Ryūjin

tutelary deity of the sea in Japanese mythology
Person water_deity Q2458617
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Ryūjin

Summary

Ryūjin is a water deity[1]. They draws 405 Wikipedia views per month (water_deity category, ranking #26 of 165).[2]

Key Facts

  • A child of Ryūjin was Oto-hime[3].
  • Ryūjin's image is recorded as The Dragon King Ryujin and the Tide-controlling Jewels beneath the sea.jpg[4].
  • Ryūjin's image is recorded as Urashima Taro Going Home on the Back of a Tai Fish, the King of the Sea Seeing Him Off.jpg[5].
  • Ryūjin's instance of is recorded as water deity[6].
  • Ryūjin's Commons category is recorded as Ryūjin[7].
  • Ryūjin's residence is recorded as Ryūgū-jō[8].
  • Ryūjin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06f4nv[9].
  • Ryūjin's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '龍神'}[10].
  • Ryūjin's NicoNicoPedia ID is recorded as 龍神[11].
  • Ryūjin's World History Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Ryujin[12].
  • Ryūjin's Personality Database profile ID is recorded as 434739[13].
  • Ryūjin's Miraheze article ID is recorded as shinto:Ryūjin[14].
  • Ryūjin's Pixiv Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 龍神[15].

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Personal Life

A child of Ryūjin was Oto-hime[3].

Why It Matters

Ryūjin draws 405 Wikipedia views per month (water_deity category, ranking #26 of 165).[2] They has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] They is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . personality-database.com. Retrieved . personality-database.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Ryūjin. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ry-jin
MLA “Ryūjin.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ry-jin.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ry-jin_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Ryūjin}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ry-jin}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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