Tamayori-hime
- Deity.father
- Izanagi
- Deity.mother
- Izanami
- Deity.cult_centre
- Shikaumi Shrine, , Shikaumi Shrine, Watazumi Shrine
- Deity.greek_equivalent
- Pontus
- Deity.image
- Genkai Sea from Futamigaura Beach.JPG
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- kunitsukami
- Gender
- male
- Father
- Izanagi
- Mother
- Izanami
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Name
- Ōwatatsumi
- Watatsumi Sanjin
- Shrines
- Genealogy
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
, also pronounced Wadatsumi, is a legendary kami (神, god; deity; spirit), Japanese dragon and tutelary water deity in Japanese mythology. is believed to be another name for the sea deity Ryūjin (龍神, Dragon God) and also for the , which rule the upper, middle and lower seas respectively and were created when Izanagi was washing himself of the dragons blood when he returned from Yomi, "the underworld".
The main shrine is Shikaumi Shrine on Shika Island in Fukuoka Prefecture.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Watatsumi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.