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  2. Oceanus - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, Oceanus (/ oʊ ˈ s iː ə n ə s / oh-SEE-ə-nəs; [1] Ancient Greek: Ὠκεανός [2] [ɔːke.anós], also Ὠγενός [ɔːɡenós], Ὤγενος [ɔ̌ːɡenos], or Ὠγήν [ɔːɡɛ̌ːn]) [3] was a Titan son of Uranus and Gaia, the husband of his sister the Titan Tethys, and the father of the river gods and the Oceanids, as well as being the great river which ...

  3. List of water deities - Wikipedia

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    Water god in an ancient Roman mosaic. Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Gaziantep, Turkey. A water deity is a deity in mythology associated with water or various bodies of water.Water deities are common in mythology and were usually more important among civilizations in which the sea or ocean, or a great river was more important.

  4. Titans - Wikipedia

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    And like Cronus, Kumarbi swallows gods (and a stone?), one of whom is the storm-god Teshub, who like the storm-god Zeus, is apparently victorious against Kumarbi and others in a war of the gods. [106] Other Hittite texts contain allusions to "former gods" (karuilies siunes), precisely what Hesiod called the Titans, theoi proteroi.

  5. Greek water deities - Wikipedia

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    The primacy of water gods is reminiscent of, and may even have been influenced by, ancient Near Eastern mythology - where Tiamat (salt water) and Apsu (fresh water) are the first gods of the Enuma Elish, and where the Spirit of God is said to have "hovered over the waters" in Genesis. Pontus is the primordial deity of the sea.

  6. List of Greek deities - Wikipedia

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    Nereus (Νηρέας), the old man of the sea, and the god of the sea's rich bounty of fish; Nereids (Νηρηΐδες). Sea nymphs, the 50 daughters of Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. Arethusa (Αρετούσα), a daughter of Nereus who was transformed into a fountain; Dynamene (Δυναμένη), associated with the might and power of great ...

  7. Greek primordial deities - Wikipedia

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    Hesiod's Theogony, (c. 700 BC) which could be considered the "standard" creation myth of Greek mythology, [1] tells the story of the genesis of the gods. After invoking the Muses (II.1–116), Hesiod says the world began with the spontaneous generation of four beings: first arose Chaos (Chasm); then came Gaia (the Earth), "the ever-sure foundation of all"; "dim" Tartarus (the Underworld), in ...

  8. Poseidon - Wikipedia

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    Helios, as the sun god, received the area that is closest to the sky, while Poseidon, who is the sea god, got the isthmus by the sea. [ 184 ] At another time, Poseidon came to an agreement with another goddess, Leto , that he would give her the island of Delos in exchange for the island of Calauria ; he also exchanged Delphi for Taenarum with ...

  9. Pontus (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    'Sea') [1] was an ancient, pre-Olympian sea-god, one of the Greek primordial deities. Pontus was Gaia's son and has no father; according to the Greek poet Hesiod, he was born without coupling, [2] though according to Hyginus, Pontus is the son of Aether and Gaia. [3]