12 gods & spirits
Rivers, Seas and Rain
Begin beside a river, travel toward the coast, then look out across the sea. These figures belong to stories and traditions of water: its gifts, its dangers, and the people who depend on its arrival or a safe crossing.
12 gods & spirits
Oshun
orisha of the river and sustaining life
Danu
a name reconstructed from Irish tradition
Chalchiuhtlicue
she of the jade skirt
Saraswati
goddess of learning and music
Mazu
protector of seafarers
Yemoja
mother of the river waters
Ryūjin
dragon deity of the waters
Manannán mac Lir
the traveller of sea and otherworld
Olokun
divinity of the sea's depths
Tiamat
the primeval sea of the Babylonian creation poem
Tlaloc
lord of rain and mountain waters
Indra
the thunderbolt-bearing king of the gods
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An ocean dream places you beside depth, distance, and forces larger than one person; shore, weather, and your position change its meaning.
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A rain dream can feel nourishing, inconvenient, exposing, or overwhelming; intensity, shelter, and what the water changes provide the context.