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Leukothea, Goddess of Sailors. In Greek mythology, Leucothea (/ lj uː ˈ k oʊ θ i ə /; Ancient Greek: Λευκοθέα, romanized: Leukothéa, lit. 'white goddess'), sometimes also called Leucothoe (Ancient Greek: Λευκοθόη, romanized: Leukothóē), was one of the aspects under which an ancient sea goddess was recognized, in this case as a transformed nymph.
In Greek mythology, Ino (/ ˈ aɪ n oʊ / EYE-noh; Ancient Greek: Ἰνώ [1]) was a Theban princess who later became a queen of Boeotia.After her death and transfiguration, she was worshiped as a goddess under her epithet Leucothea, the "white goddess."
In Greek mythology, Leucothoe (Ancient Greek: Λευκοθόη) may refer to the following figures: Painting of Apollo caressing the Nymph Leucothea, by French Painter Antoine Boizot. Leucothoe, the Nereid of the sea's brine [1] and one of the fifty marine-nymph daughters of the Old Man of the Sea Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. [2] [3]
In Greek mythology, Halia (Ancient Greek: Ἁλία, romanized: Halía, lit. 'dweller in the sea', [1] also spelled Ἁλίη) was a woman who according to Rhodian tradition became the sea-goddess Leucothea. [2] She was a lover of the sea-god Poseidon to whom she bore seven children.
In Greek mythology Leucothoe (Ancient Greek: Λευκοθόη, from λευκός, "white", and θοός, "quick, swift") was a Babylonian princess. The daughter of Orchamus, a king of Persia, Leucothoe was either a lover of the sun god Helios or a victim of rape.
Terra cotta head depicting Catha or Leucothea. From Pyrgi, Italy. Rome, Museo Nazionale di Villa Giulia. Ca, fourth century BCE. Catha (Etruscan: 𐌀𐌈𐌀𐌂, romanized: Catha, also written 𐌈𐌀𐌂, Cath, 𐌀𐌈𐌖𐌀𐌂, Cautha, or 𐌀𐌈𐌅𐌀𐌊, Kavtha) is a female Etruscan lunar or solar deity, who may also be connected to childbirth, and has a connection to the ...
By the Roman Imperial period, Mater Matuta was linked with the Greek goddess Leucothea, previously known as Ino, an ancient sea goddess. [2] [7] Statuettes at Satricum depicted a female figure with a solar disc behind her head an iconographic detail similar to representations of other goddesses, such as Uni in Etruria and the Phoenician Astarte ...
Goddess of fresh-water, and the mother of the rivers, springs, streams, fountains, and clouds. Theia: Θεία (Theía) Goddess of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky. She is the consort of Hyperion, and mother of Helios, Selene, and Eos. Themis: Θέμις (Thémis) Goddess of divine law and order. Descendants of the twelve ...