For the Egyptians the word uat also signified the hard green stone the emerald and the green feldspar.

Ancient names for water. This was the name of a nymph in Greek mythology who was transformed into a. Nikephoros Bearer of victory. Darya is a name that comes from Iran.

Here the undine becomes the personnification of the element of water. Lucerne is a beautiful name that means light. Pontos was little the liquid form of the sea itself rather than an anthropomorphic god.

His name is connected with the Greek word for seal. Rivers streams ponds bays gulfs and seas to name a fewMany of these terms definitions overlap and thus become confusing when one attempts to pigeonhole a type of water body. Olysseus To hate.

From Greek Ἀρέθουσα Arethousa meaning quick water which is possibly derived from ἄρδω ardo meaning water and θοός thoos meaning quick nimble. A leather waterskin from the Judean desert dating back to 132-135 CE. It is also a name that makes you think of the Swiss mountainsides and lakes.

The ancient Romans believed that Maya was the mother of earth and the goddess of the springtime. PONTUS Pontos The Protogenos or primordial god of the sea. Water bodies are described by a plethora of different names in English.

In early mystical lore water and green were considered synonymous because water was believed to typify the earliest form of soul or generative essence. Nomiki Relating to the law. Normally made of a sheep or goat skin it retains water naturally and therefore was very useful in desert crossings until the invention of the canteen though waterskins are still used.