sea-godn.
A god of the sea, a marine deity.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > of specific things > of sea or river
sea-god1565
sea-king1582
river god1595
sea-maid1600
river deity1613
ocean god1647
sea-goddess1710
ocean-king1725
sea-maiden1893
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Deus, Cærulei dij Sea gods.
1602 T. Campion in F. Davison Poet. Rapsody sig. K8 Euery Sea-god paies a Iem..To decke great Neptunes Diadem.
1840 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. liv. 52 Here he again sacrificed to the sea-god, whose proper realm he had now entered.
1900 A. Nutt Fairy Mythol. Shakespeare 31 Mongan, son of the Irish sea-god Manannan mac Lir.
1950 ‘D. Divine’ King of Fassarai xiii. 100 To-day the fish had been wary and the sea god not kind.
1978 R. Mitchison Life in Scotl. iii. 60 The islanders of north Lewis sacrificed to a sea god at Hallowtide.
Derivatives
ˈsea-ˌgoddess n. a goddess of the sea.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > of specific things > of sea or river
sea-god1565
sea-king1582
river god1595
sea-maid1600
river deity1613
ocean god1647
sea-goddess1710
ocean-king1725
sea-maiden1893
1710 W. King Heathen Gods & Heroes (1722) Index Ino, a Sea-Goddess.
1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. v. 157 The son of a sea-goddess.
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