Ryūjin

Dragon god of the sea and tides, dweller of the undersea palace.

Domains

• sea
• tides

Powers

• Command the ocean tides

Epithets

• 龍神 japanese · Ryūjin · cultDragon God of the sea, master of tidesJapanese folk-Shintō sea-cult; the Ryūgū-jō (dragon palace) legend (secondary)
• 綿津見 japanese · Watatsumi · epithetThe Sea-God; the kami of the ocean deepKojiki 古事記 (Ōwatatsumi, the sea-deity); Nihon Shoki 日本書紀 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Kojiki, vol. 2, 712 CE (primary); Nihon Shoki, vol. 2, 720 CE (primary)