Board Thread:Fan-made Monsters/@comment-38464016-20190209130411/@comment-27950421-20190308231723

In Japanese Myth "Otohime" or "Toyotamahime" is the name of the princess of Ryūgū-jō, the under sea palace owned by Ōwatatsumi aka Ryūjin. They are members of the species of yokai called Wani, essentially shapeshifting water dragons. The word Wani is also Japanese for crocodile. In terms of appearance, yes she does look like a sea horse and I am not as well educated on Japanese myth as I am woth a few others, so Toyotamahime may have some connections to sea horses that I'm not aware of, but the over all species are water dragons/crocodiles.

Of course the real star of the show was Ōwatatsumi. That guys was king of the Wani and chief among the sea gods. He was so large that any mortal that saw his entire body at once would instantly die, because it was more than anyone was ever meant to see in a single lifetime.