He's not really a sea God, though his associated element is indeed water. His great city Ry'leh is simply sunk beneath the waves like Atlantis, and he sleeps inside, dead, but only asleep. He'll awake when "the stars are right," much like a squirrel awakes when the season are right. His hibernation is an unavoidable part of what he is.
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