Suijin
Shinto god of water in Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Suijin (水神, water god) is the Shinto god of water in Japanese mythology. The term Suijin (literally: water deity) refers to the heavenly and earthly manifestations of the benevolent Shinto divinity of water. It also refers to a wide variety of mythological and magical creatures found in lakes, ponds, springs, and wells, including serpents (snakes, dragons, eels, fish, turtles), and the flesh-eating kappa. Mizu no kamisama, Mizugami, or Suijin, is popularly revered and worshipped in temples and continues to influence Japanese culture.[1] Suijin is also known as the water god, Suiten (水天, "water heaven") and Sui-ō/Suiu (水王, "water lord").
Suijin is often conflated with Ryūjin, the Japanese dragon god associated with water. Fudō Myōō is sometimes called "Suijin" because of his believed association with waterfalls. Suijin appears as a stone plaque or even a small stone set upright near the emergence of a spring.[2]