History Main / WaterIsWomanly

* Saraswati of Myth/HinduMythology is the goddess of rivers, arts, and knowledge. Often depicted as a beautiful woman dressed in pure white, she is celebrated for her healing and purifying powers of water. She would become known as Benzaiten in Myth/JapaneseMythology by way of Chinese translations of ''Golden Light Sutra''.

* Pregnancy, a uniquely feminine bodily function, involves the womb filling with water (amniotic fluid), and birth is ushered in by said [[InstantBirthJustAddWater waters breaking]].

* The only known rider of the Lather Road in ''Manga/AirGear'', which focuses on generating bubbles by riding on water vapor, is Sleeping Forest's Ohm, a woman.

* ''Franchise/PrettyCure'':

* In the WesternZodiac, the 12 signs are also grouped together by the four elements of water, earth, fire, and air. This gives the grouped together signs ElementalMotifs based on whichever element they are categorized as. Water and earth signs are considered to be feminine and are associated with the qualities of being intuitive, emotional, sensual, and nurturing (the former element much more so than the latter).

** Played with in the portrayal of Agito/Akito who rides the Bloody Road and thus whose shadow is Leviathan, a multi-finned giant shark. Though Agito/Akito are split personalities inhabiting a small, slight, and {{Bishounen}} male body, the original personality of the body is revealed to be Lind, who is actually a copy of Agito/Akito's deceased mother Gazelle [[spoiler:and the original Thorn Queen]] and acts accordingly. While all personalities can ride the Bloody Road, only Gazelle can ride the thorn road, a road exclusively ridden by women due to their lower center of gravity. Gazelle is also the most ruthless of the three personalities, more prone to violence than even resident TokenEvilTeammate Agito.

* In the WesternZodiac, the 12 signs are also grouped together by the four elements of water, earth, fire, and air. This gives the grouped together elements ElementalMotifs based on whichever element they are categorized as. Water and earth are considered to be feminine and are associated with the qualities of being intuitive, emotional, sensual, and nurturing (the former element much more so than the latter).

* In the WesternZodiac, water is a feminine element.
* In UsefulNotes/{{Taoism}}, Yin energy is the essence of femininity and also associated with water.

* Panni from ''VideoGame/FatalFury: [[TheAnimeOfTheGame The Motion Picture]]'' is a beautiful woman defined by her sincere love for her boss and power to unleash destructive water streams. She is also the only woman among the villains.

** Played with in the portrayal of Agito/Akito who rides the Bloody Road and thus whose shadow is Leviathan, a multi-finned giant shark. Though Agito/Akito are split personalities inhabiting a smalle, slight, and {{Bishounen}} male body, the original personality of the body is revealed to be Lind, who is actually a copy of Agito/Akito's deceased mother Gazelle [[spoiler:and the original Thorn Queen]] and acts accordingly. While all personalities can ride the Bloody Road, only Gazelle can ride the thorn road, a road exclusively ridden by women due to their lower center of gravity. Gazelle is also the most ruthless of the three personalities, more prone to violence than even resident TokenEvilTeammate Agito.

* The only known rider of the Lather Road in ''Manga/AirGear'', which focuses on generating bubbles by riding on water vapor is Sleeping Forest's Ohm, a woman.

In modern works, characters who wield water or are associated with it will be [[FemininityTropes feminine]] in some way, such as by being the TeamMom, a ProperLady, or some other form of GirlyGirl. She will usually be the most feminine one in a FourElementEnsemble -- she'll be [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the only woman]] and/or girlier than everyone else. May be the female to the male in a FireWaterJuxtaposition.

* Subverted in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': The only water-mage explicitly identified as such we have seen is [[SpicyLatina the distinctly fiery]] [[MagicKnight Warden Commander]] Carlos Ramirez. Furthermore, in the Dresdenverse water is associated with dissolution, cleansing and entropy, making water-mages terrifying figures. When Ramirez goes up against a gun-toting vampire, he first dissolves the vampire's bullets in mid-air, followed by dissolving the vampire's head.

* Panni from ''VideoGame/FatalFury: [[TheAnimeOfTheGame The Motion Picture]]'' is a beautiful woman defined by her sincere love for her boss and power to unleash destructive water streams.

** Sister Lily is a stern yet kind nun who takes care of the orphans in the church. Her surname is Aquaria and she uses Water Magic.

* ''Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation'': The only female deity shown in the movie is a water goddess.

* * ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'': In her 1988 four-issue series, Power Girl faced off against three villains named Pyro, Hydra, and Hurricane who had each been granted control of an element by Weaver, [[GodOfChaos God of Madness]]. Hydra had control over water and was the only one of the three who was a woman.

-->--''Literature/TheThreeBodyProblem''