river god

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪvə ˌɡɒd/

Noun

river god (plural river gods)

1. (mythology) The tutelary deity of a river.
   • 1859, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], Adam Bede […], volumes (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:

     It was as if she had been wooed by a river-god, who might any time take her to his wondrous halls below a watery heaven.

   • 1969, C. P. Fitzgerald, “The Three Ways”, in The Horizon History of China‎^[1], New York: American Heritage Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 113, column 2:

     Although human sacrifice was discontinued in ancient times, the idea continues that the river god claims as his own any man who falls into the stream.

   • 1995, Jeannete Faurot, Asian-Pacific Folktales and Legends, Touchstone, published 1995, page 219:

     From then on the people of Ye never again dared speak of the River God taking a wife.

   • 2011 October 13, Tom Meltzer, The Guardian:

     Some weeks, alas, we return to camp with six dead minnows and a dripping hemp bag full of dodgy clams, but this week, praise be, the river god has smiled on us [...].

Synonyms

• naiad

Translations

river-being

• Akkadian: 𒀭𒀀𒇉 (^dId)
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܐܠܗܐ ܢܗܪܝܐ m (ʾălāhā nahrāyā)

• Catalan: déu fluvial m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 河神 (zh) (héshén)

• French: dieu-fleuve (fr) m
• German: Flussgott (de) m
• Greek: ναϊάς f (naïás)
• Ido: nayado (io)
• Japanese: 河神 (かしん, kashin)
• Khmer: ព្រះទន្លេបាន (preah tʊənlei baan)
• Korean: 강신 (gangsin), 하신 (hasin)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: deus flūminis m
• Portuguese: deus-rio m
• Russian: речно́й бог m (rečnój box)
• Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: rěcyny bog m

• Spanish: dios fluvial m
• Tamil: நதி கடவுள் (nati kaṭavuḷ)
• Telugu: నది దేవుడు (nadi dēvuḍu)
• Thai: พระเจ้าแม่น้ำ (prá jâo mâe náam)
• Vietnamese: thần sông

Anagrams

• overgird, river dog