Maui
The legendary trickster demigod and culture hero of Polynesian mythology. Maui is credited with fishing up islands, slowing the sun, stealing fire for humanity, and attempting to conquer death itself.
Divine domains
Gods of Fishing
4 deities from 3 traditions whose entries in this atlas list fishing among their domains, grouped by tradition.
Polynesian
Tu
The fierce god of war and human endeavor. Tu represents the aggressive, active principle necessary for survival, from warfare to hunting to the cultivation of crops.
Inca and Andean
Mama Qucha
The Sea Mother, named by colonial writers alongside Pachamama as the mother of waters, especially important to coastal fishing peoples and connected in highland thought to the lakes and springs that fed the fields.
Japanese
Ebisu
One of the Seven Lucky Gods (Shichifukujin). God of fishermen, merchants, and honest labor. The only purely Japanese deity among the Seven, known for his cheerful disposition.
Quick answers
- Who is the Polynesian god of fishing?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Polynesian deities whose domains include fishing are Maui and Tu.
- Who is the Inca and Andean god of fishing?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Inca and Andean deity whose domains include fishing is Mama Qucha.
- Who is the Japanese god of fishing?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Japanese deity whose domains include fishing is Ebisu.
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