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Libya, daughter of the Titan Oceanus and Pompholyge, and the sister of Asia. [1] In one account, Libya was the consort of the sea god Triton [2] and by him the mother of various nymphs, probably including the Tritonian nymph who bore Nasamon and Caphaurus to Amphitemis. [3] Libya, a princess of Egypt as the daughter of King Epaphus.
Personified as an individual, Libya was the daughter of Epaphus [2] [AI-generated source?] —King of Egypt, and the son of Zeus and Io—and Memphis, [3] [AI-generated source?] daughter of the river-god Nilus. [4] In one account, her mother was called Cassiopeia. [5] Libya was ravished by the god Poseidon to whom she bore twin sons, Belus [6 ...
In Greek mythology, Danaus (/ ˈ d æ n eɪ. ə s /, [1] / ˈ d æ n i. ə s /; [2] Ancient Greek: Δαναός Danaós) was the king of Libya. His myth is a foundation legend of Argos, one of the foremost Mycenaean cities of the Peloponnesus. In Homer's Iliad, "Danaans" ("tribe of Danaus") and "Argives" commonly designate the Greek forces ...
Ash or Yuc (Tamazight: ⵢⵓⵛ, romanized: Yuc, IPA: ) was an Amazigh sky god worshipped by the Libyan and Tehenu tribes of the Western Desert, an area of desert that lies west of the Nile River. [1] [2] [3] He was regarded as the "Lord of the Tehenu" by the Ancient Egyptians. [4]
Tanit or Tinnit (Punic: 𐤕𐤍𐤕 Tīnnīt [3]) was a chief deity of Ancient Carthage; she derives from a local Berber deity and the consort of Baal Hammon. [a] [5] [6] As Ammon is a local Libyan deity, [7] so is Tannit, who represents the matriarchal aspect of Numidian society, [2] whom the Egyptians identify as Neith and the Greeks identify as Athena.
The ancient city of Barca, probably located at Marj, Libya, was also called Antapolis after Antaeus. [29] Antaeopolis is also the Graeco-Roman name of Tjebu, an Egyptian city. They identified the tutelary god of Tjebu, Nemty, a fusion of Seth and Horus, with Antaeus, although he may be different from the Libyan Antaeus.
Tinjis (Berber languages: ⵜⵉⵏⵊⴰ, romanized: Tinja) (also called Tinga, and also spelled as Tingis) was a Libyan queen as the wife of King Antaeus in Berber and Greek mythology, [1] and some kind of a female deity.
Sinifere: a god of war, who was also tribal god who helped in peace as well as war; Triton (mythology): god of Lake Tritonis; Gurzil: god of the Sun [17] Amon: a mythical king and king of the gods, who is associated with divine protection; Dea coeltis: a goddess of creation and “mother of the Gods” [18]